Jefferson Market Branch records

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unitdate

{"value"=>"1967-1996", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1967/1996"}

date_inclusive_start

1967

date_inclusive_end

1996

keydate

1967

unittitle

{"value"=>"Jefferson Market Branch records"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".5 linear foot", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Manuscripts and Archives Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Jefferson Market Branch Records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"New York Public Library. Jefferson Market Branch.", "type"=>"corpname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The Jefferson Market Branch of The New York Public Library, located in Greenwich Village, opened in 1967. The library occupies a New York City landmark building designed by architects Frederick Clark Withers and Calvert Vaux and was constructed during the years 1875-1876. It served as a courthouse from 1876-1945 and housed various city agencies from 1946-1958. Community members, led by Margot Gayle and Philip Wittenberg, rallied to save the building from demolition. In 1961 Mayor Robert F. Wagner announced that it would be preserved and converted into a public library. The redesign was by architect Giorgio Cavaglieri.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Reports, administrative records and publicity materials documenting operations of the Jefferson Market Branch of The New York Public Library.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Transferred from Jefferson Market Branch.</p>"}

processinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Jim Moske; machine readable finding aid created by Jim Moske.</p>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The Jefferson Market Branch of The New York Public Library, located in Greenwich Village, opened in 1967. The library occupies a New York City landmark building designed by architects Frederick Clark Withers and Calvert Vaux and was constructed during the years 1875-1876. It served as a courthouse from 1876-1945 and housed various city agencies from 1946-1958. Community members, led by Margot Gayle and Philip Wittenberg, rallied to save the building from demolition. In 1961 Mayor Robert F. Wagner announced that it would be preserved and converted into a public library. The redesign was by architect Giorgio Cavaglieri. Reports, administrative records and publicity materials documenting operations of the Jefferson Market Branch of The New York Public Library.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.5 linear feet (2 boxes)

date_start

1967

date_end

1996

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