Fred Snitzer chess collection

id
2135
origination
Snitzer, Fred, 1929-
date statement
1910-1951
key date
1910
identifier (local_mss)
2802
org unit
Manuscripts and Archives Division
call number
MssCol 2802
b-number
b11985429
total components
7
total series
0
max depth
1
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:23 UTC
updated
2017-05-24 03:56:59 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitid
{"value"=>"2802", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 2802", "type"=>"local_call"}
unitdate
{"type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1910/1951", "value"=>"1910-1951"}
date_inclusive_start
1910
date_inclusive_end
1951
keydate
1910
date_start
1910
date_end
1951
unittitle
{"value"=>"Fred Snitzer chess collection"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 linear foot (7 v.)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Collection consists of recorded master games from various master chess tournaments in Europe. Game scores were transcribed from English, German, Russian, and Italian newspapers and magazines. Also, score tables for each tournament."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>Fred Snitzer chess collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Snitzer, Fred, 1929-", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Fred Snitzer was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 22, 1929.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of recorded master games from various master chess tournaments in Europe. The game scores were transcribed from English, German, Russian, and Italian newspapers and magazines. They appear on 8 1/2 x 11 loose leaf paper, one game per page. Also present are score tables for each tournament represented in the collection. The collection covers the era that is known as the romantic age of chess when modern theories were developed. The games of the following world champions are included: A. Alekhine (France), J. R. Capablanca (Cuba), Emmanuel Lasker (Germany), M. Botvinnik (Russia), M. Euwe (Netherlands) and V. Smyslov (Russia), There are also games by successful chessmasters and theorists such as Richard Reti, Aaron Nimzovitch, Siegbert Tarrasch, R. Spielman, E. Grunfeld, and American champions Frank Marshall and Edward Lasker. Some of the major tournaments included in the collection are: San Sebastian (1912), Mannheim (1914), London (1922), Carlsbad (1923), Baden-Baden (l925), Pistyan (1922), and the Tschigorin Memorial Tournament (Moscow, 1947).</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>July, 1983, Received from Fred Snitzer.</p>"}
extent_statement
1 linear foot (7 v.)

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