Papers, ca. 1880-1969.

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Papers, ca. 1880-1969.

Subject files of the founder, editor, and publisher of the Madison, Wisconsin, "Capital Times," including both personal and professional correspondence, clippings, memoranda, financial material, posters, and speeches. Among the prominent correspondents are Robert S. Allen, Arthur J. Altmeyer, Herbert L. Block, Arthur Brisbane, William Jennings Bryan, John R. Commons, Leo T. Crowley, August Derleth, Irving Dilliard, William O. Douglas, Zona Gale, John Gunther, Hubert H. Humphrey, Hans V. Kaltenborn, C. Estes Kefauver, John F. Kennedy, Robert M. La Follette, Sr. and Jr., David E. Lilienthal, Wayne L. Morse, Gaylord Nelson, George W. Norris, Drew Pearson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Morris H. Rubin, Carl Sandburg, Adlai E. Stevenson, Harry S Truman, Millard E. Tydings, Henry A. Wallace, Wendell L. Willkie, James A. Wechsler, and Frank Lloyd Wright. The processed portion is summarized above and is described in the register. Additional accessions are described below.

70.2 c.f. (169 archives boxes); plus.additions of 0.3 c.f.,419 photographs,8 posters,14 cartoons, and2 pieces of ephemera.

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Allen, Robert S. (Robert Sharon), 1900-1981

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Gale, Zona, 1874-1938

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Block, Herbert, 1909-2001

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Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969

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Journalist. From the description of Papers of Drew Pearson, 1947-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 74986025 Andrew Russell "Drew" Pearson (1897-1969) was a journalist who traveled extensively as a foreign correspondent for several newspapers, including the Baltimore Sun. In 1931, Pearson and Robert S. Allen anonymously co-authored a book entitled Washington Merry-Go-Round, with gossip about the Washington, D.C. higher-ups, President Herbert Hoover, and Congress. In 1932, ...

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American journalist. From the description of Letter : to Caroline Muller, 1907 Aug. 12. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122349037 Journalist and newspaper editor. From the description of Arthur Brisbane correspondence, 1909. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454184 Brisbane was an American author and editor. From the description of Letter, 1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: ...

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Evjue, William Theodore, 1882-1970

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