Pauline A. Young collection

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Pauline A. Young collection

1924-1988

https://library.udel.edu/special/findaids/view?docId=ead/mss0256.xml

Pauline A. Young was an educator, librarian, and activist primarily based in Wilmington, Delaware. The collection contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, and ephemera. The majority of the material relates to Young's efforts to bring attention to and preserve information about the life and works of her aunt, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, as well as her aunt's first husband, Paul Laurence Dunbar.

1 linear foot

eng, Latn

University of Delaware Library - Special Collections

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Young, Pauline A., 1900-1991.

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Pauline A. Young (b. 1900 d. 1991) teacher, librarian, and lecturer was a noted community leader and activist in Wilmington, Delaware. She began teaching at Howard High School in 1919 and later became the school librarian, a position she held until her retirement in 1961. She had a great passion for Black history and published numerous bibliographies and book reviews. She lectured extensively about Black history, especially about Blacks in Delaware and authored the chapter "The Negro in Delaware...