Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Biographical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Processing Information note
- Related Archival Materials note
- Conditions Governing Access note
- Immediate Source of Acquisition note
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
Gwendolen M. Carter papers
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Gwendolen M. Carter papers
- Identifier
- BMRC.NU.CARTER
- Repository
- Northwestern University, University Archives
- Language
- English
- Size
- 55.46 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1915-1991
- Creator
- Carter, Gwendolen Margaret, 1906-1991
Biographical note
Gwendolen M. Carter was a South African specialist and a professor of political science and African studies. Carter first visited Africa in 1948 while working on a study of the British Commonwealth. Her scholarly interests immediately turned to that continent, and she returned to South Africa for a yearlong study in 1952. In addition to receiving Ford and Rockefeller Foundation grants for her work, Carter served on the advisory council of the African Bureau of the Department of State (1962-1967), was a State Department lecturer in Africa in 1966, and directed an Office of Education seminar for American teachers in Africa in 1967. In 1964, Carter was appointed Melville J. Herskovits Professor of African Affairs and Director of the Program of African Studies at Northwestern University, a position she held for a decade.
Scope and Contents note
The Gwendolen M. Carter Papers chronicle Carter's career as a political scientist and Africanist from the 1930s through the 1980s. Carter's South African research interests and her activities as director of Northwestern University's Program of African Studies are especially well documented. The collection includes biographical data, correspondence, research and field notes, teaching files, reprints and manuscript drafts, speeches, and clippings scrapbooks.
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2010 March 2 by Lisa Calahan and Lauren Kalal.
Conditions Governing Access note
Access to this collection is restricted; please contact the holding institution for details.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
The Gwendolen M. Carter Papers were transferred to the University Archives from the office of Northwestern University's Program of African Studies between 1974 and 1977. Eleven accessions comprise this addition: 83-161 Nov. 9, 1993 Gwendolen Carter; 83-179 Nov. 25,1983 Gwendolen Carter, via Hans Panofsky; 84-29 Feb. 10,1984 Gwendolen Carter, via Hans Panofsky; 84-114 July 25,1984 Gwendolen Carter, via Hans Panofsky; 84-207 Nov. 20,1984 Gwendolen Carter; 85-67 Apr. 20,1985 Judy Rosenthal (Africana); 85-95 June 4, 1985 Hans Panofsky; 85-258 Nov. 25 & Dec. 26, 1985 Nancy J. Schmidt via Hans Panofsky; 86-225 Oct. 26, 1986 Nancy J. Schmidt; 87-167 Aug. 8, 1987; 89-35 Mar. 7, 1989 Hans Panofsky. Transferred from the Africana Library, April 20, 1985.