- unitid
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{"value"=>"40", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 40", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1946-1976", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1946/1976"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1946
- date_inclusive_end
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1976
- keydate
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1946
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Robert Jackson Alexander papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"6.4 linear feet (10 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span><div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span><span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Robert Jackson Alexander (1918- ) earned his Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1950, and has taught economics at Rutgers University since 1947. His field of specialization, on which he has written frequently, is labor movements in Central and South America. During his extensive travels through the Americas, Jackson conducted interviews with politicians, labor leaders, diplomats, workers, businessmen, educators, and persons from all walks of life. Alexander wrote summaries of his interviews and recorded the substance of the conversations. He used the same procedure to record interviews in the United States and other countries. Collection consists primarily of carbon copies of Alexander's interview summaries. The vast majority of the interviews concern Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Interviews conducted between 1946-1956 are arranged by country with Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Venezuela being particularly prominent. The rest of the interviews are arranged chronologically. Interviews concerning Central and South America cover a wide range of topics but concentrate on the labor movement and political developments. Other interviews have the same focus but those concerning the United States pertain to socialist parties as well. Also, typescripts of some of Alexander's writings."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Robert Jackson Alexander papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Alexander, Robert J. (Robert Jackson), 1918-", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Robert Jackson Alexander (1918-), who earned his Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1950, has taught economics at Rutgers University since 1947- His field of specialization, on which he has written frequently, is Central and South America and especially their labor movements. Alexander has traveled extensively through the Americas, and during these research trips he has conducted numerous interviews with politicians, labor leaders, diplomats, workers, businessmen, educators, and others from all walks of life. He has also interviewed other travelers as well. Alexander wrote summaries of his talks with these individuals in which he recorded the substance of the conversations. This same procedure was used by Alexander to record interviews conducted in the United States and other countries.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists primarily of carbon copies of Alexander's interview summaries. The vast majority of the interviews concern Central and South America and the Caribbean. Those interviews conducted between 1946-1956 are arranged by country with Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Venezuela being particularly prominent subjects. The rest of the interviews are arranged by year. The interviews concerning the Americas cover a range of topics but concentrate on the labor movement and political developments. The other interviews have this same focus but those concerning the United States pertain to socialist parties as well. In addition to the interviews, there are also typescripts of some of Alexander's writings.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Received from Robert J. Alexander, 1952-1976</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Robert Sink, 1982</p>"}
- extent_statement
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6.4 linear feet (10 boxes)
- date_start
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1946
- date_end
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1976