[2] In 1966, she became the first Black faculty member at West Virginia University, where she was hired as a professor of library science.
Her Master's thesis was titled A Comparison of the Opportunities Offered in Negro and White Senior High Schools in the Field of Commerce in West Virginia.
[7] In 1992, she was inducted in the Order of Vandalia, WVU's highest honor for service to the university,[8] and she served as a member of the President's Advisory Committee for eight years.
[1] Monroe received a distinguished service award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (ALA) during the annual conference in Atlanta in 1991.
The Victorine Louistall Monroe Papers are archived at the West Virginia Regional History Center.