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1890 Library Deans and Directors: 1890 Land Grant Directory

1890 Land Grant Colleges and Universities

Alabama A&M University

Annie Payton, Ph. D.

Director, LRC and State Black Archives

J.F. Drake Memorial Learning Resources Center

4900 Meridian Street

Normal, Alabama 35762

256-372-4747 (p); 256-372-5768 (f)

Annie.payton@aamu.edu  

http://alabamam.sdp.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default

Alcorn State University

Blanche Sanders

Interim Dean of University Libraries

J.D. Boyd Library

1000 ASU Drive

Alcorn State, Mississippi 39096

601-877-6350 (p); 601-877-3885 (f)

blanche@alcorn.edu 

http://www.alcorn.edu/

Delaware State University

Mr. T. Hunter-Hayes

Dean of University Libraries

William C. Jason Library Learning Resources Center

1200 N. DuPont Highway

Dover, Delaware 19901-2277

302-857-7887 (p); 302-857-6177 (f)

rbatson@desu.edu

http://www.desu.edu/library/library

Florida A&M University

Faye Watkins 

Dean of Libraries

Samuel H. Coleman Memorial Library

1500 South Martin Luther King Boulevard

Tallahassee, Florida 32307

850-599-3370 (p); 850-561-2293 (f)

Faye.watkins@famu.edu

http://library.famu.edu/index

Fort Valley State University

Frank Mahitab

Interim Library Director

Henry A. Hunt Memorial Library

1005 State University Drive

Fort Valley, Georgia 31030

478-825-6754 (p); 478-825-6663 (f)

mahitabf@fvsu.edu

http://library.fvsu.edu/

Kentucky State University

Sheila Stuckey

Director of Libraries

Paul G. Blazer Library

400 East Main Street

Frankfort, Kentucky 40601

502-597-6852 (p); 502-597-5068 (f)

sheila.stuckey@kysu.edu

http://kysu.edu/academics/library/

Langston University

Bettye Black

Director of Library Services

G. Lamar Harrison Library

P.O. Box 1500

Langston, Oklahoma 73050

405-466-3294 (p); 405-466-3459 (f)

brblack@lunet.edu

http://www.langston.edu/academics/resources/libraries/catalog-databases-subject-guides

Lincoln University (MO)

Jerome Offord, Jr.

University Librarian

Inman E. Page Library

820 Chestnutt Street

Jefferson City, Missouri 65101

573-681-5502 (p); 573-681-5511 (f)

offordj@lincolnu.edu

http://www.lincoln.edu/departments/langston-hughes-memorial-library

North Carolina A&T State University

Vicki Coleman

Dean of Library Services

F.D. Bluford Library

1601 East Market Street

Greensboro, North Carolina 27411

336-285-4151 ext.54153 (p); 336-334-7281 (f)

vcoleman@ncat.edu

http://www.library.ncat.edu/

Prairie View A&M University

Rosie L. Albritton, Ph.D.

Director of Library Services

John B. Coleman Library

P.O. Box 519 - MS 1040

Prairie View, Texas 77446

936-261-1500 ext. 1510 (p); 936-261-1539 (f)

rlalbritton@pvamu.edu

http://www.pvamu.edu/library/

South Carolina State University

Adrienne C. Webber

Dean, Library and Information Services

Miller F. Whittaker Library

P.O. Box 7491, 300 College Street NE

Orangeburg, South Carolina 29117

803-536-8638 (p); 803-536-8902 (f)

awebber1@scsu.edu

http://library.scsu.edu/

Southern University and A&M College

Emma Bradford Perry

Dean of Libraries

John B. Cade Library

167 Roosevelt Steptoe Avenue

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813

225-771-4991 (p); 225-771-4113 (f)

eperry@lib.subr.edu

http://www.lib.subr.edu/

Tennessee State University

Murle Kenerson

Interim Dean of Libraries & Media Centers

3500 John A. Merritt Blvd

Nashville, Tennessee 37209

615-963-5212 (p); 615-963-5216 (f)

mkenerson@tnstate.edu

http://www.tnstate.edu/library/

Tuskegee University

Juanita M. Roberts

Director of Library Services

Ford Motor Company Library

Tuskegee University

Tuskegee, Alabama 36088

334-727-8894 (p); 334-727-9282 (f)

jroberts@tuskegee.edu

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Edward Fontenette

Director of Library Services

John B. Watson Library

1200 N. University Drive

Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71601

870-575-8848 (p); 870-575-4651 (f)

fontenette_e@uapb.edu

https://www.uapb.edu/administration/academic_affairs/john_brown_watson_memorial_library.aspx

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Ms. Sharon D. Brooks

Co-Acting Dean of Library Services

Mrs. Marvella Rounds

Co-Acting Dean of Library Services

Frederick Douglass Library

11868 Academic Oval

Princess Anne, Maryland 21853

410-651-6621 (p); 410-651-6269 (f)

sdbrooks@umes.edu  410-651-6275 (p)

mrounds@umes.edu  410-651-7697 (p)

https://www.umes.edu/fdl/Default.aspx?id=1538

Virginia State University

Elsie S. Weatherington, Ph.D.

Dean of Library and Media Services

1 Hayden Drive

Petersburg, Virginia 23806

804-524-5040 (p); 804-524-6959 (f)

estephens@vsu.edu

http://library.vsu.edu/

West Virginia State University

Willette F. Stinson, Ph.D. 

Director of Library Services

Drain-Jordan Library

P.O. Box 1000

Institute, West Virginia 25112

304-766-3239 (p); 304-766-4103 (f)

 wstinson@wvstateu.edu

http://library.wvstateu.edu/    

National Agricultural Library

Jennifer Gilbert

Special Asst. to the Director

HBCU Liaison

10301 Baltimore Avenue

Beltsville, MD 20705

Phone: (301) 504-5729

Fax: (301) 504 7042

e-mail: jennifer.gilbert@ars.usda.gov