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{"value"=>"Sc MG 556", "type"=>"local_call"}
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- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1981-1994", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1981/1994"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Assotto Saint papers"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"17 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"8.83 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>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Born Yves Francois Lubin in Haiti in 1957, Assotto Saint was a New York-based gay activist, poet, and performance artist who edited two anthologies of black gay poets in the early 1990s. He founded a publishing house, Galiens Press, which published his book of poems <span class=\"title\">Stations</span> and the anthologies <span class=\"title\">Here to Dare</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Road Before Us</span>. In addition, Saint also wrote and produced several theater pieces, including <span class=\"title\">Risin' to the Love We Need</span> and <span class=\"title\">New Love Song</span>. Saint was the founder and artistic director of Metamorphosis Theater and the lead singer of the rock band Xotica. He died of HIV-related diseases in 1994. The Assotto Saint papers consist of correspondence and writings by Saint, manuscripts and letters from authors featured in his anthologies as well as other gay writers, printed matter, and some personal papers."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Born Yves Francois Lubin in Haiti in 1957, Assotto Saint was a New York-based gay activist, poet, and performance artist who edited two anthologies of black gay poets in the early 1990s. He founded a publishing house, Galiens Press, which published his book of poems <span class=\"title\">Stations</span> and the anthologies <span class=\"title\">Here to Dare</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Road Before Us</span>. In addition, Saint also wrote and produced several theater pieces, including <span class=\"title\">Risin' to the Love We Need</span> and <span class=\"title\">New Love Song</span>. Saint was the founder and artistic director of Metamorphosis Theater and the lead singer of the rock band Xotica. He died of HIV-related diseases in 1994.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Assotto Saint papers consist of correspondence and writings by Saint, manuscripts and letters from authors featured in his anthologies as well as other gay writers, printed matter, and some personal papers.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>I. Letters and Writings; II. Correspondents; III. Here to Dare; IV. The Road Before Us; V. Other Authors; VI. Printed Matter and Miscellaneous</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift, Estate of Assotto Saint, 1994</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>All requests subject to limitations noted in divisional policies on reproduction</p>"}
- sponsor
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{"value"=>"Home to Harlem Project, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"This finding aid was updated by Allison Hughes.", "date"=>"2021 February 5"}
- date_start
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1981
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1981
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1994
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1981
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1994
- extent_statement
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8.83 linear feet (17 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Assotto Saint papers, Sc MG 556, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}