- Creator
- Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Call number
- Sc MG 514
- Physical description
- 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- [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
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
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, An American Dilemma (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, An American Dilemma (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.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Unknown, May 1982.
Processing information
Processed by Berlena Robinson, October 1990.
Related Material
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
Using the collection
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor