- unitid
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{"value"=>"23917", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 922", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b21009906", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1976-1988", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1976/1988"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Mary Lou Williams <span class=\"title\">Music on My Mind</span> documentary 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>"}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Mary Lou Williams was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1910, and grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a child, she taught herself to play piano and began working in vaudeville at the age of thirteen. In the 1930s, Williams began performing with Andy Kirk's the Clouds of Joy, a Kansas City band. She also composed for bandleaders such as Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington. In 1942, she settled in Harlem, New York City, where she performed at a Greenwich Village nightclub. Williams was known for incorporating bebop style in her music, and creating longer pieces, such as \"Zodiac Suite\". In the late 1950s, Williams converted to Catholicism which served as inspiration to compose sacred pieces and several masses, including \"Mary Lou's Mass\". In the 1970s, Williams began teaching at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and then at Duke University, where she served as artist-in-residence.</p> <p>Williams passed away at the age of 71 on May 28, 1981, due to bladder cancer. She left behind more than 350 compositions, andshe is primarily noted as one of the first African American woman to gain prominence in jazz.</p> <p>Joanne Burke is a documentary film and video producer who has directed nine documentaries, including the hour-length film on jazz musician Mary Lou Williams, <span class=\"title\">Music on My Mind</span>(1990). Her films and videos have been broadcast on PBS, CBS, LaSept/Arte, and other European channels. Burke also taught film editing for five years at New York University and eight years at the School for Visual Arts. For the past decade, she has been living mainly in Paris, where she often works with her writer husband, David Burke.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection contains materials used to create the Mary Lou Williams documentary, <span class=\"title\">Music on My Mind</span>, directed by Joanne Burke. <span class=\"title\">Music on My Mind</span> focuses on Williams's enduring contribution to American culture as a jazz pianist, composer, and vocalist. This collection includes a short autobiography (incomplete), transcripts of interviews, information on the financial support of the documentary, film technical edits, reel catalog, and an information kit about the documentary.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Mary Lou Williams <span class=\"title\">Music on My Mind</span> documentary collection is arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/23917#c1608288'>Williams, Mary Lou</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>undated</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains Williams's autobiography, which is particularly notable for the insight provided to the people, places, and events that influenced Williams's personal and professional development.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/23917#c1608289'>Music on My Mind</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1980-1988</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series most effectively demonstrates support for the documentary with various transcripts, including an interview between Williams and John S. Wilson; fundraising correspondence for the documentary; film technical edits; and reel catalog.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/23917#c1608313'>Burke, Joanne</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1976-1977</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series holds two original screenplays, \"Emily\", and \"The Messenger and the Pigeon\", written by Joanne Burke. These screenplays are edited, but it is unclear whether these scripts were produced.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged into three series: I. Williams, Mary Lou; II. <span class=\"title\">Music on My Mind</span>; and III. Burke, Joanne.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Joanne Burke, ca. 2015-2016.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Tiana Taliep, March 2016.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2020 December 22"}
- date_start
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1976
- keydate
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1976
- date_end
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1988
- date_inclusive_start
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1976
- date_inclusive_end
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1988
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Mary Lou Williams <span class=\"title\">Music on My Mind</span> documentary collection, SC MG 922, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>" The collection contains materials used to create the Mary Lou Williams documentary, <span class=\"title\">Music on My Mind</span>, directed by Joanne Burke. <span class=\"title\">Music on My Mind</span> focuses on Williams's enduring contribution to American culture as a jazz pianist, composer, and vocalist. This collection includes a short autobiography (incomplete), transcripts of interviews, information on the financial support of the documentary, film technical edits, reel catalog, and an information kit about the documentary.", "generated"=>true}