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072 7 _aB
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100 1 _aSmythe, Hugh H.
_q(Hugh Heyne),
_d1913-1977.
245 0 0 _aHugh H. Smythe and Mabel M. Smythe papers,
_fcirca 1895-1997
_g(bulk 1960-1990).
300 _a36,500
_fitems.
300 _a105
_fcontainers plus
_a1
_fclassified.
300 _a42
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged in 10 series. Series 1: Correspondence, 1921-1994; Series 2: Foreign Service File, 1961-1987; Series 3: Academic File, 1939-1994; Series 4: Consultantships and Other Positions, 1942-1994; Series 5: Conferences, 1942-1994; Series 6: Writings, circa 1926-1993; Series 7: Subject File, 1946-1992; Series 8: Miscellany, circa 1895-1994; Series 9: Addition, 1938-1997; and Series 10: Classified, 1961-1981.
506 1 _aRestrictions apply.
506 1 _aClassified, in part.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
520 8 _aAlso 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.
545 0 _aDiplomats, educators, and scholars. Mabel Hancock Murphy married Hugh H. Smythe in 1939 and married Robert Haith in 1985.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001042
600 1 0 _aBunche, Ralph J.
_q(Ralph Johnson),
_d1904-1971.
600 1 0 _aClark, Kenneth Bancroft,
_d1914-2005.
600 1 0 _aDu Bois, W. E. B.
_q(William Edward Burghardt),
_d1868-1963.
600 1 0 _aGreene, Lorenzo J.
_q(Lorenzo Johnston),
_d1899-1988.
600 1 0 _aHarris, Patricia,
_d1924-1985.
600 1 0 _aHughes, Langston,
_d1902-1967.
600 1 0 _aMarshall, Thurgood,
_d1908-1993.
600 1 0 _aRobinson, James H.,
_d1929-
600 1 0 _aSkinner, Elliott P.
_q(Elliott Percival),
_d1924-2007.
610 2 0 _aAfrican-American Institute.
610 2 0 _aAfrican-American Scholars Council.
610 2 0 _aBrooklyn College
_xFaculty.
610 2 0 _aEncyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation.
610 2 0 _aNAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
610 2 0 _aNorthwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)
_xFaculty.
610 2 0 _aOperation Crossroads Africa.
610 2 0 _aPhelps-Stokes Fund.
610 2 0 _aUnited Nations.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bBureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bDepartment of State
_xOfficials and employees, African American.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bDepartment of State.
_bBureau of African Affairs.
610 2 0 _aUnited States Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Affairs.
650 0 _aAfricanists.
650 0 _aAfrican American diplomats.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xCivil rights.
650 0 _aIsrael-Arab Border Conflicts, 1949-
650 0 _aMulticulturalism.
650 0 _aPublic health
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aRefugees.
650 0 _aSchool integration.
650 0 _aSociology
_xStudy and teaching.
650 0 _aWomen.
651 0 _aJapan
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aNigeria
_xSocial conditions.
651 0 _aAfrica, West
_xDescription and travel.
650 0 _aDiplomatic and consular service, American
_zCameroon.
650 0 _aDiplomatic and consular service, American
_zMalta.
650 0 _aDiplomatic and consular service, American
_zSyria.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xEconomic conditions
_y20th century.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_y20th century.
700 1 2 _aSmythe, Hugh H.
_q(Hugh Heyne),
_d1913-1977.
_tNew Nigerian elite.
_f1960.
700 1 _aSmythe, Mabel M.
_q(Mabel Murphy).
_tHugh H. Smythe and Mabel M. Smythe papers.
_fcirca 1895-1997.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001042
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001042.3
999 _c43220
_d43220