LU Lone Arranger: October 2007

LU Lone Arranger

"Lone arranger" is archivist-speak for someone who works as a solo professional, rather than as a member of a large team of archivists (a generalist rather than a specialist). In this weblog I will share announcements, responses to reference questions that have come my way, and some of my previously unpublished writings relating to Lincoln University and its Archives and Special Collections, located in The Langston Hughes Memorial Library of Lincoln University of Pennsylvania.

About Me

Name: Susan Gunn Pevar

Location: United States

I was the Special Collections Librarian in Lincoln University of PA’s Langston Hughes Memorial Library from August 15 2005 - August 12, 2010, having served as Archivist Assistant in the same department prior to that, starting in 2000. My advanced degrees are an M.L.I.S. (Master of Library and Information Sciences) from the University of Pittsburgh and an M.A. (history) from West Chester University (PA), and I am a Certified Archivist (by ACA, The Academy of Certified Archivists). My undergraduate major (Bryn Mawr College) was anthropology.

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

LU Memorabilia Abroad

Rob Johnson, LU Class of 1967 (aka Dr. Robert C. Johnson III), holder of multiple higher degrees and now Chair of the Ethnic Studies programs at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, recently shared some thoughts and feelings in an email to his LU class members (one of whom is my husband, Marc Pevar). Rob graciously agreed to let me quote him, so here is what he said about Lincoln University memorabilia: "I am proud to see Lincoln folks with Lincoln memorabilia in other lands. The reach of Lincoln's influence is great. I had great feelings of pride and euphoria when I was in Ghana in the 1990s and was at the memorial to Dr. Kwame Nkrumah with my son and he pointed out to me the replica of Nkrumah's dorm room from Lincoln University. Similarly, when I visit Nelson Mandela's home in Soweto, South Africa and see his honorary degree from Lincoln prominently displayed for people from all over the world to see, I am proud."

The fact is that Lincoln University is known and respected all over the world. That is one reason that our growing online digital collections of Lincoln University archival materials is such a high priority for me.