Papers relating to the Western Writers' Congress, 1936-1937.

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Papers relating to the Western Writers' Congress, 1936-1937.

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The files include copies of letters written by McWilliams; letters from the secretaries of the Congress (Barbara Chevalier and Harry Carlisle) and from writers contacted, including Humphrey Cobb, Hildegarde Flanner, Elsa Gidlow, Fulmer Mood, Frank Scully, Upton Sinclair and Ella Winter; lists of potential sponsors and writers invited; invitations, proposed programs, minutes of committee metings, program outlines and organizational report; and responses to the "call" signed by various authors. Included also: a small file of material issued by the League of American Writers on authors' congresses and papers re conference of midwest authors, l936.

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Western Writers' Congress, San Francisco (Calif.), 1936.

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Gidlow, Elsa, 1898-1986

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