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Dorothy Dow Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dow
Abstract
Correspondence to Illinois poet and writer Dorothy Dow from poet Edgar Lee Masters, muralist John Warner Norton and other writers and friends, and a large collection of Dow’s works, which includes her vast output of poems, both published and mostly unpublished, some plays, short stories, a novel and several literary studies. Also, an informal autobiography and parts of an early episodic diary, a few photographs, scrapbooks and notebooks containing clippings, drafts and notes relating to her...
Dates:
1920-1993
Fanny Butcher papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Butcher
Abstract
Correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, photographs, and memorabilia relating to the life and work of Chicago literary critic and author, Fanny Butcher.
Dates:
1830-1984; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1984
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
John Drury-Marion Neville Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Drury-Neville
Abstract
Correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, artwork, personal materials, and photographs of author and journalist John Drury, and his wife, journalist and painter Marion Neville.
Dates:
1860-1970
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 Leander Troy, including published and unpublished articles, columns, reviews and stories, together with copies of letters to Farrell from such individuals as Russell Baker, Pearl S. Buck, Hubert H. Humphrey,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
Sydney Justin Harris papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Harris
Abstract
Correspondence, clippings, readers' letters, and personal materials of Chicago columnist Sydney Justin Harris.
Dates:
1933-1987; Majority of material found within 1975-1985
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