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Doris E. Saunders (Doris Elaine Evans) was born on 8 August, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, is an American businesswoman, librarian, and journalist. Discover Doris E. Saunders's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 93 years old?

Popular As Doris Elaine Evans
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Age 93 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 8 August 1921
Birthday 8 August
Birthplace Chicago, Illinois, USA
Date of death 2014
Died Place Jackson, Mississippi
Nationality United States

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Johnson Publishing Company

1921

Doris E. Saunders (August 8, 1921 – March 24, 2014) was an American librarian, author, editor, businesswoman, and professor of Journalism.

Doris Evans was born on August 8, 1921, in Chicago, Illinois, to Thelma Rice and John Alvesta Stewart Evans.

1934

She attended Englewood High School in Chicago from 1934 to 1938.

1935

Her father died in 1935.

After his death, Doris and her family moved in with her maternal grandmother and step-grandfather on South Lafayette Avenue in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood.

1938

Doris entered Northwestern University in 1938 and remained until 1939.

1939

She then briefly pursued studies at Central YMCA College in Chicago (now Roosevelt University) from 1939 to 1941.

1941

Inspired by long-time friend and mentor Charlemae Hill Rollins, in 1941, Doris entered the Chicago Public Library Training Class and completed the course of study and practice in 1942.

1942

She started her career in 1942 as a Junior Library Assistant with the Chicago Public Library (CPL) system.

In May 1942, she became a Junior Library Assistant and shortly thereafter she passed the Civil Service examination for Senior Library Assistant.

She was first assigned to the Book Selection Department, and later transferred to the Hall Branch Library under the leadership of Vivian Harsh, and then to the George M. Pullman Branch Library.

During this time Doris established and co-owned the Studio Bookshop on Michigan Ave. across the street from the Rosenwald Court Appartments.

Doris married Sidney Smith in 1942 and was divorced in 1947.

1947

Between 1947 and 1951 she attended Roosevelt University completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy.

1948

She quickly rose through the ranks and in 1948 she became the highest-ranking African-American Librarian at the CPL. In 1949 she went to work for Johnson Publishing Company establishing the first corporate research library by and about African Americans.

Later she became head of the Johnson Publishing Company Books Division.

Later in life, Saunders founded Ancestor Hunting, a genealogy research company, and wrote its publication, "Kith and Kin: Focus on Families."

She was also Professor of Journalism and Chairwoman of the Department of Mass Communication at Jackson State University.

After her retirement from Jackson State, Saunders continued to work with the Books Division at Johnson Publishing and Ancestor Hunting.

While at Pullman in 1948, Saunders was promoted and became the first African-American reference librarian to work in the Social Science and Business Division of the Main Library.

1949

In January 1949 Saunders wrote a letter to John H. Johnson, who had just purchased a building that he was renovating for Ebony magazine offices.

She suggested that he establish a special research library for his editorial and advertising staff and clients.

Saunders envisioned the library would document and archive the African American and diasporic experience in the United States and beyond.

She also sought to provide demographic data (Saunders' specialty as a librarian), that would facilitate the efforts of the advertising department as they sought to build advertising and advertising revenue.

Saunders was quickly called in for an interview and on February 1, 1949, she became responsible for establishing the library at Johnson Publishing Company.

1950

She married Vincent E. Saunder Jr. in 1950, separated in 1959, and later divorced in 1964.

She had two children with Vincent E. Saunders Jr..

1960

She was promoted to establish and direct the company's new Book Publishing Division between 1960 and 1961.

1962

The first books published were Burn Killer Burn (1962) and ''Before The Mayflower (1962).

1966

She compiled Negro Handbook (1966) Ebony HandBook (1974) Du Bois: A Pictorial Biography (1978) and Special Moments in African-American History, 1955-1996: The Photographs of Moneta Sleet, Jr. (1998).

1976

In 1976, after Saunders' children had completed college, she went to Boston University.

She completed a Master of Science in Journalism from the School of Public Communication and a Master of Arts in Afro-American Studies from the graduate school in one year.

During her time at Johnson Publishing, Saunders co-authored Black Society with Geri Major 1976 and edited over 20 books, including: The Day They Marched (1963) and The Kennedy Years and the Negro (1964) What Manner of Man a Biography of Martin Luther King Jr.(1964).

1977

These degrees were awarded in 1977.

In 1977, Saunders became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP).

1980

She served as a board member of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters, board member of the American Civil Liberties Union Illinois Chapter, member of the Chicago Leadership Resource Program, National Association of Media Women, Chicago Publicity Club, Alpha Gamma Pi Sorority, and Black Advisory Commission for the 1980 census in Washington, D.C.

The Doris E. Saunders Papers are located at the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature in Chicago, Illinois.

1983

From 1983 to 1984 she studied toward a Ph.D. in history at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

Saunders was involved in many organizations.