Robert Quillen papers, 1904-1985; (bulk, 1906-1949)

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Robert Quillen papers, 1904-1985; (bulk, 1906-1949)

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Consisting chiefly of correspondence and printed material documenting the career of cartoonist and editor, Robert Quillen, of Fountain Inn, S.C. Includes U.S. Army enlistment papers, 1904, indicating that Quillen enlisted under an assumed name, William Stewart, but was subsequently listed on army rosters as Verni R. Quillen; correspondence, 1923-1948, with prominent journalists and public figures; 351 distribution sheets, 1935-1947, containing Quillen's editorials, paragraphs, and comic features, sent from Publisher's Syndicate, Chicago, to newspapers subscribing to his literary pieces; newspaper clippings re his life and literary achievements. Clippings of his comic strip, "Aunt Het," ca. 1938-1943 and undated, and of "Quillen's Qulls," his newspaper column, for 1938-1942; scrapbook, 1939 and undated, with newspaper clippings of "Quillen's Quips" and "Top O' The Morning To You!" devoted primarily to observations re the Great Depression, New Deal politics, and World War II. Four scrapbooks on microfilm (R.1121), 1902-1939; 1948, 1967, and undated, consisting of newspaper and magazine articles about RQ from around U.S., promotional material, corresondence, fan letters, and photographs; and research paper, "Small Town Stuff: Robert Quillen's View of the New Deal," (15 pp.), a paper by Marvin L. Cann presented, 12 Apr. 1985, at the Citadel Conference on the South. Correspondents include George Matthew Adams, Harold H. Anderson, Bernard M. Baruch, Ira Bennett, Sol Bloom, Eugene P. Conley, Merle Crowell, Floyd Gibbons, Theodore Hall, Adolph Ochs II, Hamilton Owens, Maxfield Parrish, Roger C. Peace, Daniel C. Roper, M. Lincoln Schuster, Billy Sunday, William Allen White, Walter Winchell, John T. Woodside, and Alexander Woollcott.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Bloom, Sol, 1870-1949

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Peace, Roger C. (Roger Craft), 1899-1968

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Gibbons, Floyd Phillips, 1887-1939

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Hall, Theodore, illustrator

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Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966

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Frederick Parrish was born July 25, 1870 in Philadelphia, PA. He later took a family name, Maxfield, as his middle name. He was an illustrator and commercial artist who designed his first magazine cover for Harper's Weekly in April, 1895. Following that he did pictures and posters for other popular periodicals. His works also became familiar to the public through his illustrations for calendars and advertisements. He was noted for his use of rich colors, especially the shade of blue named for hi...

Schuster, M. Lincoln (Max Lincoln), 1897-1970

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White, William Allen, 1868-1944

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Bennett, Ira E. (Ira Elbert), 1868-1957

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Anderson, Harold H. (Harold Homer), 1897-1990

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Conley, Eugene P.

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Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943

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Woodside, John T. (John Thomas), 1864-1946

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Winchell, Walter, 1897-1972

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Roper, Daniel C. (Daniel Calhoun), 1867-1943

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Cann, Marvin L.

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Owens, Hamilton, 1888-1967

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Adams, George Matthew, 1878-1962

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Ochs, Adolph S. (Adolph Simon), 1858-1935

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Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935

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William Ashley Sunday, Sr., American evangelist, was born November 19, 1862 in Ames, Iowa. After holding various jobs while completing high school, he was recruited to join the Chicago White Stockings, a professional baseball team. He committed his life to Christ in 1886 or 1887, upon following a street gospel band back to their mission. He married Helen Amelia Thompson in 1888. He gave talks to young men in the cities his team visited and worked part-time for the Chicago YMCA. He coached the ba...

Quillen, Robert, 1887-1948

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Syndicated editorialist; paragrapher; creator of comic features "Aunt Het" and "Willie Willis"; author of One Man's Religion and The Path Wharton Found; and editor and publisher of the Fountain Inn Tribune, Fountain Inn, S.C. From the description of Robert Quillen papers, 1904-1985; (bulk, 1906-1949) (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 28416252 Author, and editor and publisher of the Fountain Inn Tribune, Fountain Inn, S.C. From the description of...

Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965

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Baruch, a financier and public adviser, was a millionaire by the age of thirty thanks to his investments in the stock market. He put his wealth to use in politics and public affairs and became an adviser to Woodrow Wilson, who appointed him chairman of the War Industries Board and a member of the president's war council. After World War I, he took part in the postwar peace conference and later became an adviser to President Roosevelt on defense matters and industrial preparedness for war. After ...