- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1899-2001", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1899/2001"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1899
- date_inclusive_end
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2001
- keydate
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1899
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Chatham Square Branch records"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"6 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"11 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- 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>"}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Chatham Square Branch Records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"New York Public Library. Chatham Square Branch.", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Chatham Square Branch of The New York Public Library opened in 1903 at 33 East Broadway in Manhattan, replacing a branch of the New York Free Circulating Library that had served the neighborhood for four years. The building was designed by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White and was constructed with funds provided by Andrew Carnegie. Since opening, the branch has been an integral part of the Chinese-American neighborhood it serves, and today is home to the Chinese Heritage Collection, a unique repository of books, reports, documents, videos, and other materials in English and Chinese.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Reports, publicity material and administrative records documenting the operations of the Chatham Square Branch of The New York Public Library.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Transferred from Chatham Square Branch Library.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Boxes 7, 8, 9, 10 closed to research.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Compiled Jim Moske; machine readable finding aid created by FAKER.</p>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Chatham Square Branch of The New York Public Library opened in 1903 at 33 East Broadway in Manhattan, replacing a branch of the New York Free Circulating Library that had served the neighborhood for four years. The building was designed by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White and was constructed with funds provided by Andrew Carnegie. Since opening, the branch has been an integral part of the Chinese-American neighborhood it serves, and today is home to the Chinese Heritage Collection, a unique repository of books, reports, documents, videos, and other materials in English and Chinese. Reports, publicity material and administrative records documenting the operations of the Chatham Square Branch of The New York Public Library.", "generated"=>true}
- extent_statement
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6 linear feet (11 boxes)
- date_start
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1899
- date_end
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2001