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{"value"=>"1938-1999", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1938/1999"}
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{"value"=>"Series I: Works by Alfred Kazin"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"132 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"32.96 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
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{"value"=>"<p>This series contains typescript and holograph drafts, notes, and page proofs documenting Kazin's writings in all forms, including books, essays, lectures, interviews, and poetry. Kazin's books <span class=\"title\">An American Procession</span>, <span class=\"title\">God and the American Writer</span> and <span class=\"title\">A Lifetime Burning in Every Moment</span> are especially well-represented, though in total there is material relating to nine of his published works.</p> <p>Additionally, there are more than 75 of Kazin's journals from the years 1938 to 1998, as well as his datebooks and address books. There are also an extensive set of notebooks and research files on a variety of American literary figures and topics, including Herman Melville, the Civil War, Harriet Beecher Stowe, slavery, and African-American literature.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged into 11 subseries: Books, Essays and Articles, Poetry, Book Reviews, Lectures, Notebooks, Notes, Journals, Datebooks, Address Books, and Interviews.</p>"}
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1938
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1938
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1999
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1938
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1999