- unitid
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{"value"=>"186407", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b23494491", "type"=>"local_b"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 186407", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1940s-1945", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1940/1945"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Truman Capote Letter to Katherine Warner"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 folder", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.01 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span><div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The collection holds a letter from the American author Truman Capote, explaining the subtext of his short story, \"Miriam,\" to reader Katherine Warner. There is also a black and white photograph, probably of Warner, around the time the letter was written in 1945."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Truman Capote Letter to Katherine Warner, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Capote, Truman, 1924-1984", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Truman Capote was an American author known for his novels, short stories, and plays. His short story, \"Miriam,\" was published in <span class=\"title\">Mademoiselle</span> in the summer of 1945. \"Miriam\" is about Mrs. H. T. Miller (Miriam) and her encounters with a precocious young girl also named Miriam. The short story later won an O. Henry Award for Best First Published Fiction.</p> <p>Katherine Warner would have been a student at Wellesley College when \"Miriam\" was published. In 1945, she wrote a letter to Capote in response to \"Miriam\" to ask him to explain the meaning of the story.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Truman Capote letter to Katherine Warner is a typewritten letter and photograph from the 1940s. Capote's letter, which he signed in pencil, is addressed to \"Miss Warren\" and dated July 1945. The letter contains several other typos and edits with pencil. In the letter, Capote explains the meaning of the story and apologizes to Warner for confusing her.</p> <p>The photograph is a black and white portrait of an unidentified woman, but is likely Warner in the 1940s.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Susan Akers in 2018.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Emily P. Dunne</span> in <span class=\"date\">2024</span>.</p>"}
- date_start
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1940
- keydate
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1940
- date_end
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1945
- date_inclusive_start
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1940
- date_inclusive_end
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1945