- unitid
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{"value"=>"743887", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1926 - 1955", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1926/1955"}
{"value"=>"undated", "type"=>"inclusive"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Sub-series 4 - Prisoners"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"2.5 boxes"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This series contains Chamberlain Brown correspondence with prisoners, most of whom he had known before their incarceration. There is also some correspondence with prison personnel, for example, a request by Brown to attend an execution at New Jersey State Prison. Prisoners sometimes wrote to Chamberlain Brown asking for money and/or jobs, which he promised them when they came up for parole. A large amount of the correspondence is with Arthur Chalmers, a New York City mounted policeman who worked near the Browns’ West 45th Street office. Chalmers was convicted of murdering his alleged mistress around 1938. Chamberlain Brown arranged several benefit performances of the play, <span class=\"title\">Taken from Life</span>, purportedly written by Chalmers and Brown; scripts are contained in the Productions series. There are also a number of letters from James P. DePew, who had formerly been an elevator boy in the building where the Browns had their office.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Alphabetical</p>"}
- date_start
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1926
- keydate
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1926
- date_end
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1955
- date_inclusive_start
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1926
- date_inclusive_end
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1955