- unitid
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{"value"=>"21188", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 702", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b15542634", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1933-1993", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1933/1993"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Ella Haith Weaver papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.25 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"=>"Ella Virginia Haith Weaver (1911-1991) was an educator and speech pathologist. The bulk of the Ella Haith Weaver papers is comprised of newspaper clippings and notes from her research and studies."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Weaver, Ella Haith", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Ella Virginia Haith Weaver (1911-1991) was born on March 11, 1911. in Greensboro, North Carolina. She earned a Bachelor's degree in Drama from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Philadelphia (1932), a Masters in Speech and Linguistics from the University of Michigan (1933), and a Doctorate degree from Northwestern University (1949) in Speech Pathology. She married Robert C. Weaver in 1935, who would become the first Black cabinet appointee, serving as the Secretary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (1966-1968).</p> <p>A speech pathologist, Weaver spent most of her professional career at Brooklyn College, 1949-1967, directing the Speech Correction Clinic. She also acted as a consultant on a number of federal social development projects. Included among these projects were the Women Training Centers, Job Corps, and the Changing Dialects Research Projects at the Detroit public schools. In 1968, Weaver functioned as the chairperson for a project (\"These Are My Jewels\") aimed at serving children at the Northside Center for Child Development in New York City and the Department of Psychiatry of the Children's Hospital in Washington D.C. Ella Haith Weaver was 80 years old at the time of her death in 1991.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of this collection is comprised of newspaper clippings, documenting the Weavers' Washington D.C. years; class notes from her doctoral studies; field notes from her research; recipes; and guest lists. Weaver's dissertation, \"An Approach to Language Behavior from the Point of View of General Semantics\", is included in the collection.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Ella Haith Weaver papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21188#c1674392'>Personal</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21188#c1674425'>Professional</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21188#c1674458'>Printed matter</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged into three series: I. Personal; II. Professional; and III. Printed matter.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of the Estate of Ella Haith and Robert C. Weaver, March 2002</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Nurah-Rosalie Jeter, March 2002.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2022 May 5"}
- date_start
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1933
- keydate
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1933
- date_end
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1993
- date_inclusive_start
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1933
- date_inclusive_end
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1993
- extent_statement
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1.25 linear feet (3 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Ella Haith Weaver papers, Sc MG 702, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}