Selma Walden papers, 1890-1979 (bulk 1928-1951).

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Selma Walden papers, 1890-1979 (bulk 1928-1951).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45850187

Correspondence, writings, photographs, and mementos of Selma Walden and her family, dating mainly from 1928 to 1951.

3.5 cubic ft. (10 boxes)

Newberry Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7559591

Newberry Library

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Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Midwest manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Walden family.

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Sheridan family.

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Dreier, Thomas.

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Walden, Selma, 1884-1951

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Self-educated Chicago working woman; writer of poetry, prose, and correspondence. Born of Swedish immigrant parents in 1884 in Michigan, and educated in shorthand and typing at the Ferris Institute, Selma Walden sought work in Chicago in the early 1900's. She married George Lee Lincoln in 1909, had three children, and divorced her husband in 1929. After her divorce she became involved in the Chicago literary and intellectual life, participating for a few years in the Sev...

Lincoln family.

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Starrett, Vincent, 1886-1974

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Vincent Starrett, a police reporter for the Daily News also wrote book reviews for various Chicago newspapers, and in this way became aquainted with Arthur Machen, with whom he had a long and varied correspondence with. The friendship and conflict following resulted in Starrett vs. Machen: A Record of Discovery and Correspondence, which is the focus of this collection. From the description of Vincent Starrett collection of Arthur Machen, 1915-1971. (Southern Illinois University). Wor...