Schomburg menu collection

id
9683
origination
N/A
date statement
1893-2000
key date
1893
identifier (local_mss)
23108
org unit
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
call number
Sc MG 895
b-number
b20588304
total components
101
total series
0
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2014-12-15 20:38:34 UTC
updated
2026-06-26 18:06:52 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitid
{"value"=>"23108", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 895", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b20588304", "type"=>"local_b"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1893-2000", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1893/2000"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Schomburg menu collection"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.21 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"=>"The Schomburg Menu Collection consists of 84 menus and related ephemera such as banquet and private dinner menus, wine lists, floor plans, invitations and photo covers, dated from 1893 through ca. 2000. Included in the collection are menus from Harlem and New York restaurants, such as Sylvia's restaurant and Home Sweet Harlem Café, and nightclubs such as, Club Baby Grand, The Cotton Club, Savoy Ballroom and Smalls Paradise. There are also items from the African Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair, Ethiopian Airlines, Fort Huachaca, home of the Buffalo Soldiers, Motown Café, Royal Air Maroc, and the foreign minister's residence in Liberia."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>The Schomburg Menu Collection consists of 84 menus and related ephemera such as banquet and private dinner menus, wine lists, floor plans, invitations and photo covers, dated from 1893 through ca. 2000.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>Included in the collection are menus from Harlem and New York restaurants, such as Sylvia's restaurant and Home Sweet Harlem Café, and nightclubs such as, Club Baby Grand, The Cotton Club, Savoy Ballroom and Smalls Paradise. There are also items from the African Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair, Ethiopian Airlines, Fort Huachaca, home of the Buffalo Soldiers, Motown Café, Royal Air Maroc, and the foreign minister's residence in Liberia.</p>"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>Organized alphabetically.</p>"}
sponsor
{"value"=>"Home to Harlem Project, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation"}
revisiondesc
{"value"=>"This finding aid was updated by Allison Hughes.", "date"=>"2020 December 14"}
date_start
1893
keydate
1893
date_end
2000
date_inclusive_start
1893
date_inclusive_end
2000
prefercite
{"value"=>"[Item], Schomburg menu collection, Sc MG 895, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

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