Smythe, Hugh H. (Hugh Heyne) 1913-1977 creator mixed material monographic eng 36,500 105 1 42 Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, lectures, speeches, writings including the Smythes' joint work, The New Nigerian Elite (1960), newspaper and magazine clippings, printed material, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to their diplomatic and academic careers. Includes material on their involvement with the U.S. Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Affairs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and various United Nations commissions; Hugh Smythe's ambassadorships to Syria and Malta; Mabel Smythe's ambassadorship to Cameroon and her duties at the State Dept.'s Bureau of African Affairs; and their experiences in West Africa and Japan. Also documents Hugh Smythe's position as professor of sociology at Brooklyn College and Mabel Smythe's position as professor and director of African studies at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.; their work for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Phelps-Stokes Fund, and the Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation; and their advocacy for the civil rights movement, multiculturalism, school desegregation, and the career advancement of African Americans at the State Dept. Other topics include Israeli-Arab border conflicts, the plight of refugees, women's issues, and the improvement of health and economic conditions in the United States. Other organizations represented include the African-American Institute, African-American Scholars Council, and Operation Crossroads Africa. Correspondents include Ralph J. Bunche, Kenneth Bancroft Clark, W. E. B. Du Bois, Lorenzo Johnston Greene, Patricia Harris, Langston Hughes, Thurgood Marshall, James H. Robinson, and Elliott Percival Skinner. Restrictions apply. Classified, in part. Diplomats, educators, and scholars. Mabel Hancock Murphy married Hugh H. Smythe in 1939 and married Robert Haith in 1985. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001042 Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson) 1904-1971 Clark, Kenneth Bancroft 1914-2005 Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) 1868-1963 Greene, Lorenzo J. (Lorenzo Johnston) 1899-1988 Harris, Patricia 1924-1985 Hughes, Langston 1902-1967 Marshall, Thurgood 1908-1993 Robinson, James H 1929- Skinner, Elliott P. (Elliott Percival) 1924-2007 African-American Institute. African-American Scholars Council. Brooklyn College Faculty Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) Faculty Operation Crossroads Africa. Phelps-Stokes Fund. United Nations. United States. Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. United States. Department of State Officials and employees, African American United States. Department of State. Bureau of African Affairs. United States Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Affairs. Africanists African American diplomats African Americans Civil rights Israel-Arab Border Conflicts, 1949- Multiculturalism Public health United States Refugees School integration Sociology Study and teaching Women Japan Description and travel Nigeria Social conditions Africa, West Description and travel Diplomatic and consular service, American Cameroon Diplomatic and consular service, American Malta Diplomatic and consular service, American Syria United States Economic conditions 20th century United States Foreign relations 20th century Smythe, Hugh H. (Hugh Heyne), 1913-1977 Smythe, Mabel M. (Mabel Murphy). mm 81057505 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms001042 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms001042.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001042 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001042.3 Restrictions apply. Classified, in part. DLC 820107 20260227111709.0 mm 81057505