Howard M. Norton papers

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Howard M. Norton papers

1946-1963

The papers of Baltimore Sun reporter Howard M. Norton consist of files relating to Henry A. Wallace's presidential campaign of 1948. Included are newspaper clippings, photographs, and publications. The collection is unprocessed.

1.50 linear feet

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Norton, Howard M., 1911-1994

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Howard M. Norton was a Pulitzer-prize winning American journalist. He was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts on May 30, 1911. He grew up in Florida, and earned a B.A. in journalism from the University of Florida in 1933. After graduation, he moved to Baltimore to work for the Baltimore Sun. A series of articles he wrote in the 1940s exposed fraud in the state unemployment compensation program, and the Baltimore Sun was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 1947. Norton died in Wilmingto...

Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965

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Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was an American politician, journalist, and farmer who served as the 11th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, the 33rd vice president of the United States, and the 10th U.S. Secretary of Commerce. He was also the presidential nominee of the left-wing Progressive Party in the 1948 election. The oldest son of Henry C. Wallace, who served as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1921 to 1924, Henry A. Wallace was born in Adair County, Iowa in...

Progressive Party (U.S. : 1948)

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Curtis MacDougall was born on February 11, 1903, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He started his career as a journalist there at the Fond du Lac Commonwealth-Reporter at the age of fifteen. He received a BA in English from Ripon College in Wisconsin in 1923. He went on to obtain a Master's from Northwestern University in 1926 and a Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin in 1933. After working at several newspapers, he joined the faculty of Northwestern University in 1935. During the depress...