- unitid
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{"value"=>"21098", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 457", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b16443990", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1984-1991", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1984/1991"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Jill Nelson papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.21 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"=>"Jill Nelson (1952-) is a journalist and writer. The Jill Nelson papers consist of notebooks kept by Nelson during her time as a journalist with <span class=\"title\">The Village Voice</span>, as well as material documenting her time as a press agent for C. Vernon Mason's campaign for Manhattan District Attorney."}
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Nelson, Jill", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Jill Nelson (1952-) is a journalist and writer. She is the author of the memoirs <span class=\"title\">Volunteer Slavery: My Authentic Negro Experience</span> (1993) and <span class=\"title\">Straight, No Chaser: How I Became A Grown-Up Black Woman</span> (1997), the novel <span class=\"title\">Sexual Healing</span> (2003), and the nonfiction work <span class=\"title\">Finding Martha's Vineyard: African Americans at Home on an Island</span> (2005), as well as the editor of <span class=\"title\">Police Brutality: An Anthology</span> (2000). Nelson's work has appeared in numerous publications, including <span class=\"title\">The New York Times</span>, <span class=\"title\">Essence</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Washington Post</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Nation</span>, <span class=\"title\">Ms.</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Chicago Tribune</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Village Voice</span>.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Jill Nelson papers consist of notebooks kept by Nelson during her time as a journalist with <span class=\"title\">The Village Voice</span>. Subjects include: Marion Barry's 1990 trial, the Grenada invasion, Haiti during the events that occurred in 1986, Alton Maddox, and Nelson Mandela. In addition, there is material from Nelson's stint as press agent for C. Vernon Mason's campaign for Manhattan District Attorney.</p> <p>Audiotapes from the collection, featuring interviews with politicians, celebrities and historians such as Naim Akbar, Marion Barry, Avery Brooks, Solomon Brown, Nelson Mandela, Diana Ross, and Oprah Winfrey, were transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift, Jill Nelson, 2002</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound (MIRS) Division: audio materials. For more information, please contact the division at schomburgaudiovisual@nypl.org or 212-491-2270.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>All requests subject to limitations noted in divisional policies on reproduction</p>"}
- sponsor
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{"value"=>"Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"This finding aid was updated by Allison Hughes.", "date"=>"2022 January 18"}
- date_start
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1984
- keydate
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1984
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1991
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1984
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1991
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Jill Nelson papers, Sc MG 457, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}