Papers 1917-1930.

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Papers 1917-1930.

Correspondence includes autograph letters signed and carbon copies of letters to John T. Frederick. Much of the correspondence concerns advertising costs and subscriptions to the Midland. Also included are letters from Frederick to various contributors apprising them of the merits or deficiencies of their work, Correspondants include, Marquis W. Childs, Nelson Antrim Crawford, Loren C. Eiseley, James T. Farell, Louis Ginsberg, H. Weare Holbrooke, Leyland Huckfield, and Alice C. Weitz. Collection also includes clippings, book reviews, and postcards concerning the Iowa Press and Authors Club.

5.4 linear feet.

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Crawford, Nelson Antrim, 1888-

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Journalist, lecturer, teacher; of Topeka, Kan. Died 1963. From the description of Correspondence, papers & manuscripts, [ca. 1940-ca. 1965]. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 156852890 ...

Farell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979.

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Childs, Marquis W. (Marquis William), 1903-1990

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Author and journalist. From the description of Papers of Marquis Childs, 1939-1978. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233110775 Journalist, author. From the description of Reminiscences of Marquis W. Childs : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309729711 From the description of Reminiscences of Marquis W. Childs : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldC...

Holbrooke, H. Weare.

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Huckfield, Leyland.

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Weitz, Alice C. (Alice Carey)

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Ginsberg, Louis, 1895-1976

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Poet, Professor of English at Rutgers University. Ginsberg (Columbia University M.A., 1924) was the father of poet Allen Ginsberg. From the guide to the Louis Ginsberg Papers, [ca. 1920]-1976., (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Louis Ginsberg (1896-1976) was a poet, English teacher, and socialist. His writings appeared in the New York Times and the New York Herald as well as in several poetry anthologies, including Modern American an...

Iowa Press and Authors' Club.

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Eiseley, Loren C., 1907-1977

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Loren Corey Eiseley was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1907. He graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a B.S. degree in English and geology/anthropology in 1933. He received an A.M. degree in anthropology in 1935 and a Ph. D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1937. In 1937, Eiseley married Mabel Langdon. The Eiseleys moved to Kansas, then Ohio, then Pennsylvania, where Eiseley held a number of administrative posts at universities. He was active in several professional and aca...

Frederick, John T. (John Towner), 1893-1975

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English professor, author, founder and editor of The Midland. From the description of Papers of John Towner Frederick, 1908-1975. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233105040 John T. Frederick gained wide renown as a radio book critic, literary critic, author and educator. In 1937 Frederick conducted a weekly book review program, Of Men and Books, sponsored by Northwestern University. Frederick taught at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalis...