- unitid
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{"value"=>"21035", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 612", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b14330109", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1818-1997", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1818/1997"}
{"value"=>"1978-1997", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1978/1997"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"John H. Hewitt writings"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"5 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.08 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>"}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Hewitt, John H., 1924-2000", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>John H. Hewitt was a writer, editor, instructor, and a collector of Black art. Born in 1924, in New York City, Hewitt attended Harvard College and New York University. He taught English at Morehouse College and he was a medical staff writer for the journals <span class=\"title\">Frontiers of Psychiatry</span> and <span class=\"title\">Emergency Medicine</span>. He also was an associate editor for the newspaper <span class=\"title\">Medical Tribune</span> and a managing editor of <span class=\"title\">Hospital Practice</span>, a monthly magazine. Hewitt held memberships in professional organizations including the American Medical Writer Association and National Association of Science Writers, and he was a trustee with the Manhattan Country School and The Schomburg Corporation. In 1994, Hewitt was awarded the New York Association's Kerr History Prize for his article, \"Mr. Downing and His Oyster House\".</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
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{"value"=>"<p>This collection contains Hewitt's writings on Black artists (1931-1997), including Hale Woodruff, Ernest Crichlow, Alvin C. Hollingsworth, and Haitian artist Luce Turnier. Also included are historical profiles of largely unknown, but accomplished, 19th-century African American New Yorkers, such as Thomas Downing and Elizabeth Jennings, along with writings on African American Episcopalians and St. Philip's Church in New York City. Materials include research matter, drafts, and correspondence.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The John H. Hewitt writings are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21035#c1638570'>Personal</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21035#c1638571'>Writing</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1818-1997</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged into two series: I. Personal and II. Writing.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of John H. Hewitt, March 1998.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p> Transferred to the General Research and Reference Division: periodicals.</p> <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 Cheryl McDaniel and Steven G. Fullwood, March 1998.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2021 June 15"}
- date_start
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1818
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1818
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1997
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1818
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1997
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1978
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1997
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], John H. Hewitt writings, Sc MG 612, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"John H. Hewitt was a writer, editor, instructor, and a collector of Black art. Born in 1924, in New York City, Hewitt attended Harvard College and New York University. He taught English at Morehouse College and he was a medical staff writer for the journals <span class=\"title\">Frontiers of Psychiatry</span> and <span class=\"title\">Emergency Medicine</span>. He also was an associate editor for the newspaper <span class=\"title\">Medical Tribune</span> and a managing editor of <span class=\"title\">Hospital Practice</span>, a monthly magazine. Hewitt held memberships in professional organizations including the American Medical Writer Association and National Association of Science Writers, and he was a trustee with the Manhattan Country School and The Schomburg Corporation. In 1994, Hewitt was awarded the New York Association's Kerr History Prize for his article, \"Mr. Downing and His Oyster House\". This collection contains Hewitt's writings on Black artists (1931-1997), including Hale Woodruff, Ernest Crichlow, Alvin C. Hollingsworth, and Haitian artist Luce Turnier. Also included are historical profiles of largely unknown, but accomplished, 19th-century African American New Yorkers, such as Thomas Downing and Elizabeth Jennings, along with writings on African American Episcopalians and St. Philip's Church in New York City. Materials include research matter, drafts, and correspondence.", "generated"=>true}