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Alice French papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Thanet
Abstract

Correspondence, diaries, literary manuscripts, clippings and other miscellaneous material relating to Alice French, author of short stories, novels and essays, who wrote under the pseudonym Octave Thanet.

Dates: 1871-1934

Dorothy Dow Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dow
Abstract Correspondence to Illinois poet and writer Dorothy Dow from poet Edgar Lee Masters, muralist John Warner Norton and other writers and friends, and a large collection of Dow’s works, which includes her vast output of poems, both published and mostly unpublished, some plays, short stories, a novel and several literary studies. Also, an informal autobiography and parts of an early episodic diary, a few photographs, scrapbooks and notebooks containing clippings, drafts and notes relating to her...
Dates: 1920-1993

Dorothy James Roberts Papers

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Correspondence, journals, unpublished manuscripts, and publicity of Arthurian novelist Dorothy James Roberts. Papers also include speeches, unpublished poetry, reviews of published works, and photographs of Roberts and her home.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

Fanny Butcher papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Butcher
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, photographs, and memorabilia relating to the life and work of Chicago literary critic and author, Fanny Butcher.

Dates: 1830-1984; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1984

Henry Justin Smith Papers

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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

Henry Kitchell Webster papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Webster
Abstract Correspondence and drafts and typescripts of works of Illinois novelist and short story writer, Henry Kitchell Webster, an Evanston native who had a highly successful literary career in the early decades of the twentieth century. Includes examples of the range of Webster’s published writings as well as extensive correspondence with literary agents and publishers, family, friends, fans, businesses and organizations. Also, miscellaneous documents and memorabilia, and one box of genealogical...
Dates: 1880-1932; Majority of material found within 1900-1932

Jack Conroy papers

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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

John Drury-Marion Neville Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Drury-Neville
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, artwork, personal materials, and photographs of author and journalist John Drury, and his wife, journalist and painter Marion Neville.

Dates: 1860-1970

Leander Troy-James T. Farrell papers

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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

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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

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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

Sydney Justin Harris papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Harris
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, readers' letters, and personal materials of Chicago columnist Sydney Justin Harris.

Dates: 1933-1987; Majority of material found within 1975-1985

Waldo Frank Papers

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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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Names
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 2
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 2
Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990 2
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989 2
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 2
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Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 2
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 2
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 2
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 2
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 2
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 2
White, William Allen, 1868-1944 2
Abercrombie, Gertrude, 1909-1977 1
Agnew, Frances, 1891-1967 1
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 1
Allen, A. Hylton 1
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters 1
American Committee for Devastated France 1
American Writers' Congress 1
Ames, Winthrop, 1870-1937, 1870-1937 1
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 1
Aragon, 1897-1982 1
Asch, Nathan, 1902-1964 1
Authors' League of America 1
Babb, Sanora 1
Baker, Russell, 1925-2019 1
Barrett, Oliver R. (Oliver Roger), 1873-1950 1
Barrett, Roger 1
Barton, Clara, 1821-1912 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
Bobbs-Merrill Company 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
Burgess, Gelett, 1866-1951 1
Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993 1
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 1
Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987 1
Carlisle, Harry 1
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 1
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 1
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 1
Chatfield-Taylor, Rose, 1870-1918 1
Cheever, John 1
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 1
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 1
Clark, Herma, 1871-1959 1
Clarkson, Bob 1
Cliff Dwellers (Club) 1
College of Complexes (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Collinge, Patricia, 1894-1974 1
Conroy, Gladys 1
Davis, Frank Marshall, 1905-1987 1
De Granamour, A., 1915-1987 1
Deland, Margaret, 1857-1945 1
Derby, Ethel Roosevelt 1
Derleth, August, 1909-1971 1
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 1
Dow, Dorothy, 1903-1989 1
Drury, John, 1898-1972 1
Eastman, Max, 1883-1969 1
Eberhart, Mignon G. (Mignon Good), 1899-1996 1
Edgewater Beach Tennis Club (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Fallon, Lawrence 1
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 1
Fejervary, Celestine 1
Ficke, Arthur Davison, 1883-1945 1
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 1
Field, Henry, 1902-1986 1
Field, Marshall, 1834-1906 1
Fields, Annie, 1834-1915 1
Frank, Waldo David, 1889-1967 1
Frederick, John T. (John Towner), 1893-1975 1
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 1
Gibson, Paul, 1907- 1
Gilbert, Lou, 1909-1978 1
Hagglund, Ben, 1908- 1
Hamilton College (Clinton, N.Y.) 1
Hansen, Harry, 1884-1977 1
Hard, William, 1878-1962 1
Harland, Marion, 1830-1922 1
Harris, Sydney J. 1
Hazlett, Carolee 1
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 1
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911 1
Howells, Mildred, 1872-1966 1
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 1
Howland, Hewitt H. (Hewitt Hanson), 1863-1944 1
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 1
Ilma, Viola 1
Jewett, Rutger B. 1
Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909 1
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