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{"value"=>"3600792", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1892-2019", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1892/2019"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Series IV: Personal and Family Papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"9 boxes, 1 oversize folder", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3.59 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English and Hungarian."}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Simon's personal and family papers include his correspondence with his parents and official documents such as passports, citizenship papers, and naturalization papers. Correspondence is in Hungarian and dates mostly to the 1940s. A 1940 scrapbook containing images of movie stars is also present.</p> <p>Simon's education at Harvard from 1942 to 1959 is represented by his school papers on literature, a copy of his dissertation, and notes from his courses. There is also material concerning Simon's involvement in theatrical productions as a writer, actor, or director while he was at Harvard, including a notebook documenting meetings and productions of the Harvard Radio Workshop. Yearbooks from Simon's junior and senior years of high school are also present.</p> <p>Photographs in the collection include publicity photographs of John Simon, photographs of Simon at various professional events, and photographs of his family and his wife, Patricia Hoag. The earliest materials in the collection are photographs from Simon's family dating from 1892 to the 1920s, depicting his parents and other ancestors.</p>"}
- date_start
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1892
- keydate
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1892
- date_end
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2019
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1892
- date_inclusive_end
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2019