- unitid
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{"value"=>"186672", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc Photo Gordon Davis Collection", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b23446981", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1994-2005", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1994/2005"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Gordon Davis photographs"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.21 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Gordon Davis photographs (1994-2005) consists of color photographs relating to Davis' professional and personal life, most notably the 2005 staging of the art installation \"The Gates\" in Central Park. The collection also features photographs of Davis with President Barack Obama at the White House, and the postage stamp that was released to commemorate Davis' father, the anthropologist Dr. W. Allison Davis."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Davis, Gordon", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"cre"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Gordon Davis (born August 7, 1941) is an American lawyer who served as the New York City Commissioner of Parks and Recreation under Mayor Edward Koch from 1978 to 1983. Prior to this, he served in the administration of Mayor John Lindsay beginning in 1967, including a role as commissioner of the New York City Planning Commission.</p> <p>Davis was born in Chicago, Illinois to Dr. William Allison Davis and Elizabeth Stubbs Davis, both of whom were among the first Black anthropologists in the United States. His parents were the authors of <span class=\"title\">Deep South: A Social Anthropological Study of Caste and Class</span>, a study of everyday racism in the American South.</p> <p>Davis received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College in 1963, and his Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School in 1967, after which he moved to New York City and became involved in city planning. As Parks Commissioner, Davis is credited with the revival of Bryant Park, the founding of the Central Park Conservancy, the creation of urban park rangers, and the establishment of the Prospect Park Alliance. At the end of the Koch administration, Davis served as a member of Mayor David Dinkins' transition committee. After this he went into private practice and servered as counsel for the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.</p> <p>In addition to these city administrative roles, Davis is the founding chairman of Jazz at Lincoln Center, and for several months in 2001 he was president of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. He is also a member of the Performing Arts Hall of Fame at Lincoln Center, a life trustee of the New York Public Library, and an appointee of President Barack Obama to the board of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.</p> <p>Since 2012, Davis has been a partner in the New York office of the law firm Venable LLP.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Gordon Davis photographs (1994-2005) consists of color photographs and some negatives relating to Davis' professional and personal life. The majority of the collection is dedicated to the 2005 staging of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's work \"The Gates\" in Central Park, a project that was first proposed when Davis was the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation. Also included are images of Davis at the White House, featuring President Barack Obama, and photographs taken from Davis' office walls. One photograph features the United States postage stamp that was released to commemorate Davis' father, the anthropologist Dr. W. Allison Davis.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Alphabetically by material type or subject.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by <span class=\"name\">Gordon Davis</span>, <span class=\"date\">2023</span>.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Includes material transferred from the Gordon Davis papers in Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books, Schomburg Center.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Stacey Ference</span>, <span class=\"date\">2024</span>.</p>"}
- date_start
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1994
- keydate
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1994
- date_end
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2005
- date_inclusive_start
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1994
- date_inclusive_end
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2005
- extent_statement
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0.21 linear feet (1 box)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Gordon Davis photographs, Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library"}