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America First Movement Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS10
Abstract
This collection contains materials from three sources: the America First Committee, other American groups with similar goals, and German propaganda in the 1930s. Materials include pamphlets, small monographs, serials, correspondence, flyers, posters, political ephemera, and photographs. These items are a sample of the kinds of material generated before U.S. entry into World War II. Taken individually, the items in this collection provide only a fragmentary record of the times; considered as...
Dates:
1930-1941
Archival Collections - U.S. Civil War Era
Collection
Identifier: MS62 MS86
Abstract
The McCormick Library has several collections that contain correspondence, diaries, and other materials related to the Civil War era. Some materials describe the experiences of soldiers during the war, or who served in the territories; others document the “home front” trials and anxieties, and some provide reflections or analysis after the war.
Dates:
1837-1907
Friedrich Ernst Auhagen Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS110
Abstract
In September 1940, Dr. Friedrich Ernst Auhagen was arrested and called to testify before the Dies Commission in October regarding possible subversive Nazi activities. He was released, but kept under Justice Department surveillance until March 1941 when a federal grand jury issued an indictment against him for failing to register as a German agent. The articles, newspaper clippings and correspondence in the Friedrich Ernst Auhagen Collection were collected between 1939 and 1952 by Henry Pope,...
Dates:
1939-1952
Chicago Tribune. Everett McClane Collection
Collection
Identifier: XI-308
Abstract
This collection contains miscellaneous items chiefly relating to the Chicago Tribune. Materials include clippings, reprints, correspondence and photographs.
Dates:
1861 - 1935
Chicago Tribune. Frank L. Hughes Papers (1)
Collection
Identifier: XI-182
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of Frank Hughes (1908-1972) during his 29-year tenure at the Chicago Tribune (1942-1971).
Dates:
1943 - 1968
Chicago tribune. John M. Flynn files
Collection
Identifier: XI-174
Abstract
This collection represents files (chiefly clippings from newspapers and magazines) created by John M. ("Jack") Flynn (Tribune writer; died 1971-12-31) to help him when preparing speeches for Colonel Robert R. McCormick, and for use in rebutting the many attacks being made on the Chicago tribune. These files also contain clippings, publications and other items related to Tribune color printing and photography; attacks on the ...
Dates:
late 1930s to early 1950s
Chicago tribune. Clayton Kirkpatrick papers
Collection
Identifier: XI-342
Abstract
Correspondence, speeches, writings, clippings and other material from, to or about Clayton Kirkpatrick (editor of the Chicago tribune, 1915-2004). Of particular note are the speeches and editorials, which give Kirkpatrick's views on politics (including the Watergate affair), journalism, and the freedom of the press.
Dates:
1960 - 1992
Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies
Collection
Identifier: MS67
Abstract
The Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies was formed in 1940 to encourage American interest in aiding Great Britain, and ultimately in entering the war in Europe and defeating the Axis powers. The material collected here is only a fraction of the propaganda which was circulated. Included as well is some material by other similar groups active between 1940 and 1942. These materials were donated to the McCormick Library in 1980 by Northwestern University Archives who received them...
Dates:
1940-1942; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1979
Father Charles Edward Coughlin Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS25
Abstract
Father Charles Edward Coughlin, born in 1891, was a charismatic Roman Catholic priest who used his radio addresses and magazine to promote his own brand of social justice during the 1930s and early 1940s. He was a controversial figure who denounced President Franklin D. Roosevelt and capitalism, hated communism, was openly anti-Semitic, and embraced fascism and a corporate state as a solution to worldwide economic depression. He used the media so successfully and became so powerful that not...
Dates:
1920-1979
Michael McDowell Death Collection
Collection
Identifier: AS10
Abstract
Michael McEachern McDowell was the author of a number of horror novels, including The Amulet (1979), Cold Moon Over Babylon (1980), and The Elementals (1981), as well as six serialized novels known as the Blackwater series (1983). He also has screenwriting credits for Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice and The...
Dates:
1616-2005; Other: Date acquired: 01/06/2012
Joseph B. Dorr Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS62
Abstract
Joseph Bartlett Dorr (1825-1865), left the management of the Dubuque Herald to recruit soldiers for the 12 th Regiment of the Iowa Volunteers in 1861.The Dorr Collection consists of manuscripts, documents, journal entries, and family correspondence written between 1837 and 1902.
Dates:
1837 - 1902; Other: Majority of material found within 1861 - 1865
Free Speech Movement of Berkeley, California Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS68
Abstract
The Free Speech Movement (FSM) of Berkeley, California was a series of large and student-led protests on the University of California Berkeley campus during late 1964 and early 1965. At issue were the students’ rights to engage in on-campus political activities, and for the University to recognize more general rights to free speech and academic freedom. The collection is arranged in three categories in a total of 40 folders: (1) Serials; (2) Records, Tapes, and Photographs; and (3) Reports,...
Dates:
approximately 1964
Elmer Gertz Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS97
Abstract
Elmer Gertz (1906-2000) was a lawyer, author, professor, and civil rights advocate. He fought many legal battles relating to the death penalty, police brutality, housing equality, freedom of speech, and other civil liberties. Gertz played a role in some of the most famous legal cases of the second half of the 20th century. He helped secure parole for "thrill killer" Nathan Leopold, defended Henry Miller’s novel Tropic of Cancer in numerous obscenity...
Dates:
1909-1999
E. Drexel Godfrey Theater Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MS163
Abstract
Edwin Drexel Godfrey and his wife, Fanny, resided in New York and attended the theatre productions compiled here between 1906 and 1928. The E. Drexel Godfrey Theater Scrapbooks contain personal comments, playbills, photo clippings from theatrical magazines, and approximately 1900 black & white photographs documenting performances from 1906 to 1928. Photos are attributed to professional photographers and studios, and include individual and group shots of each show's cast on stage in...
Dates:
1906-1928; Other: Date acquired: 01/08/2010
Goldwater and the Right Wing
Collection
Identifier: MS87
Abstract
This modest collection of conservative political materials consists mostly of newspaper ephemera surrounding the 1964 national and local elections, Barry Goldwater’s candidacy, and the John Birch Society. Included as well are some pamphlets and serials on these topics and miscellaneous information on other right wing organizations.
Dates:
1946-1968
Victor Hammer Private Press Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS137
Abstract
Victor Hammer (1882-1967) began his printing career in earnest in 1919 in Vienna, publishing Milton's Samson Agonistes in 1931. After the outbreak of World War II, he immigrated to the United States, and secured a teaching position in the art department at Wells College. Here he established both the Hammer Press and the Wells College Press, cut his third type-face (known as American Uncial), and continued to paint portraits. In 1948 Hammer accepted a position...
Dates:
1931-1993; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/2001
Dick Higgins Archive
Collection
Identifier: MS132
Abstract
This collection documents the interests and activities of Fluxus co-founder Dick Higgins, from his early experiments with intermedia and collaborations with other artists in the 1960s to projects current at the time of his death in 1998. The collection includes correspondence, drafts for published and unpublished works, collages, slides of large paintings and graphic productions, films, audio and videotapes, performance scores, and photographs. The collection includes Higgins' own...
Dates:
1958-1998
Sherwin Warren King Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS82
Abstract
Collection consists of the papers of Sherwin Warren King from his service as a sergeant in Company K, 42nd Regiment of the Illinois Volunteers during the American Civil War, as well as some papers from King's family and relatives. Collection dates from 1861 to 1942.
Dates:
1861-1942
Avrom M. Landy Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS106
Abstract
Avrom M. Landy (1904-1992) broke off his doctoral studies to accept a position at the Daily Worker. He later became educational director of the Communist Party of America, a position he held until 1945. He was co-publisher of International Publishers from 1945 until about 1947, when he left the Communist Party. In the late 1940s, Landy completed a manuscript for a book titled, The United States and the Paris Commune of 1871....
Dates:
1938-1954
Robert R. McCormick. Business correspondence
Collection
Identifier: I-60
Abstract
The papers of Robert R. McCormick (editor and publisher of the Chicago tribune) consist primarily of business correspondence dating from 1927-1955. This correspondence does not relate directly to the Chicago Tribune, but includes a great deal of material on organizations related to the newspaper publishing business and various political personages and departments, freedom of the press issues and some personal and family...
Dates:
1927 - 1955
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