Owen Middleton papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"20580", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Sc MG 152", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b11524012", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1945-1953", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1945/1953"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Owen Middleton papers"}

physdesc

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repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"Middleton, Owen", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Born on March 3, 1888, in Cleveland, Ohio, Owen Middleton was an African American furniture draftsman and graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago who worked as a quick sketch artist for the <span class=\"title\">Chicago Tribune</span>. Middleton also worked as a syndicated columnist for several African American newspapers and wrote a weekly newsletter on United Nations issues relating to Blacks. Additionally, he served as a volunteer art teacher at a Congress of Industrial Organizations' Community Center in Brooklyn. Owen Middleton died in 1954.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>This collection consists of three certificates from the New York City Board of Elections designating Owen Middleton as a Delegate to the 1952 New York State Convention of the American Labor Party, and nine letters of recommendation supporting his application to the title of director of interracial relations at an unnamed institution (1953). Correspondents include: Howard Willard; Arthur Schutzer, New York State Executive Secretary of the American Labor Party; Rev. William Melish, minister of the Church of Holy Trinity in Brooklyn; Marvel Cooke, director of the National Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions; and others.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Mary Middleton, 1982.</p>"}

separatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to the Art and Artifacts Division: drawings.</p>"}

processinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Andre Elizee, May 1990.</p>"}

sponsor

{"value"=>"Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project"}

revisiondesc

{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2022 May 21"}

date_start

1945

keydate

1945

date_end

1953

date_inclusive_start

1945

date_inclusive_end

1953

extent_statement

0.01 linear feet (1 folder)

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], Owen Middleton papers, Sc MG 152, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Born on March 3, 1888, in Cleveland, Ohio, Owen Middleton was an African American furniture draftsman and graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago who worked as a quick sketch artist for the <span class=\"title\">Chicago Tribune</span>. Middleton also worked as a syndicated columnist for several African American newspapers and wrote a weekly newsletter on United Nations issues relating to Blacks. Additionally, he served as a volunteer art teacher at a Congress of Industrial Organizations' Community Center in Brooklyn. Owen Middleton died in 1954. This collection consists of three certificates from the New York City Board of Elections designating Owen Middleton as a Delegate to the 1952 New York State Convention of the American Labor Party, and nine letters of recommendation supporting his application to the title of director of interracial relations at an unnamed institution (1953). Correspondents include: Howard Willard; Arthur Schutzer, New York State Executive Secretary of the American Labor Party; Rev. William Melish, minister of the Church of Holy Trinity in Brooklyn; Marvel Cooke, director of the National Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions; and others.", "generated"=>true}

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