- unitid
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{"value"=>"21049", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 478", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b15902204", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1941-1960", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1941/1960"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Hulan Jack papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"22 boxes, 1 oversize folder", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"17.59 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>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Hulan Edwin Jack was the first Black borough president in New York City, representing Manhattan from 1954-1961. The Hulan E. Jack papers document Jack's years in the New York State Assembly and his tenure as borough president."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Jack, Hulan E. (Hulan Edwin), 1906-1986", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Hulan Edwin Jack was the first Black borough president in New York City, representing Manhattan from 1954-1961. Born in the British West Indies in 1906, he immigrated to the United States at age 16 and later attended New York University. A Democrat, Jack was elected to the New York State Assembly from 1940-1953 and 1968-1972. As an assemblyman, Jack was known as a fighter for civil and human rights, successfully introducing legislation to end discrimination in employment in 1945, as well as discrimination in public and semi-public housing. He also introduced bills for the welfare of laborers, veterans, and children. As borough president, he helped secure funding for major improvements in highways and public transportation, as well as public works projects.</p> <p>In 1959, Jack was indicted for accepting a $4500 renovation on his apartment from a businessman who was doing business with the city, and resigned the borough presidency in 1960. In 1972, while an assemblyman, he was fined and convicted of conflict of interest charges. That same year he was defeated by a Harlem political opponent. Although Jack's political career as an elected official had ended in 1980, he served on two committees to give further economic support to Africa: the National Democratic Policy Committee and the committee for a New Africa Policy. Hulan Jack died in 1986 in New York City.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Hulan E. Jack papers document Jack's years in the New York State Assembly, via his constituent correspondence, and his tenure as borough president, via correspondence and subject files. For the most part, the correspondence deals with routine matters: requests for employment, invitations to functions, his participation as an honorary member on committees of civic organizations, and requests from meetings with labor and other groups. Subject files include speeches, lists of African Americans in New York City government in the 1950s, information on his re-election campaign, a 1954 trip to Puerto Rico to attend a conference regarding migration of Puerto Ricans to New York, and public relations activities such as requests for donations of money. Other files discuss Jack's membership in the National Democratic Club and executive membership in the New Deal Democratic Club. There is also a file on a political dispute between Jack and U.S. Representative Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., 1958.</p> <p>The collection also includes Jack's appointment calendars from his terms as borough president, 1954-1960, and an extensive clipping file and scrapbooks of clippings. The latter cover every New York City development Jack was associated with between 1954 and 1958, including the razing of the Third Avenue El, the development of the Coliseum, street pavings, plans for building baseball stadiums, and other city improvements.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Hulan Jack papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21049#c1668309'>New York State Assembly</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1941-1953</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21049#c1668325'>Manhattan Borough President</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1949-1960</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged into 2 series: I. New York State Assembly and II. Manhattan Borough President.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Almira Jack, 1993.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p> Transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division: audio material. 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 Diana Lachatanere, April 1994.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Hulan Jack's \"Fifty years a democrat\" transcript, Sc MG 909, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2022 January 21"}
- date_start
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1941
- keydate
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1941
- date_end
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1960
- date_inclusive_start
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1941
- date_inclusive_end
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1960
- extent_statement
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17.59 linear feet (22 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Hulan Jack papers, Sc MG 478, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}