- unitid
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{"value"=>"20557", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 93", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b11447982", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1926-1980", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1926/1980"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"May Edward Chinn collection"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.46 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"=>"Chinn, May Edward, 1896-1980", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>May Chinn was the first African American female graduate of Bellevue Hospital Medical College, and the first African American female doctor in Harlem.</p> <p>May Chinn was born on April 15, 1896, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Her family moved to New York City when she was three years old. Her mother worked for jeweler Charles Tiffany and May was raised on the estate in Tarrytown, N.Y. as one of the Tiffany children. When she and her mother returned to New York, May gave piano lessons to kindergarteners. While in college, she performed or accompanied musicians on the piano, including performing for the USO.</p> <p> Chinn earned her BS from Columbia University (1921); graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College (1926); earned an MS degree in Public Health from Columbia University (1933); and studied cytological methods at Memorial Hospital (1928-1933). She worked at the Strang Clinic affiliated with New York Infirmary for Women and Children Hospital (1944-1973); and she was a medical adviser in New York State Department of Health (1960-1977). She was elected to the Society of Surgical Oncology (1958) and the American Society of Cytology (1972). She received a Teachers' College Distinguished Alumnus Award from Columbia University (1980). She died in December 1980 in New York, New York.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This collection consists of certificates and honorary degrees, a few letters, papers related to the deaths of Chinn's parents, a resume, an autobiography, and membership cards. Additionally, there is correspondence concerning Chinn's memorial service and her estate; letters of condolence to Franklin Williams, her family friend; and letters, an oral history proposal, and contract regarding George Davis's proposed biography of Chinn.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Bequest of May Edward Chinn, February 1981, and gift of Franklin Williams, 1984.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p> Transferred to the Art and Artifacts Division: paintings and plaques.</p> <p>Transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division: audio materials. For more information, please contact the division at schomburgaudiovisual@nypl.org or 212-491-2270.</p> <p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Diana Lachatanere, 1981 and 1984.</p>"}
- bibliography
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{"id"=>"aspace_dd70b8514a790550f94eda6c54f2433c", "value"=>"<p>Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF). \"Chinn, May Edward, 1896-1980.\" Accessed March 23, 2021, https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no90024825.html.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2021 March 23"}
- date_start
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1926
- keydate
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1926
- date_end
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1980
- date_inclusive_start
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1926
- date_inclusive_end
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1980
- extent_statement
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0.46 linear feet (2 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], May Edward Chinn collection, Sc MG 93, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>" This collection consists of certificates and honorary degrees, a few letters, papers related to the deaths of Chinn's parents, a resume, an autobiography, and membership cards. Additionally, there is correspondence concerning Chinn's memorial service and her estate; letters of condolence to Franklin Williams, her family friend; and letters, an oral history proposal, and contract regarding George Davis's proposed biography of Chinn.", "generated"=>true}