Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1909 - 1981
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Anne Siewers Coyne papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Coyne
Abstract
Papers (correspondence, photographs, poems, clippings, programs, and other materials) of Anne Siewers Coyne, who began working at 14 at Ralph G. Newman's Abraham Lincoln Book Shop. There she met, became friends with, and corresponded with Nelson Algren. In 1957 and 1958 she initiated Loyola University Chicago's David B. Steinman Visiting Poets series, corresponding with poets such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Marianne Moore, and Dame Edith Sitwell. The papers also include materials related to her...
Dates:
1943-1999; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1969
Jack Conroy papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Conroy
Abstract
Works, correspondence, and papers of American novelist, folklorist, and editor Jack Conroy. Conroy's novel The Disinherited, published in 1933, is considered a classic in proletarian literature and depicted in gritty detail the realities of the Great Depression. Conroy also edited radical journals The Rebel Poet, The Anvil, and The New Anvil.
Dates:
1864-1991
Malcolm Cowley papers
Collection
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
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- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
- Photographs -- 1901-1950 2
- Photographs -- 1951-2000 2
- Ambrotypes 1
- Artist colonies -- New York (State) 1
- Audiotapes -- 1951-2000 1
- Bohemianism -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Book editors -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Bookstores -- United States 1
- Chicago (Ill.) 1
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 1
- Clippings (information artifacts) 1
- Communism and literature -- History -- Sources 1
- Correspondence -- 1851-1900 1
- Critics -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Manuscripts, American 1
- New Left -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 1
- Novelists, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Periodical editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Periodical editors -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Photographs 1
- Poems -- 1951-2000 1
- Poetry -- 20th century 1
- Poets -- 20th century 1
- Poets, American -- 20th century 1
- Radicalism -- Middle West -- 20th century 1
- Radicalism in literature 1
- Radicals -- Middle West -- 20th century 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Posters 1
- Teachers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Women poets 1
- Working class authors -- United States 1
- Working class writings, American -- History and criticism 1 + ∧ less
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