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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

Mendicant ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: Case-folio-HV4493 .N49
Abstract

Collection of printed poems, postcards, photographs, and other ephemera with appeals to the public by people who are blind, deaf, or with other physical disabilities, offered in exchange for a small donation. Geographic coverage is focused primarily on the United States but also includes Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Spain.

Dates: approximately 1850-approximately 2020

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Lentini, Frank A., 1889-1966 1
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Ligue des Droits du religieux ancien combattant 1
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National Institute for the Blind (London, England) 1
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Saperstein, Esther, 1901-1988 1
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Selvaggio, Marc S. 1
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Shaw, R. G. 1
Shell, John, 1788- 1
Sine, L. D., 1828 or 1829- 1
Smith, R. 1
Souslin, Alonzo, 1860- 1
Sperling, Jack, -1986 1
Stevens, F. B. 1
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Venson, Lily Pagratis, 1924-2011 1
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