{"value"=>"<p>The Bernard Katz papers document his research interests, advertising career, and family through notes, writings, letters, photographs, scrapbooks, drawings, graphic designs, advertising designs, clippings, a datebook, an address book, and sound recordings.</p> <p>Bernard Katz's writings comprise the bulk of the series. They consist of notes and essay manuscripts on such topics as jazz and other Black music; Black regiments in the Spanish Civil war; the works of William Shakespeare; the pre-American Revolution HMS <span class=\"title\">Gaspee</span> affair; and the social history of the American colonies. Katz also wrote autobiographical essays, short fiction, plays, and poetry.</p> <p>Katz's drawings, graphic designs, and advertisements date from the 1930s to the 1960s. Some were done for Hearn's Department Store.</p> <p>Katz's production of jazz and blues concerts at Town Hall are covered in files for the Mezz Mezzrow event, the Bessie Smith tribute (\"Blues for Bessie\"), and \"A Night in New Orleans.\" The series also holds photographs of clarinetist Bob Wilber and bassists Pops Foster, and Charles Traeger.</p> <p>Family papers, photographs, and scrapbooks date from the late 19th century onward and document both Katz's family and the family of his wife, Phyllis Brownstone Katz. Other contents include a chronology of Katz's activities; certificates and awards; letters from colleagues, family, and friends</p> <p>The papers of Phyllis Brownstone Katz pertain mainly to her co-founding and leadership of the Jane Street Community Garden in the early-1970s. They also hold condolence letters on the death of Bernard Katz, and papers regarding her editorial work at <span class=\"title\">Parents</span> magazine.</p>"}