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Identifier: Lit
This topic covers authors, essayists, playwrights, poets, literary critics, novelists, and literary clubs. It also includes those involved in the book trade, such as publishers and bookshop owners.

Found in 158 Collections and/or Records:

James T. Farrell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-156
Abstract

Seven manuscript items written by author James T. Farrell. Includes two letters to Robert Hardy Andrews, editor of a Chicago literary magazine Midweek; one letter to “Louis”; and four one-page pieces of commentary on his short stories. Also, a large signed photograph of Farrell speaking at the “Mobilization of the International Peace and Freedom Day” in Paris, 1949.

Dates: 1949-1967

Jerry Nedwick papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Nedwick
Abstract Jerrold (Jerry) Nedwick (1895?-1966) was a Chicago native who owned and operated Nedwick’s Book Store for over forty years. He married Rhoda Katz in 1925 and wrote to her almost daily during her two extended stays at sanatoriums, one in Winfield, Illinois, the other in Denver, Colorado. Both Jerry and Rhoda were originally from Illinois and active in the Chicago Jewish and literary communities. This collection is mostly his letters to her about his life while she was away, and contains no...
Dates: 1918-1928; Majority of material found within 1924 - 1928

John E. Hart-Floyd Dell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hart-Dell
Abstract

Correspondence, works, photographs and miscellaneous material relating to the writing of John E. Hart's biography, Floyd Dell, for the Twayne's United States Authors Series, published in 1971.

Dates: 1958-1985

John E. Rothensteiner papers

 Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Roth
Abstract Parish priest in Fredericktown and St. Louis, Missouri; born in 1860, ordained in 1884, raised to the monsignorate in 1934. Notebooks, literary manuscripts, clippings, correspondence, greeting cards and other printed ephemera. Includes material concerning Rothensteiner's work as a Catholic parish priest in Missouri, historian and censor librorum, poet, essayist and journalist. Some published works and correspondence in German are provided with translations by Sister Callista Campion, author...
Dates: 1880-1940

John Lardner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-LardnerJ
Abstract

Correspondence, works, personal materials, photographs, and artwork of sportswriter, humorist, reporter, and critic John Lardner.

Dates: approximately 1900-2001; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1960

John Myers O’Hara Letters to John Hervey

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-171
Abstract

Six letters from John Myers O’Hara to his friend and occasional collaborator, John Hervey, mostly concerning his financial problems, his family and his writing.

Dates: 1914-1941

John Myers O'Hara papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-O'Hara
Abstract

Incoming correspondence and works of poet John Myers O'Hara. The bulk of correspondence is letters from poet Sara Teasdale, 1908-1914.

Dates: 1908-1943

John Nieminski papers [OFFSITE]

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Nieminski
Abstract

STORED OFFSITE – Contact reference@newberry.org for access. Editor of Baker Street Miscellanea, and author and editor of several works regarding Arthur Conan Doyle, Vincent Starrett, and mystery magazines. Nieminski's papers consist of notes, clippings, magazines, etc., relating to the topics of his works.

Dates: 1900-1995

John Schulian papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Schulian
Abstract

Screenplays, teleplays, fiction writing, newspaper column clippings, and personal correspondence of sports writer - turned - Hollywood television writer John Schulian. Schulian wrote for both the Chicago Daily News and the Chicago Sun-Times, from 1975-1984.

Dates: 1970-2016

Jon Lellenberg Arthur Conan Doyle papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lellenberg
Abstract

Editor of Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters. Papers include manuscript drafts and page proofs of the book, hardback and paperback copies published in the U.S. and Britain, photocopies of Doyle's letters from the British Library, publicity files.

Dates: 1868-2008

Joseph Kirkland Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Kirkland
Abstract

Correspondence, mainly written by Chicago lawyer and author Joseph Kirkland to and from members of his family, and copies of letters he wrote to Hamlin Garland. Also, a few of Kirkland's works, and some miscellaneous material including biographical, genealogical and social information regarding Kirkland, his family and his literary career.

Dates: 1842-1939

Katherine Mansfield Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Mansfield
Abstract

Correspondence, works and miscellaneous material relating to Katherine Mansfield, British short story writer and critic.

Dates: 1903-1942

Katherine Mansfield Papers - Additions

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Mansfield2
Abstract

Correspondence, works, and miscellaneous items relating to Katherine Mansfield, British short story writer and critic.

Dates: 1910-1938

Kurt M. Stein papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Stein
Abstract

Chicago author of German-American humor books, journalist, and active member of the Cliff Dwellers. Stein's papers include manuscript and printed works, including a substantial number of plays and sonnets for the Cliff Dwellers, and correspondence from friends and admirers.

Dates: 1905-1966

Leander Troy-James T. Farrell papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Troy-Farr
Abstract

Materials by and about James T. Farrell, collected by his friend, Rev. Leander Troy, including published and unpublished articles, columns, reviews and stories, together with copies of letters to Farrell from such individuals as Russell Baker, Pearl S. Buck, Hubert H. Humphrey, Lyndon B. Johnson and Adlai E. Stevenson, plus notes, obituaries and other memorabilia.

Dates: 1932-2004

Lester J. Cappon Typescript

 Item
Identifier: Midwest-MS-027
Abstract

Typescript of Lester J. Cappon's work "Down the Canyon of the Colorado with Arta: Lee's Ferry to Lake Meade." Also includes explanatory note written by Cappon.

Dates: 1968

M. M. Liberman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-138
Abstract

Correspondence between scholar M.M. Liberman and author Katherine Anne Porter and her lawyer regarding Liberman’s access to Porter’s papers and the short-lived designation of Liberman as Porter’s literary executor. Also, one short letter from Allen Tate and three from Malcolm Cowley, plus three off-prints of Liberman’s articles on Porter and a copy of Porter’s early cancelled will.

Dates: 1953-1974

Malcolm Cowley papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cowley
Abstract

Collection of correspondence, working files, drafts of works, subject files, and personal information by and about author, poet, literary critic, and literary historian Malcolm Cowley.

Dates: approximately 1850-2004; Majority of material found within 1898 - 1985

Margaret Ullman writings

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ullmann
Abstract

Typewritten essays presented at meetings of the Winnetka Fortnightly, 1930s-1950s, an essay presented to the Mary Noble Club in Kenwood, ca. 1905, plus a scrapbook of childhood poetry and a literary newspaper dating from 1894, some collected early poetry (collected in 1914), volumes of verse written during the 1920s, copies of her poetry published in the Chicago Daily News and the Ladies' Home Journal.

Dates: 1894-1956

Marion Cummings papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cummings
Abstract

Papers of Marion Cummings (1876-1926), a teacher, philosopher, and poet, which include both her works and a collection of letters and works of American poet Sara Teasdale.

Dates: 1895-1956; Majority of material found within 1909-1917

Mark Turbyfill Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Turbyfill
Abstract

Material relating to the life and career of dancer, poet and painter Mark Turbyfill, including three copies of his unpublished autobiography and many copies of published and unpublished poems. Also, articles and reviews by and about Turbyfill, a few pieces of correspondence, clippings, dance programs, photographs, a cassette tape of him reading, and a published genealogy of the Turbyfill family.

Dates: 1911-1985

Mary Hartwell Catherwood Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Catherwood
Abstract

Correspondence, diaries, notes and works of writer Mary Hartwell Catherwood. Also, a few photographs, clippings and articles relating to Catherwood.

Dates: 1865-1945

Materials related to "An Evening with Carl Sandburg" from the third annual Birmingham Arts Festival, June 19, 1960

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-051
Abstract

Includes reel to reel tape recording of Carl Sandburg's presentation from June 19, 1960 at the Birmingham Arts Festival, a program from the event, and copies of correspondence regarding permission to reproduce the recording. Also includes a copy of the agreement contract between Sandburg and the Bloomfield Art Association regarding the recording.

Dates: 1960-1961

Matt Rizzo papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Rizzo
Abstract

Typescript essays and a treatise (some in Braille) by Matt Rizzo, Chicago philosopher/writer who was blinded in a robbery at age 22. Collection also includes photo-reproductions of Rizzo with son Charlie and guide dogs, a news clipping about Rizzo's life, audiocassettes of Rizzo dictating parts of his works, a Perkins Brailler, and Rizzo's two Brailling slates with an accompanying stylus for writing Braille.

Dates: approximately 1940s-2002

Maynard Mack and Rosemary Cowler correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Modern-MS-31
Abstract

Twenty-one letters from Professor Maynard Mack of Yale University, Department of English to Professor Rosemary Cowler of Lake Forest College, Department of English. Letters date from 1968 through 1997, the correspondence document the long personal friendship and professional collaboration of two Alexander Pope scholars.

Dates: 1968-1997