{"value"=>"<p>The correspondence with members of the Court consists of correspondence with Erle Stanley Gardner followed by correspondence (arranged alphabetically) with other members including Marshall Houts, Raymond C. Schindler, LeMoyne Snyder, and Park Street. The extensive correspondence (1940-74) of Henry Steeger with Erle Stanley Gardner, his friend, collaborator and co-founder of the Court of Last Resort, covers a broad range of their business and personal relationships. Included is correspondence relating to the purpose, organization and management of the Court; the investigation of cases proposed and accepted by the Court including the case of Clarence Gilmore Boggie and Dr. Samuel Shepard; the techniques of criminal investigation; methods of improving the system of criminal justice in America; and matters relating to editorial strategies for <em>Argosy</em>. Some of the correspondence is between Henry Steeger and Jean Bethel, wife of Erle Stanley Gardner. Included is extensive carbon copies of Gardner's correspondence with other members of the Court and with prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, governors, prison wardens, probation officers, and others. Some of the correspondence relates to Gardner's literary work in progress; his books (including <em>The Land of Shorter Shadows</em>); and to his excursions into the desert and mountain country of Baja, California (Mexico).</p>"}