{"value"=>"<p>This series consists of the voluminous newspaper clippings on performers kept by the Brown brothers on numerous stage and screen personalities through 1961, the year of Lyman Brown’s death. The clipping files include some of the Brown brothers’ favorite stars such as Alice Brady, Violet Heming, Helen Menken, Blanche Ring, and Frances Starr, as well as some of their discoveries such as Clark Gable and Helen Hayes. There are also files for Billie Burke, Louis Calhern, Eddie Cantor, Claudette Colbert, Ann Corio, William Gaxton, Al Jolson, Elsa Maxwell, Burgess Meredith, Barbara Stanwyck, Sophie Tucker, Rudy Vallee, Orson Welles, Robert Young, and others.</p>"}