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{"value"=>"1728", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 1728", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1891/1944", "value"=>"1891-1944"}
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1891
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1944
- keydate
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1891
- date_start
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1891
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1944
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Claude G. Leland papers"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.25 linear feet (2 boxes, 3 v.)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Claude G. Leland (1874?-1950) was the Superintendent of Libraries for the Board of Education of New York City from 1903 to 1943. He served in the U.S. Army from 1898 to 1903 and again from 1914 to 1919. Collection consists of correspondence, writings, notes, sketches, maps, photographs, and printed matter that relate to Leland's military service and library career. Bulk of his papers concerns his book, From Shell Hole to Chateau with Company I, and includes manuscript and typescript copy of the work, notes, maps, photographs, post cards, and sketches. Correspondence is from families of soldiers under Leland's command and copies of letters he sent to his family from France. Materials relating to Leland's library career include mainly letters from friends and associates upon his retirement in 1943."}
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Claude G. Leland papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Leland, Claude Granger, 1873-1950", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Claude G. Leland (c. 1874-d. 1950) was the Superintendent of Libraries for the Board of Education of the City of New York from 1903 to 1943. He received his training as a librarian at Cornell University and worked for the Buffalo Public Library from 1897-1903. Leland served in the U. S. Army from 1898-1903, and again from 1914-1919. At the time of his discharge, after spending nearly a year fighting in Belgium and Prance, he had attained the rank of Captain in Company I, 107th Infantry.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The papers of Claude Leland date from 1891 to 1944 and include writings, letters, sketches, photographs, clippings and notes. The bulk of the materials relate to his book <em render=\"underline\">From Shell Hole to Chateau With Company I; Personal Recollections of a Line Officer of the 107th Infantry, 27th Division in France, 1918</em>. The author's notes, manuscript copy and typescript copy for this work are all included in the collection. Photographs, post cards and sketches, most of which appear in the published edition, are well identified and depict members of Company I, various farms and homes where the Company was billeted and views of the battle areas where the Company was engaged. Views of Ypres, Abeele, Dickebusch and St. Souplet among other areas, span the years from about 1910 to 1930. A file card index provides excellent access to names and places in the manuscript.</p> <p>Correspondence from this period includes letters from families of soldiers under Leland's command, and copies of letters which Leland sent to his family from France in 1918. Both the manuscript materials and correspondence from World War I provide an interesting account of Leland's experiences, and more generally, of the experience of the U. S. troops from training camp to battlefield.</p> <p>Materials relating to Leland's career as Superintendent of Libraries are mainly limited to letters from friends and associates upon his retirement in 1943. Letters from an earlier stage in his career include signed correspondence from John Burroughs and Melvil Dewey.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>October 10, 1952, Received from Mrs. Claude G. Leland</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Accessioned by FP, 10/17/85</p>"}
- extent_statement
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2.25 linear feet (2 boxes, 3 v.)