- unitid
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{"value"=>"186678", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b22268811", "type"=>"local_b"}
{"value"=>"Sc MIRS King 1996-37", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1994", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1994"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"M.W. King Solomon Grand Lodge of New York moving image collection"}
- physdesc
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{"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"=>"The Most Worshipful King Solomon Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of New York is a fraternal organization established in Niagara Falls, New York on July 18, 1906. The collection contains one video of the Lodge's 88th anniversary and cornerstone laying ceremony on June 12, 1994."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"King Solomon Grand Lodge of New York", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Most Worshipful (M.W.) King Solomon Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of New York is a fraternal organization established in Niagara Falls, New York on July 18, 1906. Under the leadership of John H. Smith, who served as grand master from 1919 to 1932, the organization relocated to West 131st Street in Harlem, New York. The Lodge remained in Harlem but relocated again in 1964 to the site of the former Alhambra Theatre on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, where they held a cornerstone laying ceremony in 1994.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection contains one video of the 88th anniversary and cornerstone laying ceremony of the M.W. King Solomon Grand Lodge at the Alhambra Theatre Building on June 12, 1994.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Keith J. Francis, 1996.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>See the Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division for the M. W. King Solomon Grand Lodge of New York collection, Sc MG 598.</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\">Lyric Evans-Hunter</span>, archivist; and <span class=\"name\">Shola Lynch</span>, curator. Finding aid published in <span class=\"date\">2024</span>.</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"=>"Extent note updated to facilitate public access by Lyric Benjamin-Hunter.", "date"=>"2026-04-22"}
- date_start
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1994
- keydate
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1994
- date_end
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1994
- date_inclusive_start
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1994
- date_inclusive_end
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1994
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"M.W. King Solomon Grand Lodge of New York moving image collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division, The New York Public Library"}