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Meine, Franklin J., 1896-1968

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1896 - 1968

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Franklin Julius Meine papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Meine
Abstract

Chicago writer, editor, and book collector whose collections were donated to the University of Illinois campuses in Urbana and Chicago. Meine's papers relate to his preparation for a 50th anniversary talk to the Society of Midland Authors, and include materials by and about Edith Wyatt, John Stahl, and Mary Dickerson Donahey. Also a few 18th and 19th century letters collected by Meine.

Dates: 1797-1965

George Ade papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ade
Abstract

Correspondence, works, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, miscellaneous pictorial items and memorabilia documenting the literary and personal life of George Ade, Midwestern journalist, humorist and playwright, best known for his Chicago Record column, "Stories of the Streets and of the Town," and for his innumerable fables in slang.

Dates: 1865-1971

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American literature -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
American literature -- Indiana 1
Brook (Ind.) -- History -- Sources 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Sources 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Newspapers 1