African Academy of Arts and Research records

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unitid

{"value"=>"20533", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Sc MG 195", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b11447951", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1944", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1944"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"African Academy of Arts and Research records"}

physdesc

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repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The African Academy of Arts and Research was a cultural organization established in the 1940s to facilitate cultural exchange between Africa and the United States. The collection includes a contract between dancer and musicisan Asadata Dafora (also known as Austin Dafora Horton) and the Academy and others to organize a production of <span class=\"title\">Africa: A Tribal Operetta</span>, financial report for the Academy, miscellaneous correspondence, and a certificate of appreciation to Ruth Foster."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"African Academy of Arts and Research", "type"=>"corpname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The African Academy of Arts and Research was a cultural organization established in the 1940s to facilitate cultural exchange between Africa and the United States. Founding members included Mbonu Ojike, Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe, Nwafor Orizu, and Lawrence Reddick.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The collection includes a contract between dancer and musicisan Asadata Dafora (also known as Austin Dafora Horton) and the Academy and others to organize a production of <span class=\"title\">Africa: A Tribal Operetta</span>, financial report for the Academy, miscellaneous correspondence, and a certificate of appreciation to Ruth Foster.</p>"}

sponsor

{"value"=>"Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation"}

revisiondesc

{"value"=>"This finding aid was updated by Allison Hughes.", "date"=>"2022 September 21"}

date_start

1944

keydate

1944

date_end

1944

date_inclusive_start

1944

date_inclusive_end

1944

extent_statement

0.01 linear feet (1 folder)

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], African Academy of Arts and Research records, Sc MG 195, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

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