Arthur and Lila Weinberg papers, 1950-1988.

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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Darrow, Clarence S. (Clarence Seward), 1857-1938

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Clarence Seward Darrow, prominent Chicago trial lawyer, was born in Kinsman, Ohio on April 18, 1857. He attended Allegheny College, after which he studied one year at the University of Michigan Law School. He then worked as a lawyer in Youngstown, and was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1878. He practiced in Ohio for nine years, before moving to Chicago, where he practiced privately before being appointed assistant corporation counsel for the City of Chicago. For four years he served as Chi...

Weinberg, Arthur, 1915-1989

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Arthur Weinberg was a newspaperman, author, teacher, and biographer of Clarence Darrow. Weinberg, along with his co-editor and wife Lila, wrote three books devoted to Darrow and his legacy: Attorney for the Damned, Verdicts out of Court, and Clarence Darrow: A Sentimental Rebel. The Weinbergs collaborated on books of other topics as well: on journalists who uncovered political corruption (The Muckrakers); on pacifist writers and philosophers (Instead of Violence); on his...

Weinberg, Lila Shaffer

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Gertz, Elmer, 1906-2000

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Elmer Gertz (September 14, 1906 - April 27, 2000) was an American lawyer, writer and civil rights activist. During his lengthy legal career he won some high-profile cases, most notably parole for notorious killer Nathan Leopold and the obscenity trial of Henry Miller's novel Tropic of Cancer (novel). In addition to accounts of his cases and career, he also reviewed books and edited a collection of works by Frank Harris, whom he represented as literary agent. From the description of E...

Society of Midland Authors

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The Society of Midland Authors was formed in 1915 by a group of authors that included Hamlin Garland, Vachel Lindsay, Harriet Monroe, and Alice Gerstenberg. The informal exchange of ideas and the opportunity to form friendships with other writers were the purposes of the group from the beginning. The majority of the Society's early members were from Chicago, and included Clarence Darrow, Jane Addams and Carl Sandburg. The society is open, however, to writers and publishers from Illinois, Indiana...

Clarence Darrow Community Center (Chicago, Ill.)

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The Clarence Darrow Community Center was founded in the early 1950's to serve the residents of the LeClaire Courts housing project and the surrounding community. Its buildings at 4410 S. LaPorte and 4340 S. Lamon were leased from the Chicago Housing Authority. Programs included recreational programs for teenagers and children, childcare and counseling and a Planned Parenthood Clinic. The LeClaire Courts project is currently served by the LeClaire Hearst Community Center of Hull-House Association...