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George Ade papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ade
Abstract

Correspondence, works, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, miscellaneous pictorial items and memorabilia documenting the literary and personal life of George Ade, Midwestern journalist, humorist and playwright, best known for his Chicago Record column, "Stories of the Streets and of the Town," and for his innumerable fables in slang.

Dates: 1865-1971

Henry Blake Fuller papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Fuller
Abstract

Correspondence, works and miscellaneous material relating to Henry Blake Fuller, Chicago novelist, essayist, critic, and satirist. The bulk of the collection consists of Fuller's writings, both published and manuscript, and incoming correspondence.

Dates: 1868-2000; Majority of material found within 1874 - 1929

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

Herman Kogan papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Kogan
Abstract

Works, professional correspondence, and photographs of Chicago journalist and corporate historian Herman Kogan.

Dates: approximately 1869-1985; Majority of material found within 1970-1985

John Willy papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Willy
Abstract

Periodicals, newspaper clippings, catalogs and other documents pertaining to the life and hotel periodical business of John Willy. Also includes photographs of friends of Willy taken by Chicago-area portrait photographers.

Dates: 1871-1984

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Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 2
Ade family 1
Ade, George, 1866-1944 1
Allen, James Lane, 1849-1925 1
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 1
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Binder, Carroll, 1896-1956 1
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 1
Bromfield, Louis, 1896-1956 1
Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963 1
Browne, Charles Francis 1
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 1
Chicago Bar Association 1
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 1
Chicago record 1
Cockrell, Monroe F. (Monroe Fulkerson), 1884-1972 1
Committee of One Hundred (Miami Beach, Fla.) 1
Davis, Elmer, 1890-1958 1
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 1
Eddy, Arthur Jerome, 1859-1920 1
Fernald, Charles Edward, 1902- 1
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 1
Field, Roswell Martin, 1851-1919 1
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 1
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 1
George Ade Memorial Association 1
Gilman, Evelyn 1
Goss Printing Press Company 1
Hatfield, James Taft, 1862-1945 1
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 1
Holme, John Francis, 1868-1904 1
Household Finance Corporation 1
Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1
Indiana Society of Chicago 1
John Willy, Inc. 1
Kelly, Fred C. (Fred Charters), 1882-1959 1
Kogan, Herman 1
Kurfess, William F. 1
Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931 1
Little Room (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Mark Twain Society of Chicago 1
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 1
Meine, Franklin J., 1896-1968 1
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 1
Morgan, Anna, 1851-1936 1
Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908 1
Peattie, Elia Wilkinson, 1862-1935 1
Pond, Allen Bartlit, 1858-1929 1
Pond, Irving K. (Irving Kane), 1857-1939 1
Pritzker, Abram Nicholas 1
Purdue University 1
Rathbun, James D. 1
Richardson, Frederick, 1862-1937 1
Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926 1
Sidley & Austin 1
Sigma Chi Fraternity 1
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 1
Starrett, Vincent, 1886-1974 1
Taft, Lorado, 1860-1936 1
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 1
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 1
Union League Club of Chicago 1
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 1
WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Webster, Harold Tucker, 1885-1952 1
Whitechapel Club (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 1
Willy, John (1859-1944) 1
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