Universal Negro Improvement Association letters

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{"value"=>"Sc MG 442", "type"=>"local_call", "supress_display"=>true}

origination

{"value"=>"Gittens, Uriah", "type"=>"persname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Universal Negro Improvement Association letters"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1925-1929", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1925/1929"}

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note

{"value"=>"<p>Forms part of Universal Negro Improvement Association Miscellaneous Collections</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

acqinfo

{"internal"=>true, "source"=>"Stewart Roberts", "method"=>"Gift", "date"=>"20030318", "accession_number"=>"SCM 97-32", "value"=>"<p>Gift, Stewart Roberts, 20030318</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>A collection of 24 letters (1925-1929) primarily written by Uriah Gittens, the Executive Secretary, New York Local of the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). The Gittens' letters detail the factionalism and infighting that plagued the UNIA at all levels and contributed significantly to the demise of the New York Local, as well as the creation of the Garvey Club. The letters are addressed to Marcus Garvey during his imprisonment in the Federal Prison in Atlanta, Georgia and later in Jamaica, West Indies following his deportation. Correspondents include George A. Weston, Vice-President of the New York Local-UNIA and William Sherrill, Acting President General, UNIA-Parent Body, relating to Weston's attempt to remove Gittens from the position of executive secretary of the New York Local.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Uriah Gittens was the Executive Secretary of the New York Local of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) during the 1920s. He appears to have assumed this position some time prior to the imprisonment of Marcus Garvey, founder and president of UNIA, in 1925.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

date_start

1925

keydate

1925

date_end

1929

date_inclusive_start

1925

date_inclusive_end

1929

extent_statement

1 folder (37 pages)

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], Universal Negro Improvement Association letters, Sc MG 442, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Uriah Gittens was the Executive Secretary of the New York Local of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) during the 1920s. He appears to have assumed this position some time prior to the imprisonment of Marcus Garvey, founder and president of UNIA, in 1925. A collection of 24 letters (1925-1929) primarily written by Uriah Gittens, the Executive Secretary, New York Local of the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). The Gittens' letters detail the factionalism and infighting that plagued the UNIA at all levels and contributed significantly to the demise of the New York Local, as well as the creation of the Garvey Club. The letters are addressed to Marcus Garvey during his imprisonment in the Federal Prison in Atlanta, Georgia and later in Jamaica, West Indies following his deportation. Correspondents include George A. Weston, Vice-President of the New York Local-UNIA and William Sherrill, Acting President General, UNIA-Parent Body, relating to Weston's attempt to remove Gittens from the position of executive secretary of the New York Local.", "generated"=>true}

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