- unitid
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{"value"=>"MssCol 320", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"320", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Bliss Family papers"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1842-1961", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1842/1961"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4.5 linear feet (9 boxes and 1 package)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- date_inclusive_start
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1842
- date_inclusive_end
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1961
- origination
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{"value"=>"Bliss family", "type"=>"famname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>George Bliss (1816-1896) of New York City was a partner in the banking firms of Morton, Bliss & Co. and Phelps, Dodge & Co. His son, George T. Bliss (ca. 1851-1901) was a businessman in New York City. George T. Bliss was married to Jeanette Dwight Bliss and their daughter was Susan D. Bliss. Jeanette Bliss's father, Amos T. Dwight (ca. 1806-1881) was a merchant in New York City.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Collection spans three generations of the Bliss family and contains correspondence, household receipts, health and welfare papers, account books, diaries, and family photographs. Correspondence is most significant part of collection and includes family letters of George Bliss, 1842-1883; letters of Jeanette Bliss, 1897-1920, concerning purchases of books, antiques and other goods; personal correspondence of Susan Bliss, 1901-1961; and correspondence of Jeanette and Susan Bliss, 1908-1937, regarding assistance to French children, mostly war orphans. Bulk of the collection is household receipts, 1873-1952 (predominantly for the period 1916-1928). Health and welfare papers consist of reports and correspondence relating to the Welfare Council of New York City. Also, account books, 1881-1886; Susan Bliss's diary, 1895-1897; kitchen diary; and family photographs.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"accession_number"=>"MSS 37M77"}
{"date"=>"1937", "source"=>"Bliss, Susan D. and her estate", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, Bliss, Susan D. and her estate, 1937"}
- keydate
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1842
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Bliss Family papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}
- extent_statement
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4.5 linear feet (9 boxes and 1 package)
- abstract
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{"value"=>"George Bliss (1816-1896) of New York City was a partner in the banking firms of Morton, Bliss & Co. and Phelps, Dodge & Co. His son, George T. Bliss (ca. 1851-1901) was a businessman in New York City. George T. Bliss was married to Jeanette Dwight Bliss and their daughter was Susan D. Bliss. Jeanette Bliss's father, Amos T. Dwight (ca. 1806-1881) was a merchant in New York City. Collection spans three generations of the Bliss family and contains correspondence, household receipts, health and welfare papers, account books, diaries, and family photographs. Correspondence is most significant part of collection and includes family letters of George Bliss, 1842-1883; letters of Jeanette Bliss, 1897-1920, concerning purchases of books, antiques and other goods; personal correspondence of Susan Bliss, 1901-1961; and correspondence of Jeanette and Susan Bliss, 1908-1937, regarding assistance to French children, mostly war orphans. Bulk of the collection is household receipts, 1873-1952 (predominantly for the period 1916-1928). Health and welfare papers consist of reports and correspondence relating to the Welfare Council of New York City. Also, account books, 1881-1886; Susan Bliss's diary, 1895-1897; kitchen diary; and family photographs.", "generated"=>true}
- date_start
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1842
- date_end
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1961