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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

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

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and friends, and a large collection of Dow’s works, which includes her vast output of poems, both published and mostly unpublished, some plays, short stories, a novel and several literary studies.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

Gladys Fornell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Fornell
Abstract

Correspondence, writings, and photographs from writer and editor Gladys Fornell. Includes drafts of short stories, poetry, stage plays, and her unpublished novel “Montel.” Also includes genealogical material about the Fornell family and the immigration of ancestor Nils Fornell from Sweden to Wisconsin in 1868.

Dates: 1938-1982

Kenneth Sawyer Goodman papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Goodman
Abstract

Works and personal materials of Chicago playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, including manuscript, typescript, and published plays, poems, and short stories, correspondence, drawings, diaries, and programs from theatrical productions, photographs, and mementoes, including wood printing blocks, military items, and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1883-1971; Majority of material found within 1900-1917

Mike Ervin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ervin
Abstract

Papers of and materials collected by Mike Ervin, a Chicago playwright, writer on topics relating to the physically disabled, occasional poet, and activist on disability issues. The collection includes many clippings and articles by Ervin, and some articles about him, his plays and short stories, plus some poems and photographs, publicity materials for his plays, and correspondence. The collection also includes theater materials such as play scripts, programs, and reviews.

Dates: 1970-2009; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2000

Ring Lardner papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lardner
Abstract

Correspondence and writings of journalist and humorist author Ring Lardner. Also estate papers, including royalty records through 2003, biographical materials, publicity and reviews, adaptations of writings, and a few photographs.

Dates: 1805-2003; Majority of material found within 1885 - 1987

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Children's theater -- United States 1
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People with disabilities -- Civil rights -- United States 1
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Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 2
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 2
Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950 2
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 2
Monroe, Harriet 2
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Abbott family 1
Anderson, Margaret C. 1
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 1
Antheil, George, 1900-1959 1
Art Institute of Chicago. Students' League 1
Bayes, Nora, 1880-1928 1
Begin, Menachem, 1913-1992 1
Bell Syndicate, Inc. 1
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 1
Brent, Stuart 1
Brice, Fanny 1
Browne, Maurice, 1884-1961 1
Bryn Mawr College 1
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 1
Caylor, Rose 1
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 1
Chicago Daily Journal 1
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 1
Cohan, George M. (George Michael), 1878-1942 1
Corbett, Jim, 1875-1955 1
Creel, George, 1876-1953 1
Donahey, William, 1883-1970 1
Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1
Dow, Dorothy, 1903-1989 1
Ervin, Mike 1
Essipoff, Marie Armstrong, 1892- 1
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 1
Fine Arts Theatre (Organization : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 1
Fornell family 1
Fornell, Gladys, 1904-1982 1
Fowler, Gene, 1890-1960 1
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 1
Gale, Zona, 1874-1938 1
Gerstenberg, Alice 1
Goodman, Kenneth Sawyer, 1883-1918 1
Hart, Moss, 1904-1961 1
Hazelton, George Cochrane, 1868-1921 1
Hecht family 1
Hill School (Pottstown, Pa.) 1
Irgun tseva'i le'umi 1
Jessel, George, 1898-1981 1
Kiefer, H. C. (Henry Carl), 1890-1957 1
Kogan, Herman 1
Kook, Hillel, 1915-2001 1
Kroch, Adolph, 1882- 1
Lardner family 1
Lardner, Ellis Abbott, 1887-1960 1
Lardner, Ring, 1885-1933 1
Lardner, Ring, Jr., 1915-2000 1
Lenya, Lotte 1
MacArthur, Charles, 1895-1956 1
Mankiewicz, Herman J. (Herman Jacob), 1897-1953 1
Marx, Harpo 1
National League of American Pen Women 1
Nicolson, J. U. (John Urban), 1885-1944 1
Norton, John Warner, 1876-1934 1
Ostrander, Wilma Johnson 1
Payne, Ben Iden, 1881-1976 1
Pegler, J. Westbrook (James Westbrook), 1894-1969 1
Perkins, Maxwell E. (Maxwell Evarts), 1884-1947 1
Players' Workshop (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Princeton University 1
Princeton University Press 1
Rice, Wallace, 1859-1939 1
Ring, Blanche, 1871-1961 1
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 1
Schorer, Mark, 1908-1977 1
Sheaffer, Robert Faust 1
Simon and Schuster, Inc. 1
Smith, Datus C. (Datus Clifford), 1907-1999 1
Society of Midland Authors 1
Stevens, Thomas Wood, 1880-1942 1
Wallace, Mike, 1918-2012 1
Webster, Henry Kitchell, 1875-1932 1
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950 1
Wheeler, John N. (John Neville), 1886-1973 1
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 1
Yaddo (Artists' colony) 1
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