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Letter to Miss Eleanor Phinney from Nancy Gray, Librarian, Oct. 22, 1957

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The letter was sent as cover to the 'Wilson County Public Library Reading Survey' and answers questions posed to the library about the reading survey of 1957. The librarian explains why 'Negroes were not included in the survey' and that the 'entire survey. . .was done by such amateurs that it cannot be compared to professional surveys. . . '
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11 X 8.5 Inches2 Pages Letters (Correspondence)713.974 Kb Application/Pdf
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Public Domain see http://digital.ncdcr.gov/u?/p249901coll22,63753
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North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources

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North Carolina Digital Heritage Center

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. African Americans And Libraries
  3. Minorities
  4. North Carolina
  5. Public Librarians
  6. Public Libraries

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