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词条 Vivian Davidson Hewitt
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{{short description|Art collector and librarian (b. 1920)}}Vivian Ann Davidson Hewitt (born February 17, 1920) was the first African American president of the Special Libraries Association.[1][2] She was also Pittsburgh’s first African American librarian[3] and an art collector.[4] Her art collection, which she and her husband amassed over fifty years, mostly features artwork by African-American artists[5] and is on exhibit at the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture in Charlotte, N.C.[6]

Biography

Hewitt was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, on February 17, 1920.[7] She was the fourth, out of five, children to skilled laborer Arthur and teacher and house wife Lela.[8] Hewitt received her bachelor's degree from Geneva College, in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, in 1943. The following year, in 1944, she received a master's in library science from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.[9] Hewitt was hired as the senior assistant librarian by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh following her graduation. She is believed to be the first African-American librarian in Pittsburgh.[10] In 1949, Hewitt moved to Atlanta, accepting a position as an instructor-librarian at Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University).[11] She met her husband, John H. Hewitt a professor at Morehouse College, in 1949 and they were married the same year. Their only child, John Hamilton Hewitt III was then born in 1952.[12] In 1953 Hewitt moved to New York City and worked for the Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., then moved to be the librarian at the Rockefeller Foundation. Hewitt then became the librarian for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, in 1963 until her retirement in 1983. She also served as the first black president of the SLA from 1978-1979.[13]

References

1. ^{{cite web |title=Guide to the Vivian Davidson Hewitt Photographs, 1944-2003 |url=https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt:US-QQS-msp460/from_search/-901 |publisher=Historic Pittsburgh |accessdate=1 February 2019}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://archives.nypl.org/scm/21036|title=archives.nypl.org -- Vivian Hewitt papers|website=archives.nypl.org|access-date=2018-12-12}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://caad.library.miami.edu/?p=creators/creator&id=10|title=Hewitt, Vivian D. (1920-) {{!}} Collaborative Archive from the African Diaspora|website=caad.library.miami.edu|access-date=2018-12-12}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/art-architecture/2017/03/29/art-collecting-african-american-bearden-tanner-tanksley-John-and-Vivian-Hewitt/stories/201703290008|title=John and Vivian Hewitt's art collection comes to August Wilson Center|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|language=en|access-date=2018-12-12}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/vivian-d-hewitt-39|title=Vivian D. Hewitt {{!}} The HistoryMakers|website=www.thehistorymakers.org|access-date=2018-12-12}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.chronicle.pitt.edu/story/collection-african-american-masterworks|title=A Collection of African American Masterworks {{!}} Pitt Chronicle {{!}} University of Pittsburgh|website=www.chronicle.pitt.edu|access-date=2018-12-12}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://littleknownblacklibrarianfacts.blogspot.com/2012/05/vivian-davidson-hewitt-1st-african.html|title=Little Known Black Librarian Facts: Vivian Davidson Hewitt: First African American President of the Special Libraries Association (SLA)|last=Nerd|first=Book|date=2012-05-31|website=Little Known Black Librarian Facts|access-date=2019-03-16}}
8. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/vivian-d-hewitt-39|title=Vivian D. Hewitt's Biography|website=The HistoryMakers|language=en|access-date=2019-03-16}}
9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://archives.nypl.org/scm/21036|title=archives.nypl.org -- Vivian Hewitt papers|website=archives.nypl.org|access-date=2019-03-16}}
10. ^{{Cite web|url=http://littleknownblacklibrarianfacts.blogspot.com/2012/05/vivian-davidson-hewitt-1st-african.html|title=Little Known Black Librarian Facts: Vivian Davidson Hewitt: First African American President of the Special Libraries Association (SLA)|last=Nerd|first=Book|date=2012-05-31|website=Little Known Black Librarian Facts|access-date=2019-03-16}}
11. ^{{Cite web|url=http://littleknownblacklibrarianfacts.blogspot.com/2012/05/vivian-davidson-hewitt-1st-african.html|title=Little Known Black Librarian Facts: Vivian Davidson Hewitt: First African American President of the Special Libraries Association (SLA)|last=Nerd|first=Book|date=2012-05-31|website=Little Known Black Librarian Facts|access-date=2019-03-16}}
12. ^{{Cite web|url=http://caad.library.miami.edu/?p=creators/creator&id=10|title=Hewitt, Vivian D. (1920-) {{!}} Collaborative Archive from the African Diaspora|website=caad.library.miami.edu|access-date=2019-03-16}}
13. ^{{Cite web|url=http://archives.nypl.org/scm/21036|title=archives.nypl.org -- Vivian Hewitt papers|website=archives.nypl.org|access-date=2019-03-16}}
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