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 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, April 1999. Revised by Terry Catapano May 2000 Description is in English October 16, 2006 EAD v1.0 finding aid converted to EAD 2002 using UC Berkeley's eadv1to2002.pl perl script. Inventory of the Hugh Smythe Papers, 1942-1963 Sc Micro R 966 (Sc MG 4) Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture The New York Public Library New York, New York Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. New York Public Library. 515 Malcolm X Boulevard New York, NY 10037-1801 (212) 491-2224 scmarbref@nypl.org http://nypl.org/research/sc/scm/marb.html Stanton F. Biddle August 1968 Apex Data Services; Terry Catapano

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PREFACE

This inventory is one of several prepared as part of the archival program at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History (now the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture) during the summer of 1968.

The Schomburg Center's archival program involves the organization and preservation of primary source material held by the Center, and the preparation of finding aids, making this information accessible to scholars.

Necessary staff and supplies for this project were made possible by a combination of Library funds, special city, state and federal government funds, and Ford Foundation funds.

Stanton F. Biddle

The main body of the Hugh and Mabel Smythe's Papers are in the Library of Congress

 Descriptive Summary Hugh Smythe Papers, 1942-1963 Sc Micro R 966 (Sc MG 4) Smythe, Hugh 5 lin. ft. (12 boxes; 6000 items The New York Public Library Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture English Administrative Information Source

Gift of Hugh Smythe, 1965

 Biographical Note Hugh Smythe 1913, August 19 Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: son of William and Mary Barnhardt Smythe. 1936 Received A.B. degree from Virginia State College, Petersburg, Virginia. 1937 Received M.A. degree from Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia. 1937 Assistant Instructor in Anthropology, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia,. 1938 Field Research and Administrative Assistant for the American Youth Commission of the American Council of Education, Atlanta, Georgia. 1938-1939 Research Assistant and Instructor in the Department of Social Sciences (Sociology) University, Nashville, Tennessee. 1939, July 26 Married Mabel Murphy 1942 Research Associate, Department of Sociology, Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia 1944 Professor of Sociology and Antropology at Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Georgia 1945 Received Ph.D. in Antropology African Studies) from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 1945-1946 Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, Tennessee State College, Nashville, Tennessee 1947-1949 Assistant Director, Department of Special Research, New York City Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1949-1950 Research Director for W.B. Graham & Associates, New York, New York 1950-1951 Graduate Student, East Asian Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York. 1951-1953 Visiting Professor of Sociology-Anthropology at Yamaguchi National University, Yamaguchi City, Japan 1953, March-June Returned from Japan to U.S.A. via a trip around the world 1953- Member of Faculty in Department of, Sociology-Anthropology, Brooklyn College, New York, New York. On leave since 1965 1957-1958 Recipient of Ford Foundation Grant to do field research in Nigeria. 1959-1960 Field Director of Operation Crossroads Africa 1961-1962 Member of United States Delegation to the 16th United Nations General Assembly 1961-1963 Lecturer at Foreign Service Institute of the United States Department of State 1964-1965 Chief Consultant to Youth In Action, Office of Economic Opportunity 1965-1967 Appointed Ambassador to Syria by President Lyndon B. Johnson 1967 Appointed Ambassador to Malta by President Lyndon B. Johnson 1968 Received LL.D, Virginia State College

Co-Author of: The New Nigerian Elite, 1960, Educating the Culturally Dis-Advantaged Child, 1966. Author of numerous articles and chapters in cooperative books; Editorial Consultant for Zenith (Doubleday)

 Mabel Murphy Smythe 1918, April 3 Born in Montgomery, Alabama 1933-1936 Attended Spelman College, Atlanta Georgia 1937 Received B.A. degree from Mount Holyoke College, Holyoke Massachusetts 1940 Received M.A. degree in Economics from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 1942 Received Ph.D. in Economics and Law from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 1942-1945 Instructor in Economics and Business Administration at Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri 1945-1946 Instructor in Economics and Business Administration at Tennessee State College, Nashville, Tennessee 1946-1947 Lecturer in Economics, Brooklyn College, New York, New York 1951-1953 Visiting Professor of Economics, Shiga University (Japan) 1954- Member of the staff of New Lincoln School, New York, New York 1959- Principal of New Lincoln High School 1961 Member of United States Advisory Commission on Educational Exchange 1962-1965 Member of United States Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Affairs

Co-Author of: The New Nigerian Elite (1960),Intensive English Conversation (1953/54), Co-Editor of: Curriculum for Understanding, Union Free School District No.13, Valley Stream, New York, September, 1965.

 Scope and Content

The Hugh Smythe Papers, cover Smythe's professional career from 1942 through 1963. During this period Smythe's activities centered upon research, writing, and university teaching in the fields of sociology and anthropology, with special emphasis on East Asian and African studies. He also wrote extensively on American race relations and increasingly pursued interests in governmental affairs.

The Collection comprises correspondence; books, articles, and manuscripts; and material relating to Smythe's many professional interests and activities. Included are some papers of Mabel Murphy Smythe, his wife and sometime co-author; and manuscripts by W. E. Burghardt DuBois. The Papers have been organized into five series as follows: Correspondence; Manuscripts; Professional Activities and Interest; Mabel Smythe; W.E.B. DuBois Papers.

 Series Descriptions/Container List Correspondence

The CORRESPONDENCE is arranged chronologically, and in some instances topically. Several folders contain correspondence relating to Smythe's Ford Foundation grant in 1957.

 1 1 1942-1943 1 2 1944 1 3 1945 1 4 1946 1 5 1947 1 6 1948 1 7 1949 1 8 1950 1 9 1951 1 10 Japan, 1951-1953 2 folders 1 11 1953 1 12 Japanese Sociological Society, 1953, 1955-1956 1 13 1954 1 14 United States Information Agency, 1954, 1955 1 15 1955 1 16 Japanese Sociological Review, 1955-1956 1 17 1956 2 18 1957 2 19 Ford Foundation, 1957 Nigerian Field Trip, 1957 2 20 General 2 21 Letters To Family 2 22 Travel Arrangements 2 23 1958 2 24 1959 2 25 Susan Sontag, 1959 2 26 1960-1961 2 27 1962-1963 2 28 Undated, Including Phonodisc 2 29 Undated, Japanese Christmas Cards Manuscripts

The MANUSCRIPT series is subdivided topically by articles and alphabetically therein. The specified topics are: Africa, Japan, and American Race Relations. Of special interest in the African section is the preliminary data relating to the Smythes' The New Nigerian Elite(1960). Included are manuscripts for articles, monographs, book reviews and speeches.

 Africa 3 1 2 Africa's New Class, 1959 3 2 2 Black Africa's New Power Elite, 1959 3 3 2 The Colonial Question 3 4 2 The Colonial Question Preliminary Notes 3 5 2 Social Change In Africa 3 6 3 Articles, Including Notes 2 folders 3 7 3 Book Reviews New Nigerian Elite 3 8 3 Book Review, By Irene Diggs With Reply By H. Smythe 3 9 3 Carbon Copy Of Final Draft 3 10 3 First Draft 3 11 3 Outline And Questionnaire 4 12 Preliminary Notes 7 folders 4 13 3 Related Articles 4 14 3 Second Draft 2 folders 4 15 3 Socio-Economic Implications Of Land In Contemporary Nigeria Japan 5 16 3 American Japanese Cultural Relations, 1951 5 17 3 Decade Of Japanese Democracy: An American View, 1956 5 18 3 The Development Of Social Sciences In Japan By T. Sakata And H. Smythe, 1953 3 19 3 Recent Trends In Sociology: Japan By K. Chikazawa And H. Smythe, 1957 5 20 3 Status Of Women In Japan Before 1600, 1951 Articles 5 21 3 1951 2 folders 5 22 3 1952 3 folders 5 23 3 1953 5 24 3 1958-1959 5 25 3 1960-1963 5 26 3 Medical Study - The Mass Treatment Of Trachoma By S. Kamiya, M.D. 5 27 3 Speeches, 1951, 1953 6 American Race Relations 6 28 3 Changing Patterns In Negro Leadership, 1950 6 29 3 The Concept Of `Jim Crow', 1948 6 30 3 NAACP Petitions The U.N. On Discrimination Against Negroes, 1947 6 31 3 The Negro And The Fight For Civil Rights, 1948 6 32 3 The Negro Scene, 1951 6 33 3 Politics, Power And The Plural Society, 1959(?) 6 34 3 Problems Of Providing Adequate House Service In The United States 6 35 3 Race And Intergroup Relations

(including Related Correspondence)

 6 36 3 Race Relations And Equality, 1961 6 37 3 Racial Discrimination And Segregation In The Caribbean Articles 6 38 3 1948 And Undated 6 39 3 1955 6 40 3 1956 6 41 3 1959 Book Reviews 6 42 3 Controversy Oak Vs. Smythe, 1948 6 43 3 1948-1950 6 44 3 1950-1957 6 45 3 1958-1960 6 46 3 Notes For Book On Negroes In Contemporary American Life, 1955-1956 6 47 3 Pabst Report H. Smythe, Research Director, 1949 2 folders 6 48 3 Speeches, 1948 Other 6 49 3 Current Trends In American Sociology, 1951 6 50 3 Connecticut Chronicle - Sally Landring, 1948 6 51 3 Connecticut Chronicle - Speaking Frankly, 1948 6 52 3 Notes For Social Situation Speech - June 28, 1961 6 53 3 Notes For Speech On Religion In Modern World 7 54 4 Notes On Sociological Readings 7 55 4 Photographs 7 56 4 Short Stories, 1958 Professional Interests And Activities

The series on Hugh Smythe's PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES contains syllabi, bibliographies, lecture notes, etc., pertaining to his teaching at Yamaguchi National College (Japan) and Brooklyn College. Also included is material illustrating Smythe's extra-academic interests such as, United Nations affairs, Crossroads Africa, and civil rights activities.

 Teaching Yamaguchi National College 7 1 4 Teaching Notes, 1951-1952 Brooklyn College 7 2 4 Anthropology, 1956 7 3 4 New York World Telegrams, Articles, 1958 7 4 4 Examinations, 1955-1957 7 5 4 General 7 6 4 Nigeria Questionnaire, Ca. 1958 7 7 4 Notes Fall Term, 1956 7 8 4 Syllabi And Bibliographical Materials, 1954-1955 7 9 4 Syllabi And Bibliographical Materials, 1956 7 10 4 Teaching Materials Of Dr. Haynes, City College Of New York, 1959-1960 Term Papers 7 11 4 1955 4 folders 8 12 4 1956 8 13 4 1957 3 folders 8 14 4 1960 Other 8 15 4 Activities List, 1957-1959 8 16 4 American Jewish Congress, 1957 8 17 4 American Society Of African Culture, 1958 8 18 4 American Society Of African Culture, 1959 8 19 4 American Sociological Society, 1954-1955 8 20 4 Bio-Sciences Information Exchange, 1960 8 21 4 Conference On Social And Cultural Pluralism In The Caribbean, 1959 8 22 4 Council On Race Relations, Bloomfield, N.J. 8 23 4 Elgin/Keswick Conference, Canada, June, 1959 8 24 4 Federal Security Agency, 1958 8 25 4 National Marine Exposition, 1947 9 26 5 National Urban League, 1947-1948 Operation Crossroads Africa 9 27 5 Hugh Smythe, Field Director, 1959-1960 9 28 5 Cameroon 9 29 5 Dahomey 9 30 5 Ghana 9 31 5 Nigeria 9 32 5 Togoland 9 33 5 Residential Seminars On World Affairs, 1956-1958 9 34 5 Second All African Conference, 1960 9 35 5 State Commission Against Discrimination, 1956 9 36 5 State Commission Against Discrimination, Staff Conference, November 24, 1956 9 37 5 United Nations Interests, 1947-1948 9 38 5 United States Mission To The United Nations, 1961-1962 9 39 5 University College Of Ghana, 1959-1960 10 Mabel Smythe

MABEL SMYTHE'S PAPERS, arranged alphabetically by form and therein by subject, include personal memorabilia (a scrapbook), manuscripts, and some correspondence. Of particular interest is her research material on segregation in education, which was used by the N.A.A.C.P. legal staff in their cases, and was instrumental in the 1954 Supreme Court Decision barring segregation in public schools.

 Correspondence 10 1 5 1945-1947 10 2 5 1950-1955 10 3 5 1956-1959, N.D. 10 4 5 General Manuscripts 10 5 5 The Bridegroom Cometh 10 6 5 Short Stories 10 7 5 Manuscripts By Emilio Lanier 10 8 5 New Lincoln School, 10Th Anniversary Journal, 1958 10 9 5 Notes For School Segregation Study, 1953 7 folders 10 10 5 Notes For Self Image Project - Negro Book 10 11 5 Notes On Race Relations In Africa 10 12 5 Profile, New York Post, Dec. 11, 1964 11 13 5 Scrapbook 4 folders 12 6 5 W.E.B. Dubois

The fifth series comprises manuscripts of articles and speeches and some correspondence by W. E. B. BURGHARDT DUBOIS. This material, also arranged alphabetically by form and therein by subject, was included in the papers of Hugh Smythe at the time of receipt.

 12 1 5 African Affairs, 1947-1948 12 2 5 Correspondence, 1944-1946 12 3 5 Letters From Robert. D.C., 1947 Manuscripts 12 4 5 Manuscripts 2 folders 12 5 5 Economic Illiteracy, 1947 12 6 5 Gandhi 1948 (?) 12 7 5 Race Relations In The U.S., 1948 12 8 5 Unidentified, 1947 12 9 5 Speeches (Including Notes), 1890-1949 3 folders Separation Record

The following items were removed from:

Name of Collection/Papers Hugh Smythe Papers

Accession Number Sc Micro R966-971

Donor: Hugh Smythe

Purchase

Date received: 1965

Date transferred: 1968

The item(s) listed below have been sent to the division indicated, either to be retained or disposed of there. Any items that should receive special disposition are clearly marked.

Schomburg Photographs and Print Division:

A collection of photographs