Southwest Harlem Neighborhood Council collection

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unitid

{"value"=>"21155", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Sc MG 245", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b11605002", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1932-1940", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1932/1940"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Southwest Harlem Neighborhood Council collection"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 folder", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.01 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}

repository

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

abstract

{"value"=>"The Southwest Harlem Neighborhood Council was founded in 1934 to promote better recreational facilities in the southwest district of Harlem, bound by 110th and 125th streets and Fifth and Morningside avenues. Its membership consisted of public and private agencies, including local businesses, schools, churches, community groups, local libraries and various charitable institutions. The council served a mainly Spanish-speaking immigrant community. Its executive body consisted of a president, Leah Lewinson, a treasurer and secretary and several committees. The collection, which includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, and reports and bylaws, documents efforts by the Southwest Harlem Neighborhood Council to promote better recreational facilities in southwest Harlem."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The Southwest Harlem Neighborhood Council was founded in 1934 to promote better recreational facilities in the southwest district of Harlem, bound by 110th and 125th streets and Fifth and Morningside avenues. Its membership consisted of public and private agencies, including local businesses, schools, churches, community groups, local libraries and various charitable institutions. The council served a mainly Spanish-speaking immigrant community. Its executive body consisted of a president, Leah Lewinson, a treasurer and secretary and several committees.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The collection, which includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, and reports and bylaws, documents efforts by the Southwest Harlem Neighborhood Council to promote better recreational facilities in southwest Harlem.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>NN, NN, CStRLIN</p>"}

sponsor

{"value"=>"Home to Harlem Project, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation"}

revisiondesc

{"value"=>"This finding aid was updated by Allison Hughes.", "date"=>"2020 August 12"}

date_start

1932

keydate

1932

date_end

1940

date_inclusive_start

1932

date_inclusive_end

1940

extent_statement

0.01 linear feet (1 folder)

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], Southwest Harlem Neighborhood Council collection, Sc MG 245, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

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