Vera Connolly papers, 1907-1960 (Bulk dates: 1916-1956).

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Vera Connolly papers, 1907-1960 (Bulk dates: 1916-1956).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/299029163

The bulk of the collection relates to Connolly's work as a contract and freelance writer and contains correspondence with editors and agents, extensive research notes, and many drafts of her published and unpublished work. It also includes clippings and scrapbooks of published articles, reviews and reactions to her work, and a small amount of biographical information.

12 linear ft. ( 27 boxes, 1 oversize box)

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7279608

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Connolly, Vera L., 1888-1964.

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Vera Leona Connolly was a journalist and editor for many of America's popular magazines, particularly woman's journals such as "Good Housekeeping", "The Woman's Home Companion", and "Woman's Day", from the 1920s through the 1950s. Describing herself as a "crusading journalist--a stirrer-upper," Connolly wrote articles that publicized and criticized social problems in the United States, including juvenile delinquency, lax adoption regulations, ineffective narcotics law, sweatshops, a...