Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: The collection contains primarily clipping scrapbooks of editorials from Seymour’s years as editorial manager at the New York World. The majority of incoming correspondence consists of readers’ letters regarding his editorial columns while in Chicago. Several prominent Chicago figures wrote to Seymour praising his editorials including John P. Altgeld, Marshall Field, Frank O. Lowden, George Pullman, John R. Walsh, and Booker T. Washington.There is...

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: The collection contains primarily clipping scrapbooks of editorials from Seymour’s years as editorial manager at the New York World. The majority of incoming correspondence consists of readers’ letters regarding his editorial columns while in Chicago. Several prominent Chicago figures wrote to Seymour praising his editorials including John P. Altgeld, Marshall Field, Frank O. Lowden, George Pullman, John R. Walsh, and Booker T. Washington.There is...