Carnegie-Myrdal Study of the Negro in America research memoranda collection: additions

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unitid

{"value"=>"25287", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Sc MG 514", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b11822923", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1940-1942", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1940/1942"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Carnegie-Myrdal Study of the Negro in America research memoranda collection: additions"}

physdesc

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repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"Carnegie Corporation of New York", "type"=>"corpname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The Carnegie-Myrdal Study of the Negro in America, also known as the \"Carnegie-Myrdal Research Memoranda\" is a comprehensive study of African Americans researched by a team of African American and white social scientists. The study was sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation in 1939, for the purpose of providing the background for Gunnar Myrdal's book, <span class=\"title\">An American Dilemma</span> (New York: Harper and Brother Publisher, 1944).</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of six items relating to the Carnegie-Myrdal study, \"The Negro in America.\" Included are Gunnar Myrdal's draft of his preface to the first edition of the book, <span class=\"title\">An American Dilemma</span> (1941); a letter from Walter White (1940) to Attorney Carol Weis King requesting her participation in the study; Ms. King's response; and her completed questionnaire.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Unknown, May 1982.</p>"}

processinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Berlena Robinson, October 1990.</p>"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>Carnegie-Myrdal Study of the Negro in America Research memoranda collection, Sc Micro-R6534, General Research and Reference Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture</p>"}

date_start

1940

keydate

1940

date_end

1942

date_inclusive_start

1940

date_inclusive_end

1942

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], Carnegie-Myrdal Study of the Negro in America research memoranda collection: additions, Sc MG 514, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The Carnegie-Myrdal Study of the Negro in America, also known as the \"Carnegie-Myrdal Research Memoranda\" is a comprehensive study of African Americans researched by a team of African American and white social scientists. The study was sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation in 1939, for the purpose of providing the background for Gunnar Myrdal's book, <span class=\"title\">An American Dilemma</span> (New York: Harper and Brother Publisher, 1944). The collection consists of six items relating to the Carnegie-Myrdal study, \"The Negro in America.\" Included are Gunnar Myrdal's draft of his preface to the first edition of the book, <span class=\"title\">An American Dilemma</span> (1941); a letter from Walter White (1940) to Attorney Carol Weis King requesting her participation in the study; Ms. King's response; and her completed questionnaire.", "generated"=>true}

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