Trenton Six collection

id
6162
origination
Trenton Six
date statement
1949-1956
key date
1949
identifier (local_mss)
20940
org unit
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
call number
Sc Micro R-2476
b-number
b11883964
total components
14
total series
0
max depth
2
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(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:05:31 UTC
updated
2026-02-09 20:47:32 UTC
status note
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unitid
{"value"=>"20940", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1949-1956", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1949/1956"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Trenton Six collection"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"Destroyed after filming"}], "supress_display"=>true}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"l microfilm reel"}], "supress_display"=>true}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture</span> <span class=\"addressline\">515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Newspaper clippings and press releases relating to the death of William Horner in Trenton, N.J., and the arrest and trial of six black men charged with the slaying. Includes some material on civil rights. The clippings come from both American and French newspapers, including \"The New York Times,\" the \"New York Post,\" \"The Daily Compass,\" \"The Herald-News,\" \"The Trentonian,\" \"The Trenton Times,\" the \"National Guardian,\" the \"Pittsburgh Courier,\" the \"Daily Worker,\" and \"Droit et Liberté.\" The majority of the clippings, especially those from the \"Daily Worker,\" were biased in favor of the Trenton Six. These articles stressed the themes of racial discrimination, frame-up and denial of civil rights. Some newsclippings are in French."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English and French"}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>Trenton Six collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Trenton Six", "type"=>"corpname", "role"=>"creator"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The Trenton Six Collection (1949, March-1956, October) consists entirely of newspaper clippings and press releases, organized in two chronological sequences. The first section is comprised of three consecutive scrapbooks, and the second is a single chronological file of clippings.</p> <p>The clippings come from both American and French newspapers, including <span class=\"title\">The New York Times,</span>the <span class=\"title\">New York Post</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Daily Compass</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Herald-News</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Trentonian</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Trenton Times</span>, the <span class=\"title\">National Guardian,</span>the <span class=\"title\">Pittsburgh Courier</span>, the <span class=\"title\">Daily Worker,</span>and <span class=\"title\">Droit et Liberté.</span>The majority of the clippings, especially those from the <span class=\"title\">Daily Worker,</span>were biased in favor of the Trenton Six. These articles stressed the themes of racial discrimination, frame-up and denial of civil rights.</p> <p>It is interesting to note that, although the crime was actually committed in January 1948, press censorship suppressed publicity of the case for some time. Therefore, the earliest article in this collection is dated March 1949.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Debra Carter, 1977; machine-readable finding aid created by Apex Data Services, 1999; revised by Terry Catapano, 2000, and Hillel Arnold, 2009.</p>"}
altformavail
{"value"=>"<p>Collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library; call number Sc Micro R-2476</p>"}
note
{"value"=>"Sc MG 196"}
sponsor
{"value"=>"The necessary staff and supplies for this program were made available through a\n combination of funds and services provided by the Research Libraries, the National\n Endowment for the Humanities, and the State of New York."}
dsc_type
in-depth
date_start
1949
keydate
1949
date_end
1956
date_inclusive_start
1949
date_inclusive_end
1956
extent_statement
Destroyed after filming; l microfilm reel

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