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Abbott, Robert S. (Robert Sengstacke), 1868-1940. Papers, 1847-1997.

Title: Papers, 1847-1997.

Robert S. Abbott founded the Chicago Defender in 1905; his nephew, John H. Sengstacke, took over family's newspapers on Abbott's death in 1940. The papers trace the Abbott-Sengstacke family history from the mid-19th century in Georgia through Abbott's move to Chicago and creation of a journalistic empire, to the death of Sengstacke in 1997. The papers are arranged in three superseries: Robert Abbott, John Sengstacke, and Myrtle Sengstacke. Extensive documentation of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the Chicago Defender, the Pittsburgh Courier, the Michigan Chronicle, Provident Hospital, and the political history of Chicago is included. The papers feature correspondence, manuscripts, organizational and subject research files, biographical materials, programs, clippings and memorabilia. A large collection of photographs will be opened in late 2009.

ArchivalResource: 179 linear feet (251 archival boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/319435998 View

Robert G. Spivack Papers, 1931-1970, (bulk 1936-1970)

Title: Robert G. Spivack Papers 1931-1970 (bulk 1936-1970)

Journalist. Correspondence, articles, book projects, columns, newsletters, newspapers, material relating to speaking engagements, topical files, records of organizations, scrapbooks, printed matter, and miscellaneous material relating to Spivack's career as a newspaper reporter, syndicated columnist, and newsletter publisher and to his participation in student groups and other organizations seeking the intervention of the United States in World War II prior to the Pearl Harbor attack.

ArchivalResource: 16,800 items; 48 containers plus 2 oversize; 19.2 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012153 View