Research Catalog
Ludlow W. and Georgianna Werner papers
- Title
- Ludlow W. and Georgianna Werner papers, 1919-1980 (bulk 1950-1959).
- Author
- Werner, Georgianna, 1906-2002.
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Details
- Description
- 2.5 lin. ft. (2 archival boxes, 2 print boxes)
- Summary
- The Ludlow W. and Georgianna Werner Papers consist primarily of material documenting some of the work of the Ludlow Werner Associates firm, particularly their account with the New York City Board of Education. Georgianna Werner served as the public relations coordinator for Districts 11-14 in northern Manhattan. There are three scrapbooks containing press releases and news clippings (from the black and general press) with reports of meetings, recitals, school activities, exhibits, PTA activities, and community relations programs, 1950-1952. There are also files for other clients, such as Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (Mrs. Werner was chairman of the public relations committee for the 1954 National Convention), Community Services Society, and Harlem's St. Philip's Church. Files on the Southeast Harlem Area Services Project, a project administered by the City of New York that undertook a vest pocket low-income housing and rehabilitation program, contain Werner's press releases on the public exhibit and opening ceremony of the proposed work, 1966-1968. Georgianna Werner was also president of the West 142nd Street 500 Block Association in Hamilton Heights, which sought to maintain and improve this block. Her files for this organization contain a speech she gave stating the accomplishments of the Association on the first anniversary, membership lists, by-laws, press releases, and news clippings, 1953. Additionally, a file documents a few of the inventions that Ludlow E. Werner either created or promoted, some with illustrations, 1933-1934.
- Subjects
- Scrapbooks
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
- African American women public relations personnel > New York (State) > New York
- Public relations consultants > New York (State) > New York
- New York City Public Schools
- West 142nd Street 500-Block Association (New York, N.Y.)
- Southeast Harlem Area Services Project
- Werner, Ludlow Waymouth, 1907-1967
- Werner, Georgianna, 1906-2002
- Genre/Form
- Scrapbooks.
- Note
- Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
- Source (note)
- Freda Wormley
- Biography (note)
- Ludlow W. (1907-1967) and Georgianna Werner (1906-2002) opened their own public relations firm in 1948, Ludlow Werner Associates. Located in Harlem, they had a variety of clients, among them the Community Service Society, Boy Scouts of America, New York City Board of Education, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and the Southeast Harlem Area Services Project.
- An African-American journalist, Ludlow W. Werner worked for the "New York Age" from 1926-1948, serving in a variety of capacities: circulation manager and reporter, managing editor, editor and publisher. Georgianna Werner had college degrees in social work and education. She taught home economics and was a nutritionist, and from 1939-1943 she was the food editor for the "New York Age." In 1965 she founded a school for single mothers, Parent Preparation, Inc. Werner's father, Ludlow Eugene Werner, invented mixing machines and other items, founding the Werner Manufacturing Company in the 1930s; he died in 1946.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 666
- OCLC
- 756785638
- Author
- Werner, Georgianna, 1906-2002.
- Title
- Ludlow W. and Georgianna Werner papers, 1919-1980 (bulk 1950-1959).
- Biography
- Ludlow W. (1907-1967) and Georgianna Werner (1906-2002) opened their own public relations firm in 1948, Ludlow Werner Associates. Located in Harlem, they had a variety of clients, among them the Community Service Society, Boy Scouts of America, New York City Board of Education, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and the Southeast Harlem Area Services Project.An African-American journalist, Ludlow W. Werner worked for the "New York Age" from 1926-1948, serving in a variety of capacities: circulation manager and reporter, managing editor, editor and publisher. Georgianna Werner had college degrees in social work and education. She taught home economics and was a nutritionist, and from 1939-1943 she was the food editor for the "New York Age." In 1965 she founded a school for single mothers, Parent Preparation, Inc. Werner's father, Ludlow Eugene Werner, invented mixing machines and other items, founding the Werner Manufacturing Company in the 1930s; he died in 1946.
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- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 666