- unitid
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{"value"=>"24070", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 828", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b18802233", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1932-1992", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1932/1992"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Father Divine collection"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.88 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"=>"Father Divine (aka George Baker) was an African American religious leader and founder of the Peace Mission movement. The Father Divine collection consists primarily of material related to the broadcasting of Father Divine's sermons and messages over two radio stations."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Father Divine", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Father Divine (ca. 1876-September 10, 1965), aka George Baker, was an African American religious leader and founder of the Peace Mission Movement. In the 1930s, the period of greatest membership, there were about 160 Peace Missions in North America and Europe, with the bulk of them located in New York. During the Depression, the largest Mission was in Harlem. The majority of Father Divine's followers in this mission were Black migrants from the South and immigrants from the Caribbean; however, in other areas of the country, such as California, white membership predominated.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Father Divine collection, 1932-1992, consists primarily of material related to the broadcasting of Father Divine's sermons and messages over two radio stations in Washington State in the 1950s, and their publication in <span class=\"title\">The New Day</span>, the organization's weekly newspaper (1936-1992).</p> <p>The collection contains the church discipline, constitution, and by-laws for Father Divine's Circle Mission, 1941, as well as correspondence between Father Divine and one of his disciples in the Peace Mission Extension in Seattle, who made arrangements for broadcasting his sermons and messages on radio station KRKL. The correspondence, 1947-1961, discusses the radio scripts and spiritual matters. A significant portion of the collection is comprised of sermons and messages, 1932-1959. Some are original transcripts; others were retyped and published in <span class=\"title\">The New Day</span> in the 1970s-1990s. The collection also includes broadcast schedules along with openings remarks and prologues to sermons and testimonials given during Father Divine's sermons and messages on radio station KRKL, Kirkland, Washington, and other broadcasts from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in the 1950s. Printed material includes booklets describing the beliefs and proper behavior expected of the membership.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Ariel Rethburn, November 2008.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p> Transferred to the Art and Artifacts Division: stamps</p> <p>Transferred to the General Research and Reference Division: booklets</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> <p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Janice Quinter, September 2010.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Father Divine material, Miscellaneous American Letters and Papers, Sc MG 76, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture</p>"}
- bibliography
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{"id"=>"aspace_70ce26edadba3d5c14e72993faf653cf", "value"=>"<p> Gates, Henry Louis and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, eds. \"Father Divine.\" <span class=\"title\">African American National Biography</span>. 2008</p> <p>Logan, Rayford W. and Michael R. Winston, eds. \"Father Divine.\" <span class=\"title\">Dictionary of American Negro Biography</span>. 1982.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2020 November 19"}
- date_start
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1932
- keydate
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1932
- date_end
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1992
- date_inclusive_start
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1932
- date_inclusive_end
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1992
- extent_statement
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0.88 linear feet (3 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Father Divine collection, Sc MG 828, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}