When Chicago was "The City in a Garden" - manuscript, ca. 1930s
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, manuscripts, notes, and research materials from Drury's newspaper columns, articles, book projects, and other writing assignments. Other writing includes corporate histories, a book-length manuscript titled Aboard and Ashore, short stories, biographical sketches, and a fictional history of the Drury family titled Gross Park. Some correspondence found filed with specific works and subjects has been retained in the Works series within those topics.
Dates
- Creation: ca. 1930s
Creator
- From the Collection: Drury, John, 1898-1972 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The John Drury-Marion Neville Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
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