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Alice Gerstenberg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Gerstenberg
Abstract

Correspondence, works and miscellaneous material reflecting Gerstenberg's activities in Chicago's social and cultural life in the first half of the 20th century, in particular her involvement with local theater.

Dates: 1903-1971

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

Hoke Norris Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Norris
Abstract

Collection of correspondence, works, research materials, and personal information by and about Hoke Norris, reporter, book reviewer, novelist, and public affairs director. Norris worked for several papers including the Raleigh News and Observer, the Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Chicago Daily News.

Dates: 1934-1977; Majority of material found within 1956 - 1977

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

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 Leander Troy, including published and unpublished articles, columns, reviews and stories, together with copies of letters to Farrell from such individuals as Russell Baker, Pearl S. Buck, Hubert H. Humphrey,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

Mike Royko papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Royko
Abstract Correspondence, columns, other works, and personal material of journalist, columnist, and author Mike Royko. Royko received his journalistic training by working for the Chicago City News Bureau (1956-1959) and went on to be a favorite columnist at the Chicago Daily News (1959-1978); The Chicago Sun-Times (1978-1984); and the Chicago Tribune (1984-1997). Royko is known for writing his...
Dates: 1934-1997; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1997

Mitchell Dawson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dawson
Abstract

Works, correspondence, and papers of lawyer and poet Mitchell Dawson, and also papers, photographs and genealogical information of the Dawson, Manierre and Hahn families.

Dates: 1810-1988

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Chicago Daily News, Inc. 3
Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000 2
Chicago Sun-Times 2
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 1
Anderson, Margaret C. 1
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Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 1
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Babb, Sanora 1
Baker, Russell, 1925-2019 1
Best, Marshall, -1982 1
Binder, Carroll, 1896-1956 1
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 1
Bontemps, Arna Wendell, 1902-1973 1
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 1
Browne, Maurice, 1884-1961 1
Bryn Mawr College 1
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 1
Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987 1
Carnevali, Emanuel 1
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 1
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 1
Collins-Knowlton-Wing, Inc. 1
Conroy, Gladys 1
Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990 1
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989 1
Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 1
Dawson, George Ellis 1
Dawson, Julia Meacham 1
Dawson, Manierre, 1887-1969 1
Dawson, Mitchell, 1890-1956 1
Donahey, William, 1883-1970 1
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 1
E.P. Dutton (Firm) 1
Ebert, Roger 1
Fallon, Lawrence 1
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 1
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 1
Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 1
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 1
Gale, Zona, 1874-1938 1
Gerstenberg, Alice 1
Gilbert, Lou, 1909-1978 1
Gould, Wallace 1
Hagglund, Ben, 1908- 1
Hahn, Emily, 1905-1997 1
Hazelton, George Cochrane, 1868-1921 1
Hazlett, Carolee 1
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 1
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 1
Integral Phalanx (Sangamon County, Ill.) 1
Johnson, Curt, 1928-2008 1
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 1
Kreymborg, Alfred, 1883-1966 1
Lapham, Lewis H. 1
Le Sueur, Meridel 1
Lewis, H. H., 1901- 1
Lieber, Maxim, 1897-1993 1
Light, James F. 1
Manierre, Edward 1
Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950 1
McAlmon, Robert, 1896-1956 1
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 1
Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 1
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 1
National League of American Pen Women 1
Norris, Hoke 1
Petrakis, Harry Mark 1
Playboy Enterprises 1
Price, Emerson 1
Rice, Wallace, 1859-1939 1
Rinehart and Co. Publishers 1
Rogers, John, 1907- 1
Rowland, Neal 1
Royko, Mike, 1932-1997 1
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 1
Sheaffer, Robert Faust 1
Simon and Schuster, Inc. 1
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 1
Snow, Walter, 1905-1973 1
Society of Midland Authors 1
Starrett, Vincent, 1886-1974 1
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 1
Stracke, Win, 1908-1991 1
Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008 1
Troy, Leander 1
University of Chicago 1
Webster, Henry Kitchell, 1875-1932 1
Wharton, Walter William 1
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963 1
Winters, Yvor, 1900-1968 1
Wixson, Douglas C. 1
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 1
Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Illinois 1
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