San Quentin execution register

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unitid

{"value"=>"18376", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"b18712118", "type"=>"local_b"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 18376", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1897-1937", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1897/1937"}

date_inclusive_start

1897

date_inclusive_end

1937

keydate

1897

unittitle

{"value"=>"San Quentin execution register"}

{"value"=>"Patricia Cornwell collection"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".33 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 volumes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Volumes record 141 capital commissions with captioned photographs of each inmate executed. Entries include annotations by prison staff recording execution number, name, height, weight, build, nationality, date executed, distance of drop for hanging, whether the execution was successful on first attempt, and a brief description of the crime committed."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>San Quentin execution register, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"California State Prison at San Quentin", "type"=>"corpname", "role"=>"creator"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Messick</span>, <span class=\"date\">2010</span></p>"}

relatedmaterial

{"type"=>"formspartof", "value"=>"<p>Forms part of <span class=\"unittitle\">Patricia Cornwell collection</span></p>"}

extent_statement

.33 linear feet (2 volumes)

date_start

1897

date_end

1937

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