George Moses Horton Branch of the Forsyth County Public Library (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)

The George Moses Horton Branch of the Forsyth County Public Library was established in 1927 inside the Chestnut Street YWCA in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Mary Hairston was the library's first manager. Later, Nell Brooks Wright Alford served as branch librarian from 1941 until 1964. On November 14, 1954, the library received its own building and was renamed the East Winston Branch Library. L. Quincy Mumford, then the Librarian of Congress, was the keynote speaker at the new building's dedication ceremony. The East Winston Branch was also a recipient of the John Cotton Dana Publicity Award from the Wilson Library Bulletin. The library's named was changed again in 2004 to the Malloy/Jordan East Winston Heritage Center Library.     

Update 12/11/2012:
Nells Brooks Wright Alford served on the editorial board of the Library Service Review, the bulletin of the North Carolina Negro Library Association.

Mary Hairston served as the chair of the committee responsible for compiling a handbook for the North Carolina Negro Library Association (the handbook was published in 1940).

See: Lee, Mollie Huston. "Development of Negro Libraries in North Carolina." North Carolina Libraries 3.2 (1944): 1-3, 7. Print. ; Marshall, Albert P. "North Carolina Negro Library Association." Handbook of Black Librarianship. Ed. E.J. Josey and Marva L. DeLoach. 2nd ed. Lanham: Scarecrow, 2000. 63-68. Print. ; Library Service Review 1.1 (1948); Library Service Review 1.2 (1948).

See related posts:
North Carolina Negro Library Association and Annette Hoage Phinazee: Dean, Professor, Author, and Librarian.


Sources: Speller, Benjamin F. and James R. Jarrell. "Profiles of Pioneers: Selected North Carolina Black Librarians." The Black Librarian in the Southeast: Reminiscences, Activities, Challenges. Ed. Annette L. Phinazee. Durham: NCCU School of Library Science, 1980. 76. Print. ; "History." Eliminating Racism, Empowering Women: YWCA Winston-Salem. YWCA Winston-Salem, n.d. Web. 19 Nov. 2011. ; Grant, George, comp. "Malloy/Jordan East Winston Heritage Center Library - Forsyth County Library." In Honor of ... : Libraries Named for African Americans. Jonesboro: Grant House Publishers, 2011. 156. Print. ; Balance, Paul S., Mary C. Wiley, Jessie M. Stroup, and Mae K. Tillman. First Fifty Years of Public Library Service in Winston-Salem, 1906-1956. [Winston-Salem]: Public Library of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, North Carolina, 1956. 14, 16-17, 19-20, 27-28, 30, 32-33, 37-41. Print. ; Carnegie Public Library of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. Annual Report, July 1, 1949-June 30, 1950. Winston-Salem: Carnegie Public Library of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, 1950. 5-8, 10-11, 13-15. Print. ; Dedication and Open House: East Winston Branch, Public Library of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, Winston-Salem, N.C.: Sunday, November 14, 1954. Program. [Winston-Salem: Public Library of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, North Carolina, 1954]. Print. ;  Franklin, Hardy R. "The Black Public Librarian in the Southeast." The Black Librarian in the Southeast: Reminiscences, Activities, Challenges. Ed. Annette L. Phinazee. Durham: NCCU School of Library Science, 1980. 214, 218-219. Print.

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