Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981
Dates
- Existence: 1909 - 1981
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Anne Siewers Coyne papers
Clara G. Spiegel-Ernest Hemingway family papers
Letters and cards written to author Clara G. Spiegel from Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, Mary Welsh Hemingway and Patrick Hemingway, plus one letter from game ranger Denis Zaphiro. Also, a small photograph of Hemingway and a typescript of a friend’s eulogy written by Hemingway in 1939.
Henry Kisor papers
Henry Kisor is a journalist and author. Born in 1940, Henry became deaf at the age of three. He is known for his decades long (1965-2006) journalism career at Chicago Daily News and Chicago Sun Times as well as his published fiction and nonfiction books. As a journalist, he mainly worked as a book editor and was a 1981 finalist for a Pulitzer Price for Criticism.
Jack Conroy papers
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.
Malcolm Cowley papers
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.
Nelson Algren-Christine and Neal Rowland Papers
Nelson Algren was an American author and journalist known for his witty, humanistic depictions of postwar working-class urban life. He is most famous for his novel The Man with the Golden Arm (1949), which won the first National Book Award for fiction. Collection consists of correspondence from Algren to his friends Christine and Neal Rowland.
Nelson Algren Papers
Includes three typescripts of Algren works (2 signed), and two articles about Algren when he permanently left Chicago in 1975.
Nelson Algren-Stephen Deutch papers
Correspondence, photographs, publicity, works, and miscellaneous material about author Nelson Algren and photographer Stephen Deutch. Collection shows the friendship between the men, and consists mainly of material Deutch collected from and about Algren. Also includes files kept by Deutch's daughter Katherine Deutch Tatlock regarding her attempts to fund and make a documentary film about Algren.
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- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 6
- Correspondence -- 1901-1950 3
- Correspondence -- 1951-2000 3
- American literature 2
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- Photographs -- 1901-1950 2
- Photographs -- 1951-2000 2
- Air pilots 1
- Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981. Chevalier of vain regrets 1
- Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981. God bless the lonesome gas man 1
- Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981. Woman one roof away 1
- Ambrotypes 1
- American literature -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Artist colonies -- New York (State) 1
- Audiocassettes 1
- Audiotapes -- 1951-2000 1
- Authors, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Bohemianism -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Book editors -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Bookstores -- United States 1
- California Zephyr (Express train) 1
- Chicago (Ill.) 1
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 1
- Clippings (information artifacts) 1
- Communism and literature -- History -- Sources 1
- Correspondence -- 1851-1900 1
- Correspondence -- United States -- 1951-2000 1
- Critics -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Deafness 1
- Journalism 1
- Journalists 1
- Memoirs 1
- New Left -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 1
- Newspaper clippings 1
- Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence 1
- Novelists, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Periodical editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Periodical editors -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Photographs 1
- Poems -- 1951-2000 1
- Poetry -- 20th century 1
- Poets -- 20th century 1
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- Radicalism -- Middle West -- 20th century 1
- Radicalism in literature 1
- Radicals -- Middle West -- 20th century 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Short stories, American -- 20th century 1
- Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Posters 1
- Teachers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Women poets 1
- Working class authors -- United States 1
- Working class writings, American 1
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