- unitid
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{"value"=>"3311856", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1941-1972", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1941/1972"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Blind Tom (Bethune, Thomas Greene)"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Stock also conducted research into the life of Thomas Greene Bethune, a.k.a Blind Tom, a plantation slave who from childhood, exhibited a musical genius. He copied almost all of the music that he heard on the piano, and he composed his own pieces. He toured the United States and Europe, accompanied by his owners and guardians, from approximately 1857-1880s.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection contains Stock's drafts and scripts, research notes, correspondence, typescripts of articles, and musical scores composed by Blind Tom.</p>"}
- date_start
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1941
- keydate
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1941
- date_end
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1972
- date_inclusive_start
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1941
- date_inclusive_end
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1972