- unitid
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{"value"=>"21209", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 699", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1935 - 1998", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1935/1998"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Claudia Jones research collection"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"two archival boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".66 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- 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"=>"Claudia Cumberbatch Jones rose through the ranks of the Communist Party-USA to become one of its leaders. Between 1948 and 1955, she was arrested several times and imprisoned for violations of the Smith Act. She was deported to England in December 1955. Jones spent the last fourteen years of her life actively participating in the struggles of oppressed and poor people throughout the world. At the end of her life, Jones had earned the titles of \"political theorist\" and \"activist\" nationally and internationally. The Claudia Jones Research collection consists of material compiled by author Marika Sherwood during her research for a biography on Jones entitled <span class=\"title\">Claudia Jones: A Life in Exile</span>."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Sherwood, Marika", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Claudia Cumberbatch Jones rose through the ranks of the Communist Party-USA to become one of its leaders. Between 1948 and 1955, she was arrested several times and imprisoned for violations of the Smith Act. She was deported to England in December 1955. Jones spent the last fourteen years of her life actively participating in the struggles of oppressed and poor people throughout the world. At the end of her life, Jones had earned the titles of \"political theorist\" and \"activist\" nationally and internationally.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Claudia Jones Research collection consists of material compiled by author Marika Sherwood during her research for a biography on Jones entitled <span class=\"title\">Claudia Jones: A Life in Exile</span>. Comprised mainly of Freedom of Information Act documents on Jones and letters by Sherwood to those who knew and/or worked with Jones, the collection provides a glimpse of Jones's life just prior to her deportation and her early years in London.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift, Marika Sherwood, September 2001.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Nurah-Rosalie P. Jeter in November 2001.</p>"}
- date_start
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1935
- keydate
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1935
- date_end
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1998
- date_inclusive_start
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1935
- date_inclusive_end
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1998
- extent_statement
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.66 linear feet (two archival boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Claudia Jones research collection, Sc MG 699, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}