Lewis Fried Collection of Jack Conroy 1931-1981

Fried, Lewis, collector

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A voice of the radical working class during the Great Depression, Jack Conroy was the son of a union organizer, born and raised in the mining camps near Moberly, Mo. Conroy was weaned on Socialist thought through his father and the nickel pamphlets of the Haldeman-Julius Company, and was encouraged to pursue an interest in literature. As a boy, he wrote and edited his own four-page newspaper, printing it by hand on scraps of butcher paper and distributing it among family and neighbo...

Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973

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African-American poet, critic, playwright, novelist, author of children’s books, librarian. From the guide to the Arna Bontemps Papers, 1927-1968, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Teacher in New York, N.Y., and Huntsville, Ala.; head librarian, Fisk University; professor, University of Chicago; curator of James Weldon Johnson Collection and visiting professor of English, Yale University; writer in residence, Fisk University; and author. ...

Snow, Walter

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Gold, Michael, 1893-1967

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Pen name for Itzok Isaac Granich a life long Communist and literary critic, editor and author. From the description of Michael Gold letter to Alfred Sheppard Dashiell [manuscript], undated. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648021762 From the description of Michael Gold letters to Alfred Sheppard Dashiell [manuscript], undated. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 631741286 Michael Gold was also known as Irving Granich. From the desc...

Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979

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James T. Farrell (1904-1979) was an Irish-American novelist, short story writer, journalist, travel writer, poet, and literary critic. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, he attended the University of Chicago and published his first short story in 1929. He is best known for his Studs Lonigan trilogy and for his A note on Literary Criticism, in which he described two types of the American Marxist character. From the guide to the James T. Farrell Collection, 1953-1961, (Special Colle...

Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990

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Author b. 1899, John Wesley, in coal mining camp near Moberly, Mo.; proletarian writer of the 30's, activist involved in labor unions and worker's rights. Published in Northern Lights and New Masses; gained recognition with Disinherited. From the description of Papers, 1947-1981. (Southern Illinois University). WorldCat record id: 13347087 Poet, editor of The Spider. From the description of Letters, to Joseph A. Labadie, 1924-1928. (University of Michigan). World...

Fried, Lewis Frederick, 1943-

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Goodman, Percival

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Architect. From the description of Reminiscences of Percival Goodman : oral history, 1989. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309744406 From the description of Oral history interview with Percival Goodman, 1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 495528112 Percival Goodman, 1904-1989, "architect, interior designer, planner, teacher, author and critic, and artist and illustrator, began a sev...

Friedman, Irving

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Goodman, Sally

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