Metropolitan Applied Research Center (MARC) reports

id
1149
origination
Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914-2005
date statement
1954-1982
key date
1954
identifier (local_mss)
20987
org unit
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
call number
Sc MG 236
b-number
b11484919
total components
135
total series
5
max depth
4
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:06 UTC
updated
2021-08-06 21:57:39 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitid
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{"value"=>"b11484919", "type"=>"local_b"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1954-1982", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1954/1982"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Metropolitan Applied Research Center (MARC) reports"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"24 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"12.33 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Kenneth B. Clark founded and directed the Metropolitan Applied Research Center (MARC), a non-profit research corporation concerned with the problems of American urban society. This collection consists mainly of reports and studies accumulated or researched under the auspices of MARC."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
origination
{"value"=>"Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914-2005", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Kenneth B. Clark was a business executive, psychologist, educator, and writer. He was an expert witness regarding the psychological effect of segregation in education for the landmark Brown v. Kansas Board of Education case, 1954. Clark also founded and directed the Metropolitan Applied Research Center (MARC), a non-profit research corporation concerned with the problems of American urban society.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This collection consists mainly of reports and studies accumulated or researched under the auspices of the Metropolitan Applied Research Center, Inc. (MARC), a non-profit research corporation concerned with the problems of American urban society. Of note is the Franklin K. Lane High School confidential study, which charged institutionalized racism on the part of the police and the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) against Black and Puerto Rican students in an attempt to reduce minority enrollment at the Brooklyn, New York high school. This collection also contains drafts of Roy Wilkins's and Ramsey Clark's book, <span class=\"title\">Commission of Inquiry into the Black Panthers and the Police, Search and Destroy: A Report</span>, 1973 (published by MARC) concerning the police raid of the Black Panther headquarters in Chicago on December 4, 1969, which resulted in the deaths of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark. The reports of the Grand Jury, which conducted the investigation, as well as the Commission's findings are included. Also included are photocopies of photographs depicting the scene of the raid. Additionally, there are reports from the Metropolitan Applied Research Center and minutes of the New York State Urban Develoment Corporation.</p> <p>The majority of the collection includes handwritten and typed drafts for reports for the Two Cities' Project, a 1969 study which documented the growth and development of the Black communities in Newark, New Jersey, and White Plains, New York. Aspects of housing, health, business, education, politics, transportation, urban renewal, and justice were compared. Indices of clippings, which were used as background material, are included in this collection. There are also clippings on Clark, some of his newspaper writing, and book reviews.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Metropolitan Applied Research Center (MARC) reports are arranged in five series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20987#c1649550'>Clark, Kenneth B. and MARC</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1954-1980</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series includes clippings dating from approximately 1954 to 1979 about Clark, his wife, Mamie Clark, and their family. Most clippings deal with Clark's educational views; his activities as an educator and a member of the N.Y. Board of Regents; and reviews of his books. Reports, a miniscule amount of memos, and correspondence concerning MARC and some reports collected by Clark also are included.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20987#c1649563'><span class=\"title\">Commission of Inquiry into the Black Panthers and the Police, Search and Destroy: A Report</span></a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1969-1971</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains several drafts of the report, which became the basis for the book <span class=\"title\">Search and Destroy</span>, published in 1973 by the Methropolitan Applied Research Center and the N.A.A.C.P. Additionally, this series includes autopsy records of Fred Hampton, Jr. and Mark Clark and complete medical records of the four survivors. Additionally, there are excerpts from Rev. Jesse Jackson's eulogy and Rev. Ralph Abernathy's speech, and several photostats of original police photographs.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20987#c1649578'>Two Cities' Project</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1969-1982</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series consists of handwritten and typed drafts of reports for the \"Two Cities' Project\", a 1969 unpublished in-depth study of the Black communities in Newark, New Jersey, and White Plains, New York. Aspects of housing, health, business, education, politics, transportation, urban renewal and justice are compared. Index cards contain incomplete indices for related clippings.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20987#c1649673'>New York State Urban Development Corporation Director's Meeting</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1970-1973</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20987#c1649678'>Printed matter</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1962-1972</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>Arranged into 5 series: I. Clark, Kenneth B. and MARC; II. <span class=\"title\">Commission of Inquiry into the Black Panthers and the Police, Search and Destroy: A Report</span>; III. Two Cities' Project; IV. New York State Urban Development Corporation Director's Meeting; and V. Printed matter.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Kenneth B. Clark, September 1985.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Berlena Robinson, June 1994.</p>"}
revisiondesc
{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2021 July 30"}
date_start
1954
keydate
1954
date_end
1982
date_inclusive_start
1954
date_inclusive_end
1982
extent_statement
12.33 linear feet (24 boxes)
prefercite
{"value"=>"[Item], Metropolitan Applied Research Center (MARC) reports, Sc MG 236, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

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