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Dorothy James Roberts Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Roberts
Abstract

Correspondence, journals, unpublished manuscripts, and publicity of Arthurian novelist Dorothy James Roberts. Papers also include speeches, unpublished poetry, reviews of published works, and photographs of Roberts and her home.

Dates: 1932-1990

Henry Justin Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-SmithHJ
Abstract

Manuscripts of works, correspondence, and mementos of Henry Justin Smith, author and Chicago Daily News reporter, city editor, news editor, and managing editor.

Dates: 1912-1980; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1935

Jack Conroy papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Conroy
Abstract

Works, correspondence, and papers of American novelist, folklorist, and editor Jack Conroy. Conroy's novel The Disinherited, published in 1933, is considered a classic in proletarian literature and depicted in gritty detail the realities of the Great Depression. Conroy also edited radical journals The Rebel Poet, The Anvil, and The New Anvil.

Dates: 1864-1991

Leander Troy-James T. Farrell papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Troy-Farr
Abstract

Materials by and about James T. Farrell, collected by his friend, Rev. Leander Troy, including published and unpublished articles, columns, reviews and stories, together with copies of letters to Farrell from such individuals as Russell Baker, Pearl S. Buck, Hubert H. Humphrey, Lyndon B. Johnson and Adlai E. Stevenson, plus notes, obituaries and other memorabilia.

Dates: 1932-2004

Malcolm Cowley papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cowley
Abstract

Collection of correspondence, working files, drafts of works, subject files, and personal information by and about author, poet, literary critic, and literary historian Malcolm Cowley.

Dates: approximately 1850-2004; Majority of material found within 1898 - 1985

Oliver Barrett-Carl Sandburg papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Barrett-Sandburg
Abstract Correspondence between Oliver R. Barrett, lawyer and collector of Abraham Lincoln material and poet Carl Sandburg, primarily pertaining to the interest of both men in Lincoln, plus a few other letters of Oliver Barrett and his son Roger; numerous brief undated notes from Sandburg to Barrett and work notes on Lincoln's biography by both men; copies of several articles and numerous poems by Sandburg; miscellaneous printed items relating to Sandburg, his work and his public appearances; and...
Dates: approximately 1860-1966

Paul Romaine papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Romaine
Abstract

Correspondence and papers of Milwaukee and Chicago bookseller and bon vivant Paul Romaine. Also photographs, memorabilia, diaries, clippings, writings (of Romaine and others), plus items relating to theater, music, political events and persons who interested Romaine.

Dates: 1880-1986; Majority of material found within 1937-1983

Waldo Frank Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-166
Abstract

Nine letters from novelist, historian, and political activist Waldo Frank to Lucille R. Stern, mostly concerning Frank’s social activities and criticisms of Stern’s attempts at writing.

Dates: approximately 1925-1935

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Aragon, 1897-1982 1
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Barrett, Oliver R. (Oliver Roger), 1873-1950 1
Barrett, Roger 1
Basso, Hamilton, 1904-1964 1
Best, Marshall, -1982 1
Binder, Carroll, 1896-1956 1
Bleamer family 1
Bliven, Bruce, 1889-1977 1
Blume, Peter, 1906-1992 1
Bontemps, Arna Wendell, 1902-1973 1
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 1
Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000 1
Brush, Albert 1
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 1
Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993 1
Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987 1
Carlisle, Harry 1
Cheever, John 1
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 1
Clarkson, Bob 1
College of Complexes (Chicago, Ill.) 1
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Davis, Frank Marshall, 1905-1987 1
De Granamour, A., 1915-1987 1
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 1
Edgewater Beach Tennis Club (Chicago, Ill.) 1
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Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 1
Frank, Waldo David, 1889-1967 1
Gibson, Paul, 1907- 1
Gilbert, Lou, 1909-1978 1
Hagglund, Ben, 1908- 1
Hazlett, Carolee 1
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 1
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 1
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 1
Ilma, Viola 1
Johnson, Curt, 1928-2008 1
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 1
Josephson, Matthew, 1899-1978 1
Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 1
Le Sueur, Meridel 1
Lewis, H. H., 1901- 1
Lieber, Maxim, 1897-1993 1
Light, James F. 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
Lott, George 1
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 1
Midwest Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) 1
Mitgang, Herbert 1
Nash, Jay Robert 1
New Theatre (New York, N.Y.) 1
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Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980 1
Price, Emerson 1
Roberts, Dorothy James, 1903-1990 1
Rogers, John, 1907- 1
Romaine, Paul, -1986 1
Roman family 1
Rowland, Neal 1
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 1
Sargent, Elizabeth, 1920-2017 1
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 1
Smallzried, Kathleen Ann, 1909- 1
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 1
Snow, Walter, 1905-1973 1
Starrett, Vincent, 1886-1974 1
Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993 1
Stern, Lucille R. 1
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 1
Stracke, Win, 1908-1991 1
Tate, Allen, 1899-1979 1
Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008 1
Troy, Leander 1
Tzara, Tristan, 1896-1963 1
Viking Press 1
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989 1
Wharton, Walter William 1
Wixson, Douglas C. 1
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 1
Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Illinois 1
Yaddo (Artists' colony) 1
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