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{"value"=>"3153556", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1933-1977", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1933/1977"}
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{"value"=>"Johnson, Hall"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Choral director and composer. Most noted for his work as a choral director for the play <span class=\"title\">Green Pastures</span> in 1930, Hall and his choir, the Hall Johnson Choir, appeared in the film of the same name in 1936. His folk play, <span class=\"title\">Run, Little Chillun</span>, for which he wrote the book and score, played in New York in 1933 for 126 performances. He also composed a number of art songs, spiritual arrangements, an operetta, and a cantata.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The file contains play scripts; Hall notes; press releases; various letters including one from Hall Johnson to the Rockefeller Foundation and another from Johnson to Newbold Morris, President, City Hall, NY; flyers; insurance form for Robert Rockmore, producer of <span class=\"title\">Run, Little Chillun</span>; and clippings.</p>"}
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{"type"=>"box", "value"=>"7"}
{"type"=>"folder", "value"=>"19"}
- date_start
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1933
- keydate
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1933
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1977
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1933
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1977