- unitid
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{"value"=>"25596", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 726", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b18101332", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1924-1959", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1924/1959"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Gladys H. MacDonald papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.42 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Gladys H. MacDonald was a Harlem-based librarian, community organizer, and founder of the community organization, Harlem Speaks. The Gladys MacDonald papers include documents from MacDonald's personal life and Harlem Speaks."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"MacDonald Gladys H., 1912-", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Gladys H. MacDonald was a Harlem-based librarian and community organizer. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, MacDonald worked in a variety of librarian and teaching positions for institutions such as the Schomburg Collection for Negro Literature and History (New York Public Library), New York <span class=\"title\">Amsterdam News</span>, 135th Street YMCA, and Brooklyn College.</p> <p>In 1951, MacDonald founded Harlem Speaks, an interracial group that held community forums and meetings, and featured speakers such as Langston Hughes and George Schuyler. The organization suffered from a lack of funding and ceased functioning in 1959.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Gladys MacDonald Papers include documents from MacDonald's personal life and from the organization Harlem Speaks, a forum dedicated to stimulating discussion of major issues affecting community life. Most of the personal documents are biographical sketches and correspondence regarding her employment history and job search. Harlem Speaks material contains correspondence (1952-1958), event and meeting information such as flyers, invitations, minutes, notes and agendas. There are also financial reports, fundraising letters and proposals as well as press clippings. Address lists and approximately one hundred address cards provide membership information.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Gladys H. MacDonald papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/25596#c1588800'>Personal</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1924-1952</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/25596#c1588806'>Harlem Speaks</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1951-1959</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged into two series: (1) Personal and (2) Harlem Speaks.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift, Andrew Sinauer, May 2003.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Chantel Bell, September 2004, and Janice Quinter, June 2009.</p>"}
- date_start
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1924
- keydate
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1924
- date_end
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1959
- date_inclusive_start
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1924
- date_inclusive_end
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1959
- extent_statement
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0.42 linear feet (1 box)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Gladys H. MacDonald papers, Sc MG 726, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}