Michael Standard files related to Timothy Leary

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unitid

{"value"=>"23286", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"b20830308", "type"=>"local_b"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 23286", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1968-1997", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1968/1997"}

date_inclusive_start

1968

date_inclusive_end

1997

keydate

1968

date_start

1968

date_end

1997

unittitle

{"value"=>"Michael Standard files related to Timothy Leary"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.1 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Michael Standard (1935-2014) was an attorney who represented Timothy Leary in court proceedings and also acted as his agent for publishing projects. The collection contains multiple draft manuscripts of Leary's book <span class=\"title\">It's About Time</span>, with handwritten changes. The book was published in 1973 as <span class=\"title\">Confessions of a Hope Fiend</span>. Correspondence and contracts related to Leary's publications date from 1968 to 1973 and include letters from Timothy and Rosemary Leary. The collection also contains correspondence and court documents related to legal cases in New York, Texas, and California; transcripts and notes on interviews with Dennis Martino; documents related to archivist Michael Horowitz's grand jury testimony in August 1975 regarding Leary's archives and their seizure by the FBI; a 1970 manuscript titled <span class=\"title\">Millbrook Thanksgiving</span> by Walt Schneider; and a 1997 letter from Leary biographer Robert Greenfield."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Michael Standard files related to Timothy Leary, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Standard, Michael, 1935-2014", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Elinore Standard, 2015.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Fluker</span>, <span class=\"date\">2015</span>.</p>"}

dsc_type

combined

extent_statement

1.1 linear feet (3 boxes)

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Child components TOP

1. It's About Time
2. Publishing Correspondence and Contracts
3. Leary Legal -- Texas, Poughkeepsie, Etc
4. Michael Horowitz, Leary Archivist
5. Dennis Martino
6. Robert Greenfield Letter
7. Millbrook Thanksgiving