- unitid
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{"value"=>"21011", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 647", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1923-1998", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1923/1998"}
{"value"=>"1950-1990", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1950/1990"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Vicki Garvin papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"5 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.37 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"=>"Victoria (Vicki) Garvin was an African-American trade union and political activist as well as a pan-Africanist and internationalist. The Vicki Garvin papers document aspects of Garvin's work as a trade union organizer, especially among African-Americans in the 1950s; her teaching experience in Shanghai (1964-1970); and her support of communism both in the United States and China."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Garvin, Vicki, 1915-2007", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Victoria (Vicki) Garvin was an African-American trade union and political activist as well as a pan-Africanist and internationalist. From 1946-1950, Garvin served as a research director of the United Office and Professional Workers of America. In 1951, she took part in the formation of the National Negro Labor Council and became a national vice president and executive secretary of the New York City chapter. She taught English in Ghana between 1963-1964, and from 1964-1970, she taught English to advanced Chinese students at the Shanghai Foreign Languages Institute.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Vicki Garvin papers document aspects of Garvin's work as a trade union organizer, especially among African-Americans in the 1950s; her teaching experience in Shanghai (1964-1970); return trips to China in the 1970s; and her support of communism both in the United States and China. Included are Garvin's personal reminiscences about her activities and individuals with whom she associated.</p> <p>In addition to personal papers and letters to various activists and personalities, her files include the published proceedings of the 11th Constitutional Convention of the CIO. Garvin's interest and work with the National Negro Labor Council (NNLC) is documented in the proceedings of the founding convention in 1951, news clippings, flyers, and her reminiscences.</p> <p> Also included are teaching materials from China, such as speeches, lessons plans, and lectures in which she stated her support for Mao Tse-Tung and compared the liberation struggles of African Americans with those of the Chinese people and the South Vietnamese. In her diaries of the 1970s, she summarized her personal experiences teaching in Shanghai and discussed the Gang of Four. The collection contains texts for Garvin's speeches and presentations regarding her personal achievements and background, her ideas for change, and tributes to Black leaders. Her writings discuss the history of Black workers' struggles in the United States in the 1950s and the Chinese Communist Party in the 1960s, among other topics. Of interest in the Organizational and individual files are Garvin's speeches and writings about Malcolm X; her experiences with him as his translator when he visited Ghana in 1964; and her remembrances of the statements he made while in Ghana.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Vicki Garvin papers are arranged in six series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21011#c1591004'>Personal papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1923-1998</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21011#c1591012'>Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1949-1998</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21011#c1591021'>Employment</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1944-1996</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21011#c1591048'>Presentations and speeches</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1930s-1998</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21011#c1591054'>Writings</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1940s-1998</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21011#c1591059'>Organizational and individual files</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1977-1997</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Papers organized into six series: I. Personal papers; II. Correspondence; III. Employment; IV. Presentations and dpeeches; V. Writings; and VI. Organizational and individual files.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Vicki Garvin, September 1998.</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 Janice Quinter, May 2010. Garvin had organized her own files prior to donating them to the Schomburg Center; the file folder titles that she provided have generally been retained.</p>"}
- date_start
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1923
- keydate
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1923
- date_end
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1998
- date_inclusive_start
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1923
- date_inclusive_end
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1998
- date_bulk_start
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1950
- date_bulk_end
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1990
- extent_statement
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2.37 linear feet (5 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Vicki Garvin papers, Sc MG 647, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}