Negro World Digest records

id
4476
origination
Negro World Digest
date statement
1939-1941
key date
1939
identifier (local_mss)
20760
org unit
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
call number
Sc Micro R 1236
b-number
b11883935
total components
27
total series
0
max depth
1
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:05:03 UTC
updated
2026-02-09 20:50:30 UTC
status note
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unitid
{"value"=>"20760", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc Micro R-1236", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b11883935", "type"=>"local_b"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1939-1941", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1939/1941"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"<span class=\"title\">Negro World Digest</span> records"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 reel", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.06 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
origination
{"value"=>"Negro World Digest", "type"=>"corpname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>The <span class=\"title\">Negro World Digest</span> was a monthly periodical which began publication in July 1940 and ceased publication after the December issue of the same year. It condensed the best in writings by or about Blacks, reflecting the life, thought, and achievement of Blacks worldwide. The <span class=\"title\">Digest</span>, edited by William Cummings and A. Jackson, featured such writers as Zora Neale Hurston, James Weldon Johnson, Ralph Ellison, and Sterling Brown, and represented a variety of African, British, and American publications.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This collection mostly contains correspondence covering the period 1939-1941. Additionally, there are some articles intended for publication, and information regarding advertising, reprint permissions, sales, and distribution. Also there are some congratulatory letters, office notes, and memoranda.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>Arranged alphabetically.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Unknown provenance, ca. 1968.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Thomas A. Ekkens, 1968. This inventory was one of several prepared as a part of the archival program at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History. Necessary staff and supplies for this project were made possible by a combination of library funds; special city, state, and federal government funds; and Ford Foundation funds.</p>"}
accessrestrict
{"value"=>"<p>Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy.</p>"}
revisiondesc
{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2021 January 28"}
date_start
1939
keydate
1939
date_end
1941
date_inclusive_start
1939
date_inclusive_end
1941
extent_statement
0.06 linear feet (1 reel)
prefercite
{"value"=>"[Item], <span class=\"title\">Negro World Digest</span> records, Sc Micro R 1236, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}
abstract
{"value"=>"The <span class=\"title\">Negro World Digest</span> was a monthly periodical which began publication in July 1940 and ceased publication after the December issue of the same year. It condensed the best in writings by or about Blacks, reflecting the life, thought, and achievement of Blacks worldwide. The <span class=\"title\">Digest</span>, edited by William Cummings and A. Jackson, featured such writers as Zora Neale Hurston, James Weldon Johnson, Ralph Ellison, and Sterling Brown, and represented a variety of African, British, and American publications. This collection mostly contains correspondence covering the period 1939-1941. Additionally, there are some articles intended for publication, and information regarding advertising, reprint permissions, sales, and distribution. Also there are some congratulatory letters, office notes, and memoranda.", "generated"=>true}

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