- unitid
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{"value"=>"3205312", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1968", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1968"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Martin Luther King Assassination Collection"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Reddick, through the OIC, hired Mutual Clipping Service to collect newspaper clippings from around the world, documenting both domestic and international reactions. While these clippings comprise the bulk of this series, there is also other material on King's assasination collected by Reddick, including the text of television editorials on the topic, and a few commemorative King magazines. There is also correspondence with the clipping service and memos outlining a plan to code the content and tone of the articles on index cards (though the cards themselves are not present).</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The clippings are organized in their original arrangement of domestic, foreign, and \"special articles,\" with further arrangement alphabetically by country or state(s), per their original envelopes.</p>"}
- date_start
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1968
- keydate
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1968
- date_end
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1968
- date_inclusive_start
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1968
- date_inclusive_end
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1968