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Agnes Lee-Edgar Lee Masters Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lee
Abstract

35 letters from Edgar Lee Masters to Agnes Lee (Mrs. Otto Freer), one typed poem and one galley sheet.

Dates: 1919-1933

Arthur Davison Ficke Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ficke
Abstract

Mostly correspondence to poet Arthur D. Ficke from Newberry Library trustee and lifelong friend Chalkley J. Hambleton, plus several letters written by Hambleton. Also, a few works of Ficke's and pieces of memorabilia, an obituary clipping, a photograph of Ficke and photos of two portraits of Ficke by Bror J.O. Nordfeldt.

Dates: 1904-1945

Dorothy Dow Papers

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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and friends, and a large collection of Dow’s works, which includes her vast output of poems, both published and mostly unpublished, some plays, short stories, a novel and several literary studies.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

Fredrika Shumway Smith Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-SmithFS
Abstract

Book drafts, illustrations, and publicity about the children's and young adult books, stories, and verse written by Fredrika Shumway Smith, wife of banker and Northern Trust president Solomon A. Smith.

Dates: 1941-1967

John Myers O’Hara Letters to John Hervey

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-171
Abstract

Six letters from John Myers O’Hara to his friend and occasional collaborator, John Hervey, mostly concerning his financial problems, his family and his writing.

Dates: 1914-1941

John Myers O'Hara papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-O'Hara
Abstract

Incoming correspondence and works of poet John Myers O'Hara. The bulk of correspondence is letters from poet Sara Teasdale, 1908-1914.

Dates: 1908-1943

Malcolm Cowley papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cowley
Abstract

Collection of correspondence, working files, drafts of works, subject files, and personal information by and about author, poet, literary critic, and literary historian Malcolm Cowley.

Dates: approximately 1850-2004; Majority of material found within 1898 - 1985

Marion Cummings papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cummings
Abstract

Papers of Marion Cummings (1876-1926), a teacher, philosopher, and poet, which include both her works and a collection of letters and works of American poet Sara Teasdale.

Dates: 1895-1956; Majority of material found within 1909-1917

Oliver Barrett-Carl Sandburg papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Barrett-Sandburg
Abstract Correspondence between Oliver R. Barrett, lawyer and collector of Abraham Lincoln material and poet Carl Sandburg, primarily pertaining to the interest of both men in Lincoln, plus a few other letters of Oliver Barrett and his son Roger; numerous brief undated notes from Sandburg to Barrett and work notes on Lincoln's biography by both men; copies of several articles and numerous poems by Sandburg; miscellaneous printed items relating to Sandburg, his work and his public appearances; and...
Dates: approximately 1860-1966

Scharmel Iris Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-137
Abstract

Small collection of material relating to minor Chicago poet. Iris proved to be a plagiarist and forger who engaged in a life-long campaign not only to have his verse published but also to be regarded as a colleague of more successful writers and poets. Consists of correspondence, poetry, and miscellaneous items such as clippings and photographs.

Dates: 1911-1964

Wallace Rice Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Rice
Abstract

Correspondence, almost all addressed to Chicago author, anthologist and lecturer Wallace Rice with a few outgoing letters; also many examples of his works, and a miscellany of associated material including a small collection of photographs.

Dates: 1779-1939; Majority of material found within 1885 - 1935

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Monroe, Harriet 3
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 2
Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950 2
O'Hara, John Myers, 1870-1944 2
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 2
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Santayana, George, 1863-1952 2
Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933 2
Wyatt, Edith, 1873-1958 2
Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960 1
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
Ade, George, 1866-1944 1
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 1
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 1
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters 1
American Writers' Congress 1
Aragon, 1897-1982 1
Asch, Nathan, 1902-1964 1
Barrett, Oliver R. (Oliver Roger), 1873-1950 1
Barrett, Roger 1
Basso, Hamilton, 1904-1964 1
Best, Marshall, -1982 1
Bispham, David, 1857-1921 1
Bliven, Bruce, 1889-1977 1
Blume, Peter, 1906-1992 1
Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher), 1843-1913 1
Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993 1
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 1
Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929 1
Carpenter, Margaret Haley 1
Cheever, John 1
Christopher Publishing House 1
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989 1
Daniels, Bebe, 1901-1971 1
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 1
Dow, Dorothy, 1903-1989 1
Dunne, Alice 1
Dunne, Finley Peter, 1867-1936 1
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 1
Ficke, Arthur Davison, 1883-1945 1
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 1
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 1
Gillette, William, 1853-1937 1
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 1
Hale, Edward Everett 1
Hambleton, Chalkley J., 1829- 1
Hervey, John, 1870-1947 1
Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936 1
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 1
Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975 1
Iris, Scharmel, 1889-1967 1
John, Augustus, 1878-1961 1
Johnson, Fridolf 1
Josephson, Matthew, 1899-1978 1
Kennerley, Mitchell, 1878-1950 1
Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 1
Lardner, Ring, 1885-1933 1
Lee, Agnes, 1868-1939 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931 1
Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925 1
Markham, Catherine 1
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 1
Midwest Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) 1
Mitgang, Herbert 1
Mosser, Charles 1
Mullins, Helene 1
Newberry Library 1
Nicolson, J. U. (John Urban), 1885-1944 1
Nordfeldt, Bror Julius Olsson 1
Norris, Frank 1
Norton, John Warner, 1876-1934 1
Orbaan, Albert 1
Perry, Bliss, 1860-1954 1
Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980 1
Rand McNally and Company 1
Rice family 1
Rice, John A. (John Asaph), 1829-1888 1
Rice, Wallace, 1859-1939 1
Richardson, Dorothy 1
Rittenhouse, Jessie B. (Jessie Belle), 1869-1948 1
Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt 1
Russell, Charles Edward, 1860-1941 1
Sargent, Elizabeth, 1920-2017 1
Sheean, Vincent, 1899-1975 1
Skinner, Otis, 1858-1942 1
Slonimsky, Marion, 1876-1926 1
Smith, Fredrika Shumway 1
Speyer, Leonora, 1872-1956 1
Steffens, Lincoln, 1866-1936 1
Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993 1
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 1
Tate, Allen, 1899-1979 1
Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944 1
Tzara, Tristan, 1896-1963 1
University of Arizona 1
Van Doren, Mark, 1894-1972 1
Veblen, Thorstein, 1857-1929 1
Viking Press 1
Vosburgh, Leonard, 1912-1998 1
Wagstaff, Blanche Shoemaker, 1888-1959 1
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