Carnegie-Myrdal Study, 1936-1943
- Scope and content:
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In 1938 Bunche took leave from Howard University and joined Gunnar Myrdal's survey, "The Negro in America,� commissioned by the Carnegie Corporation. This series includes fieldwork-related correspondence, interviews, field notebooks, research memoranda, questionnaires, maps, note cards, clippings, contact information and reference materials related to Bunche's tours of the southern United States. Additionally, field notes, interviews and memoranda authored by Bunche's survey collaborators Wilhelmina Jackson (later Rolark) and James E. Jackson, Jr. are included. Unless otherwise noted in the folder title, manuscript materials were authored by Bunche.
Materials are maintained in original order by chronology, type of document, and author.
- Physical description:
- 23 boxes
Contents
Access and use
- Parent restrictions:
- Family requested that series 21, subseries 1: Personal Correspondence between Ralph J. Bunche and Ruth H. Bunche (boxes 476-480) were closed until the deaths of both Joan H. Bunche and Ralph Bunche Jr. As of April 2021, the family would like to review the materials in these boxes before lifting the restriction.
- Parent terms of access:
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Series 21, subseries 1: Personal Correspondence between Ralph J. Bunche and Ruth H. Bunche (boxes 476-480) is closed.
Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988