- unitid
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{"value"=>"186701", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b22903787", "type"=>"local_b"}
{"value"=>"Sc MIRS Hewitt 1997", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1978-1979", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1978/1979"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"John H. Hewitt audio and moving image collection"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 audio_recordings", "unit"=>"audio_recordings"}]}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 video_recording", "unit"=>"video_recordings"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"John H. Hewitt was a writer, editor, instructor, and a collector of Black art. The collection consists of one film and two audio recordings. The audio items are interviews Hewitt conducted with artist Hale Woodruff."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Hewitt, John H., 1924-2000", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Born in 1924 in New York City, John H. Hewitt was a writer, editor, instructor, and a collector of Black art. Hewitt attended Harvard College and New York University where he obtained his master's degree in 1949. He taught English at Morehouse College and was co-chairman for the Division of Humanities. Hewitt was a medical staff writer for the journals <em>Frontiers of Psychiatry</em> and <em>Emergency Medicine</em>. He also served as associate editor for the newspaper <em>Medical Tribune</em>, and managing editor of <em>Hospital Practice</em>, a monthly magazine.</p> <p>Hewitt held memberships in professional organizations including the American Medical Writer Association and National Association of Science Writers. He was a trustee with the Manhattan Country School and the Schomburg Corporation, which advises the Schomburg Center. He has written on Black artists including Hale Woodruff, Ernest Crichlow, Alvin C. Hollingsworth, and Luce Turnier.</p> <p>Hewitt died at home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on February 25, 2000.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The John H. Hewitt audio and moving image collection consists of two audio recordings and one film, arranged chronologically. The audio recordings are of interviews Hewitt conducted with artist Hale Woodruff. Since the collection's original formats include audio cassettes, the audio items contain two parts, one for each side of the cassette. The film is unavailable pending digitization and its title reflects the transcribed label.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of John H. Hewitt, March 1997.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>See the Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division for the John H, Hewitt writings, Sc MG 612.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>See the Photographs and Prints Division for the photographs.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Collection inventoried by <span class=\"name\">Nathan Evans</span>. Collection processed and described by <span class=\"name\">Ornella U. Baganizi</span>, archivist; and <span class=\"name\">Shola Lynch</span>, curator. Finding aid published in <span class=\"date\">2024</span>.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>At the time of publishing, one film is not available pending digitization.</p>"}
- sponsor
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{"value"=>"An anonymous donor funded preliminary processing for this collection. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supported a research library-wide grant for the digitization, and funded the Schomburg for the description and production of the finding aid as part of The Next Century of Black Studies Project."}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Item scope and content notes, and extent notes updated to facilitate public access by Ornella U. Baganizi.", "date"=>"2026-04-28"}
- date_start
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1978
- keydate
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1978
- date_end
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1979
- date_inclusive_start
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1978
- date_inclusive_end
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1979
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"John H. Hewitt audio and moving image collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division, The New York Public Library"}