Benjamin F. Carruthers papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"Sc MG 433", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"20565", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Benjamin F. Carruthers papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1941-1985", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1941/1985"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"6.5 lin. ft."}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"value"=>"Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, N.Y. 10037."}

date_inclusive_start

1941

date_inclusive_end

1985

origination

{"value"=>"Carruthers, Ben F", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Benjamin F. Carruthers (1911-1985) was a travel writer.</p>"}

arrangement

{"value"=>"Papers organized into six series: I Personal Papers; II Professional Papers; III Writings; IV Printed Matter; V Clippings; and VI Subject Files"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Personal and professional papers consisting of biographical material, correspondence, writings, printed matter, and a subject file, primarily reflecting his career as a travel editor for several magazines. Also, his Ph.D. dissertation on the life and works of 19th century Cuban poet Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdes (pseudonym Plácido), and his translation into English, with Langston Hughes, of CUBA LIBRE by the Cuban poet Nicolas Guillen. Some material pertains to his teaching career at Howard University and the Society of Americn Writers.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"SCM 85-67"}

{"date"=>"1985", "source"=>"Chassagne, Marcel D", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, Chassagne, Marcel D, 1985"}

note

{"value"=>"<p>Photographs and slides transferred to Photographs and Prints Division</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

{"value"=>"<p>Material transferred to Art and Artifacts Division</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

{"value"=>"<p>Audiotapes and audio disc transferred to Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Personal and professional papers consisting of biographical material, correspondence, writings, printed matter, and a subject file, primarily reflecting his career as a travel editor for several magazines. Also, his Ph.D. dissertation on the life and works of 19th century Cuban poet Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdes (pseudonym Plácido), and his translation into English, with Langston Hughes, of CUBA LIBRE by the Cuban poet Nicolas Guillen. Some material pertains to his teaching career at Howard University and the Society of Americn Writers."}

keydate

1941

prefercite

{"value"=>"Benjamin F. Carruthers papers, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

6.5 linear feet

date_start

1941

date_end

1985

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