- unitid
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{"value"=>"JPB 13-33", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"22298", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1981-2007", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1981/2007"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1981
- date_inclusive_end
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2007
- keydate
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1981
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Malena Kuss files on Carleton Sprague Smith"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".42 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"id"=>"MUS", "value"=>"Music Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Malena Kuss files on Carleton Sprague Smith date from 1981 to 2007. They mainly document the creation of <span class=\"title\">Libraries, History, Diplomacy, and the Performing Arts: Essays in Honor of Carleton Sprague Smith</span> (1991), for which Kuss served as an associate editor."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Malena Kuss files on Carleton Sprague Smith, JPB 13-33. Music Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Kuss, Malena", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Malena Kuss (1940- ) is an internationally recognized musicologist specializing in Latin American music. She was an associate editor of <span class=\"title\">Libraries, History, Diplomacy, and the Performing Arts: Essays in Honor of Carleton Sprague Smith</span> (1991), on which she worked from 1984 to 1988. Kuss was a friend of Carleton Sprague Smith from 1961 until his death in 1994. She is Professor Emerita of musicology at the University of North Texas, Denton.</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection was created and maintained by Malena Kuss until she donated it to the library.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Malena Kuss files on Carleton Sprague Smith date from 1981 to 2007 (most date from 1981 to 1987). They mainly document the creation of <span class=\"title\">Libraries, History, Diplomacy, and the Performing Arts: Essays in Honor of Carleton Sprague Smith</span> (1991), for which Kuss served as an associate editor from 1984 to 1988. The book is often referred to in the collection as \"the Festschrift.\" The files hold correspondence with Smith, as well as with other editors and contributors to the book, including Richard J. Wolfe, Israel Katz, Luís Heitor Correia de Azevedo, D. W. Krummel, Sydney Beck, Angier Biddle Duke, Genevieve Oswald, Ruth Watanabe, Alec Hyatt King, Josef Braunstein, and Howard Boatwright. Letters from contributors hold drafts of their contributions to the book.</p> <p>The files also contain correspondence from Smith regarding the early history of the Music Library Association; a file of biographical notes on Smith, including a photograph of him; notes on the eightieth birthday celebration for Smith held at The New York Public Library; and copies of published articles by Smith, with annotations by Kuss. The first folder of the collection holds a letter from Kuss to George Boziwick, Chief of the Music Division. It includes a description of the collection and background information on Kuss's long friendship with Smith.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Original file order was maintaned. Music Library Association files are arranged separately from the rest of the collection.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Malena Kuss in 2007.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Matthew Snyder</span>, <span class=\"date\">2013</span></p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>Original order was maintained. Some contents were refoldered.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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.42 linear feet (1 box)
- date_start
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1981
- date_end
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2007