- unitid
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{"value"=>"21126", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 657", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b19277291", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"ca. 1960s-1999", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1960/1999", "certainty"=>"approximate"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Sandy F. Ray papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.21 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>"}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Ray, Sandy F.", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Sandy F. Ray (1898-1979) was a former pastor of the Cornerstone Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York, from 1944 to 1979. Other pastorates he held were at First Baptist Church in LaGrange, Georgia; First Baptist Church in Macon, Georgia; St. Luke in Chicago; and Shiloh Baptist Church in Columbus, Ohio. Ray served as president of the Empire Missionary Baptist Convention, N.Y.S., Inc., 1954-1979; the first vice-president of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc., 1968-1979; and the first elected African American state legislator of the 95th General Assembly in Franklin County, Ohio (1943-1944). Ray authored the book, <span class=\"title\">Journeying through a Jungle</span> (1979), which is a collection of his sermons. He was also the first elected African American state legislator of the 95th General Assembly in Franklin County, Ohio (1943-1944).</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Sandy F. Ray papers consist of handwritten sermons and messages prepared for the ministers' seminar delivered by Ray at the National Baptist Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Miami, Florida; Dallas, Texas; Birmingham, Alabama; and San Francisco, California.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Cynthia Perry Ray, April 1999.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p> Transferred to the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division: book.</p> <p>Transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division: audio and moving image materials. For more information, please contact the division at schomburgaudiovisual@nypl.org or 212-491-2270.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Miranda Mims, May 2011.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2022 April 14"}
- date_start
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1960
- keydate
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1960
- date_end
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1999
- date_inclusive_start
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1960
- date_inclusive_end
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1999
- extent_statement
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0.21 linear feet (1 box)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Sandy F. Ray papers, Sc MG 657, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Sandy F. Ray (1898-1979) was a former pastor of the Cornerstone Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York, from 1944 to 1979. Other pastorates he held were at First Baptist Church in LaGrange, Georgia; First Baptist Church in Macon, Georgia; St. Luke in Chicago; and Shiloh Baptist Church in Columbus, Ohio. Ray served as president of the Empire Missionary Baptist Convention, N.Y.S., Inc., 1954-1979; the first vice-president of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc., 1968-1979; and the first elected African American state legislator of the 95th General Assembly in Franklin County, Ohio (1943-1944). Ray authored the book, <span class=\"title\">Journeying through a Jungle</span> (1979), which is a collection of his sermons. He was also the first elected African American state legislator of the 95th General Assembly in Franklin County, Ohio (1943-1944). The Sandy F. Ray papers consist of handwritten sermons and messages prepared for the ministers' seminar delivered by Ray at the National Baptist Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Miami, Florida; Dallas, Texas; Birmingham, Alabama; and San Francisco, California.", "generated"=>true}