Eliza (Atkins) Gleason (1909 - 2009)

Born 15 Dec 1909 in North Carolina, United States

Died 15 Dec 2009 at age 100 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Eliza (Atkins) Gleason is Notable.

Eliza (Atkins) Gleason was a centenarian, living to age 100.

Eliza Atkins Gleason was the first African American to receive a doctorate in Library Science. In 1941, she established and became the first Dean of the School of Library Service at Atlanta University and created a library education program that trained 90 percent of all African-American librarians by 1986.^[1]

Eliza was born in 1909. She was the daughter of Simon Atkins and Oleina Pegream.

She married Maurice Francis Gleason in 1947^[2] and they had one daughter named Joy Gleason (born 1948).

She died on her 100th birthday^[3] and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_Atkins_Gleason
2. ↑ Marriage: "Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002"
   Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1169 #7186870
   Eliza V Atkins (27) marriage to Maurice F Gleason on 5 Nov 1937 in Williamson, Tennessee, USA.
3. ↑ https://louisville.edu/womenscenter/signature-programs/faculty-staff/womens-empowerment-luncheon/past-luncheons/obituary-dr.-eliza-atkins-gleason
4. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #179518088
   Memorial page for Dr Eliza Atkins Gleason (Dec 1909-15 Dec 2009), citing Evergreen Cemetery, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Graveyard Granny (contributor 47744353).

• 1910 Census - "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML9D-R3Y : accessed 12 February 2023), Elya Atkins in household of Simon G Atkins, Winston, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 66, sheet 6A, family 108, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1111; FHL microfilm 1,375,124.
• 1920 Census - "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ2Q-77Q : 2 February 2021), Eliza Atkins in entry for S G Atkins, 1920.
• 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1940; Census Place: Talladega, Talladega, Alabama; Roll: m-t0627-00081; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 61-15
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #67120840
  Eliza A Gleason (30), married, Librarian, in Talladega, Talladega, Alabama. Born in North Carolina.
• 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
  United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 3237; Sheet Number: 19; Enumeration District: 103-456
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #222967277
  Eliza A Gleason (40), wife, in household of Maurice Gleason (41) in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Born in North Carolina.