National Coué Institute records

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 2102", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"2102", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"National Coué Institute records"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca. 1922-1944", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1922/1944"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".3 linear foot (1 box)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1922

date_inclusive_end

1944

origination

{"value"=>"National Coué Institute", "type"=>"corpname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The National Coué Institute was founded in 1922 in New York City to further the ideas of Emile Coué (1857-1926), the French originator of Couéism, a psychotherapeutic system based on hypnosis and autosuggestion. Coué and his system were brought to the U.S. by Oliver S. Lyford, an engineer and industrialist. Couéism was popular in the U.S. in the 1910s and 1920s.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of papers relating to the National Coué Institute and Emile Coué. Includes charter, by-laws, minutes, statement of receipts and expenditures, and notebook of expenses of the Institute. Also, letters of Oliver S. Lyford; photographs depicting Coué, his house and associates; pamphlet by Coué; and miscellaneous items.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 71M19"}

{"date"=>"1971", "source"=>"Gavert, Olive Lyford", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, Gavert, Olive Lyford, 1971"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Collection consists of papers relating to the National Coué Institute and Emile Coué. Includes charter, by-laws, minutes, statement of receipts and expenditures, and notebook of expenses of the Institute. Also, letters of Oliver S. Lyford; photographs depicting Coué, his house and associates; pamphlet by Coué; and miscellaneous items."}

keydate

1922

prefercite

{"value"=>"National Coué Institute records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

.3 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1922

date_end

1944

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