Mrs. Sherry Sherrod DuPree
Reference Librarian
_____Sherry Sherrod DuPree, a wife, a mother, a researcher, a consultant and a historian is featured in AMERICAN LIBRARIES, June 1997 issue. DuPree was an instructional media specialist at Tappan Middle School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, when she wrote her first book in 1975 entitled, Displays for Schools, the purpose was to present teachers and librarians with new educational bulletin boards. DuPree also has written a workbook on library skills for the University of Florida Libraries in 1982.
_____Her research has covered African American gospel music and the Holiness-Pentecostal religion. The Pentecostal project began when DuPree, then a librarian, at the University of Florida, was approached by a student minister, who requested information on the Pentecostal movement. It was then that she realized, little had been formally written on African-American Pentecostalism. "I looked through the Library of Congress, the National Archives --- all these reputable sources, and still could not find very much. Now, there is a Pentecostal network of scholars."
_____Her latest book is available through Garland Publishing of New York. Sherry DuPree is the author of several books: Biographical Dictionary Of African-American Holiness-Pentecostals: 1880 - 1990; Exposed! FBI Unclassified Reports On Churches And Church Leaders; and African-American Good News (Gospel) Music. DuPree has done research on the Florida Rosewood Massacre of 1923.
_____She has been involved in the State of Florida's African American Steel Guitar Project. In 1994, at Santa Fe Community College DuPree became the curator of the African American Gospel Music Traveling Exhibit. DuPree is the recipient of the Florida Religion Award for 1997. DuPree was one of the four recipients from Santa Fe Community College to complete a Florida State Leadership Training Program, the purpose is to prepare women and minorities for leadership roles in higher education. The DuPree Collection is housed at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York.
