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{"value"=>"Sc MG 956", "type"=>"local_call"}
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{"value"=>"1952-1982", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1952/1982"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Juris Jurjevics James Baldwin files"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.42 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"=>"Juris Jurjevics was a writer, editor, and publisher who served as editor-in-chief of Dial Press during the 1970s. The Juris Jurjevics James Baldwin files consist of material from Jurjevics's time at Dial Press editing and publishing James Baldwin. These include a partial typescript and galley of Baldwin's last novel, <span class=\"title\">Just Above My Head</span> (1979), publishing contracts, royalty payments, and related correspondence."}
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{"value"=>"English"}
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{"value"=>"Jurjevics, Juris, 1943-2018", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Juris Jurjevics (1943-2018) was a writer, editor, and founder of independent publisher Soho Press. During his editorial career, Jurjevics worked at Harper & Row, Avon Books, E.P. Dutton, and Dial Press, which published many titles by James Baldwin, including <span class=\"title\">Go Tell It on the Mountain</span> (1953), <span class=\"title\">The Fire Next Time</span> (1963), and <span class=\"title\">If Beale Street Could Talk</span> (1974). While editor-in-chief at Dial, Jurjevics edited James Baldwin's final novel, <span class=\"title\">Just Above My Head</span> (1979).</p> <p>Source: Roberts, Sam. \"Juris Jurjevics, Enterprising Publisher and Novelist, Dies at 75.\" <span class=\"title\">The New York Times</span>, November 19, 2018.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Juris Jurjevics James Baldwin files consist of material from Jurjevics's time at Dial Press editing and publishing James Baldwin. These include a partial typescript and galley of Baldwin's last novel, <span class=\"title\">Just Above My Head</span> (1979), publishing contracts, royalty payments, and related correspondence.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Jeanne Heifetz and RF Jurjevics, 2019.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Barrye Brown</span> in <span class=\"date\">2019</span> and <span class=\"name\">Allison Hughes</span> in <span class=\"date\">2022</span>.</p>"}
- sponsor
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{"value"=>"Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation"}
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1952
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1952
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1982
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1952
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1982
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{"value"=>"[Item], Juris Jurjevics James Baldwin files, Sc MG 956, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}