Alma Smith Jacobs, Librarian
Title
Alma Smith Jacobs, Librarian
Subject
Description
A black and white photograph of Alma Smith Jacobs, the first African American to serve as Montana State Librarian.
Alma Jacobs began her library career with a bookmobile, traveling across the south to bring literature where others couldn’t normally get it. When she returned to her hometown in Montana, she became a Catalog Librarian, and later on Head Librarian, of the Great Falls Public library. In 1967, she helped with the construction of the library, along with several literature expansion programs across Montana. Due to these efforts, she was selected as the Montana State Librarian, which made her the first African-American in that position. As she continued to help federal library programs across Montana, she continued to make history by becoming the first African American president of the Pacific Northwest Library Association, the first Montanan to serve on the Executive Board of the American Library Association, and he first African American president of the Montana Library Association. Later on in life, she would become active in the fight for civil rights in her state, such as striving to break down racial barriers at the Malmstrom Air Force Base.
Alma Jacobs began her library career with a bookmobile, traveling across the south to bring literature where others couldn’t normally get it. When she returned to her hometown in Montana, she became a Catalog Librarian, and later on Head Librarian, of the Great Falls Public library. In 1967, she helped with the construction of the library, along with several literature expansion programs across Montana. Due to these efforts, she was selected as the Montana State Librarian, which made her the first African-American in that position. As she continued to help federal library programs across Montana, she continued to make history by becoming the first African American president of the Pacific Northwest Library Association, the first Montanan to serve on the Executive Board of the American Library Association, and he first African American president of the Montana Library Association. Later on in life, she would become active in the fight for civil rights in her state, such as striving to break down racial barriers at the Malmstrom Air Force Base.
Creator
DeStaffany Custom Art LLC
Date
2016
Source
https://www.facebook.com/DeStaffanyCustomArt/photos/a.1085899494776536/1286726778027139/?type=3&theater
Relation
Rights
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Publisher
DeStaffany Custom Art LLC
Contributor
DeStaffany Custom Art LLC
Format
Medium: Photograph.
Language
English
Type
Figures
Identifier
Alma Smith Jacobs, African-Americans, Montana, Librarian, American Library Association, Civil Rights
Coverage
Historic
Files
Reference
DeStaffany Custom Art LLC, Alma Smith Jacobs, Librarian, DeStaffany Custom Art LLC, 2016
Cite As
DeStaffany Custom Art LLC, “Alma Smith Jacobs, Librarian,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed April 27, 2024, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/351.