Unknown speaker on the National Book Awards of 1958. Includes portions of speeches by winners John Cheever, Catherine Drinker Bowen, and Robert Penn Warren, 1958
Scope and Contents note
Audiovisual materials include 1/4" reel-to-reel tapes of interviews done by former Chicago Daily News columnist John Drury for a proposed history of the newspaper, 1/4" reel-to-reel recordings of the Sun-Times Book & Author Series, audio and video recordings of important events such as the ground breaking of the new Sun-Times building, and the 40th anniversary of Irv Kupcinet's column. Artifacts include a printing slug and matrix, a paper minidress made from a fabric printed with Chicago Sun-Times news headlines, and one of the shovels used in the groundbreaking of the new Sun-Times/Daily News building in 1955.
Dates
- Creation: 1958
Creator
- From the Collection: Field Enterprises (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The Field Enterprises records 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
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