Papers, 1940-1975, 1992.

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Papers, 1940-1975, 1992.

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Papers of Wisconsin journalist and television pioneer Sprague Vonier, covering the period 1940-1975 (but mainly 1940-1947), concerning the activities of Vonier and a close circle of friends in Milwaukee, Wis. that included Harold Gauer, Robert Vail, Henry Maier, Richard Falk, Robert Bloch, and Dan James. In addition to reflecting the group's reactions to both local and world events, the collection documents Vail and Vonier's political activities immediately before and after World War II, including their organization of a group called the United States of Young Americans, and the beginnings of Henry Maier's political career. There are also fragmentary records related to Vonier's career with WTMJ-TV. The collection includes a journal written by Vonier and Gauer concerning personal, local, and world events as reflected by a fictional character they named "Noble Seamen"; a World War II reminiscence by Robert Vail; correspondence; drawings; photographs; and the organizational records of United States of Young Americans.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6848540

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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WTMJ (Television station : Milwaukee, Wis.)

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James, Dane

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James was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnamese wars. From the description of Interview, 1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145434863 ...

Maier, Henry W., 1918-1994

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Gauer, Harold

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United States of Young Americans.

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Falk, Richard A.

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Epithet: Professor of International Studies Princeton University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000094 ...

Robert W. G. Vail

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Vonier, Sprague

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Bloch, Robert, 1917-1994

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Robert Bloch was best known as the author of "Psycho." He was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1917. He attended schools in Maywood, Illinois and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He worked as a free lance writer from 1934-1942. He then spent 11 years as a copywriter for a Milwaukee advertising agency before returning to freelance writing in 1953. He wrote primarily fantasy and suspense fiction. Bloch's most famous book was "Psycho," but he wrote other books including "Straitjacket," "The Psychopath," "Out of t...