Correspondence, biographical information, photographs, publicity, works, and other material relating to Nelson Algren, Stephen Deutch, or both.

Correspondence from Algren to Deutch go back to 1961, after Deutch first photographed Algren. There are no letters from Deutch to Algren. Topics of the letters include some business about Poetry Magazine (1962), family matters, Algren's travels, Algren's books and how they're doing commercially, and invitations to parties or other social events, such as the racetrack. Photographs by Deutch include black and white prints (mounted and unmounted), contact sheets, and negatives, and a few color transparencies. There are also a couple of photographic black and white prints taken by Algren in Vietnam, and some miscellaneous prints and transparencies taken by Deutch on other topics and people. Titles in quotation marks indicate the titles supplied by Deutch on the original negative sleeves. Publicity includes newsclippings and brochures advertising the annual Nelson Algren birthday bash held in Chicago after his death and into the 1990s. Works are mostly newspaper and magazine articles, many of which are from the journal The Critic. Audio material includes a recording of the Algren memorial at Second City, held shortly after his death, as well as a recording of Algren reading "Dark Came Early That Morning."