{"value"=>"<p> <em>Personal Papers, 1921-1969 (1.2 lin. ft.)</em></p> <p>This series is divided into <em>Family, Biographical</em>and <em>Education</em>subseries. The <em>Family</em>subseries includes a family ledger belonging to Carrington's father, David which contains the latter's last will, in addition to some writings and orations, and records of his children's birth. Additional files consist of correspondence, obituaries and other documents related to Carrington's sisters Corinne (Carrington) Best and Floretta (Carrington) Neals, his brother David Carrington, Jr., and his cousin Cassie Carter. Also included is Herbert Colas Carter's “Outline of the Trizone System of Contract Bridge” (typescript, incomplete). The <em>Biographical</em>subseries consists of curriculum vitae materials: resumes, birth certificate, testaments, diplomas, membership certificates, travel documents, memorabilia, etc. Separate files exist for the Mattachine Society, a gay organization founded in 1950, and for Servas, an international travel committee launched in Denmark in 1949 and dedicated to world brotherhood and peace. Also included are a diary of Carrington's first trip to the Soviet Union in 1926, annual lists of correspondents (1929-1969), and his notes and research materials on Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. DuBois.</p> <p>The bulk of the <em>Education</em>subseries relates to Carrington's graduate and post-graduate work at Columbia University, beginning in 1940. Materials from Howard University are divided into pre- and post-1925 files. The pre-1925 folder consists of several graduation programs, a mimeographed version of the constitution and bylaws of the Howard University Student Council, and printed matter relating to student activities and campus activism. Carrington was a member of the Howard University debating team, and the editor of a student paper, <em>The Bison.</em>Post-1925 materials consist of alumni correspondence and printed matter. Carrington was a lifetime contributor to his alma mater. Professor William Stuart Nelson, in a letter dated August 9, 1928, invited him to apply after his graduation for a teaching post at the newly formed Department of Social Service at Howard. A 1948 letter to the president of the Howard University Student Council recounts his involvement in a successful 1925 student strike against faculty rulings penalizing students for violations of ROTC regulations, and his accomplishments to date. The Columbia University files consist mainly of field work notes, draft materials for his master's thesis, “The Employment Problem of the New York State Negro Prisoner,” and class notes for his sociology courses. After obtaining his Master of Science degree from Columbia's new School of Social Work in 1941, Carrington began work toward a second master's in sociology at the Graduate Faculty of Political Science. He enrolled over the next twenty years in courses ranging from the study of social stratification of urban black communities to the application of social theory to sociology.</p>"}