James Baldwin letters and manuscripts

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{"value"=>"Baldwin, James, 1924-1987", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"James Baldwin letters and manuscripts"}

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{"value"=>"ca. 1950-1986", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1950/1986"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Poster transferred to Broadsides Collection, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

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{"internal"=>true, "source"=>"David Baldwin", "method"=>"Gift", "date"=>"1989", "accession_number"=>"SCM 89-99", "value"=>"<p>Gift, David Baldwin, 1989</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>The James Baldwin Letters and Manuscripts consist of letters James Baldwin wrote to his brother, David (1960-1986) discussing race relations of the 1960s, Baldwin's writings, and personal matters. There is an annotated typescript of \"Go Tell It on the Mountain\" (incomplete, 1950?), and a holograph play scenario entitled \"The Sacrifice\" (n.d.), in addition to a diary with six entries (1977-1978).</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>James Baldwin was a novelist, essayist, short story writer and playwright. Born in Harlem, he provided a literary voice during the period of civil rights activism in the 1950s and 1960s. His first novel, \"Go Tell It on the Mountain\" (1953) is a partially autobiographical account of his youth. His other novels include \"Giovanni's Room\" (1956) and \"Another Country\" (1962), both concerned with homosexuality as a theme. Baldwin's highly personal and analytical essay collections, \"Notes of a Native Son\" (1955), \"Nobody Knows My Name\" (1961), and \"The Fire Next Time\" (1963) probe deeper than the provincial problems of white versus black to uncover the essential issues of self-determination, identity, and reality. His plays \"Blues for Mister Charlie,\" produced in 1964, \"Going to Meet the Man\" (1965) and \"Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone\" (1968) also confront American racism. Beginning in 1964, Baldwin made his home primarily in the south of France, but often returned to the United States to lecture or teach. He died in France in 1987.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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1950

date_inclusive_end

1986

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1950

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.2 linear feet

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{"value"=>"James Baldwin letters and manuscripts, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

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{"value"=>"James Baldwin was a novelist, essayist, short story writer and playwright. Born in Harlem, he provided a literary voice during the period of civil rights activism in the 1950s and 1960s. His first novel, \"Go Tell It on the Mountain\" (1953) is a partially autobiographical account of his youth. His other novels include \"Giovanni's Room\" (1956) and \"Another Country\" (1962), both concerned with homosexuality as a theme. Baldwin's highly personal and analytical essay collections, \"Notes of a Native Son\" (1955), \"Nobody Knows My Name\" (1961), and \"The Fire Next Time\" (1963) probe deeper than the provincial problems of white versus black to uncover the essential issues of self-determination, identity, and reality. His plays \"Blues for Mister Charlie,\" produced in 1964, \"Going to Meet the Man\" (1965) and \"Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone\" (1968) also confront American racism. Beginning in 1964, Baldwin made his home primarily in the south of France, but often returned to the United States to lecture or teach. He died in France in 1987. The James Baldwin Letters and Manuscripts consist of letters James Baldwin wrote to his brother, David (1960-1986) discussing race relations of the 1960s, Baldwin's writings, and personal matters. There is an annotated typescript of \"Go Tell It on the Mountain\" (incomplete, 1950?), and a holograph play scenario entitled \"The Sacrifice\" (n.d.), in addition to a diary with six entries (1977-1978).", "generated"=>true}

date_start

1950

date_end

1986

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