Lillian Ross letters

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unitid

{"value"=>"21136", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Sc MG 547", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b197612714", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1932-1946", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1932/1946"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Lillian Ross letters"}

repository

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

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"Ross, Lillian Wise, 1900-1980", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p> Lillian Wise Ross married World War I veteran, Ira Eugene Ross, in 1919. Their daughter, Dorothy Eleanor Ross, was married to Walter Franklin Anderson, an accomplished musician and the grandson of freed slaves.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Lillian Ross Letters consist of a few personal letters between Ross and her daughter, Dorothy, and son-in-law, Walter Franklin Anderson. Written in 1946, they concern shortages of household items in the village of Yellow Springs, Ohio, during the post-war period. There is a letter written by Anderson to his future mother-in-law explaining that he is the director of music at Karamu House; a flyer advertising his performance in 1942; and correspondence regarding Ross's claims for financial compensation as a veteran's widow.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift of 409 Edgecombe Avenue Tenant Association, 1988.</p>"}

separatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs</p>"}

{"value"=>"<p>This collection was separated from the 409 Edgecombe collection (Sc MG 804).</p>"}

date_start

1932

keydate

1932

date_end

1946

date_inclusive_start

1932

date_inclusive_end

1946

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], Lillian Ross letters, Sc MG 547, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Lillian Wise Ross married World War I veteran, Ira Eugene Ross, in 1919. Their daughter, Dorothy Eleanor Ross, was married to Walter Franklin Anderson, an accomplished musician and the grandson of freed slaves. The Lillian Ross Letters consist of a few personal letters between Ross and her daughter, Dorothy, and son-in-law, Walter Franklin Anderson. Written in 1946, they concern shortages of household items in the village of Yellow Springs, Ohio, during the post-war period. There is a letter written by Anderson to his future mother-in-law explaining that he is the director of music at Karamu House; a flyer advertising his performance in 1942; and correspondence regarding Ross's claims for financial compensation as a veteran's widow.", "generated"=>true}

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