William Morton Payne papers, ca. 1850-1920.

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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Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945

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Browne, Waldo R. (Waldo Ralph), 1876-1954

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Author who wrote biography of Illinois governor, John Peter Altgeld. From the description of Papers used in writing "Altgeld in Illinois", 1890-1923. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 56434051 ...

Shorey, Paul, 1857-1934

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Professor of Greek Language and Literature, University of Chicago. From the description of Papers, 1865-1934. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52248419 American classical scholar. Born in Iowa in 1857, Shorey graduated from Harvard, then studied in Europe. He taught at Bryn Mawr, 1885-1892, and then the University of Chicago, 1892-1927, where he was the first professor of Greek. Shorey published extensively on Plato and Aristotle ...

Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne, 1832-1910‏

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Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer, journalist, and political leader. He received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1903. From the description of Letters to various correspondents, 1869-1907. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 80262094 From the guide to the Letters to various correspondents, 1869-1907., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Payne, William Morton, 1858-1919

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Literary critic, periodical editor, translator, and educator. From the description of William Morton Payne papers, ca. 1850-1920. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 191720463 American educator, literary critic and translator. From the description of Correspondence, 1904-1913. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122601925 ...

Twentieth Century Club (Chicago, Ill.)

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Comfort, Will Levington, 1878-1932

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Comfort was a southern California novelist, who ended his career as the messiah of a Hollywood cult. From the description of Papers, 1910-1932. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 155180744 American writer. From the description of Letter, 1928 May 19, South Pasadena, Calif., to Perry Walton. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184907503 U.S. novelist and newspaperman. From the description of Correspondence, 1920-1...

Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929

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Author, critic, and member of the Columbia English Department Faculty from 1891-1924. Matthews was an influential figure in the literary and dramatic worlds of New York and London from the 1880s throughtout his life. He was a member of numerous social and literary organizations, serving as president of the Dunlap Society, the Modern Language Association, and the National Institute of Arts and Letters, among others. From the description of Papers, 1877-1962. (Columbia University In th...