- unitid
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{"value"=>"20904", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 498", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b16105920", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1915-1965", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1915/1965"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"American West Indian Ladies Aid Society records"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.67 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"=>"American West Indian Ladies Aid Society", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The American West Indian Ladies Aid Society, Inc. (AWILAS), a benevolent society, was founded in 1915 by Virgin Island immigrant women in the United States for the purpose of fostering \"love, fraternity and benevolence among all women of the Virgin Islands.\" All female Virgin Islanders were eligible for membership.</p> <p>In addition to providing burial and medical funds to their members, AWILAS also gave assistance in other areas, such as education, as a means of uplifting the \"Negro culture\" to a higher standard. According to a resolution in their by-laws, an ultimate goal was to join forces with other Virgin Island societies and collectively put monies into a sinking fund to buy land or property. There were approximately thirty Virgin Island benevolent societies in New York City, including the Virgin Island Congressional Council of which Casper Holstein was president, and the Virgin Island Civic Association, whose president was Ashley L. Totten.</p> <p>Following the recorded minutes of April 28th, 1936, AWILAS appears to have merged with The Sons and Daughters of Florida Club, a benevolent society which was founded in 1932; the last recorded records of this organization are May 11, 1965.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The American West Indian Ladies Aid Society (AWILAS) records are fragmentary in content, making it difficult to determine the actual transition of officers and other organizational activities, the exception being sick and death claim requests and payments. There are some financial and medical records and related correspondence; minutes; a few membership applications; correspondence with other benevolent organizations; and a folder of printed material, consisting of tickets, raffles, flyers, programs, invitations to events hosted by different organizations, Communist Party literature, bulletins, commercial solicitations, and political literature. There is correspondence between Ashley L. Totten, A. Philip Randolph (National President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters) and Casper Holstein discussing issues of concern to all Virgin Islanders.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift, November 1993.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Ira Jefferies and Diana Lachatanere, October 1993.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2022 February 2"}
- date_start
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1915
- keydate
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1915
- date_end
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1965
- date_inclusive_start
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1915
- date_inclusive_end
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1965
- extent_statement
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0.67 linear feet (2 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], American West Indian Ladies Aid Society records, Sc MG 498, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>" The American West Indian Ladies Aid Society (AWILAS) records are fragmentary in content, making it difficult to determine the actual transition of officers and other organizational activities, the exception being sick and death claim requests and payments. There are some financial and medical records and related correspondence; minutes; a few membership applications; correspondence with other benevolent organizations; and a folder of printed material, consisting of tickets, raffles, flyers, programs, invitations to events hosted by different organizations, Communist Party literature, bulletins, commercial solicitations, and political literature. There is correspondence between Ashley L. Totten, A. Philip Randolph (National President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters) and Casper Holstein discussing issues of concern to all Virgin Islanders.", "generated"=>true}