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Miscellaneous, oversize: 1 coat rack, reported to have been owned and/or used by Carl Sandburg [location: Artifact Cage]

 File — item: NL 1317

Scope and Contents note

From the Series:

Artwork and three-dimensional objects such as clothing and other personal items owned by Royko. Large miscellaneous items include a coat rack used by Royko at the Chicago Daily News that he claimed was originally owned by Carl Sandburg; a red Chicago Daily News newspaper vending box Royko had in the basement of his house (the paper enclosed was of a front-page story Royko wrote about a scandal regarding O'Hare airport funds); and a Rolodex card file including phone numbers of journalists as well as of The Billy Goat Tavern and John Belushi.

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Conditions Governing Access

The Mike Royko papers are open for research and available to users one box at a time in the Special Collections Reading Room. (Priority III)

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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