Angela Hankins Metts discusses the impact that Bertha Boykin Todd has had on students and the community for 70 years.

Ms. Todd (b 1929) arrived in Wilmington in the fall of 1952 and was named one of two librarians at Williston Industrial High School. Todd moved to the new Williston Senior High School the next year, working as the librarian until 1968. She created the first county-wide book fair in 1960 and served New Hanover County Schools in several capacities, retiring in 1992. Todd is the author of several books and was a co-chair of the 1898 Foundation from 1995-1999.

Bertha B. Todd oral history interviews: UNCW; Duke