Papers, 1929-1975.

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Papers, 1929-1975.

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The papers of this Philadelphia newspaperman include materials related to his columns in the Philadelphia inquirer and the Philadelphia evening bulletin, spanning his 50 year career which began in Ford City, Pa. This part of the collection includes clippings and typescripts. The second part of the collection documents Brookhouser's career as a short-story writer, which includes correspondence, manuscripts, pamphlets, photographs, and tear sheets. Prominent correspondents include Nelson Algren, Joan Crawford, Dave Garroway, James Michener, Allan Swallow, and Cornel Wilde.

6 cubic ft. (11 boxes)

Temple University Libraries, Paley Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7578388

Temple University Libraries, Paley Library

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Swallow, Allan, 1915-1966.

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Garroway, Dave, 1913-1982

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Dave Garroway was born in 1913 in Schenectady, New York. He studied astronomy, English, and abnormal psychology at Washington University in St. Louis. After graduation in 1935, he worked as a page at NBC headquarters in New York City and attended the network's school for announcers. He worked in Chicago in radio at WMAQ and had his own variety show on NBC-TV, "Garroway at Large" from 1949 to 1951 in Chicago. From there he was hired as the original host of the "Today Show", 1952-1961, broadcast l...

Crawford, Joan, 1908-1977

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Joan Crawford, actress. From the description of Joan Crawford scrapbooks, 1925-1960, microform. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517687 From the guide to the Joan Crawford scrapbooks, [microform.], 1925-1960, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) Joan Crawford was a film star whose career spanned five decades, from silent films onward, and who worked in many genres including drama, musicals, comedy, Westerns, and horror films, ...

Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981

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Nelson Algren, original name Nelson Ahlgren Abraham was born on March 28, 1909 in Detroit, Michigan and died May 9, 1981 in Sag Harbor, New York. Algren's writings focused on the poor, inspired by routine naturalism and its vision of pride, humour, and unquenchable yearnings. He captured the poetic essences of the city's underside: its jukebox pounding, distinguishable stench, and neon glare. Algren was raised in Chicago and later studied at the University of Illinois, where he graduated wit...

Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997

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Author; d. 1997. From the description of James A. Michener Chesapeake collection, 1975-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70973705 Author. From the description of James A. Michener papers, 1906-1992 (bulk 1945-1992). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063535 James Albert Michener was born in 1907 to unknown parents and raised as an orphan in the care of widow Mabel Michener of Doylestown, Pennsylvania. By the time he graduated from high school in 1925, h...

Wilde, Cornel

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Brookhouser, Frank, 1912-1975

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Frank Brookhouser was born in 1912 and attended high school in Ford City, Pa. where he began his career in journalism as editor of the high school newspaper. Brookhouser took a degree in journalism from Temple University and began working for the Philadelphia inquirer in 1939. In 1952 Brookhouser moved to the Philadelphia evening bulletin where he penned a column entitled, Man about town. Brookhouser's short-stories have been published in six books and have been anthologized in dozens of other c...