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Chicago Daily News, Inc.

 Organization

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Carroll Binder papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Binder
Abstract

Correspondence, writing, personal and family materials, and photographs of newspaper editor and foreign correspondent Carroll Binder.

Dates: 1910-1984; Majority of material found within 1920-1955

Charles H. Dennis papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dennis
Abstract

Correspondence and miscellaneous items relating to Charles H. Dennis, managing editor of the Chicago Daily News.

Dates: 1868-1942; Majority of material found within 1885 - 1929

Don May papers

 Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-May
Abstract

Commercial design work and professional papers of May, a designer and art director for several Chicago-based publications. May later moved his practice to California where he became a regional painter as well as a designer.

Dates: 1927-2009; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1982

Field Enterprises records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Field Enterprises
Abstract

Administrative, promotional, and legal materials, correspondence, photographs, and artifacts of Field Enterprises, the umbrella conglomerate under which the Chicago Daily News, the Chicago Sun and Times company, the Chicago Sun-Times, and Field Communications Corporation eventually fell.

Dates: 1858-2007; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1975

Graham Taylor papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Taylor
Abstract

Works, correspondence, and family papers of minister, social worker, professor, and founder of Chicago Commons settlement house, Graham Taylor.

Dates: 1820-1975; Majority of material found within 1866-1940

Hayden Carruth Letters and Poem

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Carruth
Abstract

Letters and poem written by American poet and literary critic Hayden Carruth, primarily to Chicago Daily News reporter Van Allen Bradley.

Dates: 1949-1970

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

Hoke Norris Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Norris
Abstract

Collection of correspondence, works, research materials, and personal information by and about Hoke Norris, reporter, book reviewer, novelist, and public affairs director. Norris worked for several papers including the Raleigh News and Observer, the Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Chicago Daily News.

Dates: 1934-1977; Majority of material found within 1956 - 1977

Howard Vincent O'Brien papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-O'Brien
Abstract

Correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, publicity materials, and personal papers of newspaper columnist and novelist Howard Vincent O'Brien.

Dates: 1894-1948

John Fischetti papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Fischetti
Abstract Political cartoons and assorted miscellaneous items (clippings, photographs, correspondence, etc.) of Pulitzer Prize-winning artist John Fischetti. Fischetti worked for several newspapers and magazines during his long career, including Coronet, Esquire, the Chicago Sun, the New York Herald Tribune, the Chicago Daily News, and the...
Dates: 1942-1995

M. W. Newman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Newman
Abstract

Works, correspondence, personal materials, and memorabilia of Chicago newspaper editor, reporter, and critic M. W. Newman.

Dates: 1917-2002

Mike Royko papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Royko
Abstract Correspondence, columns, other works, and personal material of journalist, columnist, and author Mike Royko. Royko received his journalistic training by working for the Chicago City News Bureau (1956-1959) and went on to be a favorite columnist at the Chicago Daily News (1959-1978); The Chicago Sun-Times (1978-1984); and the Chicago Tribune (1984-1997). Royko is known for writing his...
Dates: 1934-1997; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1997

Oswald Bruce Cooper Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Cooper
Abstract

Papers of Oswald Cooper, Chicago lettering artist, advertising designer and type designer best known for his Cooper Black and Cooper Bold typefaces. Includes art work for type designs; art boards, proofs and finished advertising pieces; and limited correspondence. There is also a file on patent cases of 1926-1928, and Cooper's testimony before Congress on the originality of typefaces, and ephemera from other artists.

Dates: 1903-1953; Majority of material found within 1919 - 1939

Paul Scott Mowrer papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Mowrer P
Abstract Correspondence, works, photographs and personal materials related to Paul Scott Mowrer, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent, author, newspaper editor, and poet. Mowrer was Paris correspondent for the Chicago Daily News beginning in 1910, headed the foreign news service until 1934, and editor of the paper from 1935-1944. He was foreign editor of the New York Post from 1944-1947. An accomplished poet, Mowrer published...
Dates: 1894-2007; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1971

Sam Lesner papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lesner
Abstract

Clippings, photographs, some correspondence, and a few pieces of Chicago Daily News memorabilia from long-time reporter and reviewer Sam Lesner.

Dates: 1941-1990

Sherwood Ross papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ross
Abstract

Papers of Chicago journalist Sherwood Ross, including articles he wrote for the New York Enquirer (1956-1957) and the Chicago Daily News (1962), a syndicated column for Reuters (1992-2002), material from his public relations and social activism work for the National Urban League and records belonging to Sherwood Ross Associates, a media consulting firm Ross founded in 1970.

Dates: 1956-2014

Val Lauder Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lauder
Abstract

Proof copy and final draft of The Back Page, by former Chicago Daily News columnist and feature writer Valarie (Val) Lauder. Also includes some press clippings and items from her tenure as a journalist.

Dates: 1940s-2013

Victor Lawson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lawson
Abstract

Correspondence, reports, legal documents, contracts, and other materials pertaining to Victor Lawson’s life and career as a pioneering newspaperman and owner of the Chicago Daily News in early 1900s Chicago.

Dates: approximately 1860-1931; Majority of material found within 1885-1925

Walter Ansel Strong Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Strong
Abstract

Correspondence, personal documents, photographs, and family materials related to Walter Ansel Strong, publisher of the Chicago Daily News from 1925-1931.

Dates: 1847-2008; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1931

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Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 6
Photographs -- 1901-1950 5
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 4
Journalism -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 4
Newspaper editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 4
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Photographs -- 1851-1900 4
Reporters and reporting 4
Authors, American -- 20th century 3
Chicago (Ill.) -- Newspapers 3
Clippings (information artifacts) 3
Clippings -- 1901-1950 3
Clippings -- 1951-2000 3
Correspondence 3
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 3
Foreign correspondents 3
Foreign news 3
Newspaper publishing -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Photographs 3
Photographs -- 1951-2000 3
Advertising -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Design 2
Advertising, Newspaper 2
Clippings -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1951-2000 2
Correspondence -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 2
Designers -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Investigative reporting 2
Newspaper editors 2
Newspapers 2
Poets, American -- 20th century 2
Pulitzer Prizes 2
Scrapbooks 2
Spanish-American War, 1898 2
Syndicates (Journalism) -- United States 2
Advertising -- California -- Los Angeles -- Design 1
Advertising -- Medicine 1
Advertising layout and typography 1
Advertising, Classified 1
Advice columns 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
African Americans in radio broadcasting 1
American periodicals -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism 1
Arts -- Press coverage 1
Audiotapes -- 1951-2000 1
Balkan Peninsula 1
Balkan Peninsula -- History -- War of 1912-1913 1
Book design -- California -- Los Angeles 1
Book design -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Boxing -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 1
Calendars (documents) -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
Calligraphy -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Cartoonists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- 1951- 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 1
Cities and towns -- Research 1
City planning -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights -- United States 1
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Clergy -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Clippings -- 1950-2001 1
Copyright -- Art -- United States 1
Corporate culture -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Correspondence -- 1851-1900 1
Correspondence -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1851-1900 1
Crime and the press 1
Critics -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Design protection 1
Designers -- California -- Los Angeles 1
Diaries -- Europe 1
Editorial cartoons 1
Ephemera -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
Fishing stories 1
Foreign correspondents -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Foreign correspondents -- United States 1
Freedom of the press 1
Genealogical correspondence 1
Glass negatives -- 1901-1950 1
Green Lake County (Wis.) 1
Immigrants -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 1
International relations -- United States -- Caricatures and cartoons 1
Italian Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Journalism -- Style manuals 1
Journalists 1
Journalists -- Illinois 1
Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 1
Korean War, 1950-1953 1
Lantern slides -- 1901-1950 1
Lantern slides -- 1951-2000 1
Letterpress copybooks -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
London (England) 1
Magazine design -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Magazine design -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Manuscripts, American -- California -- Los Angeles 1
Moving images 1
New Hampshire -- Poetry 1
News agencies 1
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