- unitid
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{"value"=>"186113", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 622", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b22813353", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1931-2013", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1931/2013"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Claude McKay literary property records"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"13 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4.79 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"=>"Claude McKay (1890-1948) was a writer and poet who was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance. The Claude McKay literary property records consist of contracts, correspondence, permission requests, and royalty statements from McKay's literary estate, under the executorship of Hope McKay Virtue, Carl Cowl, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"McKay, Claude, 1890-1948", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Claude McKay (1890-1948) was a Jamaican-born writer and poet who was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance. He is the author of the poetry collections <span class=\"title\">Songs of Jamaica</span> (1912), <span class=\"title\">Constab Ballads</span> (1912), <span class=\"title\">Spring in New Hampshire</span> (1920) and <span class=\"title\">Harlem Shadows</span> (1922); the novels <span class=\"title\">Home to Harlem</span> (1928), <span class=\"title\">Banjo</span> (1929), and <span class=\"title\">Banana Bottom</span> (1933); the short story collection <span class=\"title\">Gingertown</span> (1932); the autobiography <span class=\"title\">A Long Way from Home</span> (1937); and the book of essays <span class=\"title\">Harlem: Negro Metropolis</span> (1940). A number of his works have been published posthumously, including the autobiography <span class=\"title\">My Green Hills of Jamaica</span> (1979), the novella <span class=\"title\">Harlem Glory</span> (1990), and the novels <span class=\"title\">Amiable With Big Teeth</span> (2017) and <span class=\"title\">Romance in Marseille</span> (2020).</p> <p>Carl Cowl (1900-1997) was a left-wing political activist who first became acquainted with McKay in the 1920s, when McKay was an editor at the socialist magazine <span class=\"title\">The Liberator</span>. During the 1940s, Cowl began working as McKay's literary agent, in partnership with Claire Leonard (1903-1992), an agent who specialized in emerging playwrights. Upon McKay's death in 1948, Cowl and Leonard were appointed literary representatives of McKay's estate by his daughter, Hope McKay Virtue; in this capacity, Cowl oversaw the publication of <span class=\"title\">My Green Hills of Jamaica</span> and <span class=\"title\">Harlem Glory</span>, as well as reprints of other titles. Following Virtue's death in 1992, Cowl successfully petitioned the Los Angeles probate court managing her estate for the right to continue acting as McKay's literary representative, which he did until his death in 1997. This right was then transferred to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, which began overseeing permissions requests and royalty disbursements in 2002. In 2013, the Faith Childs Literary Agency took over management of McKay's literary estate.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Claude McKay literary property records consist of contracts, correspondence, permission requests, and royalty statements from McKay's literary estate, under the management of Carl Cowl (1948-1997) and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (2002-2013). The collection documents the efforts of McKay's daughter, Hope McKay Virtue, Cowl, and the Schomburg Center to keep the novels and poetry of McKay in print after his death and bring unpublished works into print.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Claude McKay literary property records are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/186113#c1681214'>Carl Cowl</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1931-2002</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/186113#c1681431'>Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1999-2013</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift, Estate of Carl Cowl, 1997</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Photographs transferred to the Photographs and Prints division.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Diana Lachatanere</span> in <span class=\"date\">2019</span> and <span class=\"name\">Allison Hughes</span> in <span class=\"date\">2022</span>.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>The Schomburg Center files on McKay's estate management are restricted until 2043.</p>"}
- bibliography
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{"id"=>"aspace_2c4d58bec26b335c91ed63076f279704", "value"=>"<p>Griffin, Barbara L.J. \"A Candid Conversation with Carl Cowl, Claude McKay's Last Literary Agent,\" <span class=\"title\">CLA Journal</span>, March 2013.</p> <p>Cowl, Carl. Preface to <span class=\"title\">Harlem Glory</span> by Claude McKay. Chicago: Charles H. Kerr, 1990.</p> <p>Rogers, Ernie. \"Carl Cowl (1900-1997),\" <span class=\"title\">Revolutionary History</span> 7, no. 1, 1997.</p>"}
- sponsor
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{"value"=>"Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation"}
- date_start
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1931
- keydate
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1931
- date_end
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2013
- date_inclusive_start
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1931
- date_inclusive_end
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2013
- extent_statement
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4.79 linear feet (13 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Claude McKay literary property records, Sc MG 622, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}