- unitid
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{"value"=>"25676", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 907", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b20841850", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1960-2007", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1960/2007"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Janet McDonald papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"7 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.92 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"=>"Janet Arneda McDonald was an African American novelist, journalist, and lawyer. The Janet McDonald papers, 1960-2007, document her personal experiences as an African American lesbian throughout her education, legal career, and professional accomplishments as a writer and novelist."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
{"value"=>"Some material in French."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"McDonald, Janet, 1953-2007", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Janet Arneda McDonald was an African American novelist, journalist, and lawyer. A member of MENSA, McDonald was a gifted student who earned degrees from Vassar College, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and New York University School of Law. She majored in French Literature at Vassar and studied abroad in Paris. After graduating in 1977, McDonald attended Cornell Law School, eventually earning a law degree years later at New York University School of Law in 1986.</p> <p>McDonald practiced law in New York, Seattle, and Paris. An avid writer throughout her life, she published her first book in 1999, the memoir <span class=\"title\">Project Girl</span>, which was inspired by personal experiences growing up in the Brooklyn projects. She would continue to publish young adult novels, until her death from colon cancer in 2007, including <span class=\"title\">Spellbound</span> (2001), <span class=\"title\">Chill Wind</span> (2002), <span class=\"title\">Twists and Turns</span> (2003), <span class=\"title\">Brother Hood</span> (2004), <span class=\"title\">Harlem Hustle</span> (2006), and <span class=\"title\">Off-Color</span>\" (2007).</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Janet McDonald papers, 1960-2007, document her personal experiences as an African American lesbian throughout her education, legal career, and professional accomplishments as a writer and novelist. The collection contains personal correspondence, identification cards, school records and course work, medical records, employment records, published manuscripts and articles, interviews and publicity appearances, reviews, awards, unpublished manuscripts, and notebooks. The bulk of the collection is dated 1985-2007 and includes both English and French material.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Janet McDonald papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/25676#c1608500'>Personal</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1960-2007</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Personal series contains biographical material about McDonald's personal life, education, and legal career. The Biographical subseries includes correspondence with various colleges, therapists, and employers; letters to family and friends; passports and identification cards; business cards; resumes detailing McDonald's legal and writing careers in English and French; employment records; and obituaries and funeral materials from McDonald's death in April 2007. The Education subseries consists of school records and course work from Sands Junior High, the Harlem Preparatory School, Vassar College, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Cornell Law School, and New York University School of Law.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/25676#c1608519'>Writing</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>ca. 1972-2007</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Writing series features four manuscripts of McDonald's published books and various clippings of her articles in English and French, as well as other material related to her published works. Also included are seven unpublished manuscripts, various notebooks, loose sheets of diary entries, and writing notes. There is scant information about McDonald's life as a lesbian except for in an unpublished manuscript from 2000, \"Undoings in Amsterdam\".</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Organized into two series: (1) Personal and (2) Writing.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Katherine \"Kokie\" Andrews, 2012.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p> Transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division: moving image material. 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 Dalena Hunter and Nora Soto, 2015-2016.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2021 January 8"}
- date_start
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1960
- keydate
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1960
- date_end
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2007
- date_inclusive_start
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1960
- date_inclusive_end
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2007
- extent_statement
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2.92 linear feet (7 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Janet McDonald papers, Sc MG 907, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}