- unitid
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{"value"=>"25626", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 776", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b21136274", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1873 - 2002", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1873/2002"}
{"value"=>"1995 - 2002", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1995/2002"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Mary Helen Washington papers"}
- 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>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Mary Helen Washington papers (1873-2002, bulk dates 1995-2002) document the working relationship of scholar and author Mary Helen Washington and journalist Lloyd L. Brown."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Washington, Mary Helen", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p><span class=\"name\">Mary Helen Washington</span>, born in <span class=\"date\">1941</span> and originally from Cleveland Ohio, is a scholar, researcher, writer, and professor of English at the University of Maryland. Washington's work explores topics such as Black women writers, Black literature, and radicalism. Her publications include <span class=\"title\">Black-Eyed Susans: Classic Stories by Black Women Writers</span>, <span class=\"title\">Midnight Birds: Stories of Contemporary Black Women Writers</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The Other Blacklist: The African American Literary and Cultural Left of the 1950s</span> where <span class=\"name\">Lloyd Louis Brown</span> would be one of four featured writers.</p> <p>Lloyd Louis Brown (1913-2003) was a journalist, novelist, activist, and labor organizer. Brown was one of Robeson's biographers, and his writings include <span class=\"title\">Iron City</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The Young Paul Robeson: On My Journey Now</span>.</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection was held and maintained by Mary Helen Washington until its donation to the Schomburg.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Mary Helen Washington papers, dating from <span class=\"date\">1873-2002</span> (bulk dates <span class=\"date\">1995-2002</span>), document the working relationship of Washington and journalist Lloyd L. Brown. Lloyd Louis Brown (1913-2003) was a journalist, novelist, activist, and labor organizer. Brown was one of Paul Robeson's biographers, and his writings include: <span class=\"title\">Iron City</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The Young Paul Robeson: On My Journey Now</span>. The collection mainly consists of correspondence, but also included are writings and printed materials.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Correspondence arranged chronologically.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift, Mary Helen Washington, November 2007</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Alexsandra Mitchell, 2016.</p>"}
- date_start
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1873
- keydate
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1873
- date_end
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2002
- date_inclusive_start
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1873
- date_inclusive_end
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2002
- date_bulk_start
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1995
- date_bulk_end
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2002
- extent_statement
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0.21 linear feet (1 box)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Mary Helen Washington papers, Sc MG 776, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}