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U. S. Supreme Court Transcript, Chaloner v. The Washington Post, 1922
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U. S. Supreme Court briefs, Chaloner v. W. Gilmer Dunn, 1921
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U. S. Supreme Court excerpt of brief, Chaloner v. Thomas T. Sherman, 1897
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From The Society of the New York Hospital

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Art scholarships, Chaloner Paris Prize, 1891-1903
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Press releases, notes, accounting logs

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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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Assorted manuscript treatises on lunacy law by John Armstrong Chaloner, 1903-1904, undated
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"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
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Manuscript drafts and notes

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"National Need of Lunacy Law Reform", 1921
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Published lecture

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Assorted manuscript drafts and notes, 1905
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Assorted lecture notes and sonnet drafts, 1910-1933, undated
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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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Assorted sonnet drafts, "In Memoriam: Shakespeare-Wordsworth-Lord Byron", 1915
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Includes World War I news bulletin manuscript drafts

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"A Brief for the Defense of the Unequivocal Divinity", 1923-1924
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"Hell: Per a Spirit-Message Therefrom (Alleged): a Study in Graphic-Automatism," and Chaloner's sonnets and their newspaper reivews,, 1912-1913
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Drafts, notes, press materials; also includes indenture with Roanoke Rapids, NC

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"Pieces of Eight: A Sequence of War Sonnets," "The Hazard of Die," "The Swan Song of 'Who's Looney Now'?", 1914
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Manuscript drafts, notes, press releases

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Robbery Under Law Act I, assorted sonnet and lecture note drafts, 1922-1925
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Robbery Under Law Acts II-III, Cooper Union 'Rex' Lectures, 1918-1919
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Manuscript drafts and notes

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Robbery Under Law, reviews of Chaloner's various writings, 1916-1917
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Includes assorted notes and drafts, newspaper bulletins from World War I, and a list of lawyer fees

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Robbery Under Law revisions, 1920-1921
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Includes interspersed assorted lecture notes and drafts

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Robbery Under Law reviews, 1920
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"The Strength of Sin is the Law", 1917
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Published lecture

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"The X-Faculty, or, the Pythagorean Triangle of Psychology", 1907-1909
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Drafts, ledger accounting sheets; also includes drafts of sonnets from Scorpio sonnets by Chaloner

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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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Assorted printed materials and publications, 1901-1931, undated
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Magazine advertisements, articles, newsletters, invitations, flyers, Virginia House of Delegates pamphlets

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Chaloner Paris Prize Foundation pamphlets, 1919-1923
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"Introduction to Third Court Theatre Lecture", undated
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Assorted newspaper clippings, 1888-1933
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Includes clippings from the Chicago Examiner, Chicago Tribune, New York City Globe, New York City Journal, New York City Revue, New York City World, New York Law Journal, Philadelphia Record, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Washington Post, Washington Times

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Assorted newspaper clippings, 1888-1933
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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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Assorted financial records, 1904-1929
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Bills, receipts, cancelled checks, ledger sheets and budgets from The Merry Mills estate; also includes diary fragments interspersed

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Photographs and postcards, 1902-1932, undated
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Personal and family snapshots, formal portraits, buildings in Roanoke Rapids, NC, photograph of letter

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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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