- unitid
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{"value"=>"20823", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 177", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b13419717", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1858-1979", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1858/1979"}
{"value"=>"1940-1979", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1940/1979"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Mildred Stock research collection"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"15 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"7.42 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"=>"Mildred Stock was a writer and researcher, best known for the work, <span class=\"title\">Ira Aldridge: The Negro Tragedian</span>\", which she co-authored with Herbert Marshall. The Mildred Stock research collection consists of research files concerning Stock's studies of African American and European stage actors, slavery, and other subjects."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Stock, Mildred", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Mildred Stock (1902-ca.1980) was a writer and researcher, best known for the work, <span class=\"title\">Ira Aldridge: The Negro Tragedian</span>, which she co-authored with Herbert Marshall. Stock was born in New York City in 1902. <span class=\"title\">Ira Aldridge: The Negro Tragedian</span> (Macmillan, 1958) was a major work on the nineteenth century African American Shakespearean actor. She also conducted research on other performers and figures in African American history, as well as on slavery, particularly fugitive slaves. Stock died in around 1980.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Mildred Stock research Collection consists of research files concerning Stock's studies of African American and European stage actors, slavery, and other subjects. The bulk of the collection is comprised of research files and correspondence relating to the book she co-authored with Herbert Marshall, <span class=\"title\">Ira Aldridge: The Negro Tragedian</span>. Included is correspondence, manuscript drafts, notes and clippings pertaining to her research on Aldridge, Thomas Greene Bethune, a.k.a. \"Blind Tom,\" Toussaint Louverture, Paul Cuffe, and fugitive slaves (including Henry \"Box\" Brown, William and Ellen Craft, Venture Smith, and others). Additional topics of her research were the nineteenth century Irish actor Tyrone Power, and Victoria Woodhull, the nineteenth century women's rights advocate. Musical scores composed by Blind Tom can be found in the collection. Stock also prepared draft manuscripts for baby books aimed at African American, Asian Indian, and general audiences. Some personal papers are also included.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Mildred Stock research collection is arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20823#c1624722'>Personal</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1951-1975</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20823#c1624728'>Research projects</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1858-1979</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged into two series: I. Personal and II. Research projects.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Andrew Stock, November 1980.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to the Art and Artifacts Division: artwork.</p> <p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Janice Quinter, October 1993.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2021 May 13"}
- date_start
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1858
- keydate
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1858
- date_end
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1979
- date_inclusive_start
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1858
- date_inclusive_end
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1979
- date_bulk_start
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1940
- date_bulk_end
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1979
- extent_statement
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7.42 linear feet (15 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Mildred Stock research collection, Sc MG 177, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}