- unitid
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{"value"=>"20714", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 137", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b11848360", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1971", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1971"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Sidney Kaplan collection"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.42 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>"}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Kaplan, Sidney, 1913-", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Sidney Kaplan was a scholar of African American culture and history. In World War II, he served as a first lieutenant in the United States Army in England. His experiences working with an all-Black unit in the segregated Army, coupled with his interest in Marxism, would influence his later career. In 1963, Kaplan and an art gallery organized a seminal exhibit on portrayals of Blacks in American painting.</p> <p>Kaplan taught at the University of Massachusetts (mostly at Amherst) for 31 years and helped found its African American Studies Department. He also helped create the University of Massachusetts Press; was a founder and the editor of <span class=\"title\">The Massachusetts Review</span>, a journal on the arts and public affairs; and edited the <span class=\"title\">Gehenna Press</span>, a journal on the fine arts. His books included <span class=\"title\">The Black Presence in the Era of the American Revolution</span> (New York Graphic Society, 1973), written with his wife, Emma, and <span class=\"title\">American Studies in Black and White</span> (University of Massachusetts, 1991). He also worked as a consultant for the Public Broadcasting System series <span class=\"title\">The Civil War</span> and <span class=\"title\">Africans in America</span>. He died in 1993.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This collection documents part of an exhibition on African American musicians organized by the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution. The papers consist of research material gathered by consultant Sidney Kaplan and his assistant, including sheet music; research notes; subject files of clippings and printed matter on various African American musicians; and correspondence with Alberta Hunter, Middleton Alexander \"Spike\" Harris, Caterina Jarboro, Noble Sissle, and several African American university museums and archives.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Sidney Kaplan, 1985.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Andre Elizee, January 1986.</p>"}
- bibliography
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{"id"=>"aspace_66c98871d75dad0c5ad8bae823a35c7b", "value"=>"<p><span class=\"title\">The New York Times</span>.\"Sidney Kaplan, 80, Scholar on Culture Of Black Americans\". Accessed January 27, 2021, https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/19/obituaries/sidney-kaplan-80-scholar-on-culture-of-black-americans.html.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2021 January 27"}
- date_start
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1971
- keydate
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1971
- date_end
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1971
- date_inclusive_start
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1971
- date_inclusive_end
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1971
- extent_statement
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0.42 linear feet (1 box)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Sidney Kaplan collection, Sc MG 137, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>" This collection documents part of an exhibition on African American musicians organized by the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution. The papers consist of research material gathered by consultant Sidney Kaplan and his assistant, including sheet music; research notes; subject files of clippings and printed matter on various African American musicians; and correspondence with Alberta Hunter, Middleton Alexander \"Spike\" Harris, Caterina Jarboro, Noble Sissle, and several African American university museums and archives.", "generated"=>true}