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{"value"=>"24901", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 76", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b19971708", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1740-2006", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1740/2006"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Miscellaneous American Letters and Papers (MALP)"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"15 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"5.13 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"=>"The Miscellaneous American Letters and Papers (MALP), spanning from 1740-2006, document the personal and professional lives of people of African descent."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Miscellaneous American Letters and Papers (MALP) is an artificial assortment of paper-based, non-photographic materials consisting of one to two folders for each collection. The topics covered include the arts, politics, literature, education, family, the military, business, and real estate. MALP is primarily organized in alphabetical order, with two large subject series, Slavery and Abolition, and the West Indies.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Miscellaneous American Letters and Papers (MALP) is arranged in eleven series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/24901#c1658071'>A</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/24901#c1658099'>B - CIT</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/24901#c1658136'>CIV - DAV</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/24901#c1658179'>DEL - GRI</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/24901#c1658213'>HAN - LAB</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/24901#c1658259'>LAI - NAM</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/24901#c1658289'>NAT - RAY</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/24901#c1658327'>REA - SYM</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/24901#c1658372'>Slavery and Abolition</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains materials that document slavery and abolition in the United States of America. Items of note include last wills and testaments, estate inventories, bills of sale, manumission documents, and documents and correspondence from abolitionists.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/24901#c1658440'>T - Y</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/24901#c1658485'>West Indies</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series primarily contains correspondence, plantation records, estate inventories, and other documents reflecting the period of slavery, amelioration, and emancipation in the West Indies. There are a small number of 20th century items such as a passport from Barbados, documents regarding the 1981 invasion of Grenada, and a 1979 letter from the youth wing of Guyana's Working People's Alliance.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>MALP has been arranged in alphabetical order, with two subject series: Slavery and Abolition, and West Indies.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Updated by Barrye Brown", "date"=>"October 2021"}
- date_start
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1740
- keydate
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1740
- date_end
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2006
- date_inclusive_start
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1740
- date_inclusive_end
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2006
- extent_statement
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5.13 linear feet (15 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Miscellaneous American Letters and Papers (MALP), Sc MG 76, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}