South Carolina Black History

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Augusta Baker

(1911-1998)

Librarian

Augusta Baker was born on April 1, 1911, in Baltimore, Maryland, the only child of 2 schoolteachers. In 1933, she received a BA in Education from New York State College (SUNY, Albany) and a BS in Library Science in 1934 from SUNY. In 1980 she moved to Columbia, SC to become the University of South Carolina's storyteller-in-residence at the College of Library and Information Science. She retired from this position in 1994. In 1986 The University of South Carolina College of Library and Information Science and the Richland County Public Library established the annual Augusta Baker's Dozen: A Celebration of Stories in her honor.