Carroll Binder papers, 1910-1967, bulk 1920-1955.

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Midwest manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965

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Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat. Raised in Bloomington, Illinois, Stevenson was a member of the Democratic Party. He served in numerous positions in the federal government during the 1930s and 1940s, including the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Federal Alcohol Administration, Department of the Navy, and the State Department. In 1945, he served on the committee that created the United Nations, and he was a me...

Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966

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Gannett was a journalist and author. For many years he wrote the daily book review column for the New York Herald Tribune. From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1936-1965. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 83299885 Journalist Lewis Gannett traveled to China in 1926 with Madame Chiang Kai-shek and Mikhail Borodin. From the description of Lewis Gannett papers, [c. 1920-1926]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 6353...

Knox, Frank, 1874-1944

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William Franklin "Frank" Knox (January 1, 1874 – April 28, 1944) was an American politician, newspaper editor and publisher. He was also the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1936, and Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of World War II. On December 7, 1941, Knox flanked by his assistant John O’Keefe walked into Roosevelt's White House study at approximately 1:30 p.m. EST announcing that Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor. Knox was mentioned by name in Adolf Hitler...

Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978

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Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and 1971 to 1978. He was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 1968 presidential election, losing to Republican nominee Richard Nixon. Born in Wallace, South Dakota, Humphrey attended the University of Minnesota. At one point he helped run his ...

Dennis, Charles Henry, 1860-1943

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Chicago newspaper editor. Born in Decatur, Illinois, in 1860, Charles Henry Dennis was a newspaperman all his life. After graduation from the University of Illinois, he began his career as a reporter and in 1882 joined the staff of the Chicago Daily News which was owned by Melville Stone and Victor F. Lawson. When Lawson became sole owner of the News in 1891, he made Dennis the managing editor of the morning edition known as the Chicago Record. When that newspaper was so...

Bell, Laird, 1883-1965

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Chicago attorney, chairman of the board of trustees of the University of Chicago, alternate U.S. delegate to 10th Assembly of the United Nations, 1955. From the description of Laird Bell papers, 1903-1962. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420214 Laird Bell, attorney and member of the University of Chicago Board of Trustees. Bell practiced law in Chicago and was involved in a number of civic and corporate organizations. The collection contains documents from hi...

Berger, Elmer, 1908-1996

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O'Flaherty, Hal, 1890-

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Seymour, Gideon Deming, 1901-

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Chicago Daily News, Inc.

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Kirkpatrick, Helen Paull

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Journalist. From the description of Papers 1930-1998. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 46451323 Helen Kirkpatrick, February 1944. Photo by Ernie Marquardt Jr., Army Pictorial Service Helen Kirkpatrick was born October 18, 1909, in Rochester, NY, daughter of Lyman B. and Lyde Paull Kirkpatrick. She graduated from the Master's School, Dobbs Ferry, New York, in 1927 and from Smith College in 1931. In 1932, following postgraduate work at the Univers...

Bingham, Barry, 1906-1988

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Newspaper publisher and philanthropist. From the description of George Barry Bingham : papers, 1861-1989. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46726142 From the description of George Barry Bingham : miscellaneous papers, 1948-1986. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46726141 Editor. From the description of Reminiscences of Barry Bingham, Sr. : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat ...

Binder, Carroll, 1896-1956

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Newspaper correspondent, editor, and editorial writer. Abner Carroll Binder was born on February 20, 1896 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, to James I. and Emma Flohr Binder. Binder began his newspaper career covering labor issues. He helped launch the Minnesota Daily Star, a paper organized by labor unions and non-partisan league farmers. Throughout 1920 he wrote for the Courier News in Fargo, North Dakota and for the Federated Press, a co-operative, labor oriented newsga...

Mowrer, Paul Scott, 1887-1971

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Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent, newspaper editor, and poet. From the description of Paul Scott Mowrer papers, 1894-1988, bulk 1912-1971. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 182630334 ...

Cowles, John, 1898-1983

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Walters, Basil Leon, 1896-1975

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American friends service committee

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Quaker organization formed to promote peace and reconciliation through its social service and relief programs. From the description of American Friends Service Committee records, 1933-1988 (bulk 1933-1938). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983753 The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was organized in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States. A ...

Stowe, Leland, 1899-....

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Journalist, free-lance writer, radio commentator, and professor of journalism, University of Michigan, 1956-1969. From the description of Leland Stowe papers, ca. 1926-1990. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418480 American journalist, author, foreign correspondent for the Chicago daily news during World War II. From the description of Leland Stowe papers, 1929-1988. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 187963114 Winner of a...

Federated Press

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Between the two World Wars, the Federated Press, among the oldest of such news services in existence, furnished specialized news releases for labor newspapers. From the description of Federated Press records, [ca. 1918]-1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 423279796 From the description of Federated Press records, [ca. 1918]-1955, [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 752385077 ...