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Kenneth Bancroft Clark Papers A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2012 Revised 2012 August Contact information: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.contact Additional search options available at: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998002 LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm82078303 Prepared by Michael Spangler with the assistance of Janish Anderson, Sheila Day, Sherralyn McCoy, Brian McGuire, Susie Moody, Thelma Todd, and Kathy Woodrell Revised and expanded by Kathleen O'Neill with the assistance of Sheralyn McCoy Collection Summary Title: Kenneth Bancroft Clark Papers Span Dates: 1897-2003 Bulk Dates: (bulk 1935-1990) ID No.: MSS78303 Creator: Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914-2005 Extent: 173,750 items ; 496 containers plus 10 oversize ; 215 linear feet ; 1 microfilm reel Language: Collection material in English Location: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Summary: Author, psychologist, and educator. Correspondence, memoranda, subject and project files, speeches and writings, transcripts of interviews and testimony, book drafts, minutes, reports, and administrative, academic, and financial records relating to Kenneth Bancroft Clark's career as a psychologist and professor at the City College, City University of New York, his contributions to the African-American civil rights movement and equal educational opportunities, and his various consulting firms, especially Metropolitan Applied Research Center, a group he organized in New York, N.Y., to advocate for the urban poor and disadvantaged. Selected Search Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein. People Allport, Gordon W. (Gordon Willard), 1897-1967--Correspondence. Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961--Trials, litigation, etc. Carter, Robert L., 1917-2012--Correspondence. Clark family. Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914-2005. Clark, Mamie Phipps. Delany, Hubert T.--Correspondence. Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940. Klineberg, Otto, 1899-1992. Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993--Correspondence. McClung, Alfred Lee--Correspondence. Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick), 1927-2003--Correspondence. Murphy, Gardner, 1895-1979--Correspondence. Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979--Correspondence. Redding, Louis L.--Correspondence. Waring, Elizabeth--Correspondence. Organizations American Psychological Association. City University of New York. City College--Faculty. City University of New York. City College. Social Dynamics Research Institute. Social Dynamics Research Institute records. 1954-1968. Clark, Phipps, Clark, and Harris. Clark, Phipps, Clark, and Harris records. 1938-1994. HARYOU (Organization) Hastie Group. Haverford Group. Intergroup Committee on New York's Public Schools. Kenneth B. Clark and Associates. Kenneth B. Clark and Associates records. Metropolitan Applied Research Center. Metropolitan Applied Research Center records. 1949-1978. Mid-century White House Conference on Children and Youth (1950 : Washington, D.C.) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) Kenneth Bancroft Clark Papers 2 National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students. New York State Urban Development Corporation. Northside Center for Child Development. Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc. Universal Negro Improvement Association. Universal Negro Improvement Association records. 1918-1962. University of the State of New York. Board of Regents. Subjects African Americans--Civil rights. African Americans--Education. African Americans--Scholarships, fellowships, etc. African Americans--Societies, etc. Black nationalism--United States. Child development. Child labor. Children with social disabilities. Civil rights--United States. Discrimination in education. Education. Poor--New York (State)--New York. Psychology--Research. Psychology--Societies, etc. Public schools--New York (State) Public schools--New York (State)--New York. Public schools--Washington (D.C.) Race discrimination--Psychological aspects. Riots--New York (State)--New York. School integration--Arkansas--Little Rock. School integration. Segregation--Psychological effects. Youth with social disabilities. Places Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions. Occupations Authors. Educators. Psychologists. Administrative Information Provenance The papers of Kenneth Bancroft Clark, social psychologist, educator, and author, were given by Clark and others to the Library of Congress in 1973, with additions received through 2008. Processing History The Kenneth Bancroft Clark Papers were processed in 1994-1995. Additional material received between 1995 and 2008 was processed in 2012 and some previously processed material was re-arranged. The finding aid was revised in 2012. Additional Guides A description of the Clark Papers appears in Library of Congress Acquisitions: Manuscript Division, 1987, pp. 19-22. Kenneth Bancroft Clark Papers 3 Transfers Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Motion picture films and sound and video recordings have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. Most photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division. Maps have been transferred to the Geography and Map Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the Kenneth Bancroft Clark Papers. Copyright Status Copyright in the unpublished writings of Kenneth Bancroft Clark in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public. Access and Restrictions The papers of Kenneth Bancroft Clark are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use. Preferred Citation Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number or reel number, Kenneth Bancroft Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Biographical Note Date Event 1914, July 14 Born, Panama Canal Zone 1919 Moved to New York, N.Y., with mother and sister 1931 Naturalized United States citizen 1935 A.B., Howard University, Washington, D.C. 1936 M.S., psychology, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 1938 Married Mamie Katherine Phipps (died 1983) 1940 Ph.D., experimental psychology, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1941-1942 Assistant professor of psychology, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. Research psychologist, Office of War Information, Washington, D.C. 1942-1975 Professor of psychology, City College, City University of New York, New York, N.Y. 1946 Cofounder with Mamie Phipps Clark of Northside Center for Child Development, New York, N.Y. 1950 Member, fact finding staff, Mid-Century White House Conference on Children and Youth 1951 Social science consultant, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund 1954 Research on effects of racial segregation cited by Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education decision on school segregation Kenneth Bancroft Clark Papers 4 1955 Published Prejudice and Your Child (Boston: Beacon Press. 151 pp.) 1961 Awarded Spingarn Medal by the NAACP 1961-1967 Consultant, personnel division, State Department 1962-1964 Chairman, board of trustees, Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited, New York, N.Y. 1964-1966 Director, Social Dynamics Research Institute, City College, City University of New York, New York, N.Y. 1965 Published Dark Ghetto: Dilemmas of Social Power (New York: Harper and Row, Publishers. 251 pp.) 1966-1986 Member, board of regents, State Education Department, University of the State of New York 1966-1975 President, Metropolitan Applied Research Center, New York, N.Y. 1968 Published with Jeannette Hopkins A Relevant War Against Poverty: A Study of Community Action Programs and Observable Change (New York: Harper & Row, Publishers. 275 pp.) 1968-1975 Member, board of directors, New York State Urban Development Corp. 1970-1971 President, American Psychological Association 1974 Published The Pathos of Power (New York: Harper and Row, Publishers. 188 pp.) 1976-1986 President, Clark, Phipps, Clark & Harris, New York, N.Y. 1986-1994 President, Kenneth B. Clark & Associates, Hastings-On-Hudson, N.Y. 1994 APA Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Psychology 2005, May 1 Died, Hastings-On-Hudson, N.Y. Scope and Content Note The papers of Kenneth Bancroft Clark (1914-2005) span the years 1897-2003, with the bulk of the items concentrated in the period 1935-1990. The collection is sizable and covers the full range of Clark's career. The material is arranged broadly into Family Papers ; Professional Files ; records of the Metropolitan Applied Research Center (MARC) , a research group headed by Clark and organized to advocate for the urban poor and disadvantaged; a small group of records of a local New York City division of the Universal Negro Improvement Association ; an Addition series ; and Oversize . Included are correspondence, memoranda, subject files, speeches and writings, project files, transcripts of interviews and testimony, book drafts, minutes, reports, administrative records, financial records, printed matter,