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Ben Hecht papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hecht
Abstract
Works, correspondence, and papers of novelist, playwright, and screenwriter Ben Hecht, and also papers of his wife Rose Caylor Hecht (novelist) and daughter Jenny Hecht (actress).
Dates:
1879-1983
Henry Justin Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-SmithHJ
Abstract
Manuscripts of works, correspondence, and mementos of Henry Justin Smith, author and Chicago Daily News reporter, city editor, news editor, and managing editor.
Dates:
1912-1980; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1935
Jack Conroy papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Conroy
Abstract
Works, correspondence, and papers of American novelist, folklorist, and editor Jack Conroy. Conroy's novel The Disinherited, published in 1933, is considered a classic in proletarian literature and depicted in gritty detail the realities of the Great Depression. Conroy also edited radical journals The Rebel Poet, The Anvil, and The New Anvil.
Dates:
1864-1991