Background
Wesley, Dorothy Porter was born on May 25, 1905 in Warrenton, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Hayes Joseph and Bertha (Ball) Burnett.
Wesley, Dorothy Porter was born on May 25, 1905 in Warrenton, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Hayes Joseph and Bertha (Ball) Burnett.
AB, Howard University, 1928. Master of Science in Library. Science, Columbia University, 1932.
Preservation/Adminstrs. Archives Certified, American University, 1957. Degree (honorary), University Susquehanna, 1971.
Degree (honorary), University Syracuse, 1989. Degree (honorary), Radcliffe College, 1990.
Administrator, organizer Moorland-Spingarn Foundation, 1929. Retired, 1973
Member executive council Association for Study of Afro-American Life and History. Ford Foundation visiting senior scholar W.E.B. DuBois Institute, Harvard University.
Member library advisory committee White House. Member United States President's Committee on Employment of Handicapped. Member American Library Association, Africanist Society, American Antiquarian Society, Association African American Museum, African Studies Association, Bibliographical Society of America, Black Bibliographical Society of America, Black Academy Arts and Letters, Columbia University Library.
School Alumni, District of Columbia History Society (advisory board), District of Columbia Library. Association, Essex Institute, National Caucus, Center on Black Aged, Inc., National Trust for Preservation of History Sites, Nigerian History Society, Society of America Archivists, Delta Sigma Theta, Phi Beta Kappa, numerous others.
Married James Amos Porter, Charles Harris Wesley.