- unitid
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{"value"=>"20629", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 220", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b11543694", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1964-1966", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1964/1966"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"United States Committee for the First World Festival of Negro Arts Press agent's files"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.63 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>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The First World Festival of Negro Arts took place April 1-24, 1966, in Dakar, Senegal; it demonstrated the cultural ties between African nations and the rest of the world, and the impact of Black culture upon world culture. The records of the United States Committee for the First World Festival of Negro Arts Press agent's filess consist of administrative materials."}
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"United States Committee for the First World Festival of Negro Arts", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The First World Festival of Negro Arts took place April 1-24, 1966, in Dakar, Senegal; it demonstrated the cultural ties between African nations and the rest of the world, and the impact of Black culture upon world culture. The festival involved the participation of forty-five African, European, West Indian, and North and South African countries. Conceived by Senegalese President Leopold Sedar Senghor, the festival highlighted Black literature, music, theater, visual arts, film, and dance.</p> <p>The festival was held under the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the government of Senegal, and the Society of African Culture. While most other nations relied on governmental procedures to arrange participation in the festival, the United States formed a private, volunteer committee. Mrs. Virginia Inness-Brown and Dr. John A. Davis chaired the U.S. Committee and coordinated American representation at the festival. Broad-based funding sources included the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Information Agency, Agency for International Development, foundations, corporations, and private donors.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The records of the United States Committee for the First World Festival of Negro Arts Press agent's files consist of minutes of committee meetings, correspondence pertaining to the planning for American participation in the festival, pre-festival informational packets, biographical information of festival participants and U.S. Committee members, lists of material sent to the festival, press releases, material regarding a reception held for President Leopold Senghor of Senegal, and post-Festival reports. There is also a script by William Greaves, however, it is not clear if it is a draft or the final script for the film he produced on the Festival.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of the Museum of the City of New York, October 1984.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Rosalie P. Jeter, August 1998. Processed through the Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2021 July 19"}
- date_start
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1964
- keydate
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1964
- date_end
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1966
- date_inclusive_start
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1964
- date_inclusive_end
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1966
- extent_statement
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0.63 linear feet (2 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], United States Committee for the First World Festival of Negro Arts Press agent's files, Sc MG 220, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}