Letter from Gunnar Myrdal to Frederick P. Keppel, August 30, 1937
- Name
- Myrdal, Gunnar, 1898-1987 (Author)
- Keppel, Frederick P. (Frederick Paul), 1875-1943 (Addressee)
- Title
- Letter from Gunnar Myrdal to Frederick P. Keppel, August 30, 1937
- Abstract
- In this letter, Gunnar Myrdal responds to Frederick P. Keppel's August 12th invitation to head the Carnegie Corporation's comprehensive study on African American social conditions, stating that he unfortunately cannot accept a two year position due to his commitments as a member of the Swedish Royal Population Commission.
- Collection Name
- Carnegie Corporation of New York Records
- Archival Context
- Series II. Files on Microfilm. Subseries II.C: Carnegie-Myrdal Study, The Negro in America: Correspondence and research memoranda for use in the preparation of Gunnar Myrdal's An American Dilemma 1939-1953. 1935-1938
- Subjects
- Race relations; African Americans--Social conditions; Endowments; Sweden. Befolkningskommissionen
- Format
- correspondence
- Genre
- correspondence
- Origin Information
- Stockholm (Sweden)
- Date
- August 30, 1937
- Physical Description
- microfilm, 16 mm, b&w
- Note
- Reel 90
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
- Also In
- Carnegie Corporation Oral History Project [Staging]
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-4m84-2712