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Jou. Journalism

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Identifier: Jou
This topic covers manuscript collections of reporters, columnists, critics, editors, editorial cartoonists, publishers, and newspaper publishing companies. It also includes archives of clubs devoted to journalism.

Found in 129 Collections and/or Records:

Keith Preston papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Preston
Abstract

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

Dates: 1915-1942

Kurt M. Stein papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Stein
Abstract

Chicago author of German-American humor books, journalist, and active member of the Cliff Dwellers. Stein's papers include manuscript and printed works, including a substantial number of plays and sonnets for the Cliff Dwellers, and correspondence from friends and admirers.

Dates: 1905-1966

Larry Green papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Green
Abstract

Collection of newspaper clippings, notes, and memorabilia relating to the career of Chicago Daily News correspondent Larry Green from 1966-1980, including dispatches from the Vietnam War and the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Also includes photographs, photonegatives, letters, and notebooks.

Dates: approximately 1966-2008

Leland Stowe Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Stowe
Abstract

Mostly photocopies of writings and some correspondence of newspaper foreign correspondent and author Leland Stowe. Stowe witnessed and wrote about many historic events and subject such as the rise of the Nazi party in Germany, the Russo-Finnish War, experiencing the Russian front during World War II, and the corruption in the regime of Chiang Kai-Shek.

Dates: 1929-1988

Lerner Newspapers photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lerner
Abstract

Photographs from the Lerner Newspaper group publication Booster, a weekly newspaper on the north side of Chicago, and "VIP files" containing photographs of individuals used by the company. Booster photographs span from March 1978 to 1982, with fuller runs in 1978 and 1979, and scattered dates in 1980-1982.

Dates: approximately 1960s-approximately 1990s

Lily Pagratis Venson papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Venson
Abstract Journalism, research materials, and personal papers of Chicago journalist Lily Pagratis Venson, who wrote for Lerner Newspapers from 1963 to 1973. The papers include feature stories and editorials written by Venson as well as feature stories and editorials about her and her journalism. The papers also contain her research materials for ongoing stories she covered during her time at Lerner Newspapers: the Edgewater Golf Club land crusade and the demolition of the Edgewater Beach Hotel. She...
Dates: 1962-2011; Majority of material found within 1963-1973

Lloyd Lewis papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lewis
Abstract

Correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, personal materials, and photographs of Chicago journalist and historian Lloyd Lewis.

Dates: 1886-1985; Majority of material found within 1905-1949

Lloyd Wendt papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Wendt
Abstract Long time Chicago journalist and author of Chicago Tribune: The rise of a Great American Newspaper (Rand McNally, 1979), Swift Walker: An Informal Biography of Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard (Regnery, 1986), and three nonfiction pieces with Herman Kogan; Give the Lady What She Wants (1952), Big Bill of Chicago (1953), and Lords of the Levee (1943). Includes clippings of Wendt's newspaper articles, 1935-1960s, typescripts of his works, reviews, photographs, and copies of a Chicago Tribune Sunday...
Dates: 1893-approximately 2000; Majority of material found within 1934-approximately 2000

Lois Wille papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Wille
Abstract

Lois Wille was a pioneering Chicago woman journalist, winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Material includes framed original cartoons from cartoonists John Fischetti, Nicole Hollander, Morrie Brickman, and Jeff MacNelly.

Dates: 1960s-2000s

Louis Mariano papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Mariano
Abstract

Papers, photographs, artwork, newsclippings, and publications relating to Louis Mariano (1906-1970) who worked as a reporter and editor for the Chicago Daily News before moving on to World Book and a column in the Near North News. Among the items is material pertaining to the Louis Mariano Memorial Library and the Mariano Park, 3 oversized cards, and a framed piece of art entitled "The Mayor of Rush Street."

Dates: approximately 1950-1988

Lucia Lewis artifacts and memorabilia

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lewis Lucia
Abstract

Artifacts belonging to Lucia Lewis, Chicago Daily News travel editor. Consists mainly of awards given to Lewis, with membership cards and some memorabilia.

Dates: 1955-1962

Lucia Mauro papers

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Mauro
Abstract

Works (books, reviews, and articles), correspondence (including fan mail), teaching materials, scrapbooks, photographs, and memorabilia documenting the dance, theater, arts writing, interview, broadcast and teaching work of Lucia Mauro. Also contains items documenting her childhood and youth, including her early dance career and coursework in high school and college.

Dates: 1974-2014

M. W. Newman Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Newman
Abstract

Works, correspondence, personal materials, and memorabilia of Chicago newspaper editor, reporter, and critic M. W. Newman.

Dates: 1917-2002

Madelin Wexler papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Wexler
Abstract

Tear sheets and full copies of magazines and articles written and/or edited by journalist Madelin Wexler, who worked for Chicago-based trade magazines Institutions, and Hotels & Restaurants International, through various name and design style changes. Also includes correspondence and information about "The Bombay Bicycle Club," a dinner club that began as a fictional club but actually came into being in New York, California, and Arizona in the early 1960s.

Dates: 1960-2000

Marcia Danits papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Danits
Abstract

Courtroom sketches by Marcia Danits, a Chicago artist who worked for WBBM-TV among other news outlets. Also includes non-courtroom artworks in pen, pencil, and different types of paint. Courtroom sketches span from 1969 to the mid-2010s.

Dates: 1969-mid 2010s

Marcia Slater Johnston papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Johnston
Abstract

Published articles, clippings, correspondence, and manuscript drafts written by Chicago freelance journalist Marcia Slater Johnston. Dating from the 1970s, Johnston’s work covers issues such as immigration, gangs, sex trafficking, women’s justice, medicine, and consumer issues. Also includes audiocassettes of radio shows featuring Johnston and her articles.

Dates: 1947-2019; Majority of material found within 1966 - 2010

Margaret S. Herguth clippings

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Herguth
Abstract

Issues of Chicago Daily News's magazine "Chicago Life" from 1960-1962, the tenure of Margaret (Marge) Silsbee Herguth, staff writer, assistant editor, and editor of the magazine.

Dates: 1960-1962

Martin A. O'Brennan Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-O'Brennan
Abstract

Papers pertaining to Martin A. O’Brennan, an Irish nationalist activist, lawyer, newspaper editor, and amateur historian. The papers document O’Brennan’s Irish activities and his life in Chicago through correspondence and documents, manuscript copies of his speeches, printed pamphlets and copies of newspapers (both the Connaught Patriot and the Irish News), and ephemera-like advertisements, prospectuses, membership cards and printed lecture tickets.

Dates: approximately 1843-1878

Melville E. Stone papers

 Collection
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

Mervin Block papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Block
Abstract

New York broadcast news writer and editor who worked earlier in his career as a newspaper writer and editor in Chicago. Includes letters from and materials about author James T. Farrell and Lyric Opera of Chicago press agent/impresario Danny Newman.

Dates: 1945-2005

Michael Miner papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Miner
Abstract

Chicago Reader column files of Chicago newspaper journalist Mike Miner, including drafts, notes, interviews, and other research materials.

Dates: approximately 1979-2012

Mike Royko papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Royko
Abstract Correspondence, columns, other works, and personal material of journalist, columnist, and author Mike Royko. Royko received his journalistic training by working for the Chicago City News Bureau (1956-1959) and went on to be a favorite columnist at the Chicago Daily News (1959-1978); The Chicago Sun-Times (1978-1984); and the Chicago Tribune (1984-1997). Royko is known for writing his...
Dates: 1934-1997; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1997

Mitchell Dawson papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dawson
Abstract

Works, correspondence, and papers of lawyer and poet Mitchell Dawson, and also papers, photographs and genealogical information of the Dawson, Manierre and Hahn families.

Dates: 1810-1988

Near North News photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Near North
Abstract

Photographs of the Near North News, a Chicago community newspaper founded in 1956 and published for over 40 years by Arne Matanky. Contains images of Chicagoans as well as national and international figures. Also a card file containing information on Chicago individuals and organizations, and a birthday index arranged by date.

Dates: approximately 1960-approximately 2000

Paul Randall Wright papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Wright
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1899-1965