- unitid
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{"value"=>"*MGZMD 349", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19078", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1945-1968", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1945/1968"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1945
- date_inclusive_end
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1968
- keydate
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1945
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Morton Baum papers"}
- 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"=>"DAN", "value"=>"Jerome Robbins Dance Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Morton Baum (1905-1968) was a New York tax lawyer who helped to draft legislation that created the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). The Morton Baum papers (1945-1968) contain documents concerning the creation of NYSCA, as well as a small amount of material relating to Baum’s other public service activities."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Morton Baum papers, *MGZMD 349. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Baum, Morton, 1905-1968", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Morton Baum (1905-1968) was a New York tax lawyer who was active in various arts organizations, notably the New York City Center, of which he was a co-founder. He was a member of the City Center executive committee beginning in 1943, and became chairman in 1966. Baum helped to draft legislation which created the New York State Council on the Arts.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Morton Baum papers (1945-1968) contain correspondence, clippings, drafts of legislation, notes, and other documents concerning the creation of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). NYSCA materials chiefly date from 1957 to 1963 and include correspondence with Senator MacNeil Mitchell, who introduced the bill creating NYSCA, and John MacFadyen, executive director of NYSCA. A draft of a 1945 bill to create a temporary commission to study state cultural resources, along with notes on the bill and the commission, is also present. The collection holds a small amount of material relating to other organizations with which Baum was involved.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of an unknown donor.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Fluker</span>, <span class=\"date\">2014</span></p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>Original order was maintained.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Dance Division at dance@nypl.org.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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.42 linear feet (1 box)
- date_start
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1945
- date_end
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1968