- unitid
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{"value"=>"20876", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 692", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1935-1998", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1935/1998"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Claudia Jones Memorial collection"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.25 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"=>"Claudia Jones (1915-1964) was a political activist, communist, journalist, and community leader. The Claudia Jones Memorial collection consists primarily of printed matter apparently owned by Jones."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Manchanda, Claudia", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Claudia Jones (1915-1964), political activist, communist, journalist, and community leader, was born in Trinidad and immigrated to the U.S. in 1924, with her parents and siblings. During the 1930s and 1940s, she became a strong advocate for human, civil, and women's rights and rose in the Communist Party-USA to a position of leadership. She was appointed editor of Negro Affairs for the <span class=\"title\">Daily Worker</span> in 1948, and that same year, she was arrested for violation of the Smith Act. Between 1948 and 1955, Jones was arrested and imprisoned twice and finally deported to England in December 1955, after serving a sentence of a year and a day at the Aldersen Federal Women's Prison.</p> <p>From 1955 to 1964, Jones worked with London's African-Caribbean community doing political and cultural organizing. She founded and edited <span class=\"title\">The West Indian Gazette</span> and the <span class=\"title\">Afro-Asian Caribbean News</span>, and in 1959, helped organize a series of cultural events that grew to become the Notting Hill Carnival. Jones died on December 24, 1964, after a long illness.</p> <p>Claudia Manchanda is the daughter of Abhimanyu Manchanda, Jones's friend and companion.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Claudia Jones Memorial collection consists primarily of printed matter apparently owned by Jones. There is a relatively small volume of material relating to Jones's personal and political activities. Bon-voyage postcards, letters, and telegrams sent to her on her departure from the United States following deportation are the only documents that deal with her life in the United States. The collection also contains poems Jones wrote while in prison and during her voyage to England. There are several notebooks chronicling her experiences during trips she took to China and Japan. A folder on Paul Robeson includes a booklet <span class=\"title\">Paul Robeson Goes to Washington</span>, and a transcript of his appearance before the Smith Act Congressional Hearing Committee. Also contained in the Robeson folder are promotional materials for his appearances in London from 1956-1962; correspondence between the Robesons' and Jones; a transcript of a speech by Jones delivered at a reception for the Robesons held in London; and Robeson speech notes. A folder labeled \"Bailey, Frank /Manchanda, Abhimanyu /Jones, Claudia controversy\" contains letters, notes, and other information concerning charges that were filed against Jones and Manchanda by Frank Bailey, a member of the Communist Party, who was also involved in working with the Afro-Caribbean community in London. The printed matter consists of booklets and monographs on a variety of subjects, including race and gender. Authors include James Allen, Herbert Aptheker, Ben Davis, George W. Crockett, Elizabeth Flynn Gurley, James Ford, Harry Haywood, and Claudia Jones.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Claudia Manchanda and Diane Langford, 2001.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs and negatives</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by R. Jeter, December 2001.</p>"}
- date_start
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1935
- keydate
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1935
- date_end
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1998
- date_inclusive_start
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1935
- date_inclusive_end
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1998
- extent_statement
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1.25 linear feet (3 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Claudia Jones Memorial collection, Sc MG 692, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}