TY  - GEN
AU  - Smythe,Hugh H.
AU  - Smythe,Hugh H.
AU  - Smythe,Mabel M.
TI  - Hugh H. Smythe and Mabel M. Smythe papers,
KW  - Bunche, Ralph J.
KW  - Clark, Kenneth Bancroft,
KW  - Du Bois, W. E. B.
KW  - Greene, Lorenzo J.
KW  - Harris, Patricia,
KW  - Hughes, Langston,
KW  - Marshall, Thurgood,
KW  - Robinson, James H.,
KW  - Skinner, Elliott P.
KW  - African-American Institute
KW  - African-American Scholars Council
KW  - Brooklyn College
KW  - Faculty
KW  - Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation
KW  - NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
KW  - Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)
KW  - Operation Crossroads Africa
KW  - Phelps-Stokes Fund
KW  - United Nations
KW  - United States
KW  - Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
KW  - Department of State
KW  - Officials and employees, African American
KW  - Bureau of African Affairs
KW  - United States Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Affairs
KW  - Africanists
KW  - African American diplomats
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Israel-Arab Border Conflicts, 1949-
KW  - Multiculturalism
KW  - Public health
KW  - Refugees
KW  - School integration
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Women
KW  - Diplomatic and consular service, American
KW  - Cameroon
KW  - Malta
KW  - Syria
KW  - Japan
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Nigeria
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Africa, West
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Foreign relations
N1  - Restrictions apply; Classified, in part
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001042
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001042.3
ER  -