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{"value"=>"23973", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1970s-2014", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1970/2014"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Patti Smith notebooks and manuscripts"}
- physdesc
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- repository
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{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Patti Smith is an American musician, artist, poet, and author best known for her band, the Patti Smith Group, and her memoir, <span class=\"title\">Just Kids</span>. The Patti Smith notebooks and manuscripts consist of unpublished poetry and prose pieces, as well as song lyrics, notes, and reflections dating from the late 1970s to 2014."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Patti Smith notebooks and manuscripts, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Smith, Patti, 1946-", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Patricia \"Patti\" Lee Smith (1946- ) is an American artist, author, poet, and musician. She grew up in New Jersey, and moved to New York City in 1967 to pursue a career as an artist and writer. In 1971, Smith began collaborating with the musician Lenny Kaye, who accompanied Smith on guitar while she performed her poetry. By 1974, she was singing with a full band known as The Patti Smith Group, who released their debut record, <span class=\"title\">Horses</span>, in 1975. The band's emergence coincided with the newly burgeoning punk rock scene in New York City, and they quickly followed up with <span class=\"title\">Radio Ethiopia</span> (1976), <span class=\"title\">Easter</span> (1978), and <span class=\"title\">Wave</span> (1979).</p> <p>In the late 1970s, Smith met and eventually married MC5 guitarist, Fred \"Sonic\" Smith, and the couple relocated to Michigan in the early 1980s. During the decade Smith released one album, 1988's <span class=\"title\">Dream of Life</span>. The Smith family continued to reside in Michigan until 1994, when Fred died of a heart attack. In 1996, Smith moved back to New York City and released the album, <span class=\"title\">Gone Again</span>. This was followed up by <span class=\"title\">Peace and Noise</span> (1997), <span class=\"title\">Gung Ho</span> (2000), <span class=\"title\">Trampin'</span> (2004), <span class=\"title\">Twelve</span> (2007), and, <span class=\"title\">Banga</span>(2012).</p> <p>Although Smith had published many articles and books of poetry throughout her career, her greatest success came with the 2010 memoir, <span class=\"title\">Just Kids</span>, which earned Smith the National Book Award for nonfiction. The memoir chronicles her early years in New York City and her relationship with the artist, Robert Mapplethorpe. <span class=\"title\">Just Kids</span> was followed up by another memoir, <span class=\"title\">M Train</span>, in 2015.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection dates from the 1970s to 2014, and contains three notebooks and a small assemblage of Patti Smith's writings. The materials include drafts of poems, lyrics, and articles; unpublished prose; and various notes.</p> <p>The Original Lyric Book for <span class=\"title\">Wave</span> is from the late 1970s, and features lyrics for Smith's fourth studio album, <span class=\"title\">Wave</span>. The notebook contains lyrics to \"Frederick,\" \"Revenge,\" and \"Dancing Barefoot.\" There are a number of unpublished reflections related to <span class=\"title\">Wave</span>, as well as lists of song titles that would ultimately appear on the record. There is also a compendium of pages with the title \"Flowers\" that comprise a collection of prose and ruminations about the art of Robert Mapplethorpe.</p> <p>The Notebook of Lyrics and Comment contains an assortment of lyrics, notes, sketches, and drafts. Much of the notebook is devoted to Smith's fifth studio album <span class=\"title\">Dream of Life</span>, which includes lyrics for \"Up There Down There,\" \"People have the Power, \"Going Under,\" and \"Jackson Song.</p> <p>The Notebook for <span class=\"title\">Dream of Life</span> is from the 1980s, and contains text related to the album <span class=\"title\">Dream of Life</span>, as well as short unpublished poems and lyrics. There are multiple iterations of lyrics to songs including, \"Where Duty Calls,\" \"People Have the Power,\" \"Going Under,\" \"Up There Down There,\" and \"Paths that Cross.\"</p> <p>Poetry and Manuscripts is a selection of five short pieces, which comprise loose handwritten pages composed between 1989 and 2012. There is a two page remembrance of the artist, Brion Gysin; a one page untitled piece, containing a mixture of prose and poetic verse; a thirteen page review of Edmund White's 1993 biography, <span class=\"title\">Genet</span>; a draft of Smith's poem, \"Hecatomb,\" which was written as a remembrance to the Chilean writer, Roberto Bolaño; and a piece titled \"We are all Pinocchio,\" which features excerpts of lines utilized in Smith's 2010 commencement address at Pratt Institute.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Materials are arranged chronologically.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Purchased from Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, 2016.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Heather Lember</span>, <span class=\"date\">2017</span>.</p>"}
- dsc_type
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combined
- date_start
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1970
- keydate
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1970
- date_end
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2014
- date_inclusive_start
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1970
- date_inclusive_end
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2014
- extent_statement
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.42 linear feet (1 box)