Donnell Library Center records

id
1587
origination
New York Public Library. Donnell Library Center.
date statement
1924-1996
key date
1924
identifier (local_mss)
5798
org unit
New York Public Library Archives
call number
(missing)
b-number
(missing)
total components
62
total series
2
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:14 UTC
updated
2018-06-05 03:49:47 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitdate
{"value"=>"1924-1996", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1924/1996"}
date_inclusive_start
1924
date_inclusive_end
1996
keydate
1924
unittitle
{"value"=>"Donnell Library Center records"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"9 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"18 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Manuscripts and Archives Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>Donnell Library Center Records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"New York Public Library. Donnell Library Center.", "type"=>"corpname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>The Donnell Library Center of The New York Public Library, located on West 53rd Street in Manhattan, opened in 1955. It was built with funds left to NYPL by Ezekiel J. Donnell, an Irish-born cotton merchant who died in 1896. The Donnell Library Center houses The New York Public Library branch system's largest circulating collection of materials in languages other than English, films and videotapes, and materials for children and teenagers. As a unit of the Central Libraries serving a sizable Midtown area, the Donnell Library Center also has a large general reference collection and a widely used circulating collection of fiction and non-fiction for adults. Donnell presents free cultural events and exhibits throughout the year.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>Reports, administrative files and publicity material documenting operations of the Donnell Library Center of The New York Public Library.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Donnell Library Center records are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/nypla/5798#c643156'>Series 1. General Files</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1924-1996</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/nypla/5798#c643186'>Series 2. Children's Room</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1970-1990</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>The collection has been arranged in two series: 1. General Files, 1924-1996; 2. Children's Room, 1970-1990.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Transferred from Donnell Library Center.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Jim Moske; machine readable finding aid created by Jim Moske.</p>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"The Donnell Library Center of The New York Public Library, located on West 53rd Street in Manhattan, opened in 1955. It was built with funds left to NYPL by Ezekiel J. Donnell, an Irish-born cotton merchant who died in 1896. The Donnell Library Center houses The New York Public Library branch system's largest circulating collection of materials in languages other than English, films and videotapes, and materials for children and teenagers. As a unit of the Central Libraries serving a sizable Midtown area, the Donnell Library Center also has a large general reference collection and a widely used circulating collection of fiction and non-fiction for adults. Donnell presents free cultural events and exhibits throughout the year. Reports, administrative files and publicity material documenting operations of the Donnell Library Center of The New York Public Library.", "generated"=>true}
extent_statement
9 linear feet (18 boxes)
date_start
1924
date_end
1996

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