Kay Ashton-Stevens papers 1905-1978.

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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Green, Abel, 1900-1973

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Fowler, Gene, 1890-1960

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American author, journalist, and scriptwriter. From the description of Papers of Gene Fowler [manuscript], 1947-1953. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647876377 Gene Fowler was a newspaper editor, scriptwriter, press agent, and manager of prize fighters and wrestlers. His full name was Eugene Devlan Fowler. From the guide to the Gene Fowler poem, 1941, (University of Montana-Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections...

Stevens, Ashton

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San Francisco and Chicago journalist and drama critic. Ashton Stevens was born on August 11, 1872 in San Francisco, California to James and Hannah Laura Stevens. His brother was Landers Stevens, an actor and father of film director George Stevens. For over 50 years Ashton Stevens reviewed plays, vaudeville acts, minstrel shows, and interviewed actors, actresses, opera stars, and producers. He became known as the "dean of American drama critics," who aimed to be "right if...

Stevens, Georgia Cooper.

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Zenith radio corporation

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Hearst Books (Firm)

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Historical note The Los Angeles Examiner was founded in December 1903 by William Randolph Hearst. A morning paper, it printed its last issue on January 7, 1962. The paper closed at the same time as the Times-Mirror afternoon paper the Los Angeles Mirror . These closures left the Los Angeles Times as the only significant morning newspaper in Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Evening Herald & Express, another Hearst paper, as the only signifi...

Markey, Gene, 1895-1980

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Author. Markey, a retired admiral in the U.S. Navy and a motion picture producer, married Lucille Parker Wright, owner of Calumet Farm, Ky. in 1952. From the description of That fair paradise : typescript, 1956-1960. (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 13717569 ...

Stevens, Kay Ashton.

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Chicago actress, television and radio personality, wife of critic Ashton Stevens. From the description of Kay Ashton-Stevens papers 1905-1978. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 202377283 ...