Ruby Sheppard Davis scrapbooks

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unitid

{"value"=>"20692", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Sc MG 517", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b11822927", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1948-1978", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1948/1978"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Ruby Sheppard Davis scrapbooks"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.21 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}

repository

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

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"Davis, Ruby S. (Ruby Sheppard), 1916-", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Ruby Sheppard Davis was an actress, singer, poet, playwright, and the private secretary to actor Leigh Whipper.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>These scrapbooks include news clippings related to Ruby Sheppard Davis's career as a performer; they also include plays, fables, poems, jokes, and gags written by Davis. Additionally, there are photocopied musical compositions, 1948-1974, and a scrapbook about Leigh Whipper with news clippings and other printed material, 1978.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Ruby Sheppard Davis, 1977-1978.</p>"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>Leigh Rollin Whipper papers, Sc Micro R-3807, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture</p>"}

revisiondesc

{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2022 February 7"}

date_start

1948

keydate

1948

date_end

1978

date_inclusive_start

1948

date_inclusive_end

1978

extent_statement

0.21 linear feet (1 box)

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], Ruby Sheppard Davis scrapbooks, Sc MG 517, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Ruby Sheppard Davis was an actress, singer, poet, playwright, and the private secretary to actor Leigh Whipper. These scrapbooks include news clippings related to Ruby Sheppard Davis's career as a performer; they also include plays, fables, poems, jokes, and gags written by Davis. Additionally, there are photocopied musical compositions, 1948-1974, and a scrapbook about Leigh Whipper with news clippings and other printed material, 1978.", "generated"=>true}

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