Studs Terkel papers and book interviews, ca. 1950-1999.

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Studs Terkel papers and book interviews, ca. 1950-1999.

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Typed transcripts of interviews by Mr. Terkel that he used in writing his books: Division Street, Hard Times, and Working. Also present are edited drafts of the manuscripts for these books, correspondence, press clippings, and other office files; and ca. 2150 sound recordings of interviews excerpted in the books Division Street, Hard Times, Working, The Good War, American Dreams Lost and Found, and Coming of Age. Includes 2 boxes of clippings from newspapers and magazines about Studs Terkel.

ca. 65 linear ft. (Papers).800 sound recordings. (Original book interviews).1350 sound cassettes. (Original book interviews).

Chicago History Museum

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Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008

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Studs Terkel was born May 16, 1912, and died in Chicago on Oct. 31, 2008. Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose searching interviews with ordinary Americans helped establish oral history as a serious genre. From the description of It's a living, [videorecording], 1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612307109 and the description of Studs Terkel papers and book interviews, ca. 1950-1999. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 713907330 ...