- unitid
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{"value"=>"184554", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 858", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b22315440", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1800s-1950s", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1800/1959"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Max Bissainthe research collection"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.0 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"}
{"value"=>"Most of the material is in French."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Bissainthe, Max", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Max Bissainthe, born December 11, 1911, was an historian and archivist of Haitian literature. Bissainthe served as Haiti's Director of Libraries during the 1940s and early 1950s. In 1951, he published the <span class=\"title\">Dictionnaire de bibliographie Haitienne</span>, the first bibliography of Haitian literature. Four years later, Bissainthe was forced out of his position, and subsequently out of Haiti, by Francois \"Papa Doc\" Duvalier. He immigrated to the United States in 1965. He died in Bellerose, New York, in April 1978.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Max Bissainthe research collection consists of indices of the names of Haitian and Dominican Republic journalists and authors, articles, and book titles used to create the <span class=\"title\">Dictionnaire de bibliographie Haitienne</span>. The collection also includes an alphabetical index of titles, subjects, and materials, and a partial bibliographic subject list ranging from the 1800s to the 1950s.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Michelle Bissainthe Sylvain, May 2012.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Natiba Guy-Clement, July 2014.</p>"}
- date_start
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1800
- keydate
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1800
- date_end
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1959
- date_inclusive_start
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1800
- date_inclusive_end
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1959
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Max Bissainthe research collection, Sc MG 858, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Max Bissainthe, born December 11, 1911, was an historian and archivist of Haitian literature. Bissainthe served as Haiti's Director of Libraries during the 1940s and early 1950s. In 1951, he published the <span class=\"title\">Dictionnaire de bibliographie Haitienne</span>, the first bibliography of Haitian literature. Four years later, Bissainthe was forced out of his position, and subsequently out of Haiti, by Francois \"Papa Doc\" Duvalier. He immigrated to the United States in 1965. He died in Bellerose, New York, in April 1978. The Max Bissainthe research collection consists of indices of the names of Haitian and Dominican Republic journalists and authors, articles, and book titles used to create the <span class=\"title\">Dictionnaire de bibliographie Haitienne</span>. The collection also includes an alphabetical index of titles, subjects, and materials, and a partial bibliographic subject list ranging from the 1800s to the 1950s.", "generated"=>true}