- unitid
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{"value"=>"20589", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 173", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b11524022", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1907-1942", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1907/1942"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Benjamin F. Seldon papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.21 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>"}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
{"value"=>"Some letters are in French and Spanish."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Seldon, Benjamin F.", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Benjamin F. Seldon was State Supervisor of Negro Adult Education for the New Jersey Works Progress Administration from 1938 to 1941. He served in World War I, then completed his education in Europe where he studied the economic, social, and political conditions of several countries. He also taught in France and at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (in 1928).</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Benjamin F. Seldon papers consist of correspondence pertaining to various aspects of his career and personal life, and a scrapbook Seldon maintained containing news clippings relating primarily to African Americans in World War I. Many letters relate to Seldon's experiences as the State Supervisor of Negro Adult Education for the New Jersey Works Progress Administration in which he had 136 teachers under his supervision. Letters also pertain to the Civilian Conservation Corps. Additional correspondence is with religious, political, educational, and social organizations, and several prominent people including Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., Bertha B. Randolph (wife of A. Philip Randolph) and L. Hollingsworth Wood. There is also personal correspondence with Seldon's family and friends. A few letters are written in French and Spanish.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged chronologically.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Provenance unknown, ca. 1975-1977.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Cataloged by Janice Quinter, October 1990. Processed as part of the Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2021 January 27"}
- date_start
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1907
- keydate
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1907
- date_end
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1942
- date_inclusive_start
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1907
- date_inclusive_end
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1942
- extent_statement
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0.21 linear feet (1 box)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Benjamin F. Seldon papers, Sc MG 173, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Benjamin F. Seldon was State Supervisor of Negro Adult Education for the New Jersey Works Progress Administration from 1938 to 1941. He served in World War I, then completed his education in Europe where he studied the economic, social, and political conditions of several countries. He also taught in France and at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (in 1928). The Benjamin F. Seldon papers consist of correspondence pertaining to various aspects of his career and personal life, and a scrapbook Seldon maintained containing news clippings relating primarily to African Americans in World War I. Many letters relate to Seldon's experiences as the State Supervisor of Negro Adult Education for the New Jersey Works Progress Administration in which he had 136 teachers under his supervision. Letters also pertain to the Civilian Conservation Corps. Additional correspondence is with religious, political, educational, and social organizations, and several prominent people including Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., Bertha B. Randolph (wife of A. Philip Randolph) and L. Hollingsworth Wood. There is also personal correspondence with Seldon's family and friends. A few letters are written in French and Spanish.", "generated"=>true}