- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".63 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"MssCol 18567", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"18567", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1917-1947", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1917/1947"}
{"value"=>"1918-1923", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1918/1923"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1917
- date_inclusive_end
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1947
- keydate
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1917
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Charles Matlack Price letters"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Manuscripts and Archives Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Charles Matlack Price letters are comprised of letters written by Price to his fiancée (later wife), Marguerite Meade Wurzburg between 1918 and 1923, and correspondence between Price and others (1917-1947). Topics discussed include daily life in New York, Price's financial constraints, his military service, and his work."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Charles Matlack Price letters, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Price, Charles Matlack", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Charles Matlack Price was born on March 31, 1887, in Chester County, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Harvard in 1909, Price moved to New York City and found employment in several publishing houses and advertising agencies. He soon established himself as an authority on American visual design, particularly the art of the poster, which was the subject of his first book in 1911. He would go on to publish a number of books on commercial art and editorial layout. His career trajectory was briefly interrupted by his military service at Camp Meade Cantonment and Field Signal School, Maryland. After his discharge in 1919, he married Marguerite Meade Wurzburg (1891-ca. 1936). Price later taught at both the American School of Design and the Rhode Island School of Design. He died in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1962.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Charles Matlack Price letters are comprised of letters written by Price to his fiancée (later wife), Marguerite Meade Wurzburg between 1918 and 1923, and correspondence between Price and others (1917-1947).</p> <p>Letters written while Price was living and working in New York City (1918-1919) were sent to Marguerite at her family home in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Many contain discussions of his loneliness and affection for Marguerite, job prospects, and potential employers, including magazine publisher Condé Nast. \"I am living on minimum right now,\" he wrote on May 2, 1918, \"but there are several things that will take a little money. Notably a new suit…if I were to work with someone like Nast where clothes are imperative.\" He wrote frequently about daily life in New York, his financial constraints, visits to friends, and his work. Some letters are illustrated with small sketches.</p> <p>Price also wrote to Marguerite while serving at Camp Meade, Maryland, in 1919. These letters contain frequent mention of his dissatisfaction with army life and military bureaucracy, and his eagerness to be discharged. Letters resume between 1922 and1923, after their marriage, when Price returned to New York for work while Marguerite remained in Michigan.</p> <p>Additionally, there is one folder of correspondence dating 1917 to 1947 between Price and other friends and family members.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Material is arranged chronologically and by correspondent.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Purchased from Swann Galleries, 2011.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Kit Messick.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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.63 linear feet (2 boxes)
- date_start
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1917
- date_end
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1947
- date_bulk_start
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1918
- date_bulk_end
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1923