- unitid
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{"value"=>"3153506", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1928-1976", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1928/1976"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Handy, W. C. (William Christopher)"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Composer and publisher. Born in Florence, Alabama, the son of a minister, Handy learned to play the coronet and the organ as a child. He was known as the \"Father of the Blues.\" Conventionally musically-trained, Handy incorporated folk rhythms into the blues.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The file contains a funeral program; copies of flyers and programs; an advertisement for Handy's autobiography; postcards; an article on Katherine Handy Lewis, his daughter; cards; flyers; a letter from Handy to Bernard Parker; four letters from Flournoy Miller; and copies of clippings.</p>"}
- container
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{"type"=>"box", "value"=>"6"}
{"type"=>"folder", "value"=>"16"}
- date_start
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1928
- keydate
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1928
- date_end
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1976
- date_inclusive_start
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1928
- date_inclusive_end
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1976