- unitid
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{"value"=>"20615", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 361", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b11543680", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1947-1988", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1947/1988"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"St. Mark's United Methodist Church 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"=>"St. Mark's United Methodist Church (Harlem, New York, N.Y.)", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>St. Mark's United Methodist Church in New York City was organized in June 1871, by Rev. William F. Butler. At the time, he was associated with Mother African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania he was granted permission to establish a Methodist Episcopal Church for African Americans in New York City. The church was incorporated in 1896.</p> <p>The first several sites of the church were in midtown Manhattan. Under the guidance of pastors Dr. William H. Brooks (1897-1923) and Rev. John W. Robinson (1923-1931), a site was purchased between 137th and 138th Streets and St. Nicholas and Edgecombe Avenues, and a Gothic-inspired building was completed in 1926.</p> <p>Historically a middle class congregation, St. Mark's was the first church to achieve the following: a literary forum for all denominations; a full membership to the all-white annual conference; first African American congregation to build a church costing more than a half million dollars; and first to have two of its pastors appointed as district superintendents. Several of the church's pastors were actively involved in community service, including Rev. Brooks, a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the National Urban League. At the time, Brooks was considered New York City's most politically active African American minister. Rev. Dr. John J. Hicks, who commenced his relationship with the church in 1964, also was associated with the NAACP and the Harlem Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association and created a fund to help church and community members.</p> <p>By the mid 1940s, St. Mark's had developed a strong social work agency. In 1958, educational and social service programs were developed for people of all age groups. In 1969, the church formed the Harlem Social Action Research Institute to insure the establishment of social services through community relations, education, and action, and to create links with other churches to achieve these goals.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The St. Mark's United Methodist Church collection primarily consists of printed matter such as anniversary journals and programs. The collection focuses on the years when Reverend John Hicks was pastor, and contains church and special event programs, such as the Annual Debutante Cotillion and church anniversaries.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Juanita R. Riley, 1989.</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 H. Bailey, July 1991, and Rosalie P. Jeter, April 1998.4/98</p>"}
- sponsor
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{"value"=>"Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project and Preservation of the Black Religious Heritage Project, funded by the Lilly Endowment"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2021 December 13"}
- date_start
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1947
- keydate
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1947
- date_end
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1988
- date_inclusive_start
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1947
- date_inclusive_end
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1988
- extent_statement
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0.42 linear feet (1 box)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], St. Mark's United Methodist Church collection, Sc MG 361, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>" The St. Mark's United Methodist Church collection primarily consists of printed matter such as anniversary journals and programs. The collection focuses on the years when Reverend John Hicks was pastor, and contains church and special event programs, such as the Annual Debutante Cotillion and church anniversaries.", "generated"=>true}