- unitid
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{"value"=>"25624", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 773", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b17063809", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1971-2003", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1971/2003"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Africana collection of Donald Burness"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.21 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>"}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Burness, Donald", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Donald Burness, a founding member of the African Literature Association, is the author of several books on Lusophone African literature and the editor of several poetry anthologies that focus on the works of writers from Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, and other African nations.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection contains Burness's correspondence with African and Caribbean authors including Chinua Achebe, Manuel Dos Santos Lopes, Oscar Bento Ribas, and Andrew Salkey, among others.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged alphabetically by author's last name.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Donald B. Burness, 2007.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p> Transferred to the General Research and Reference Division: books</p> <p>Transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division: audio and moving image materials. For more information, please contact the division at schomburgaudiovisual@nypl.org or 212-491-2270.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by A. Q. Wright, November 2007.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Dennis Brutus papers, Sc MG 289, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2020 October 14"}
- date_start
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1971
- keydate
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1971
- date_end
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2003
- date_inclusive_start
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1971
- date_inclusive_end
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2003
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Africana collection of Donald Burness, Sc MG 773, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Donald Burness, a founding member of the African Literature Association, is the author of several books on Lusophone African literature and the editor of several poetry anthologies that focus on the works of writers from Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, and other African nations. The collection contains Burness's correspondence with African and Caribbean authors including Chinua Achebe, Manuel Dos Santos Lopes, Oscar Bento Ribas, and Andrew Salkey, among others.", "generated"=>true}