Joseph St. Prix collection

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unitid

{"value"=>"21157", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Sc MG 444", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b19430794", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1920", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1920"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Joseph St. Prix collection"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 folders", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.02 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"=>"Joseph St. Prix was an African-American entrepreneur. The Joseph St. Prix collection consists of a ledger for a shoe repair business owned by Joseph St. Prix and Anderson Joseph, known as Joseph St. Prix, located in Philadelphia. The ledger lists expenditures and receipts for the business. The first page of the ledger contains partial minutes for a meeting, presumably of the Philadelphia Division of the United Negro Improvement Association. Additional material includes several copies of a flyer advertising the shoe repair business; a flyer for another of St. Prix's businesses, Colver St. Prix, Grocers; and a few letters and notes relating to business matters."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"St. Prix, Joseph", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Joseph St. Prix was an African-American entrepreneur.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Joseph St. Prix collection consists of a ledger for a shoe repair business owned by Joseph St. Prix and Anderson Joseph, known as Joseph & St. Prix, located in Philadelphia. The ledger lists expenditures and receipts for the business. The first page of the ledger contains partial minutes for a meeting, presumably of the Philadelphia Division of the United Negro Improvement Association. Additional material includes several copies of a flyer advertising the shoe repair business; a flyer for another of St. Prix's businesses, Colver & St. Prix, Grocers; and a few letters and notes relating to business matters.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift, Amacedo Dumaka, Aug. 1991</p>"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>United Negro Improvement Association Philadelphia Division; Also located at; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</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"=>"2022 November 18"}

date_start

1920

keydate

1920

date_end

1920

date_inclusive_start

1920

date_inclusive_end

1920

extent_statement

0.02 linear feet (2 folders)

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], Joseph St. Prix collection, Sc MG 444, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

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