Quillen, Robert, 1887-1948. Robert Quillen papers, 1904-1985; (bulk, 1906-1949)
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Robert Quillen papers, 1904-1985; (bulk, 1906-1949)
Consisting chiefly of correspondence and printed material documenting the career of cartoonist and editor, Robert Quillen, of Fountain Inn, S.C. Includes U.S. Army enlistment papers, 1904, indicating that Quillen enlisted under an assumed name, William Stewart, but was subsequently listed on army rosters as Verni R. Quillen; correspondence, 1923-1948, with prominent journalists and public figures; 351 distribution sheets, 1935-1947, containing Quillen's editorials, paragraphs, and comic features, sent from Publisher's Syndicate, Chicago, to newspapers subscribing to his literary pieces; newspaper clippings re his life and literary achievements. Clippings of his comic strip, "Aunt Het," ca. 1938-1943 and undated, and of "Quillen's Qulls," his newspaper column, for 1938-1942; scrapbook, 1939 and undated, with newspaper clippings of "Quillen's Quips" and "Top O' The Morning To You!" devoted primarily to observations re the Great Depression, New Deal politics, and World War II. Four scrapbooks on microfilm (R.1121), 1902-1939; 1948, 1967, and undated, consisting of newspaper and magazine articles about RQ from around U.S., promotional material, corresondence, fan letters, and photographs; and research paper, "Small Town Stuff: Robert Quillen's View of the New Deal," (15 pp.), a paper by Marvin L. Cann presented, 12 Apr. 1985, at the Citadel Conference on the South. Correspondents include George Matthew Adams, Harold H. Anderson, Bernard M. Baruch, Ira Bennett, Sol Bloom, Eugene P. Conley, Merle Crowell, Floyd Gibbons, Theodore Hall, Adolph Ochs II, Hamilton Owens, Maxfield Parrish, Roger C. Peace, Daniel C. Roper, M. Lincoln Schuster, Billy Sunday, William Allen White, Walter Winchell, John T. Woodside, and Alexander Woollcott.
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