Gwendolyn Brooks collection

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unitid

{"value"=>"20576", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Sc MG 271", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b11524008", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1959-1967", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1959/1967"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Gwendolyn Brooks collection"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 folder", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.01 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) was a poet, author, and teacher. The Gwendolyn Brooks collection contains eight signed documents by Gwendolyn Brooks. The collection consists of: one TLS commenting, as a member of the jury, on books nominated for the 1959 Thormod Monsen Award; one TLS to Van Allen Bradley announcing her retirement as a book reviewer at the age of fifty (1967), and one ALS to \"Marshall,\" April 20, 1963. Writings by Brooks include one holograph excerpt from \"The Sermon on the Warpland,\" n.d. and 4 undated typed poems: \"Medgar Evers,\" \"The Sermon on the Warpland,\" \"Malcolm X : For Dudley Randall,\" and \"Old Mary.\"."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) was a poet, author, and teacher. In 1950, she won the Pulitzer Prize for her book <span class=\"title\">Annie Allen</span>, making her the first African American to win a Pulitzer.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Gwendolyn Brooks collection contains eight signed documents by Gwendolyn Brooks. The collection consists of: one TLS commenting, as a member of the jury, on books nominated for the 1959 Thormod Monsen Award; one TLS to Van Allen Bradley announcing her retirement as a book reviewer at the age of fifty (1967), and one ALS to \"Marshall,\" April 20, 1963. Writings by Brooks include one holograph excerpt from \"The Sermon on the Warpland,\" n.d. and four undated typed poems: \"Medgar Evers,\" \"The Sermon on the Warpland,\" \"Malcolm X : For Dudley Randall,\" and \"Old Mary.\".</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Lambeth Books, 1983Lambeth Books, 1984Lambeth Books, 1984Joseph the Provider, 1990</p>"}

sponsor

{"value"=>"Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation"}

revisiondesc

{"value"=>"This finding aid was updated by Allison Hughes.", "date"=>"2022 September 22"}

date_start

1959

keydate

1959

date_end

1967

date_inclusive_start

1959

date_inclusive_end

1967

extent_statement

0.01 linear feet (1 folder)

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], Gwendolyn Brooks collection, Sc MG 271, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

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