{"value"=>"<p> \"A Study of the Racial Ancestry of the Mississippi College Negro,\" 1947-1949 (1.2 lin. ft.) is Meier's first published article, appearing in 1949. The research for this study, which employed sociological methods, was conducted while Meier was teaching at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi. The bulk of the material consists of questionnaires Meier distributed to students and provides information as to the college the student attended, whether the individual was a student or faculty member, age, county and state of birth, residence at time of completing questionnaire and genealogical background. The collection also includes the manuscript, research correspondence and a letter to Melville Herskovits thanking him for his assistance in getting the article published.</p>"}