Dear Eric,

         See the report in the Metro section of the Washington Post for
February 19, 1988, re a State Police criminal investigation of the
Library and Archives procurement contracts, and at least two
investigations by the Virginia Legislative Audit and Review Commission.

        Yates, was quoted by the Post as saying, "I don't know anything
about this."

        I have no idea what happened in the end.  Perhaps other members of
the VA-Hist group can fill in the details.

        Best,

        Dan


On Jul 6, 2006, at 8:19 AM, Grundset, Eric wrote:

> Curiously, there is no mention that Mrs. Gates was State Librarian
> of Virginia!
>
> Eric
>
>
> From: American Libraries Direct, July 5, 2006 (American Library
> Association)
> Controversial Atlanta Librarian Ella Gaines Yates Dies
> Ella Gaines Yates, who in 1976 became the first African-American
> director of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System in Georgia,
> died in Atlanta June 27 of pancreatic cancer. She was 79.
> A controversial figure, Yates's career at what was then called the
> Atlanta Public Library began in 1972, when she became assistant
> director. Under her leadership, a new Central Library opened to the
> public in 1980. Yates left the library in 1981 to become a
> consultant. A short term as interim director in 1998 followed the
> resignation of Julie Hunter, who had served for only 15 months, and
> ended in a bitter resignation </ala/alonline/currentnews/
> newsarchive/1998/december11998/yatesresigns.htm> after she clashed
> with the library board over management issues. Before starting work
> in Atlanta, Yates also served as assistant director of Montclair
> (N.J.) Public Library from 1970 to 1972, branch librarian at East
> Orange (N.J.) Public Library from 1960 to 1970, head of the
> children's department at Orange (N.J.) Public Library, and
> assistant branch librarian at Brooklyn Public Library from 1951 to
> 1955.
> Yates was a prominent member of the American Library Association
> and the affiliated Black Caucus of ALA and helped found the
> Association's Coretta Scott King Book Award. She also served on
> ALA's governing Council and Executive Board. A life member of the
> NAACP, she received an MLS in 1951 and was regarded by many as a
> trailblazer and mentor for African Americans in the library
> profession. She received numerous service awards, including the
> Distinguished Alumnae Award from Clark Atlanta University in 2001.
> Sibyl E. Moses, African-American history and culture specialist in
> the Humanities and Social Sciences Division of the Library of
> Congress, called Yates "one of the most influential leaders among
> both black and white, within the library and information science
> profession."
> Posted June 30, 2006.
>
>
> Eric G. Grundset
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