Record #:

4245

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Dr. Benjamin F. Speller, Jr., Dean of the School of Library and Information Sciences at North Carolina Central University in Durham, received the 1998 Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award, the state's most prestigious preservation award. Speller's contributions to historic preservation are many, including the renovation of Durham's Historic St. Joseph's AME Church and establishing the African-American Resources Collection at North Carolina Central University, which includes over half a million manuscripts, oral histories, and videos.

Source:

North Carolina Preservation (NoCar Oversize E 151 N6x), Vol. Issue 112, Summer 1999, p16, por

Subject(s):

Historic preservation; Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award; Speller, Benjamin F., Jr.