Alphonso H. Johnson papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"21057", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Sc MG 550", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b19662772", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1932-1942", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1932/1942"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Alphonso H. Johnson papers"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 folders", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.02 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"=>"Alphonso H. Johnson, a Harlem resident, was a sleeping car porter with the Pullman Company and a member of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. The Alphonso H. Johnson Papers contain personal letters primarily from female friends who lived in Montreal and along the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S., and correspondence relating to his employment with the Pullman Company. There is also some documentation for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"Johnson, Alphonso Henry, 1892-", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Alphonso H. Johnson, a Harlem resident, was a sleeping car porter with the Pullman Company and a member of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Alphonso H. Johnson Papers contain personal letters primarily from female friends who lived in Montreal and along the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S., and correspondence relating to his employment with the Pullman Company. There is also some documentation for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift, 409 Edgecombe Avenue Tenant Association, 1988</p>"}

separatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>This collection was separated from the 409 Edgecombe collection (Sc MG 804).</p> <p> Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.</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 November 23"}

date_start

1932

keydate

1932

date_end

1942

date_inclusive_start

1932

date_inclusive_end

1942

extent_statement

0.02 linear feet (2 folders)

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], Alphonso H. Johnson papers, Sc MG 550, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

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