Vera L. Connolly Papers 1907-1960 [Bulk dates: 1916-1956].

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Vera L. Connolly Papers 1907-1960 [Bulk dates: 1916-1956].

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This collection documents the career of Vera Connolly, journalist, editor, and fiction author, through her drafts, notes, and correspondence. Connolly's articles, published in popular magazines such as and ranged in topic from financial advice for married women to juvenile delinquency, prison reform, sweatshops, and poor living conditions on Indian reservations. Good Housekeeping, Colliers, Woman's Day,

12 linear feet ( 27 document boxes, one oversize box)

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Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Connolly, Vera L., 1888-1964.

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Vera Leona Connolly was a journalist and editor for many of America's popular magazines, particularly woman's journals such as "Good Housekeeping", "The Woman's Home Companion", and "Woman's Day", from the 1920s through the 1950s. Describing herself as a "crusading journalist--a stirrer-upper," Connolly wrote articles that publicized and criticized social problems in the United States, including juvenile delinquency, lax adoption regulations, ineffective narcotics law, sweatshops, a...