Gerald Carson papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"480", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 480", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca. 1920-1984", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1920/1984", "certainty"=>"approximate"}

date_inclusive_start

1920

date_inclusive_end

1984

keydate

1920

date_start

1920

date_end

1984

unittitle

{"value"=>"Gerald Carson papers"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"20 linear feet (18 boxes)"}], "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"=>"Gerald Hewes Carson (1899-1989) was an American advertising executive, social historian and author. Collection consists mainly of research notes collected by Carson for his books. Also, correspondence, bibliographies, typescripts and manuscripts of his writings, photographs, and printed matter. Some of the correspondence concerns the Francis Parkman Award for historical writing."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"Materials in English"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Gerald Carson papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Carson, Gerald.", "type"=>"persname"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Received from Gerald and Lettie Gay Carson, 1979, 1984.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by Richard Salvato, 1980.</p>"}

extent_statement

20 linear feet (18 boxes)

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1. Research material, notes, and bibliography for "Men, Beasts, and Gods"
2. Research Material, notes, and bibliography for "The Social History of Bourbon"
3. Research material for "The Golden Egg: The Personal Income Tax; Where It Came From, How it Grew"
4. Research material for history of the U. S. Post Office; "They Stooped to Conquer"; and pet cemeteries
5. Letters and research material relating to "The Old Country Store"; patent medicine; bizarre election bets; and the Fuller Brush Co
6. Notes for "The Old Country Store"
7. Notes on patent medicines
8. Research Material
9. Research material for "The Polite American"
10. Research material for "Cornflake Crusade"
11. Research Material
12. Research Material
13. Miscellany
14. Advertising clips
15. The Jackson Health Resort, compiled by William D. Conklin
16. Addenda [5/1]