Hewitt, Vivian Davidson, 1920-

Dr. Vivian Davidson Hewitt, the first African American librarian employed by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, was Head Librarian for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former president of the Special Libraries Association. Born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, in 1920, Dr. Hewitt attended the Carnegie Library School, graduating in 1944. Upon the completion of her library degree, Dr. Hewitt was employed by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, beginning her career at the Wylie Avenue Branch in the Hill District she became the Head Librarian for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a position until her retirement in 1983. Dr. Hewitt and her husband, John Hamilton Hewitt Jr., maintained a notable collection of African American and Haitian art that was sold to Bank of America in 1998.