Gertrude Abercrombie papers

Purdy, James, 1914-2009

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James Otis Purdy (July 17, 1914 - March 13, 2009) was an American novelist, short story-writer, poet, and playwright who debuted in 1956. Purdy was born in Hicksville, Ohio, and attended Bowling Green State College (now Bowling Green State University), the University of Chicago and the University of Puebla in Mexico. His most well-known works are the novels "Malcolm" and "The Nephew.": From the guide to the James Purdy papers, 1956-1973, (Ohio University) ...

Karidis, Jerome

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Evans, B.

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Arman, Emil

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Amour, Richard

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Evans, B.

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Huppler, Dudley, 1917-1988

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Purdy, Carl

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Karidis, Jerome.

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De Diego, Julio, 1900-1979

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Painter; born in Madrid; d. 1979. From the description of Julio de Diego papers, 1931-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82903224 ...

Rollins, Sonny

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Jazz composer and saxophonist Sonny Rollins was born on September 7, 1930 in New York City. His parents, immigrants from the U.S. Virgin Islands, raised him in Manhattan's central Harlem and Sugar Hill neighborhoods. Rollins received his first alto saxophone at seven years old; and was heavily influenced by saxophonist Charlie Parker by the time he enrolled at Edward W. Stitt Junior High School. Rollins switched to tenor saxophone, and was mentored by pianist Thelonious Monk.Upon graduating from...

Garner, Erroll

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Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955

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Jazz musician. From the description of Autograph card signed : [Indiana?], to Paul G. Klawans, 1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904397 ...

Rorem, Ned, 1923-

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Composer and author. From the description of Oral history conducted by Vivian Perlis, March 31, 1997. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155905487 Commissioned by Nikolai Sokoloff and the Musical Arts Society of La Jolla, California. Composed 1956. First performance La Jolla, California, 5 August 1956, Nikolai Sokoloff conductor. Dedicated to Nikolai Sokoloff and the Musical Arts Society of La Jolla, California.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. Fr...

Vaughan, Sarah, 1924-1990

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Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971

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Louis Armstrong, a jazz musician and entertainer, was born on August 4, 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He claimed to have been born on July 4, 1900, which is the date given on his World War I draft card. However, recent research gives good documentation to the August 4, 1901 date, including his baptismal certificate. Some sources also cite 1898 as his birth date. He died on July 6, 1971. Armstrong was born and raised in New Orleans. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an inventive trumpet a...

Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993

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Dizzy Gillespie (born John Birks Gillespie, October 21, 1917, Cheraw, South Carolina - January 6, 1993 Englewood, New Jersey) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer. He joined his first professional band in 1935. In the 1940s Gillespie became a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz....

Tarcov, Oscar

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Armin, Emil, 1883-1971

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Painter; Chicago, Illinois. Died 1971. From the description of Emil Armin papers, 1922-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502392 From the description of Emil Armin papers, 1922-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 458408395 ...

Hirsch, Naomi

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Wolfe, Bernard.

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Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975

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Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), novelist and playwright. From the description of Thornton Wilder collection, 1918-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82555916 From the description of Thornton Wilder collection, 1918-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702165470 Thornton Wilder was an American playwright, novelist, and essayist. From the description of Thornton Wilder collection of papers, 1926-1975 bulk (1926-1967). (New York Public Library). WorldCat rec...

Wilcox, Wendell

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American prisoner in the Japanese prison camp at Los Baños, Philippines. From the description of Wendell Wilcox diary, 1944-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868074 Born in Hong Kong in 1927, Wendell Wilcox lived in the United States, China, and the Philippines as a child. At the start of World War II, Wilcox resided in the city of Manila with his mother, father, and grandmother. In July 1944, he and his father were detained in a Japanese pris...

Young, Gladys Hartley, 1907-

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Warren, Paul, 1916-

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Russell, Ross.

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Priebe, Karl J., 1914-1976

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Artist, of Milwaukee, Wis. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1900]-1978, bulk 1940-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 30659333 ...

Davis, Charles H. (Charles Harold), 1856-1933

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Resident of Saginaw, MI. From the description of Diary, 1863-1865. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 31683745 ...

Huppler, Dudley.

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Purdy, James

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James Purdy (b. 1923) is an American author whose published works include 63: Dream Palace (published in the United States in 1957 as Color of Darkness), Eustace Chisholm and the Works (1967), I Am Elijah Thrush, (1972) and On Glory's Course (1984). From the description of James Purdy papers, 1944-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702132850 James Purdy, American novelist, was born in Ohio and educated at the Universities of Chicago and Puebla, Mexico. He published his fir...

Armour, Richard, 1906-1989

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Richard Armour, 1906-1989, was an American poet, humorist and author. He was also professor of English at Scripps College (Claremont, Calif.) from 1945 to 1963, dean of faculty at Scripps College, and member of the Board of Trustees at Claremont McKenna College. From the description of Richard Armour collection, 1935-1989. (Claremont Colleges Library). WorldCat record id: 51767456 American author, poet, lecturer, and teacher; d. 1989. From the description of Rich...

Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990

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Chicago dancer, poet and painter. From the description of Mark Turbyfill papers, 1911-1985. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 317711431 Mark Turbyfill was born in Oklahoma in 1896 and educated in local schools there until he moved to Chicago at the age of 14. He attended high school in Chicago and remained in the city to pursue poetry and dancing. His early poems were somewhat in the Imagist style, but he also wrote satires in free verse. His most famous poems are Livi...

Blanch, Arnold, 1896-1968

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Painter, lithographer, etcher, illustrator, writer, teacher, and lecturer. From the description of Arnold Blanch papers, 1928-1933. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122647922 Painter, mural painter; Woodstock, N.Y. From the description of Arnold Blanch interview, 1963 June 13-Aug. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220194764 From the description of Arnold Blanch interview, 1964 Nov. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220192081 From the description o...

Mezzrow, Mezz, 1899-1972

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Wilde, John, 1919-2006

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Epithet: Captain; Adjutant, 2nd Royal Lancashire Militia British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000212.0x000079 Painter, educator; Evansville, Wis. From the description of John Wilde interview, 1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79604568 Epithet: Chief Baron of the Exchequer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000212.0x0000...

Blake, James, 1922-1979

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American author and jazz pianist. From the description of Letters (10) : Peas Island, Charleston, South Carolina, and Duval County Jail, Jacksonville, Florida, to Alexander Jensen Yow, 1956-57. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270902436 ...

Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008

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Studs Terkel was born May 16, 1912, and died in Chicago on Oct. 31, 2008. Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose searching interviews with ordinary Americans helped establish oral history as a serious genre. From the description of It's a living, [videorecording], 1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612307109 and the description of Studs Terkel papers and book interviews, ca. 1950-1999. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 713907330 ...

Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981

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Nelson Algren, original name Nelson Ahlgren Abraham was born on March 28, 1909 in Detroit, Michigan and died May 9, 1981 in Sag Harbor, New York. Algren's writings focused on the poor, inspired by routine naturalism and its vision of pride, humour, and unquenchable yearnings. He captured the poetic essences of the city's underside: its jukebox pounding, distinguishable stench, and neon glare. Algren was raised in Chicago and later studied at the University of Illinois, where he graduated wit...

Abercrombie, Gertrude, 1909-1977

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Surrealist painter Gertrude Abercrombie (1909-1977) lived and worked in Chicago and was a prominent member of Chicago's Hyde Park arts community. Abercrombie's work is associated with Chicago's Surrealist school. She was the center of an informal salon style group of literary figures, artists and jazz musicians. From the description of Gertrude Abercrombie papers, 1880-1986, bulk, 1935-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613312839 Paint...

Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964

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Carl Van Vechten was an American novelist, critic, essayist, book collector, and photographer. From the description of Carl Van Vechten collection of papers, 1922-1964. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122455166 From the guide to the Carl Van Vechten collection of papers, 1911-1964, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Carl van Vechten (1880-1964) was an American photographer, writer,...