Constance Porter Uzelac

Constance Porter Uzelac (1939–2012), also known as Coni Porter Uzelac, was a medical librarian and archivist in the United States. She was the Executive Director of the Dorothy Porter Wesley Research Center. She also worked on cataloging all of her mother's works that were housed at the African American Library and Research Center. The catalog for her father was a part of the James A. Porter: From Me To You exhibition that was shown at various galleries across the United States.

Career Born in Washington D.C., Uzelac earned a degree in library studies and worked as a medical librarian for most of her life. After the death of her stepfather in 1987, she and her husband left their home in California to be close to her mother Dorothy in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Then, when her mother died in 1995, Uzelac moved the full collection of archived materials owned by her parents first to a studio in Washington D.C. and then to an apartment in Fort Lauderdale, with the collection originally being contained in 720 separate boxes. The collection that Uzelac curated included not only manuscripts and cookbooks from African-American slaves and servants, but also non-literary materials such as paintings, sculptures, carvings, and quilts. They were especially noted by historian Charles L. Blockson because the pieces in Uzelac's collection often contained signatures of authenticity. She then organized the collection into the official Dorothy Porter Wesley Library, which she served as the executive director of. Due to her involvement in the creation of the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center in Fort Lauderdale, she decided to donate part of the collection to the center. She established a series of educational websites in 2003 that featured pieces of Africana history. In addition to her curation work, she also served on the board of the Greater Fort Lauderdale branch of Sister Cities International. Uzelac died in April 2012 due to complications from cancer.