- unitid
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{"value"=>"21216", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 731", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b16345340", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1926 - 1987", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1926/1987"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Augusta Savage papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.46 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"=>"Augusta Savage (1892-1962) was a Harlem Renaissance sculptor and the first director of the Harlem Community Art Center. Arriving in New York in 1921, Savage graduated from Cooper Union and received fellowships to study in France. Her works include <span class=\"title\">The Harp</span> which was commissioned for the 1939 World's Fair. The collection includes press clippings about her sculpting career, manuscripts from her retirement period, and some posthumous correspondence."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Augusta Savage (1892-1962) was a Harlem Renaissance sculptor and the first director of the Harlem Community Art Center. Arriving in New York in 1921, Savage graduated from Cooper Union and received fellowships to study in France. Her works include <span class=\"title\">The Harp</span>, which was commissioned for the 1939 World's Fair.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection includes press clippings about her sculpting career, manuscripts from her retirement period, and some posthumous correspondence. The press clippings, which are about Savage, are contained in a scrapbook.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift, Lorraine Lucas, April 2004.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to Art and Artifacts Division: 1 metal funeral plate (approx 6\" x 3\") with Savage's name and date of death; transferred to Photographs and Prints Division: 1 folder of 27 black and white photographs, various sizes (includes passport photograph on passport page).</p>"}
- date_start
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1926
- keydate
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1926
- date_end
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1987
- date_inclusive_start
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1926
- date_inclusive_end
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1987
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Augusta Savage papers, Sc MG 731 , Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}