Elmer Lynn Williams papers, 1891-1967.

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Elmer Lynn Williams papers, 1891-1967.

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Correspondence, newspaper clippings, autobiographical data, photographs, radio scripts, etc. of Elmer Lynn Williams, a Chicago minister. The materials chiefly relate to Williams' work against corruption and vice in Chicago, including information on his magazine Lightnin', the bombing of his house in 1924, and his 1941 libel trial acquittal. Plus items on Williams' Chautauqua speaking engagements and ministerial work; his wife's teacher's certificates and Dickinson College reports; and items regarding the death of their son Channing in 1936.

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