- unitid
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{"value"=>"25662", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 866", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b19754668", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1974-2012", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1974/2012"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Chester Higgins : artist file"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.46 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"=>"Higgins, Chester", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Chester Higgins (born 1946 in Lexington, Kentucky) has worked as a <span class=\"title\">New York Times</span> staff photographer since 1975 and has exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the world. Higgins is the author of several books including <span class=\"title\">Black Women</span> (1970), <span class=\"title\">Drums of Life</span> (1974), <span class=\"title\">Some Time Ago: A Historical Portrait of Black America from 1850 to 1950</span> (1980), <span class=\"title\">Feeling the Spirit: Searching the World for the People of Africa</span> (1994), <span class=\"title\">Elder Grace: The Nobility of Aging</span> (2000), <span class=\"title\">Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile</span> (2012), and his memoir, <span class=\"title\">Echo of the Spirit</span> (2004).</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Chester Higgins artist file consists of an extensive curriculum vitae (2008), postcards of selected photographs, announcements and invitations to his solo exhibitions (1974, 1990-2012), and a press kit for the exhibition \"Invoking the Spirit: Worship Traditions in the African World\", which was on view at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Also in the file are announcements to his lectures; copies of his weekly column, \"Lens\", which was published in <span class=\"title\">The New York Times</span> (1992, 2006); reviews of two of his books; a sales blad for <span class=\"title\">Feeling the Spirit</span>; and a calendar and teacher's resource manual for his book <span class=\"title\">Elder Grace</span>. Articles featuring his photographs in <span class=\"title\">The New York Times Magazine</span>\" and a variety of other magazines complete the collection (1990-2007).</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Chester Higgins, December 2012.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Janice Quinter, December 2012.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2020 December 17"}
- date_start
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1974
- keydate
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1974
- date_end
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2012
- date_inclusive_start
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1974
- date_inclusive_end
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2012
- extent_statement
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0.46 linear feet (2 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Chester Higgins : artist file, Sc MG 866, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Chester Higgins (born 1946 in Lexington, Kentucky) has worked as a <span class=\"title\">New York Times</span> staff photographer since 1975 and has exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the world. Higgins is the author of several books including <span class=\"title\">Black Women</span> (1970), <span class=\"title\">Drums of Life</span> (1974), <span class=\"title\">Some Time Ago: A Historical Portrait of Black America from 1850 to 1950</span> (1980), <span class=\"title\">Feeling the Spirit: Searching the World for the People of Africa</span> (1994), <span class=\"title\">Elder Grace: The Nobility of Aging</span> (2000), <span class=\"title\">Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile</span> (2012), and his memoir, <span class=\"title\">Echo of the Spirit</span> (2004). The Chester Higgins artist file consists of an extensive curriculum vitae (2008), postcards of selected photographs, announcements and invitations to his solo exhibitions (1974, 1990-2012), and a press kit for the exhibition \"Invoking the Spirit: Worship Traditions in the African World\", which was on view at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Also in the file are announcements to his lectures; copies of his weekly column, \"Lens\", which was published in <span class=\"title\">The New York Times</span> (1992, 2006); reviews of two of his books; a sales blad for <span class=\"title\">Feeling the Spirit</span>; and a calendar and teacher's resource manual for his book <span class=\"title\">Elder Grace</span>. Articles featuring his photographs in <span class=\"title\">The New York Times Magazine</span>\" and a variety of other magazines complete the collection (1990-2007).", "generated"=>true}