Victor Lawson papers, ca. 1860-1931, bulk 1885-1925.

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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Rogers, Hopewell L. (Hopewell Lindenberger), 1876-

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Chicago Commission on Race Relations

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Hansen, Harry.

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Lawson, Victor Freemont, 1850-1925

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Editor and publisher. From the description of Letters of Victor Freemont Lawson, 1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014889 Pioneering newspaperman, founder, along with Melville Stone, and publisher of the Chicago Daily News. From the description of Victor Lawson papers, ca. 1860-1931, bulk 1885-1925. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 187974493 Pioneering newspaperman, owner and publisher of Chicago Daily News, president of newly formed Associat...

Stone, Melville Elijah, 1848-1929

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Melville Elijah Stone was born in Hudson, Illinois on August 22, 1848. His father, Reverend Elijah Stone, was a Methodist minister, and his mother was Sophia Creighton. In 1860, the family moved to Chicago where Stone attended high school and began his journalism career. From 1864 to 1875, Stone held various journalistic positions, working at different times as a reporter, correspondent, editor, and publisher for various Chicago newspapers. During some of these years Stone was the ...

Associated press

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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 ...

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...

Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936

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Managing editor of the Chicago Daily News, novelist, and author of several books on Chicago history. From the description of Henry Justin Smith papers, 1912-1980, bulk 1912-1935. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 187966637 In September of 1924, Henry Justin Smith was appointed Assistant to the President of the University. He came to the University after some twelve years with the Chicago Daily News, and left again in 1926 to become its Managing Editor. During his time ...

New England Church (Chicago, Ill.)

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Fresh Air Fund

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Bell, Edward Price, 1869-1943

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Chicago reporter and foreign correspondent. In 1900, Chicago Record publisher Victor Lawson asked Bell to manage the fledgling foreign news service of that newspaper, and Bell and his family relocated to London. When Lawson sold the Chicago Record a year later, its foreign news service transferred to the Chicago Daily News, and Bell remained in London for the next twenty-two years as overseas manager. During this time, the foreign news service of the Chicago Daily News b...

City news bureau of Chicago

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Chicago based cooperative news agency which ran from 1890 to 2005. The City News Bureau was founded in 1890 by Chicago Daily News publisher Victor Lawson as a low cost way to gather routine news items from the police and City Hall, and to train reporters for their newsrooms. Originally called the City Press Association of Chicago, it was supported in the beginning by eight out of the ten Chicago dailies. It was renamed the City News Bureau in 1910, and was a fertile bree...

Chicago Daily News, Inc.

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Noyes, Frank B. (Frank Brett), 1863-1948

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Field, Eugene, 1850-1895

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Eugene Field, an American writer, was born in 1850 to Rosewell Field and Frances Reed. After his mother's death in 1856, he and his brother were sent to live with a cousin in Amherst, Massachusetts. He studied at Williams College from 1868-69. He then studied for a short time at Knox College in Illinois and at the University of Missouri. He married Julia Sutherland Comstock on October 16, 1873. He wrote weekly newspaper columns and also published volumes of poetry and prose. Field died on Novemb...