- unitid
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{"value"=>"20717", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc Micro R-1534", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b16817550", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1892-1902", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1892/1902"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Paul Laurence Dunbar collection"}
- physdesc
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- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p> Paul Laurence Dunbar was born on June 27, 1872, to freed slaves from Kentucky. He became one of the first influential Black poets in American literature, and was internationally acclaimed for his dialectic verse in collections such as <span class=\"title\">Majors and Minors</span> (1895) and <span class=\"title\">Lyrics of Lowly Life</span> (1896). These poems, however, constitute only a small portion of Dunbar's canon, which is replete with novels, short stories, essays, and many poems in standard English. In its entirety, Dunbar's literary body is regarded as an impressive representation of Black life in turn-of-the-century America.</p> <p> In 1897, Dunbar obtained a clerkship at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Soon afterwards he married fellow writer Alice Ruth Moore. Although his health suffered during the two years he lived in Washington, the period nonetheless proved fruitful for Dunbar. In 1898, he published his first short story collection, <span class=\"title\">Folks From Dixie</span>, and his first novel, <span class=\"title\">The Uncalled</span>. Dunbar's health took a turn for the worse and he died on February 9, 1906, at age thirty-three.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This collection consists of correspondence, scrapbook pages, a ledger, and a manuscript about Dunbar.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Received in 1940 from the Ohio Historical Society.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Researchers are restricted to using the microfilm.</p>"}
- bibliography
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{"id"=>"aspace_278246710455ac828b34e16383544f33", "value"=>"<p>Poetry Foundation. \"Paul Laurence Dunbar.\" Accessed September 30, 2020, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/paul-laurence-dunbar.</p>"}
- note
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{"value"=>"The interview with Dunbar's mother and photocopies of correspondence were not microfilmed."}
- date_start
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1892
- keydate
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1892
- date_end
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1902
- date_inclusive_start
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1892
- date_inclusive_end
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1902
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Paul Laurence Dunbar collection, Sc Micro R-1534, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>" This collection consists of correspondence, scrapbook pages, a ledger, and a manuscript about Dunbar.", "generated"=>true}