Conroy, Jack
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1898 - 1990
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Douglas C. Wixson-Jack Conroy research collection
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Wixson
Abstract
Correspondence, research files and works from American writer and literary critic Douglas C. Wixson. Materials are mostly relating to author Jack Conroy (1898-1990) and his literary circle.
Dates:
1968-2001
Harry Hansen Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hansen
Abstract
Correspondence, subject files, photographs and artwork of newspaper writer and editor Harry Hansen.
Dates:
1900-1970
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
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
Sherwood Anderson papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Anderson
Abstract
Correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, audiovisual material, royalty statements, personal financial records, artifacts, miscellaneous ephemera, autographed works, and literary manuscripts (many unpublished; also fragments, notes, and tentative sketches for short stories) of Chicago Literary Renaissance novelist and poet best known for his 1919 novel, Winesburg, Ohio.
Dates:
1872-1992