{"value"=>"<p>Included are Burnside's contracts, 1894-1940s, with employers, publishers of his work, collaborators, and authors of works he wanted to produce. Also included is a large group of contracts between performers and the <span class=\"corpname\">New York Hippodrome</span>; some contracts between performers and <span class=\"persname\">Charles Dillingham</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Charles Frohman</span>, and the Shuberts are included. A small notebook listing contracts in alphabetical order, A - K, ca. 1910s-1920s, is included. Some leases, copyright documents, documents resulting from various legal cases (particularly <span class=\"persname\">Harry Sears</span> vs. <span class=\"corpname\">New York Hippodrome Corp.</span>, ca. 1916-1918), and some personal legal documents (including birth, death, marriage, and baptism certificates, and wills) are also included.</p>"}