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Lecture notes, 1891-1903, undated

Bassett's lecture notes, lab books, and other materials from his medical training at the University of Wisconsin, University of Pennsylvania, and Johns Hopkins University are held in this series. Some notes are bound by Bassett. Topics include infectious diseases, gynecology, obstetrics, bacteriology, and other medical subjects.

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  2. Victor Bassett papers, 1888-1938 and undated

Correspondence, 1876-1932, undated

Almost half of the collection, Correspondence comprises both business and personal letters. Most of the content consists of Chaloner's communications with various attorneys in New York, North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia that address his multiple legal battles. The letters discuss his efforts to regain possession of his estate, verdicts from psychologists concerning his mental condition, the circulation of his sonnets on European politics prior to 1914, and congratulations on his receiving a favorable verdict from the U. S. Supreme Court regarding his sanity. Also includes content on the fostering of motion pictures for rural areas. The series contains one nineteenth-century typed transcript of a letter from 1782 regarding the Revolutionary War in Virginia.

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  2. John Armstrong Chaloner papers, 1876-1933

Legal Papers, 1891-1919, undated
Box 4

Legal briefs, appeals, court transcripts, opening statement drafts, memos, notes, correspondence; includes the cases Thomas T. Sherman v. John Armstrong Chaloner, Chaloner v. Sherman, Chaloner v. New York Evening Post, Chaloner v. United Industrial Company, Heil J. Evans v. Omer B. Johnson et. al.

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  2. John Armstrong Chaloner papers, 1876-1933
  3. Legal Papers, 1891-1925, undated

Legal Papers, 1912-1925, undated
Box 5

Legal briefs, petitions, court transcripts, depositions, orders for Writ of Protection, notes, correspondence; includes the cases Chaloner v. Sherman, Ferguson v. Crawford, Chaloner v. Society of the New York Hospital, Miller v. Chaloner, William Dike Reed v. Chaloner, Chaloner v. New York Evening Post

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  2. John Armstrong Chaloner papers, 1876-1933
  3. Legal Papers, 1891-1925, undated

Legal Papers, 1891-1925, undated

Legal Papers consists of legal briefs, appeals, court transcripts, depositions, memos, and notes from Chaloner's various legal petitions and trails. Included are the cases Thomas T. Sherman v. John Armstrong Chaloner, Chaloner v. Sherman, Chaloner v. New York Evening Post, Chaloner v. United Industrial Company, and Heil J. Evans v. Omer B. Johnson et. al., Ferguson v. Crawford, Chaloner v. Society of the New York Hospital, Miller v. Chaloner, and William Dike Reed v. Chaloner.

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  2. John Armstrong Chaloner papers, 1876-1933

"The Lunacy Law of the World: Being That of Each of the Forty-Eight States and Territories of the United States, with an Examination Thereof and Leading Cases Thereon; Together with That of the Six Great Powers of Europe—Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia", 1906
Box 5

Manuscript drafts and notes

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  2. John Armstrong Chaloner papers, 1876-1933
  3. Writings/Drafts, 1903-1933, undated

Assorted lecture notes and sonnet drafts, 1910-1933, undated
Box 6

Includes Saul: A Tragedy in Three Acts, "The X-Faculty, or, the Pythagorean Triangle of Psychology," "New Force in Regrowing Tooth," and various sonnets. Also includes 1910 United States census data and Chaloner Essay Contest and History Prize manuscripts

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  2. John Armstrong Chaloner papers, 1876-1933
  3. Writings/Drafts, 1903-1933, undated

Writings/Drafts, 1903-1933, undated

Writings/Drafts comprises manuscript drafts, notes, and some published versions of Chaloner's assorted publications. Included are treatises on the lunacy laws of various states, Chaloner's experiments in psychology, a variety of sonnets, and drafts of two plays: Robbery Under Law, and Saul, A Tragedy in Three Acts.

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  2. John Armstrong Chaloner papers, 1876-1933

Printed Materials, 1888-1933, undated

Printed Materials includes an assortment of magazine articles, advertisements, invitations, flyers, invitations, and newspaper clippings. The newspaper clippings are largely confined to the career of Chaloner's divorced wife, the novelist Amélie Rives, as well as comments caused by the popular phrase Chaloner coined, "Who's looney now?."

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  2. John Armstrong Chaloner papers, 1876-1933

Personal Materials, 1902-1932, undated

Personal Materials includes an assortment of postcards, photographs, and financial documents. Postcards and photographs include snapshots, formal portraits, and buildings in Roanoke Rapids, NC. Financial documents include bills, receipts, cancelled checks, and ledger sheets. The ledger sheets include the finances for the Merry Mills, Chaloner's estate in Albemarle, VA.

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  2. John Armstrong Chaloner papers, 1876-1933

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