- unitid
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{"value"=>"20786", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 176", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1931-1955", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1931/1955"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Bernhard Stern/Alain Locke 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>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Dr. Bernhard Stern was a lecturer in anthropology at Columbia University in the 1930s and 1940s with a particular interest in race relations. Dr. Alain Locke was Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University and the principal spokesman of the \"New Negro Movement,\" the black arts movement of the 1920s. Correspondence between Bernhard Stern and Alain Locke, co-editors of <span class=\"title\">When Peoples Meet, A Study in Race and Cultural Contacts</span> (1946), a book on race relations. Letters document the working relationship between the two and some of the work that went into finalizing and publicizing the book. Also research notes and correspondence re: Stern's and Melville Jacob's book <span class=\"title\">Outline of Anthropology</span>; a file (1939-1942) related to Stern's involvement with the Carnegie Corporation \"Negro in America\" study, including memoranda from Gunnar Myrdal and Doxey Wilkerson, another project participant; also Stern's lecture notes for courses in anthropology at the New School for Social Research, 1930s-1950."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Locke, Alain, 1885-1954", "type"=>"persname"}
{"value"=>"Stern, Bernhard Joseph, 1894-1956", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Dr. Bernhard Stern was a lecturer in anthropology at Columbia University in the 1930s and 1940s with a particular interest in race relations. Dr. Alain Locke was Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University and the principal spokesman of the \"New Negro Movement,\" the black arts movement of the 1920s.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Correspondence between Bernhard Stern and Alain Locke, co-editors of <span class=\"title\">When Peoples Meet, A Study in Race and Cultural Contacts</span> (1946), a book on race relations. Letters document the working relationship between the two and some of the work that went into finalizing and publicizing the book. Also research notes and correspondence re Stern's and Melville Jacob's book <span class=\"title\">Outline of Anthropology</span>; a file (1939-1942) related to Stern's involvement with the Carnegie Corporation \"Negro in America\" study, including memoranda from Gunnar Myrdal and Doxey Wilkerson, another project participant; also Stern's lecture notes for courses in anthropology at the New School for Social Research, 1930s-1950.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift, Stern, Charlotte, 1981Research notes, file of \"Negro in America\": Gift, Stern, Charlotte</p>"}
- sponsor
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{"value"=>"Home to Harlem Project, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"This finding aid was updated by Allison Hughes.", "date"=>"2021 March 9"}
- date_start
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1931
- keydate
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1931
- date_end
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1955
- date_inclusive_start
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1931
- date_inclusive_end
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1955
- extent_statement
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0.42 linear feet (1 box)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Bernhard Stern/Alain Locke collection, Sc MG 176, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}