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Alfred Balk papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Balk
Abstract Papers of Iowa-born and Northwestern-educated journalist Alfred Balk, documenting his career, first as a Chicago newswriter for WBBM, reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times and freelance contributor to major national magazines, and later as an editor at the Columbia Journalism Review, World Press Review, Saturday Review, and IEEE Spectrum, and faculty member at Columbia and Syracuse. Includes correspondence, working files for his freelance articles, his books and other writings, together with...
Dates: 1941-2010; Majority of material found within 1953-1993

Ann Barzel papers

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Barzel
Abstract

Correspondence, works, photographs, and personal and biographical material by Chicago dance critic and historian Ann Barzel.

Dates: 1912-2005

Bess Winakor papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Winakor
Abstract Newspaper articles and story files of Bess Winakor, Chicago correspondent for Women's Wear Daily, 1967-1974, and reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, 1974-1978. Includes background materials, interview notes, and dispatches for stories about Hugh Hefner, Judge Julius Hoffman and Pat Nixon, materials from trips to Iran in 1976, and Washington D.C. in 1977 for the Carter inauguration, as well as scrapbooks containing her articles...
Dates: 1967-1977

Carroll Binder papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Binder
Abstract

Correspondence, writing, personal and family materials, and photographs of newspaper editor and foreign correspondent Carroll Binder.

Dates: 1910-1984; Majority of material found within 1920-1955

Cartwright Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cartwright
Abstract Three generations of an Ohio family that moved to Evanston, Ill., in the early 20th century and whose members were primarily journalists, including Charles Merritt Cartwright (Chicago Tribune and Chicago Inter-Ocean editor), Stanley Levering Cartwright (Chicago Tribune reporter and editor of the National Underwriter), and Ruth Russell, Stanley's wife (feature...
Dates: 1877-1982

Charles H. Dennis papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dennis
Abstract

Correspondence and miscellaneous items relating to Charles H. Dennis, managing editor of the Chicago Daily News.

Dates: 1868-1942; Majority of material found within 1885 - 1929

Edward Eulenberg Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Eulenberg
Abstract

Articles, columns, and clippings of Edward Eulenberg, reporter and editor for the City News Bureau, and reporter and feature writer for the Chicago Daily News.

Dates: 1930-1985; Majority of material found within 1957 - 1976

Eunice Tietjens papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Tietjens
Abstract

Correspondence, works and miscellaneous material relating to Eunice Tietjens, Chicago poet, novelist, lecturer and associate editor of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. The bulk of the correspondence is incoming.

Dates: 1898-1944

Fanny Butcher papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Butcher
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, photographs, and memorabilia relating to the life and work of Chicago literary critic and author, Fanny Butcher.

Dates: 1830-1984; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1984

Finley Peter Dunne Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dunne
Abstract

Chicago-based writer Finley Peter Dunne’s correspondence, essays, and memoirs. Collection also includes a photograph of Dunne, an etched stamp, and an adaptation of Dunne’s “Mr. Dooley” series for the stage, by his son, Hollywood screenwriter, film director and producer Philip Dunne.

Dates: 1925-1992

George Ade papers

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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

Harry Hansen papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hansen
Abstract

Correspondence, subject files, photographs and artwork of newspaper writer and editor Harry Hansen.

Dates: 1900-1974

Hazel MacDonald papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-MacDonald
Abstract

This collection consists of a small amount of correspondence, biographical materials, newspaper clippings, foreign dispatches, and other works by Chicago reporter and foreign correspondent Hazel MacDonald.

Dates: 1928-1967

Henry Blake Fuller papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Fuller
Abstract

Correspondence, works and miscellaneous material relating to Henry Blake Fuller, Chicago novelist, essayist, critic, and satirist. The bulk of the collection consists of Fuller's writings, both published and manuscript, and incoming correspondence.

Dates: 1868-2000; Majority of material found within 1874 - 1929

Henry Justin Smith Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-SmithHJ
Abstract

Manuscripts of works, correspondence, and mementos of Henry Justin Smith, author and Chicago Daily News reporter, city editor, news editor, and managing editor.

Dates: 1912-1980; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1935

Herman Kogan papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Kogan
Abstract

Works, professional correspondence, and photographs of Chicago journalist and corporate historian Herman Kogan.

Dates: approximately 1869-1985; Majority of material found within 1970-1985

Hoke Norris Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Norris
Abstract

Collection of correspondence, works, research materials, and personal information by and about Hoke Norris, reporter, book reviewer, novelist, and public affairs director. Norris worked for several papers including the Raleigh News and Observer, the Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Chicago Daily News.

Dates: 1934-1977; Majority of material found within 1956 - 1977

Howard Vincent O'Brien papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-O'Brien
Abstract

Correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, publicity materials, and personal papers of newspaper columnist and novelist Howard Vincent O'Brien.

Dates: 1894-1948

Jack Mabley papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Mabley
Abstract Correspondence with colleagues, congratulatory letters, inter-office memos; works including newspaper clippings, subject files dealing with important stories including the 1968 Democratic Convention, the Richard Cain case, racketeering, police corruption, and vice in Chicago, miscellaneous articles and columns; biographical clippings, publicity, and interviews, and photographs of Mabley himself and with public figures such as Hugh Hefner and Richard Nixon. Mabley was a reporter and columnist...
Dates: 1937-2003

John Drury-Marion Neville Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Drury-Neville
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, artwork, personal materials, and photographs of author and journalist John Drury, and his wife, journalist and painter Marion Neville.

Dates: 1860-1970

John Willy papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Willy
Abstract

Periodicals, newspaper clippings, catalogs and other documents pertaining to the life and hotel periodical business of John Willy. Also includes photographs of friends of Willy taken by Chicago-area portrait photographers.

Dates: 1871-1984

Joseph Kirkland Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Kirkland
Abstract

Correspondence, mainly written by Chicago lawyer and author Joseph Kirkland to and from members of his family, and copies of letters he wrote to Hamlin Garland. Also, a few of Kirkland's works, and some miscellaneous material including biographical, genealogical and social information regarding Kirkland, his family and his literary career.

Dates: 1842-1939

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

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

Mike Ervin Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ervin
Abstract

Papers of and materials collected by Mike Ervin, a Chicago playwright, writer on topics relating to the physically disabled, occasional poet, and activist on disability issues. The collection includes many clippings and articles by Ervin, and some articles about him, his plays and short stories, plus some poems and photographs, publicity materials for his plays, and correspondence. The collection also includes theater materials such as play scripts, programs, and reviews.

Dates: 1970-2009; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2000

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Chicago Daily News, Inc. 8
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 4
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 4
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 4
Chicago Sun-Times 3
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Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 3
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McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 3
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 3
Mowrer, Paul Scott, 1887-1971 3
O'Brien, Howard Vincent, 1888-1947 3
Ade, George, 1866-1944 2
Binder, Carroll, 1896-1956 2
Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963 2
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 2
Casey, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1890-1962 2
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 2
Dell, Floyd, 1887-1969 2
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 2
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 2
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 2
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 2
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 2
Knox, Frank, 1874-1944 2
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 2
Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931 2
MacDonald, Hazel Christie 2
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 2
O'Flaherty, Hal, 1890- 2
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 2
Starrett, Vincent, 1886-1974 2
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 2
Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944 2
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 2
Abercrombie, Gertrude, 1909-1977 1
Ade family 1
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 1
Aldington, Richard, 1892-1962 1
Alinsky, Saul David, 1909-1972 1
Allen, James Lane, 1849-1925 1
Allende Gossens, Salvador, 1908-1973 1
American Council for Judaism 1
American Friends Service Committee 1
American Society of Magazine Editors 1
Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959 1
Arpino, Gerald 1
Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992 1
Baker, Ray Stannard, 1870-1946 1
Balk, Alfred, 1930-2010 1
Ballet Guild of Chicago 1
Barzel, Ann 1
Barzun, Jacques, 1907-2012 1
Bell, Edward Price, 1869-1943 1
Bell, Laird, 1883-1965 1
Benét, William Rose, 1886-1950 1
Berger, Elmer, 1908-1996 1
Best, Marshall, -1982 1
Bingham, Barry, 1906-1988 1
Bobbs-Merrill Company 1
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 1
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 1
Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941 1
Borglum, Mary Montgomery, 1874-1955 1
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 1
Bromfield, Louis, 1896-1956 1
Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000 1
Browne, Charles Francis 1
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 1
Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968 1
Cain, Richard, -1973 1
Capone, Al, 1899-1947 1
Carr, Michael Carmichael, 1881-1929 1
Cartwright family 1
Cartwright, C. M. (Charles Merritt), 1869-1951 1
Cartwright, Ruth Russell 1
Cartwright, Seth Levering 1
Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016 1
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 1
Cerf, Bennett, 1898-1971 1
Chancellor, John, 1927-1996 1
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 1
Chicago (Ill.). Office of the Mayor 1
Chicago Bar Association 1
Chicago Public Schools 1
Chicago Urban League 1
Chicago record 1
City News Bureau of Chicago 1
Clark, Herma, 1871-1959 1
Clarke, Mary, 1923-2015 1
Cockrell, Monroe F. (Monroe Fulkerson), 1884-1972 1
Collins-Knowlton-Wing, Inc. 1
Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972 1
Committee of One Hundred (Miami Beach, Fla.) 1
Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990 1
Cousins, Norman 1
Covello, Richard 1
Cowles, John, 1898-1983 1
Currey, Margery 1
Davis, Elmer, 1890-1958 1
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