Hugh H. Smythe and Mabel M. Smythe Papers

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Hugh H. Smythe and Mabel M. Smythe Papers

ca. 1895-1997

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001042

Diplomats, educators, and scholars. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, photographs, reports, writings, subject files and other papers relating to the Smythes’ ambassadorships to Cameroon, Malta, and Syria and their work on African and African-American issues with a variety of organizations and educational institutions.

36,500 items; 105 containers plus 1 classified; 42 linear feet

eng, Latn

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6356092

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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