Haas, Shirley
Person
Dates
- Existence: -2022
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Friends of Literature records
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Friends of Lit
Abstract
Records of the Friends of Literature, a group incorporated in Chicago in 1934 as an umbrella group for the Chicago Foundation for Literature. Its purpose was to study literature and to honor those who create it, through monthly presentations by prominent authors and the presentation of annual awards to American writers of fiction and non-fiction. The group voted to dissolve in 2002, and contributed their remaining funds to the Poetry Foundation in 2003. Records, dating primarily from the...
Dates:
1935-2003; Majority of material found within 1987 - 2003