When Dorothy Burnett joined the library staffat Howard University in 1928, she was given a mandate to administer a libraryof Negro life and history. The schoolpurchased the Arthur B. Spingarn Collectionin 1946, along with other collections, and Burnett, who would laterbecome Dorothy Porter Wesley, helped create a world-class archive known as theMoorland-Spingarn Research Center and cemented her place as an immensely important figure in the preservation of African American history. Wesley’s zeal for unearthing materialsrelated to African American history earned her the name of Shopping Bag Lady. Join author, historian and former Howard University librarian Janet Sims-Woodas she charts the award-winning and distinguished career of an iconicarchivist.