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Charles Sweningsen Collection of Chicago Sun-Times Newspapers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Sweningsen
Abstract

Collection of Chicago Sun-Times newspapers from former Sun-Times staff member Charles Sweningsen, from 1963 to 1998. Newspapers cover such historical events as the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, the Vietnam war, the moon landing, the Watergate scandal, affirmative action, and the 50th anniversary of the Sun-Times.

Dates: 1963-1998

Chicago Headline Club records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Chicago Headline
Abstract Collection of documents and newsletters from the Chicago Headline Club, founded in 1921 by alumni of the Sigma Delta Chi professional fraternity. In addition to being a professional organization of journalists, members of Chicago Headline Club were early supporters of "right to know" laws and of promoting journalism as a career choice for Chicago's youth. Collections contains documents and photocopies of newsletters for the Chicago Headline Club and the Chicago Journalist from 1969-2005 and...
Dates: 1960-2023

Chicago Reader records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Chicago Reader R
Abstract

Original copy of articles, legal files, miscellaneous administrative files, and unsolicited manuscripts of the Chicago Reader alternative weekly newspaper.

Dates: 1971-2000

Chicago Tribune daily assignment records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Tribune
Abstract

Daily weekday reporting staff assignment sheets, often providing summaries of specific events that were to be covered, dating from May 2, 1983 to July 5, 1984.

Dates: May 2, 1983-Jul. 5, 1984

Fanny Butcher papers

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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

Field Enterprises records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Field Enterprises
Abstract

Administrative, promotional, and legal materials, correspondence, photographs, and artifacts of Field Enterprises, the umbrella conglomerate under which the Chicago Daily News, the Chicago Sun and Times company, the Chicago Sun-Times, and Field Communications Corporation eventually fell.

Dates: 1858-2007; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1975

Henry Justin Smith Papers

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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

Howard Vincent O'Brien papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-O'Brien
Abstract

Correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, publicity materials, and personal papers of newspaper columnist and novelist Howard Vincent O'Brien.

Dates: 1894-1948

James O'Shea papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-O'Shea
Abstract Notebooks, meeting notes, memoranda, correspondence, reports, strategy documents, and other materials mainly from O’Shea’s tenure as editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times (2006-2008) and managing editor of the Chicago Tribune (2001-2006), containing considerable information about the merger of the two papers and its aftermath. Also materials relating to O’Shea’s founding and leadership of the Chicago News Cooperative; subject files, articles, and reports regarding the future of...
Dates: 1995-2011

Keith Preston papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Preston
Abstract

Small collection of correspondence and works from Chicago poet, columnist, and literary critic, Keith Preston.

Dates: 1915-1942

Melville E. Stone papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Stone
Abstract

Correspondence and other materials pertaining to the life and work of Melville E. Stone, founder and editor of the Chicago Daily News and general manager of the Associated Press.

Dates: 1815-1954; Majority of material found within 1890-1929

Victor Lawson papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lawson
Abstract

Correspondence, reports, legal documents, contracts, and other materials pertaining to Victor Lawson’s life and career as a pioneering newspaperman and owner of the Chicago Daily News in early 1900s Chicago.

Dates: approximately 1860-1931; Majority of material found within 1885-1925

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Chicago Daily News, Inc. 5
Associated Press 3
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 3
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 2
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 2
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Fresh Air Fund 2
Lawson, Victor Freemont, 1850-1925 2
Mowrer, Paul Scott, 1887-1971 2
Noyes, Frank B. (Frank Brett), 1863-1948 2
Stone, Melville Elijah, 1848-1929 2
Akers, Milburn P. 1
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 1
Banks, Nancy (Editor) 1
Barry, Lynda, 1956- 1
Beech, Keyes 1
Bell, Edward Price, 1869-1943 1
Binder, Carroll, 1896-1956 1
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 1
Burck, Jacob 1
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 1
Caniff, Milton Arthur, 1907-1988 1
Capone, Al, 1899-1947 1
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 1
Chicago Commission on Race Relations 1
Chicago Headline Club 1
Chicago Reader (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chicago Sun-Times 1
Chicago sun-times. School Services Division 1
City News Bureau of Chicago 1
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910 1
Crane, William H., 1845-1928 1
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 1
Dedmon, Emmett 1
Dennis, Charles Henry, 1860-1943 1
Drury, John, 1898-1972 1
Eberhart, Mignon G. (Mignon Good), 1899-1996 1
Elder, Robert K. 1
Fanning, Lawrence S. 1
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 1
Field Communications Corporation 1
Field Enterprises 1
Field Enterprises Educational Corporation 1
Field, Kate, 1838-1896 1
Field, Marshall, 1893-1956 1
Field, Marshall, 1916-1965 1
Field, Marshall, V 1
Frewen, Moreton, 1853-1924 1
German American Bund 1
Geyer, Georgie Anne, 1935-2019 1
Gibney, Frank, 1924-2006 1
Hansen, Harry, 1884-1977 1
Harrison, Carter H. (Carter Henry), 1860-1953 1
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 1
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 1
Hempstone, Smith, 1929-2006 1
Hoge, James F. 1
Knox, Frank, 1874-1944 1
Kupcinet, Irv 1
Landers, Ann 1
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 1
Lusitania (Steamship) 1
Marsh, Baker 1
McClelland, John R. 1
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 1
Meeker, Arthur, 1902-1971 1
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 1
Mowrer, Richard Scott 1
New England Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Nye, Bill, 1850-1896 1
O'Brien, Howard Vincent, 1888-1947 1
O'Shea, James (James E.) 1
Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 1
Preston, Keith, 1884-1927 1
Pryor, Lou 1
Quinlan, Sterling 1
Rogers, Hopewell L. (Hopewell Lindenberger), 1876- 1
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1
Royko, Mike, 1932-1997 1
Russell, Sol Smith, 1848-1902 1
Shuman, Nick, 1921-2009 1
Sizer, Lawrence B. 1
Starrett, Vincent, 1886-1974 1
Stead, W. T. (William Thomas), 1849-1912 1
Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 1
Stone family 1
Stone, Herbert Stuart, 1871-1915 1
Strong, Walter Ansel, 1883-1931 1
Sweningsen, Charles 1
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930 1
Vedder, Elihu, 1836-1923 1
Weller, George, 1907-2002 1
Wille, Lois 1
Young Men's Christian Association (Chicago, Ill.) 1
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