Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Nelson Algren-Stephen Deutch papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Algren-Deutch
Abstract
Correspondence, photographs, publicity, works, and miscellaneous material about author Nelson Algren and photographer Stephen Deutch. Collection shows the friendship between the men, and consists mainly of material Deutch collected from and about Algren. Also includes files kept by Deutch's daughter Katherine Deutch Tatlock regarding her attempts to fund and make a documentary film about Algren.
Dates:
1951-2014