- unitid
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{"value"=>"21200", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 390", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b16329237", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1920-1989", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1920/1989"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Sam Wooding and Rae Harrison papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"5 boxes, 1 tube", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.08 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"=>"Sam Wooding was a jazz pianist, arranger, composer, and the accompanist-manager for his third wife, singer Rae Harrison. The Sam Wooding papers primarily document certain aspects of his career, with some files pertaining to his partnership with Rae Harrison and her early career."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Wooding, Sam, 1895-1985", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Sam Wooding was a jazz pianist, arranger, and composer who began his career in 1912 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In the 1920s-1940s, he played residencies with the Society Syncopators and his Southland Spiritual Choir as well as other groups, touring the United States and Europe. In the mid-1930s, Wooding attended the University of Pennsylvania, earning two degrees, including a Master's in Education. He taught during the early 1950s, then in 1953, he became the accompanist-manager for his third wife, singer Rae Harrison; thereafter, the duo toured extensively throughout the world. In 1975, Wooding organized a big band, the Bicentennial Jazz Vista Orchestra. Among many \"firsts\" in jazz history, Wooding is credited with having the first American band to make recordings in Europe, the first Black band to play a musical abroad in the <span class=\"title\">Chocolate Kiddies</span> in Berlin, and the first Black band to tour the Soviet Union and Scandinavia.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Sam Wooding and Rae Harrison papers primarily document certain aspects of Wooding's career, with some files pertaining to his partnership with Rae Harrison and her early career. Included are biographical and personal information, along with correspondence (primarily incoming) regarding their performances. There are also contracts, itineraries, programs, flyers, financial records, certificates, and news clippings. A small amount of information concerns Wooding's recording career and his companies, Pan Jerbel, Inc. and Twin Signs Record Corp. Of particular interest are Wooding's manuscript musical arrangements and compositions.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Rae Harrison Wooding, August 2004.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division: audio materials. For more information, please contact the division at schomburgaudiovisual@nypl.org or 212-491-2270.</p> <p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Diana Lachatanere, November 2004.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Scrapbook closed for preservation reasons.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Transcript of oral history interview with Sam Wooding in Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2022 January 4"}
- date_start
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1920
- keydate
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1920
- date_end
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1989
- date_inclusive_start
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1920
- date_inclusive_end
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1989
- extent_statement
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2.08 linear feet (5 boxes, 1 tube)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Sam Wooding and Rae Harrison papers, Sc MG 390, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}