- unitid
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{"value"=>"MssCol 483", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"483", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"George H. and Lydia Goedecke Carter papers"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1878-1975", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1878/1975"}
{"value"=>"1926-1931", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1926/1931"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4.5 linear feet (6 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- date_inclusive_start
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1878
- date_inclusive_end
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1975
- origination
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{"value"=>"Carter, George H., 1874-1948", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>George Henry Carter (1874-1948) served as U.S. Government Printer from 1921 to 1934. As head of the Government Printing Office (GPO) he was a crusader against waste and corruption. Before assuming that position he had been a journalist and newspaper editor and after leaving in 1934 he was a printing consultant. His second wife, Lydia Goedecke Carter (d. 1975), was a typographer and type designer.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"Five series: I. Correspondence; II. Writings; III. Genealogical Material; IV. Photographs; V. Scrapbooks", "supress_display"=>true}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of correspondence, speeches and articles, genealogical materials, photographs, memorabilia, and scrapbooks. Correspondence, 1878-1975, is of George H. and Lydia G. Carter and concerns family matters with a few official letters. Also included are typescripts and reprints of speeches and articles, 1916-1934, about the printing trade and the GPO; genealogical materials relating to Carter's Lanyon family antecedents; memorabilia; and photographs of Carter and Goedecke family members and others. Bulk of the papers consists of scrapbooks, 1926-1927 and 1929-1931, assembled by Carter documenting official trips to Europe as the U.S. Government Printer.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The George H. and Lydia Goedecke Carter papers are arranged in six series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/483#c1103206'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/483#c1103210'>Writings, Goerge H. Carter</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/483#c1103211'>Genealogical Materials</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/483#c1103212'>Memorabilia</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/483#c1103213'>Photographs</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/483#c1103214'>Scrapbooks</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- acqinfo
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{"accession_number"=>"MSS 76M25"}
{"date"=>"1976", "source"=>"Carter, Lydia G. - Estate", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, Carter, Lydia G. - Estate, 1976"}
- keydate
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1878
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"George H. and Lydia Goedecke Carter papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}
- extent_statement
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4.5 linear feet (6 boxes)
- abstract
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{"value"=>"George Henry Carter (1874-1948) served as U.S. Government Printer from 1921 to 1934. As head of the Government Printing Office (GPO) he was a crusader against waste and corruption. Before assuming that position he had been a journalist and newspaper editor and after leaving in 1934 he was a printing consultant. His second wife, Lydia Goedecke Carter (d. 1975), was a typographer and type designer. Collection consists of correspondence, speeches and articles, genealogical materials, photographs, memorabilia, and scrapbooks. Correspondence, 1878-1975, is of George H. and Lydia G. Carter and concerns family matters with a few official letters. Also included are typescripts and reprints of speeches and articles, 1916-1934, about the printing trade and the GPO; genealogical materials relating to Carter's Lanyon family antecedents; memorabilia; and photographs of Carter and Goedecke family members and others. Bulk of the papers consists of scrapbooks, 1926-1927 and 1929-1931, assembled by Carter documenting official trips to Europe as the U.S. Government Printer.", "generated"=>true}
- date_start
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1878
- date_end
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1975
- date_bulk_start
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1926
- date_bulk_end
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1931