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Starrett, Vincent, 1886-1974

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1886 - 1974

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Harry Hansen papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hansen
Abstract

Correspondence, subject files, photographs and artwork of newspaper writer and editor Harry Hansen.

Dates: 1900-1974

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

Selma Walden papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-WaldenS
Abstract

Correspondence, writing, photographs, and mementos of a Chicago working woman and poet, Selma Walden. Also writings by family members, including extensive biographical writings by and about those family members.

Dates: 1890-1979; Majority of material found within 1928-1951

Vincent Starrett papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Starrett
Abstract Chicago biographer, bibliographer, essayist, collector, literary critic, and journalist, as well as a devotee of Sherlock Holmes, who worked at the Chicago Daily News and Chicago Tribune from 1906 until 1967. Includes copies of Starrett's Tribune "Books Alive" column, 1942-1967, together with correspondence from Harry Hansen, Basil Rathbone and others, and other articles and essays. This collection is entirely composed of photocopies, largely made from the Vincent Starrett collection at the...
Dates: 1918-1986

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Subject
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 2
Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Newspaper editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
American literature -- Illinois -- Chicago 1