Patricia Ross Honcoop scrapbooks and photographs

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unitdate

{"value"=>"1890s-1954", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1890/1954"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Patricia Ross Honcoop scrapbooks and photographs"}

physdesc

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repository

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

abstract

{"value"=>"This collection consists of scrapbooks and loose photographs concerning Harold Ross, founder and editor the <span class=\"title\">New Yorker</span>, and his family. The scrapbooks were assembled by Ross's daughter, Patricia Ross Honcoop. The largest scrapbook, titled \"My Father\" (volume 1) contains photographs of Ross as a child; in uniform during World War I; at home in Stamford, Connecticut; with Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney; and with other friends and associates. The scrapbook also includes official documents related to his service in the war; letters he wrote home from Paris in 1918; a short note from Noel Coward; a memorandum from <span class=\"title\">New Yorker</span> managing editor James M. Cain; a memorandum from Ross regarding the May 2, 1931 issue; and clippings. The other scrapbooks (volume 2 and box 1) contain photographs of Ross, photographs of Patricia Ross with her maternal family, clippings, and letters. Scrapbooks are in fragile condition and one is disbound."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Patricia Ross Honcoop scrapbooks and photographs, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Honcoop, Patricia Ross", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Purchased from James Cummins Bookseller, 2016.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Fluker</span>, <span class=\"date\">2016</span>.</p>"}

date_start

1890

keydate

1890

date_end

1954

date_inclusive_start

1890

date_inclusive_end

1954

extent_statement

.46 linear feet (1 box, 2 volumes)

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