- unitid
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{"value"=>"20944", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1933-1951", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1933/1951"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Layle Lane papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".2 lin. ft."}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture</span> <span class=\"addressline\">515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"High school teacher and civil rights advocate in New York City. Correspondence, political files, and printed material documenting Lane's opposition to racial discrimination and war. Includes letters from World War II soldiers relating to discrimination in the military, and material on the 14th amendment, National Committee on Rural Schools, and the Socialist Party, on whose ticket Lane ran for office."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Layle Lane papers, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Lane, Layle, 1893-1976", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Layle Lane was born in Georgia in 1893 and raised in New Jersey. Her father was a Congregational minister and her mother, a school teacher. Ms Lane attended Hunter College, graduated from Howard University in 1916 and received her Master's degree from Columbia University.</p> <p>A teacher for over thirty years, Ms. Lane taught social studies at James Monroe High School (Bronx) during the 1930s and at Benjamin Franklin High School (Harlem) in the 1940s. She served as vice president of the American Federation of Teachers and chaired the Human Rights Committee. She also wrote a column for the <span class=\"title\">“American Teacher,”</span> a professional newsletter, and established a summer camp on family property in New Britain Township, Pennsylvania.</p> <p>After participating in a teacher exchange program in Puerto Rico, Ms. Lane retired from teaching in the 1950s and relocated to Cuernavaca, Mexico, where she died February 2, 1976. Ms. Lane never married.</p> <p>An educator by profession, Ms. Lane was perhaps best known in the Harlem community for her civil rights activities and political activities as a member and candidate of the Socialist Party. She ran unsuccessfully on the Socialist Party ticket for several offices, including the Congressional seat in the 19th Congressional District in New York City, Congressman-at-large, New York City Comptroller and State Senator of the 23rd District, New York City. Among her political supporters for these offices were Richard Parrish, W. E. B. DuBois and Joel A. Rogers.</p> <p>Although Ms. Lane did not hold political office, she perhaps made her greatest contributions through her involvement in civil rights activities. She was a principal planner in the organization of the 1941 March on Washington, and was involved in the campaign for a permanent Fair Employment Practices Commission. She also raised her voice against segregation and discrimination in the Armed Forces during World War II in an editorial column she wrote for the <span class=\"title\">“New York Age.”</span> Using her contacts with former pupils and the column itself, Ms. Lane solicited letters from minority group soldiers in which they recounted personal experiences with discrimination. Ms. Lane in turn used these letters to protest the unjust treatment of these soldiers and the racial philosophy of the Armed Forces.</p> <p>Organizations with which Ms. Lane was involved included the Workers Defense League, the National Committee for Rural Schools and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Layle Lane Papers, 1933-1951, document two aspects of Ms. Lane's life and activities: her opposition to racial discrimination and war, and her political career as a Socialist Party member and candidate. The collection has been arranged in three series; CORRESPONDENCE, POLITICAL CAMPAIGN FILES and PRINTED MATERIAL.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Layle Lane papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20944#c1350836'>Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The files are divided into three sections; Soldiers (World War II), Fourteenth Ammendment, and Miscellaneous.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20944#c1350840'>Political Campaigns</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The series documents Ms. Lane's participation in six elections on the Socialist Party ticket and includes correspondence and campaign literature from these campaigns. Most of the letters are requests for her positions on specific issues and personal appearances for panel discussions and debates, expressions of support for her candidacy, and financial contributions to the campaign funds.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20944#c1350844'>Printed Material</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1942-1944, N.D.</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The series contains newspaper clippings dealing with World War II and an article by Ms. Lane, <span class=\"title\">“The Negro and War Activities.”</span></p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Papers organized into three series: I Correspondence; II Political Campaign Files; and III Printed Matter</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>SCM77-42, SCM78-48</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<ul class=\"list\"> <li> <ul class=\"list\"> <div class=\"head\">Schomburg Library:</div> <li> <span class=\"bibref\">Winston, Henry. <span class=\"title\">Negro Rights and the Anti-Hitler War: the Negro People in the Fight for Freedom</span></span></li></ul></li> <li> <ul class=\"list\"> <div class=\"head\">Schomburg Photographs and Print Division:</div> <li>Six (6) photos of World War II service men.</li></ul></li></ul>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Verna Hodge, <span class=\"date\">1980</span>. Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, <span class=\"date\">April 1999.</span> Revised by Terry Catapano <span class=\"date\">April 2000</span> and Hillel Arnold, <span class=\"date\">2009</span>.</p>"}
- note
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{"value"=>"Photographs have been separated to the Photographs and Prints Division"}
- sponsor
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{"value"=>"The necessary staff and supplies for this program were made available through a\n combination of Library, National Endowment for the Humanities grant, and State of\n New York grant funds."}
- dsc_type
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combined
- date_start
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1933
- keydate
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1933
- date_end
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1951
- date_inclusive_start
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1933
- date_inclusive_end
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1951
- extent_statement
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.2 linear feet