Correspondence, 1947-1952.

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Correspondence, 1947-1952.

The Autograph Letters Collection contains 5 letters from Kane to Richard Barksdale Harwell, 1947 Jan 10, [1948 Feb 11?], 1951 May 4, 1952 May 17 and 1952 Jun 23; 2 letters from Kane to Margaret Jemison, 1947 Dec 31 and 1951 Aug 29; and 5 letters from Harwell to Kane, 1948 Jan 8, 1948 Jan 14, 1948 Feb 9, 1951 May 21, and 1952 Jun 4. The Ralph McGill papers contain 1 letter from Kane to McGill, 1949 Mar 30. The Harold H. Martin Papers contain 1 letter from Kane to Martin, 1949 Jun 25.

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Martin, Harold H.

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Harold Harber Martin, journalist and author, was born September 17, 1910 in Commerce, Georgia. He graduated from the University of Georgia in journalism (A.B. 1933), was a sports and features writer for the Atlanta GEORGIAN (1932-1939), columnist for the Atlanta CONSTITUTION (1939-1943; 1946-1974), and a contributor (1944-45; 1950), associate editor (1951-1953), contributing editor (1958-1963), and editor-at-large (1964-1969) with the SATURDAY EVENING POST. He is the author of numerous articles ...

Harwell, Richard Barksdale

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Richard Barksdale Harwell, librarian, bibliographer, and author, was born June 6, 1915, in Washington, Georgia, and died March 9, 1988, in Augusta, Georgia. He graduated from Emory University (English, 1937; Library Science, 1938) and received an honorary doctorate from New England College (1966). Harwell worked in libraries at Duke University (1938-1940), Emory University (assistant director, 1940-1943; Special Collections Department head, 1946-1948; assistant librarian, 1948-1955), Virginia St...

McGill, Ralph, 1898-1969

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Ralph McGill, as editor and publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, was a leading voince for racial and ethnic tolerance in the South from the 1940s through the 1960s. As an influential daily columnist, he broke the code of silence on the subject of segregation, chastising a generation of demagogues, timid journalists, and ministers who feared change. When the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregated schools in 1954 and southern demagogues led defiance of the court, segregationists vilified McGill ...

Howell, Clark, 1863-1936

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Clark Howell, editor, legislator, and politician, was born September 21,1863, in Barnwell County, South Carolina, and died November 14, 1936 in Atlanta, Georgia. After his father (Evan Park Howell) retired as publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, he replaced him and bought control of the newspaper in 1901, becoming editor-in-chief for 35 years. He served as a Georgia legislator, 1885-1891 (Speaker 1891), and again 1900-1906, but his 1907 gubernatorial bid was unsuccessful. He was chairman of th...

Kane, Harnett T. (Harnett Thomas), 1910-1984

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American journalist and author of books about the southern United States. From the description of Correspondence, 1948-1963, nd. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122590240 A New Orleans native and writer, Kane wrote novels, travel books, and non-fiction works about New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mississippi, and the South in general. Some of his best known works include LOUISIANA HAYRIDE: THE AMERICAN REHEARSAL ...