Henry Dumas papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"20581", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Sc MG 310", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b11524013", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1966", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1966"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Henry Dumas papers"}

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repository

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

abstract

{"value"=>"Born in Sweet Home, Arkansas, in 1934, Henry Dumas was an African American poet and short story writer, and the editor and publisher of several magazines, including <span class=\"title\">Anthologist</span>, <span class=\"title\">Untitled</span>, <span class=\"title\">Hiram Poetry Review</span> and <span class=\"title\">Collection</span>. Dumas was shot and killed in the New York City subway in 1968, by a white policeman. His work was published posthumously and is represented in many anthologies, including <span class=\"title\">Black Fire</span> edited by Imamu Amiri Baraka (1968). One typed letter signed to LeRoi Jones (1966), accompanied by a photocopied typescript of a short story \"Fon\" and original typescripts of seven poems: \"Cutting Down to Size,\" Hold on, I'm Comin!\" \"Knock on Wood,\" \"Mosaic Harlem,\" \"New Game,\" \"Discus\" and \"Uplight.\"."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"Dumas, Henry, 1934-1968", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Born in Sweet Home, Arkansas, in 1934, Henry Dumas was an African American poet and short story writer, and the editor and publisher of several magazines, including <span class=\"title\">Anthologist</span>, <span class=\"title\">Untitled</span>, <span class=\"title\">Hiram Poetry Review</span> and <span class=\"title\">Collection</span>. Dumas was shot and killed in the New York City subway in 1968, by a white policeman. His work was published posthumously and is represented in many anthologies, including <span class=\"title\">Black Fire</span> edited by Imamu Amiri Baraka (1968).</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>One typed letter signed to LeRoi Jones (1966), accompanied by a photocopied typescript of a short story \"Fon\" and original typescripts of seven poems: \"Cutting Down to Size,\" Hold on, I'm Comin!\" \"Knock on Wood,\" \"Mosaic Harlem,\" \"New Game,\" \"Discus\" and \"Uplight.\"</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, 1988</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 23"}

date_start

1966

keydate

1966

date_end

1966

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1966

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1966

extent_statement

0.01 linear feet (1 folder)

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], Henry Dumas papers, Sc MG 310, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

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