Chicago Daily News, Inc.
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
Ben Hecht papers
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).
Carroll Binder papers
Correspondence, writing, personal and family materials, and photographs of newspaper editor and foreign correspondent Carroll Binder.
Charles H. Dennis papers
Correspondence and miscellaneous items relating to Charles H. Dennis, managing editor of the Chicago Daily News.
Don May papers
Commercial design work and professional papers of May, a designer and art director for several Chicago-based publications. May later moved his practice to California where he became a regional painter as well as a designer.
Field Enterprises records
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.
Fort Sheridan postcard collection
Graham Taylor papers
Works, correspondence, and family papers of minister, social worker, professor, and founder of Chicago Commons settlement house, Graham Taylor.
Hayden Carruth Letters and Poem
Letters and poem written by American poet and literary critic Hayden Carruth, primarily to Chicago Daily News reporter Van Allen Bradley.
Henry Justin Smith Papers
Manuscripts of works, correspondence, and mementos of Henry Justin Smith, author and Chicago Daily News reporter, city editor, news editor, and managing editor.
Hoke Norris Papers
Collection of correspondence, works, research materials, and personal information by and about Hoke Norris, reporter, book reviewer, novelist, and public affairs director. Norris worked for several papers including the Raleigh News and Observer, the Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Chicago Daily News.
Howard Vincent O'Brien papers
Correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, publicity materials, and personal papers of newspaper columnist and novelist Howard Vincent O'Brien.
Joe Geshwiler papers
John Fischetti papers
M. W. Newman Papers
Works, correspondence, personal materials, and memorabilia of Chicago newspaper editor, reporter, and critic M. W. Newman.
Melville E. Stone papers
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.
Mike Royko papers
Oswald Bruce Cooper Papers
Papers of Oswald Cooper, Chicago lettering artist, advertising designer and type designer best known for his Cooper Black and Cooper Bold typefaces. Includes art work for type designs; art boards, proofs and finished advertising pieces; and limited correspondence. There is also a file on patent cases of 1926-1928, and Cooper's testimony before Congress on the originality of typefaces, and ephemera from other artists.
Paul Randall Wright papers
Writings and correspondence of Chicago journalist and foreign correspondent Paul Randall Wright, particularly newspaper stories reported from Siberia in 1918-1919, and Manchuria, China, Japan, and the Philippines from 1926-1930. The collection also includes diaries and a number of photographs relating to the periods in which Wright was stationed abroad.
Paul Scott Mowrer papers
Richard G. Suthers papers
Photographs, brochures, clippings, invitations, correspondence, and realia documenting the career of Richard G. (Dick) Suthers, who was a pressman in the production department of the Chicago Daily News and the Chicago Sun-Times from 1945 to 1985. Realia includes special rulers and slide rules for measuring type and columns, as well as a paper pressman's hat. Collection also includes the rotogravure plate of the front page of the Chicago Daily News's last edition, March 4, 1978.
Robert A. Signer Manuscript
Typed manuscript of an unpublished book, "Curious Epoch: The Book Pages of the Chicago Daily News and the Chicago Tribune in 1924, and the World that was Then" by Robert A. Signer.
Sam Lesner papers
Clippings, photographs, some correspondence, and a few pieces of Chicago Daily News memorabilia from long-time reporter and reviewer Sam Lesner.
Sherwood Ross papers
Papers of Chicago journalist Sherwood Ross, including articles he wrote for the New York Enquirer (1956-1957) and the Chicago Daily News (1962), a syndicated column for Reuters (1992-2002), material from his public relations and social activism work for the National Urban League and records belonging to Sherwood Ross Associates, a media consulting firm Ross founded in 1970.
Val Lauder Papers
Proof copy and final draft of The Back Page, by former Chicago Daily News columnist and feature writer Valarie (Val) Lauder. Also includes some press clippings and items from her tenure as a journalist.
Victor Lawson papers
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.
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- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 19
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- Newspaper editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 5
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- Photographs -- 1851-1900 5
- Authors, American -- 20th century 4
- Clippings (information artifacts) 4
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- Chicago (Ill.) -- Newspapers 3
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- Scrapbooks 3
- Syndicates (Journalism) -- United States 3
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- Advertising -- California -- Los Angeles -- Design 1
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- American periodicals -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
- American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism 1
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- Audiotapes -- 1951-2000 1
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- Book design -- California -- Los Angeles 1
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- Boxing -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
- Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 1
- Calendars (documents) -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
- Calligraphy -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Cartoonists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- 1951- 1
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- To 1950 1
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions 1
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 1
- China -- History -- Northern Expedition, 1926-1928 1
- Cities and towns -- Research 1
- City planning -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 1
- Civil rights -- United States 1
- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
- Clergy -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
- Clippings -- 1801-1850 1
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- Clippings -- 1950-2001 1
- Copyright -- Art -- United States 1
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- Crime and the press 1
- Critics -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
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- Diaries -- 1851-1900 1
- Diaries -- Europe 1
- Dramatists, American 1
- Editorial cartoons 1
- Ephemera -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
- Fishing stories 1
- Foreign correspondents -- United States 1
- Freedom of the press 1
- Genealogical correspondence 1
- Glass negatives -- 1901-1950 1
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