- unitid
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{"value"=>"25632", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 788", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b18087862", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"ca. 1966-1970", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1966/1970", "certainty"=>"approximate"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Biafra War collection"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.04 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"=>"Between 1967 and 1970, the West African nation of Nigeria was embroiled in a deadly civil war six years after the nation gained independence from the United Kingdom. The Nigerian-Biafran War (also know as the Nigerian Civil War) was sparked by two coup d'états and several pogroms in 1966. The Biafra War collection, 1966-1970, primarily contains printed material - press releases, government propaganda, personal narratives, white papers, newspaper articles, etc. - produced by the various stakeholders involved in the Nigerian Civil War.."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Between 1967 and 1970, the West African nation of Nigeria was embroiled in a deadly civil war six years after the nation gained independence from the United Kingdom. The Nigerian-Biafran War (also know as the Nigerian Civil War) was sparked by two coup d'états and several pogroms in 1966. The following year on May 30, 1967, Lt. Col. C. Odumegwu Ojuku and other military leaders from the Igbo dominated Eastern Region declared independence from the greater Nigerian Federation and proclaimed the birth of the Republic of Biafra.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Biafra War Collection, 1966-1970, primarily contains printed material--press releases, government propaganda, personal narratives, white papers, newspaper articles, etc.--produced by the various stakeholders involved in the Nigerian Civil War. The series Republic of Biafra propaganda includes pro-independence booklets and press releases printed by the Biafran Ministry of Information. The United Kingdom Parliament series contains official reports of parliamentary debates held in both houses of parliament concerning Biafra in 1968. The series Aid and food relief consists of several first person accounts written by international aid workers, doctors, clergymen, etc., during the conflict. One of the more intriguing first person accounts can be found in the unpublished memoirs of human rights attorney Maxwell T. Cohen (1908-2000) in the series of the same name. The collection concludes with the series First International Conference on Biafra and contains printed material given to participants at a Biafra conference held at Columbia University in New York City, December 1968.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Biafra War collection is arranged in five series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/25632#c1598916'>Republic of Biafra propaganda</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1966-1971</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/25632#c1598929'>United Kingdom Parliament</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1968</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Includes House of Commons official reports, January 19 and 30, 1968; House of Lords official report, February 13, 1968; and House of Commons Standing Committee on External Affairs National Defence, 1968.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/25632#c1598930'>Aid and food relief</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/25632#c1598939'>Maxwell T. Cohen</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/25632#c1598950'>First International Conference on Biafra</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1968 December 7-8</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Includes pamphlet; welcome letter from Executive Committee; workshop itinerary; proceedings catalogue; and letter from conference attendees to United Nations regarding genocide.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged into 5 series: I. Republic of Biafra propaganda; II. United Kingdom Parliament; III. Aid and food relief; IV. Maxwell T. Cohen; and V. First International Conference on Biafra.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Barbara Cohen-Stratyner and Rachel Val Cohen, 2008.</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 Artis Q. Wright, February 2009.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2020 October 22"}
- date_start
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1966
- keydate
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1966
- date_end
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1970
- date_inclusive_start
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1966
- date_inclusive_end
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1970
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Biafra War collection, Sc MG 788, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}