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{"value"=>"20931", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 680", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b18155611", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1947-1988", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1947/1988"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Lorraine Hansberry papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"109 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"52.0 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>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Lorraine Hansberry Papers document Lorraine Hansberry's life as an award-winning playwright and activist, and chronicles her activities during the Civil Rights Movement. Virtually all of Hansberry's writings, autobiographical materials, journals, diaries, personal and professional correspondence are included here, as well as related materials generated by her late husband, Robert Nemiroff, and his third wife, Jewell Gresham-Nemiroff, as the executors of Hansberry's state. Significant correspondents include Daisy Bates, Louis Burnham, Julian Mayfield, Robert Nemiroff, and William Worthy."}
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965", "type"=>"persname"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>(A note on the arrangement. The Papers were arranged by archivist Matthew Lyons for the Lorraine Hansberry Estate prior to their transfer to the Center. In most instances, the Schomburg archival team has adhered to this initial arrangement).</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Lorraine Hansberry Papers chronicle the life of the award-winning playwright, and documents her legacy which was largely amassed and constructed by her late former husband, Robert Nemiroff, and his third wife, Jewell Gresham-Nemiroff. The papers include virtually all of Hansberry's writings, autobiographical materials, journals, diaries, personal and professional correspondence, and related materials generated by Nemiroff and Gresham-Nemiroff, as the executors of the Lorraine Hansberry Estate. The papers are organized into four series, PERSONAL PAPERS, WRITINGS, PROFESSIONAL, and LEGACY.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Lorraine Hansberry papers are arranged in six series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20931#c1238911'>Personal Papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1949-1989</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>1.8 linear feet</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Contains materials created primarily by Hansberry from 1950 until her death in 1964. Included are diaries, journals and autobiographical notes, information regarding education and employment, subject files, correspondence, and interviews. Information about her extended illness and get-well cards are also filed here.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20931#c1238976'>Writings</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1947-2001</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>33.9 linear feet</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Largest series, divided into two subseries, Play Scripts and Other Writings. The series contains the bulk of Hansberry's play scripts, articles, lectures and speeches, short stories, poems and other writings.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20931#c1239771'>Professional</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1950s-1965</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>1.4 linear feet</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series is divided into two subseries, Correspondence and Employment. The series is mainly comprised of correspondence Hansberry had with various organizations and individuals, and materials concerning her early employment history. Among the files are records that pertain to her career in journalism in the 1950s.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20931#c1239844'>Legacy</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1940-1991, undated, 1965-1980s</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>12.8 linear feet</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The final series, LEGACY, is divided into two subseries, Robert Nemiroff and Lorraine Hansberry Legacy and Projects. The first subseries, Robert Nemiroff files, is further subdivided into two sub-subseries, Nemiroff's Biographical Information, and Lorraine Hansberry Estate.</p> <p>Additionally there are articles from the 1970s and 1980s where Nemiroff was quoted speaking about his late former wife. Also found here are a number of slightly different drafts for a musical, \"Kicks and Co\"., an interracial musical by Oscar Brown, Jr. It is not known what Nemiroff's role was regarding the play.</p> <p>Originally an editor, music publisher and award-winning songwriter, Nemiroff produced Hansberry's second play, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window. He also had his own play, Postmark Zero, his adaptation of the book, The Last Letters from Stalingrad, presented on Broadway in 1965, in London and on national television.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20931#c1240212'>Oversized</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20931#c1240213'>Library - List of selected books from Hansberry's library</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>I. Personal Papers; II. Writings; III. Professional; IV. Legacy</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>The Estate of Lorraine Hansberry, 1998</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by: Steven G. Fullwood, Janice Quinter, Nurah-Rosalie Jeter, and Diana Lachatanere, with assistance from Lisann Lewin and Artis Q. Wright, May 2006</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>All requests subject to limitations noted in divisional policies on reproduction</p>"}
- date_start
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1947
- keydate
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1947
- date_end
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1988
- date_inclusive_start
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1947
- date_inclusive_end
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1988
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Lorraine Hansberry papers, Sc MG 680, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}