- unitid
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{"value"=>"20782", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 181", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b11883965", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1904-1977", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1904/1977"}
{"value"=>"1958-1977", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1958/1977"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Union Settlement Cultural Center records"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"5 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"5.0 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"=>"A division of Union Settlement, an East Harlem settlement house, the Cultural Center, founded in 1917, incorporated music, art, drama, and literary activities into programs. Records primarily document the Center's administration and activities under the leadership of H. Blake Hobbs."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Union Settlement Cultural Center (New York, N.Y.)", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>A division of Union Settlement, an East Harlem settlement house, the Cultural Center, founded in 1917, incorporated music, art, drama, and literary activities into programs. H. Blake Hobbs (1911-1973) was the director from 1958 until his death.</p> <p>In 1895, the Union Settlement Association was founded by alumni, faculty, and students of Union Theological Seminary at 202 East 96th Street, in response to the desperate conditions of immigrants struggling to make a new life in America. Within five months, the agency moves to its present site at 237 East 104th Street. One of the largest settlement houses in New York, Union Settlement currently serves more than 10,000 East Harlem residents of all ages each year through its education, health, senior services, youth development, childcare, counseling, and economic development programs.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The records of the Union Settlement Cultural Center primarily document the Center's administration and activities under the leadership of H. Blake Hobbs. There are also documents relating to Union Settlement's other programs, and material about and by Hobbs. Included are annual reports, administrative records, activities' files, correspondence, diaries, poetry, drawings, financial ledgers, flyers, newspaper and magazine clippings, and printed material.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Union Settlement Cultural Center records are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20782#c1624966'>Union Settlement</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1904-1975</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series provides an overview of the settlement house since its founding in 1895. There is limited information about the organization's other programs.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20782#c1624975'>Cultural Center</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1945-1977</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p> This series is divided into administrative and activities files. The administrative material includes a record book listing the Center's art inventory and two financial ledgers. Additionally, address books include miscellaneous data about the Center's activities. The activities file is divided into four categories based on the functions of the Cultural Center: music, art, literary, and library. The Center was known as the Music School until the 1960s, when Hobbs expanded the program to include other activities. The art category is divided into files of specific artists. Documents in these files include original artwork and reprints, flyers, articles, and letters. The literary file includes information on activities of which the Cultural Center was a continuing or initial sponsor and participant, such as the East River Players and East Harlem Writing Center. It also includes poems written by East Harlem residents and famous Black authors.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20782#c1625013'>Hobbs, H. Blake</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1938-1973</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series includes personal and professional correspondence, writing, and minutes of the cultural committee of the East Harlem Council for Community Planning, of which Hobbs was the chair. Writing describe Hobbs's life, several trips, and activities in East Harlem. Hobbs was also chairman of the Union Settlement's credit union; this material can be found in the Union Settlement series.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Records organized into three series: I. Union Settlements; II. Cultural Center; and III. Hobbs, H. Blake.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Thelma Hall, former director of the Union Settlement Cultural Center, June 1977. 06/29/77</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to the General Research and Reference Division: books, magazines, and newsletters.</p> <p>Transferred to the Photographs and Print Division: photographs.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned in 1977 by unknown individual. Surveyed by Janice Quinter, 1987.</p>"}
- bibliography
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{"id"=>"aspace_dfa19582c36346c02f360b865a5c6d1f", "value"=>"<p>Union Settlement. \"History.\" Accessed May 14, 2021, https://unionsettlement.org/history/.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2021 May 14"}
- date_start
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1904
- keydate
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1904
- date_end
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1977
- date_inclusive_start
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1904
- date_inclusive_end
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1977
- date_bulk_start
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1958
- date_bulk_end
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1977
- extent_statement
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5.0 linear feet (5 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Union Settlement Cultural Center records, Sc MG 181, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}