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{"value"=>"1709205", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"circa 1900s-1930s", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1900/1939", "certainty"=>"approximate"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"X. Account Books"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p> Six account books contain both household and business accounts, ca. 1900s-1930s. Included are accounts of the Hotel Durban, 1908, and accounts Maxim kept with the U. S. Naval Consulting Board and with the du Pont Company. Also, two address books; an album containing calling cards gathered by Maxim, with notes; three books published by Maxim and Knowles in Pittsfield, 1880s; four memorandum and sketch books; a scrapbook containing clippings concerning Hiram Maxim's Maxim-Nordenfeldt Guns and Ammunition Co., 1880s, and clippings of advertisements for beauty products; an autograph album belonging to Lilian Maxim (including an autograph from Edwin Markham); a date book containing notes on the last few months of Maxim's life, 1927; a volume containing published specifications for patents held by Hiram Stevens Maxim; two volumes listing articles and pamphlets, possibly owned by Hudson Maxim; two volumes containing clippings and reprints of articles by or about Hudson Maxim; and a volume listing Hudson Maxim's patents and patent applications.</p>"}
- container
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{"type"=>"box", "value"=>"24"}
- date_start
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1900
- keydate
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1900
- date_end
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1939
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1900
- date_inclusive_end
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1939