Wenonah Valentine collection, 2000

Summary

Abstract:

Wenonah Valentine is the executive director of iDream For Racial Health Equity, a training and advocacy project dedicated to supporting positive birth outcomes in the African American community. As a notable art dealer, her collection includes artworks by Mary Heussenstam and Jacqueline Valentine. Included in this collection are announcement posters, audio and video tapes in relation to infant health, and various biographical and organizational files.

Extent:

3.42 linear feet (1 document box, 1 flat file drawer)

Language:

and The collection is in English.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Wenonah Valentine collection, CEMA 146. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

Wenonah Valentine is the executive director of iDream For Racial Health Equity, a training and advocacy project dedicated to supporting positive birth outcomes in the African American community. She is also a notable art dealer whose collection includes artworks by Mary Heussenstam and Jacqueline Valentine. Included in this collection are announcement posters, audio and video tapes in relation to infant health, and various biographical and organizational files.

Biographical / historical:

Wenonah Valentine is a notable businesswoman and social entrepreneur who is skilled in spreading racial equality for minority generations in the field of health education. Valentine is the executive director of iDream For Racial Health Equity, a training and advocacy project dedicated to supporting positive birth outcomes in the African American Community.

Wenonah received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California Santa Barbara with majors in Black Studies and Economics. She has a Masters of Business Administration degree from Azusa Pacific University, and is certified by Pasadena City College in Early Child Development Administration.

Valentine currently serves as a community partner for USC Diversity in Healthcare Leadership Initiative as well as an advisor for the National Black MBA Association-- Los Angeles Chapter. She has served on the UCSB Alumni Association Board of Directors since 2010. Valentine also runs an art dealership named AnointedGraphics.

Acquisition information:

Donated by Wenonah Valentine, June 2012.

Processing information:

Processed by Mari Khasmanyan and Sylvia Baldwin, 2015. Supplemental material processed by Leonardo Vargas, 2016.

Arrangement:

The biographical and organizational files are arranged by subject and date. The artwork series is arranged alphabetically by artist.

Physical location:

Box 1 located in Vault 3, Aisle 55, Column 3. Posters are located in Vault 3, flat file drawers.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Wenonah Valentine collection, CEMA 146. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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