- unitid
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{"value"=>"1740224", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1918-1952", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1918/1952"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"CIVIC AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".8 linear feet"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The <em render=\"bold\">CIVIC AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, 1918-1952, (.8 lin. ft.),</em>series documents Watson's role in the Harlem and broader New York City community as well as in the West Indian community. The correspondence files have been arranged alphabetically with organizations and individuals interfiled. Most of the information on the Caribbean community of Harlem is included here even though it is mainly represented by only the constitutions and by-laws of the various organizations. It is also sometimes difficult to determine which organizations Watson may have held membership in versus those he may simply have incorporated. The series overall includes correspondence and meeting notices from organizations such as the Harlem Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association of which he was a Board member; minutes and reports of organizations such as the Harlem Adult Education Committee; telegrams and letters, some from labor and civil rights organizations, pertaining to issues such as lynching, voting rights and other civil rights issues, often seeking his endorsement on a specific issue; correspondence and printed material relating to various economic and social issues affecting the Harlem community such as better health care and juvenile delinquency; invitations to civic gatherings and related affairs and requests for donations and other forms of aid.</p>"}
- date_start
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1918
- keydate
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1918
- date_end
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1952
- date_inclusive_start
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1918
- date_inclusive_end
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1952
- extent_statement
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.8 linear feet