- unitid
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{"value"=>"3502123", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1959-1996", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1959/1996"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Series IV: Lesotho, Kingdom of Lesotho"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"7 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.11 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Lesotho (formally, the Kingdom of Lesotho) is a high-altitude landlocked country in southern Africa, surrounded by South Africa. The country is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy.</p> <p>King Moshoeshoe II (1938-1996), formerly Constantine Bereng Seeiso, reigned over Lesotho intermittently from 1966 to 1996. In 1970, King Moshoeshoe was deposed by Chief Leabua Jonathan who became the Prime Minister. Moshoeshoe II briefly fled to the Netherlands, but returned several months later to reassume his position. Chief Jonathan was overthrown in 1986. The government deposed Moshoeshoe again in 1990, and his son, King Letsie III, assumed the kingship. King Letsie III restored his father to the throne in 1995. King Moshoeshoe died in a car accident the following year, and King Letsie reassumed the throne.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This series focuses on King Moshoeshoe II. Correspondence between Moshoeshoe and Herskovits date back to his studies at corpus Christi College, Oxford University. As former college friends, Herskovits usually addressed King Moshoeshoe II by his given name \"Bereng.\" Their letters would continue through the 1990s. The correspondence indicates that Herskovits had planned to write a biography that did not materialize.</p> <p>Herskovits closely followed the events in Lesotho as evident from her \"Crises in Lesotho\" files that chronicles the political turmoil. Herskovits was also an official observer for the International Republican Institute (IPI) during the 1993 elections in Lesotho. Related material includes a portfolio titled \"Elections in Lesotho\" that was specially prepared with background information about Lesotho's political environment.</p> <p>The files include documentation on the initial offering of the Lesotho Highland Water Project (LHWP). The LHWP was a joint agreement between Lesotho and South Africa. The intent was a two-fold effect: to divert water from the mountains of Lesotho to South Africa, and for Lesotho to benefit with money and hydroelectricity for its people.</p> <p>Several files about King Letsie II regard his coronation, wedding, and swearing-in ceremony.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The series is arranged into two groups King Moshoeshoe II and King Letsie III.</p>"}
- date_start
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1959
- keydate
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1959
- date_end
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1996
- date_inclusive_start
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1959
- date_inclusive_end
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1996