- unitid
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{"value"=>"20802", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 552", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b12063947", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1926-1991", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1926/1991"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Eulalie Spence papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.42 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Spence, Eulalie, 1894-1981", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Eulalie Spence was born in Nevis, West Indies, on June 11, 1884. She and her family moved to New York in 1902. Spence was among the pioneer playwrights during the Harlem Renaissance and wrote fourteen plays, five of which were published, including <span class=\"title\">Episode</span>, <span class=\"title\">Fool's Errand</span>, <span class=\"title\">Her</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Hunch</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Undertow</span>. She wrote only one three-act play, \"The Whipping\", which was optioned by Paramount Studios, but never made into a film. Several of Spence's plays won awards; \"Foreign Mail\" placed second in the <span class=\"title\">Crisis</span> competition for playwriting. Spence was a contemporary of W. E. B. Du Bois and taught Joseph Papp. Spence died on March 7, 1994.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Eulalie Spence collection consists of correspondence, playbills, scripts, photographs, agreements, and newspaper clippings. Also included are materials related to her participation in The Dramatists' Guild and \"The Lightouse Players.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Eulalie Spence papers are arranged in five series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20802#c1668590'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20802#c1668595'>Agreements</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20802#c1668598'>Writings and scripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20802#c1668606'>Programs</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20802#c1668607'>Perkins, Kathy A</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged into 5 series: I. Correspondence; II. Agreements; II. Writings/Scripts; IV. Programs; and V. Kathy A. Perkins.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Kathy A. Perkins, March 1995.03/10/95</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division: audio materials. For more information, please contact the division at schomburgaudiovisual@nypl.org or 212-491-2270.</p> <p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Paula Williams, November 1994.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2022 February 11"}
- date_start
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1926
- keydate
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1926
- date_end
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1991
- date_inclusive_start
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1926
- date_inclusive_end
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1991
- extent_statement
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0.42 linear feet (1 box)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Eulalie Spence papers, Sc MG 552, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Eulalie Spence was born in Nevis, West Indies, on June 11, 1884. She and her family moved to New York in 1902. Spence was among the pioneer playwrights during the Harlem Renaissance and wrote fourteen plays, five of which were published, including <span class=\"title\">Episode</span>, <span class=\"title\">Fool's Errand</span>, <span class=\"title\">Her</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Hunch</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Undertow</span>. She wrote only one three-act play, \"The Whipping\", which was optioned by Paramount Studios, but never made into a film. Several of Spence's plays won awards; \"Foreign Mail\" placed second in the <span class=\"title\">Crisis</span> competition for playwriting. Spence was a contemporary of W. E. B. Du Bois and taught Joseph Papp. Spence died on March 7, 1994. The Eulalie Spence collection consists of correspondence, playbills, scripts, photographs, agreements, and newspaper clippings. Also included are materials related to her participation in The Dramatists' Guild and \"The Lightouse Players.", "generated"=>true}