Olmec Toys, Inc. collection

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unitid

{"value"=>"23051", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"b17041654", "type"=>"local_b"}

{"value"=>"Sc MG 783", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1985-1995", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1985/1995"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Olmec Toys, Inc. collection"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 folder", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.01 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Founded in 1985 by Yla Eason, Olmec Toys, Inc. was the largest minority-owned toy company in the United States. The Olmec Toys, Inc. Collection consists primarily of printed material acquired by one of its investors."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"Olmec Toys, Inc.", "type"=>"corpname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Founded in 1985 by Yla Eason, Olmec Toys, Inc. was the largest minority-owned toy company in the United States. It also had the industry's largest selection of Black and Hispanic toys. By 1995 the product line extended to a variety of boy action figures, toys, and dolls that included African-American, Hispanic, and Asian baby dolls, toddler dolls, and fashion dolls. Olmec coined the phrase \"ethnically correct,\" referring to the doll's appropriate color as well as its sculpted facial features to accurately represent each doll's ethnicity. In 1994 Olmec had its product line in many major retail stores throughout the country, but it went bankrupt within several years.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Olmec Toys, Inc. Collection consists primarily of printed material acquired by one of its investors. Included are notices to shareholders about expansion of the product line and the purchasing of shares, minutes of meetings, an auditor's report, product catalogs, a sample comic book that was packed inside each box, and photographs of the original two action figures.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift, Eugenia Evans Clarke, 2008</p>"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>Also located at; New York Public Library, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, N.Y. 10037</p>"}

sponsor

{"value"=>"Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation"}

revisiondesc

{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Allison Hughes.", "date"=>"2022 November 28"}

date_start

1985

keydate

1985

date_end

1995

date_inclusive_start

1985

date_inclusive_end

1995

extent_statement

0.01 linear feet (1 folder)

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], Olmec Toys, Inc. collection, Sc MG 783, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

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