- unitid
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{"value"=>"20957", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 476", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1977 - 1993", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1977/1993"}
{"value"=>"1986 - 1992", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1986/1992"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Wilmer Ames Papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"23 archival boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"7.67 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- 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"=>"Ames, Wilmer", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Born in 1950 in Nassawadox, Virginia, Wilmer Ames was best known as the founder and editor-in-chief of <span class=\"title\">Emerge</span>, a monthly newsmagazine which addressed social, political, and economic issues from a black perspective. Ames received his BA from Lincoln University and his MA from Columbia University's School of Journalism. He studied medicine at Rutgers University for two years before returning to journalism. Ames also worked as a reporter and freelancer for a number of publications before he founded <span class=\"title\">Emerge</span>, including <span class=\"title\">Time</span>, <span class=\"title\">Sports Illustrated</span>, <span class=\"title\">People</span>, <span class=\"title\">GQ</span>, and <span class=\"title\">New York</span> magazines. <span class=\"title\">Emerge</span> targeted upwardly mobile blacks and covered popular news stories of the day, as well as in-depth portraits of leading figures in the 1990s such as Louis Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson, and Clarence Thomas.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection contains biographical information on Ames; published articles and research materials for <span class=\"title\">Time</span> and <span class=\"title\">Sports Illustrated</span>; typescripts for a pilot television series; personal and professional correspondence with editors; reviews; and a manuscript for the book <span class=\"title\">Chuck Norris: Being Physically and Mentally Fit</span> (which he co-authored). The bulk of the collection concerns the formation and development of <span class=\"title\">Emerge</span>. Found here are board minutes and memoranda, detailed plans, proposals, financial records, advertising and marketing plans, and articles submitted to and published in the magazine.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Wilmer Ames Papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20957#c1556186'>Wilmer Ames</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20957#c1556199'><span class=\"title\">Emerge</span> Newsmagazine</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged into two series: (1) Wilmer Ames and (2) <span class=\"title\">Emerge</span> Newsmagazine.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Wilmer Ames, December 1992.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Steven G. Fullwood and Artis Q. Wright on March 30, 2008.</p>"}
- date_start
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1977
- keydate
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1977
- date_end
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1993
- date_inclusive_start
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1977
- date_inclusive_end
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1993
- date_bulk_start
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1986
- date_bulk_end
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1992
- extent_statement
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7.67 linear feet (23 archival boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Wilmer Ames Papers, Sc MG 476, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Born in 1950 in Nassawadox, Virginia, Wilmer Ames was best known as the founder and editor-in-chief of <span class=\"title\">Emerge</span>, a monthly newsmagazine which addressed social, political, and economic issues from a black perspective. Ames received his BA from Lincoln University and his MA from Columbia University's School of Journalism. He studied medicine at Rutgers University for two years before returning to journalism. Ames also worked as a reporter and freelancer for a number of publications before he founded <span class=\"title\">Emerge</span>, including <span class=\"title\">Time</span>, <span class=\"title\">Sports Illustrated</span>, <span class=\"title\">People</span>, <span class=\"title\">GQ</span>, and <span class=\"title\">New York</span> magazines. <span class=\"title\">Emerge</span> targeted upwardly mobile blacks and covered popular news stories of the day, as well as in-depth portraits of leading figures in the 1990s such as Louis Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson, and Clarence Thomas. The collection contains biographical information on Ames; published articles and research materials for <span class=\"title\">Time</span> and <span class=\"title\">Sports Illustrated</span>; typescripts for a pilot television series; personal and professional correspondence with editors; reviews; and a manuscript for the book <span class=\"title\">Chuck Norris: Being Physically and Mentally Fit</span> (which he co-authored). The bulk of the collection concerns the formation and development of <span class=\"title\">Emerge</span>. Found here are board minutes and memoranda, detailed plans, proposals, financial records, advertising and marketing plans, and articles submitted to and published in the magazine.", "generated"=>true}