- unitid
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{"value"=>"188072", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b22243296", "type"=>"local_b"}
{"value"=>"Sc MIRS Powell 1997-14", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"circa 1950s-1990s", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1950/1999", "certainty"=>"approximate"}
{"value"=>"circa 1970s-1990s", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1970/1999", "certainty"=>"approximate"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Raphael Philemon Powell audio collection"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"7 audio_recordings", "unit"=>"audio_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"=>"Born in Jamaica, Raphael Philemon Powell (ca.1899-1995) was a minister who served at Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Harlem, New York City. The collection consists of seven audio recordings including Powell singing songs he composed, a promo for his book, and a church service."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Powell, Raphael Philemon", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Born in Jamaica, Raphael Philemon Powell (ca.1899-1995) was a minister who served at Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Harlem, New York City. He was also an author and composed original music. Powell received his preacher's license and certificate of ordination in the 1950s. In 1960, he earned a BS in religion from Columbia University School of General Studies, and a DD from the American Bible College and Manhattan Bible Institute in 1972. Powell wrote six books, which he distributed through his own publishing company, Philemon. Topics for his books include Black history, racial identity, and religion. Powell died in New York City in 1995, at the age of ninety-six.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of seven audio recordings including Powell singing original compositions of secular songs; a promo for his book <em>Sceneries in Racism: The Rape of Tawana Brawley: Truth or Lie</em> (1989); and a church service, arranged alphabetically by title. Item titles reflect song titles or are devised based on inventory documentation.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Dewayne A. Powell, February 1996.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>See the Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division for the Raphael Philemon Powell papers, Sc MG 611.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>See the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference division for books by Raphael Philemon Powell.</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>. Finding aid published in <span class=\"date\">2025</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"=>"Item scope and content notes, and extent notes updated to facilitate public access by Ornella U. Baganizi.", "date"=>"2026-04-30"}
- date_start
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1950
- keydate
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1950
- date_end
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1999
- date_inclusive_start
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1950
- date_inclusive_end
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1999
- date_bulk_start
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1970
- date_bulk_end
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1999
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Raphael Philemon Powell audio collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division, The New York Public Library"}