- unitid
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{"value"=>"25618", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 760", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b20585136", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1952-1998", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1952/1998"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"W. Hazaiah Williams papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"8 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"7.42 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"=>"Wlliam Hazaiah Williams, Jr. was an African-American minister and educator. The W. Hazaiah Williams papers contain material related to his personal life, ministry, and other professional ativities."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Williams, W. Hazaiah, 1930-1999", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>William Hazaiah Williams, Jr., was an African American minister and educator. He received a Master of Theology from Boston University, and moved to California in the mid-1950s to accept a position at the South Berkeley Community Church, where he was ordained. In 1956, Williams founded the Church for Today, an interdenominational community church in Berkeley, where he was the pastor until his death. In 1969, he formed the Center for Urban-Black Studies at the Graduate Theological Union, also in Berkeley, where he was a professor for 20 years. Concentrating on liberation theology, Williams created and taught theology courses at the Center.</p> <p>During the 1970s, Williams founded the Alamo Black Clergy, a San Francisco East Bay consortium of ministers of various denominations, and served as executive director of the East Bay Conference on Race, Religion and Social Justice. He was also a commentator on <span class=\"title\">Dialogue</span>, a radio program on KPFA-FM, where he dealt with social issues relevant to the community. His community work included 8 years of service on the Berkeley Board of Education, 1967-1974, during the period in which the Berkeley schools were integrated.</p> <p>W. Hazaiah Williams was also the first major African American presenter of classical music in the United States. He was dedicated to the racial and cultural integration and expansion of the classical music audience and of the concert stage; he was founder and director for 35 years of the major recital series, Today's Artists Concerts. Dr. Williams presented a series of concerts in New York's Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall. In 1993, he created Four Seasons Concerts, for which he served as President and Artistic Director until his death.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The W. Hazaiah Williams papers, 1952-1998, are arranged in three series: Personal papers, Ministry, and Other professional activities. The Personal papers mostly consist of miscellaneous material and some papers related to his degree work at the Boston University School of Theology. The Ministry series contains documentation related to South Berkeley Community Church, where he was ordained and served as the co-pastor. The Church for Today is also represented with order of service programs and sermons, which form the largest part of the collection, and a few letters from parishioners.</p> <p>The Other professional activities series contains speeches and lectures; some files from his tenure with the Berkeley Board of Education and the Center for Urban-Black Studies; and his consultancies and membership in professional organizations.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The W. Hazaiah Williams papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/25618#c1597326'>Personal</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1952-1976</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/25618#c1597351'>Ministry</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1954-1998</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/25618#c1597580'>Other professional activities</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1950s-1990s</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Center for Urban-Black Studies files, which are the second largest section of the collection, appear to be part of Williams's personal files and include information on the Odyssey Festival, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture Series. There is also correspondence, course and programmatic information, and a few student files (containing papers, notes, letters). The Organization and Consultancies files include small files for the East Bay Conference on Race and Religion and the Institute for Ministry Development.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged into 3 series: I. Personal papers; II. Ministry; and III. Other professional activities.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of the estate, January 2006.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p> Transferred to the General Research and Reference Division: books and magazines</p> <p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Nurah-Rosalie Jeter and Diana Lachatanere, May 2010 and November 2014.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2020 October"}
- date_start
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1952
- keydate
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1952
- date_end
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1998
- date_inclusive_start
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1952
- date_inclusive_end
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1998
- extent_statement
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7.42 linear feet (8 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], W. Hazaiah Williams papers, Sc MG 760, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}