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{"value"=>"3607757", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1839-2018", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1839/2018"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Series IV: Research"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"76 boxes, 183 volumes, 1 folder", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"21.25 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"104 computer files", "unit"=>"computer_files"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"136.7 megabytes", "unit"=>"megabytes"}]}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"5 moving image recordings", "unit"=>"moving_image_recordings"}]}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Research materials for all of Proulx's works, as well as general research files, are held in Series IV. Proulx's extensive research files include maps and guides organized by region; project files with articles organized by subject; hundreds of research photographs, many organized by place; newspaper and magazine clippings; holograph and typescript notes; research articles and essays; and copies of local, state, and federal statutes and legislature.</p> <p>Subjects include horticultural research, the history of logging and illegal logging, ecology, horticulture, extreme weather, the fishing industry, ranching, rare books and special collections, small presses, and American western vernacular. Many miscellaneous subjects are also present, including a folder of newspaper clippings and obituaries about odd and unusual deaths; research for an unrealized work about volcanoes; and Internet strangers. Original folder names have been maintained wherever possible.</p> <p>Research files for <span class=\"title\">Accordion Crimes</span>, <span class=\"title\">Barkskins</span>, <span class=\"title\">Bird Cloud: A Memoir</span>, <span class=\"title\">Post Cards</span>, <span class=\"title\">Red Desert</span>, and <span class=\"title\">That Old Ace in the Hole</span> are all present in this series.</p> <p>Proulx's 161-volume library is also held with the research materials. Many of these volumes include academic work about the cultural, geological, and ecological history of the American West, in particular Wyoming; independently published histories of cattle ranching regions and frontier settlements; cowboys; and collections of folk stories and songs. Many contain annotations by Proulx in the margins, holograph notes, bookmarks, and other inserts. Inserts have been removed from the volumes to corresponding folders.</p> <p>Additional research materials can be found in Series VI: Photographs.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Research Materials are arranged by topic or by writing project.</p>"}
- date_start
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1839
- keydate
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1839
- date_end
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2018
- date_inclusive_start
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1839
- date_inclusive_end
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2018