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Descriptive Summary of the Collection
Scope and Content of the Collection
Series 1: Biographical, 1909-1964
Series 2: Correspondence, 1911-1964
Series 4: Photographs, 1894-1962
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Inventory of the Robert J. Casey Papers, 1907-1964
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Alison Hinderliter, 2007. ©2007. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Casey, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1890-1962 |
| Title | Robert J. Casey Papers |
| Dates | 1907-1964 |
| Extent | 15 cubic ft. (29 boxes and 1 oversize box) |
| Abstract | Works, correspondence, and personal materials of writer Robert J. Casey, who served in World War I and covered World War II for the Chicago Daily News. Casey was also a humor columnist, novelist, and nonfiction writer who traveled all over the world and wrote of his adventures in newspapers and in books. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS Casey |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 37 1; 3a 38 1 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
Robert J. Casey Papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Bequest, Hazel M. Casey, 1963.
Processed by
Alison Hinderliter, 2007.
Acknowledgements
This inventory was created with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this inventory do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Access
The Robert J. Casey Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Robert J. Casey Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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Biography of Robert J. Casey
Journalist, foreign correspondent, and author based in Chicago from the 1920s through the 1960s.
Robert Joseph Casey was born March 14, 1890, in Beresford, South Dakota, and attended St. Mary's College in St. Mary's, Kansas from 1907 to 1911. Casey enlisted in the Army in 1918 and served at Verdun and Meuse-Argonne as an artilleryman. He earned three citations for bravery in combat before his discharge as a captain in 1919. In 1927, Casey wrote (anonymously) The Cannoneers Have Hairy Ears; A Diary of the Front Lines about his wartime experiences, and this book was acclaimed for its gritty and realistic depictions of an American solider in World War I.
In 1920 Casey joined the Chicago Daily News, where he worked as a columnist and foreign correspondent for twenty-seven years. In Chicago, Casey wrote features, chronicled the gang wars of the era, and compiled "slice of life" stories which were published in the paper under column titles "Vest Pocket Anthology," "Such Interesting People," and "More Interesting People." During the 1920s and 1930s, Casey also traveled through Indochina, Cuba, Pitcairn Islands and Easter Island, and many other sites, and wrote about his adventures in newspaper columns and books. In 1940, Casey covered the blitz in London and its aftermath; he was also in Hawaii and the Pacific right after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December, 1941.
After his coverage of World War II in France, Africa, and the Pacific, Casey came back to Chicago to write. He had been married to Marie Driscoll, who died in 1945; in 1946 Casey married Hazel MacDonald, a reporter and fellow Chicago-based foreign correspondent he first met in 1933. After Casey's retirement from the Daily News in 1947, he continued to write books and freelance newspaper articles. In 1955 he was named Press Veteran of the Year by the Chicago Press Veterans Association. After being under treatment for several years for a heart condition and high blood pressure, Casey died of a stroke on Dec. 5, 1962 at St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, at the age of 72.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
Works, correspondence, and personal material of Robert J. Casey.
The Works series is by far the largest series in the collection; the bulk of Casey's papers consist of typescript and print versions of Casey's literary output. The works cover most of Casey's life, from his early aspirations as a writer in his college years to his last newspaper articles. Casey's travels in Cambodia and other part of Asia, his adventures on Pitcairn Island and Easter Island, his wartime stories, Chicago local stories, travelogues, and mystery novels are all represented. The remainder of the collection consists of some biographical material, letters, some photographs, scrapbooks, and artifact material.
Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.
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Organization
Papers are organized in the following series:
- Series 1: Biographical, 1909-1964. Box(es) 1-2
- Series 2: Correspondence, 1911-1964. Box(es) 3
- Series 3: Works, 1918-1964. Box(es) 4-25
- Series 4: Photographs, 1894-1962. Box(es) 25
- Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1907-1956. Box(es) 26-28
- Series 6: Artifacts, n.d., ca. 1939-1945. Box(es) 27-29
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941
- Borglum, Mary
- Casey, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1890-1962
- Chicago daily news
- MacDonald, Hazel, 1891-1971
- St. Mary’s College (Saint Marys, Kan.)
Subjects
- Artillerymen -- United States
- Authors, American
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- Clippings -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1910-1964
- Diaries -- 1918-1951
- Easter Island -- Description and travel
- Foreign correspondents -- United States
- Foreign news -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Journalism -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Novelists, American
- Pitcairn Island -- Description and travel
- Reporters and reporting
- Spurs (accessories worn)
- Travel writers -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Typewriters
- War correspondents -- United States
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalists
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Other Finding Aids
See also Hazel McDonald papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
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Container List
Series 1: Biographical, 1909-1964 |
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| Personal and publicity items about the life and career of Robert J. Casey. Includes newsclippings about Casey as well as publicity and reviews of Casey's works. | |||||||||||
| See also Series 5: Scrapbooks for more biographical clippings about Casey and his works. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Appointment books and notebooks, ca. 1950-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Biographical summaries and chronologies of works | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Bookplate (2 copies), n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Caricatures | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Certificates, diplomas, commendations and memberships (see also oversize), 1917-1958 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Chicago Daily News memorabilia, 1922-1926 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Clippings, 1910s | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Clippings (see also oversize), 1920s-1930s | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Clippings (see also oversize), 1940s | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Clippings, 1950s | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Clippings, 1960s | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Clippings - Obituaries (see also oversize), Dec. 1962 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Clippings - Casey exhibition at the Newberry Library, 1964 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Douglas, W.A.S. (co-author), information about, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Family Record Book, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Financial - paycheck stubs, expense reports, 1929-1955 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Financial - royalty statements, book advances, etc., 1909-1961 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Financial - stock certificate, Lake View Gold Mining & Milling Co., 1897 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Medical Information, 1939, 1955-1958 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Pan American airlines book project, ca. 1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | St. Mary's College, mementoes (see also Scrapbooks Series), 1909-1910 | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Travel mementoes, miscellaneous, ca. 1928, 1930 | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Works - Publicity (see also oversize), 1924-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Works - Reviews and publicity, Land of Haunted Castles (pasted in book), 1921 | |||||||||
| 2 | 25 | Works - Reviews, 1924-1934 | |||||||||
| 2 | 26 | Works - Reviews, 1941-1949 | |||||||||
| 2 | 27 | Works - Reviews, 1950-1962 | |||||||||
| 2 | 28 | World War I - mementoes, 1917-1920 | |||||||||
| 2 | 29 | World War II - mementoes, 1940-1945 | |||||||||
Series 2: Correspondence, 1911-1964 |
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| Small collection of letters, mostly to Casey, and mostly work-related. Includes letters back and forth between Casey and the Bobbs-Merrill Company, who published most of Casey's books. Also in the series are letters between Casey and his collaborator Mary Borglum, with whom he wrote a biography of sculptor Gutzon Borglum, entitled Give the Man Room. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by correspondent with fan mail, requests, and unidentified correspondence at the end. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 3 | 30 | Bateman, John A., n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 31 | Bates, Albert W., 1950 | |||||||||
| 3 | 32 | Binder, Carroll, 1939-1942 | |||||||||
| 3 | 33 | Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, 1928-1962 | |||||||||
| 3 | 34 | Borglum, Mary (Mrs. Gutzon), and others, 1938-1954 | |||||||||
| 3 | 35 | Brady, Jack B., n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 36 | Burwell, Rus. (?), n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 37 | Casey, Mrs. [first wife?], 1930 | |||||||||
| 3 | 38 | Century Company (book publishers), 1921 | |||||||||
| 3 | 39 | Chambrun, Jacques, 1950-1953 | |||||||||
| 3 | 40 | Chicago Tribune, 1952-1956 | |||||||||
| 3 | 41 | Colby, Lester B., 1953 | |||||||||
| 3 | 42 | Collier, Nate, 1944 | |||||||||
| 3 | 43 | Dixon, George (Washington Post), 1959 | |||||||||
| 3 | 44 | Doubleday Page & Co. publishers, 1911 | |||||||||
| 3 | 45 | Drury, John, 1951 | |||||||||
| 3 | 46 | Duckgeisel, Jacob, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 47 | Flamm, Jerry (Pan American World Airways), 1953 | |||||||||
| 3 | 48 | Gray, Carl R., Jr., 1951 | |||||||||
| 3 | 49 | Greene, Jerry (with attachments), 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 3 | 50 | Hamm, Russell V., 1962 | |||||||||
| 3 | 51 | Head, Lawrence E., n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 52 | Hearst, William Randolph ("Bill"), 1953 | |||||||||
| 3 | 53 | Holiday Magazine, 1950 | |||||||||
| 3 | 54 | Knox, Frank (Chicago Daily News), 1939 | |||||||||
| 3 | 55 | Lahey, Ed (telegram), 1958 | |||||||||
| 3 | 56 | Lowell, Parker (Atlanta Constitution), 1949 | |||||||||
| 3 | 57 | "Mater" (mother), 1927 | |||||||||
| 3 | 58 | McCaffrey, James P. ("Jim," "Jimmy"), 1952-1955 | |||||||||
| 3 | 59 | MacDonald, Hazel (2nd wife), 1943 | |||||||||
| 3 | 60 | McDonald, E.F. ("Gene"), Zenith Radio Corp., 1949, 1952 | |||||||||
| 3 | 61 | Mowrer, Edgar, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 62 | Mowrer, Paul Scott, 1942 | |||||||||
| 3 | 63 | Parks, Lewis S., Rear Admiral, US Navy, 1954 | |||||||||
| 3 | 64 | Pugsley, E.B., 1962 | |||||||||
| 3 | 65 | R. Cooper Jr., Inc., 1950 | |||||||||
| 3 | 66 | Simmons, Walter (Chicago Tribune), n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 67 | Small, Paul (artist agent), 1952 | |||||||||
| 3 | 68 | Spadea Syndicate, 1953 | |||||||||
| 3 | 69 | Spohr, Carl W., (includes letter to Spohr from Henry Justin Smith, Chicago Daily News), 1928 | |||||||||
| 3 | 70 | Travis, Walter ("Speedy"), 1949 | |||||||||
| 3 | 71 | Vose, Frederic P., 1921 | |||||||||
| 3 | 72 | Wylie, Hector (?), n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 73 | Fan Mail, n.d., 1938-1963 | |||||||||
| 3 | 74 | Requests, 1948-1964 | |||||||||
| 3 | 75 | Unidentified, 1911-1962 | |||||||||
Series 3: Works, 1918-1964 |
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| Typescripts, drafts, printed material, notes, research materials, and handwritten diary entries of many of Casey's literary output, including newspaper articles and essays, columns, nonfiction books, novels, and poetry. Many works are unpublished or are early drafts of what later became works or anthologies. Occasionally, Casey wrote under the pseudonym John Ware. | |||||||||||
| See also Series 5: Scrapbooks for more printed works, especially from his early writing career. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by title of work or by format of work if untitled. At the end of the series is a work by Paul Maerker-Branden. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 4 | 76 | Able Mr. Crockett, The, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 77 | [Asgill, John: translated Asgill(?)], typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 78 | At a Thousand Yards, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 79 | Bad Bill [Kinzie] Hastens Destiny, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 80 | [Baghdad, stories about], typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 81-82 | Ben Lones' Farm, typescripts, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 83 | Black Anne, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 84-86 | Black Hills, typescript, 1948 | |||||||||
| 4 | 87 | Black Hills, research materials, 1947-1949 | |||||||||
| 5 | 88 | Blatchie, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 89 | Blue Dog, The, printed in The American Legion Weekly, Aug. 10, 1923 | |||||||||
| 5 | 90 | Bob Casey's Closeup of War! Reprinted from the Chicago Daily News (2 copies), Jul. 14-26, 1941 | |||||||||
| 5 | 91 | Book reviews, typescript and printed, n.d., 1955 | |||||||||
| 5 | 92 | Bullet Barons, printed in Holiday, Oct. 1951 | |||||||||
| 5 | 93 | [California - travel booklet for Chicago Union Pacific & Northwestern Railroad], typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 94 | Challo, John, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 95 | Circular Room, The, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 96 | Contraband Gold, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 97-101 | Chicago Medium Rare, typescripts, ca. 1952 | |||||||||
| 6 | 102 | Cuba Dispatches, newspaper clippings, Aug. 10-Oct. 4, 1933 | |||||||||
| 6 | 103 | Death in the Dust - outlines, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 104-106 | Death in the Dust, typescripts (3 copies, one by John Ware [pseudonym], n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 107-108 | Death Oddly Contrived, typescript (2 copies), n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 109 | Diaries - World War I, manuscript (3 notebooks), ca. 1918-1919 | |||||||||
| 7 | 110 | Diaries - Near East: Baghdad, Palestine, etc., manuscript (1 notebook) ca. 1924 | |||||||||
| 7 | 111 | Diaries - Hawaii and Japan, typescript, Sept. 13-Oct. 10, 1927 | |||||||||
| 7 | 112 | Diaries - Japan, China, and the Philippines, typescript, Oct. 11-Nov. 24, 1927 | |||||||||
| 7 | 113 | Diaries - Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore, Southeast Asia, typescript, Nov. 25-Dec. 31, 1927 | |||||||||
| 7 | 114 | Diaries - Singapore, India, France, typescript, Jan. 1-Feb. 29, 1928 | |||||||||
| 7 | 115 | Diaries - Southeast Asia, India, manuscript (1 notebook), Feb. 1928 | |||||||||
| 8 | 116-118 | Diaries - Manga Reva, Pitcairn, and Easter Islands, typescripts, Feb. 7-Mar. 26, 1930 | |||||||||
| 8 | 119 | Diaries - England and Africa, manuscript (1 notebook), Nov. 1940-Jan. 1941 | |||||||||
| 8 | 120 | Diaries - Egypt, manuscript with typescript inserts (1 notebook), Jan.-Apr. 1941 | |||||||||
| 8 | 121 | Diaries - Honolulu and the Pacific, manuscript (4 notebooks), 1942-1942 | |||||||||
| 9 | 122 | Diaries - World War II - Hawaii, Wake Island, typescript (2 notebooks), Dec. 1941-May 1942 | |||||||||
| 9 | 123 | Diaries - World War II - On the Mediterranean with the British, London, manuscript and typescript (2 notebooks), [1940's] | |||||||||
| 9 | 124 | Diaries - World War II - France, D-Day, manuscript (5 notebooks), [1944] | |||||||||
| 9 | 125 | Diaries - "Subs" [submarines], manuscript (6 notebooks), [1945] | |||||||||
| 9 | 126 | Diaries - [Collection of notes bound together], manuscript (1 notebook), ca. 1942-1951 | |||||||||
| 10 | 127 | Diaries - Bali, Indonesia, Singapore, at sea, Red Sea, manuscript (1 notebook), n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 128 | Diaries - British Columbia, manuscript (1 notebook), n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 129 | Diaries - [Sketches of Chicago Life and People], typescript and manuscript (4 notebooks), n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 130 | Diaries - Desert Maneuvers, manuscript (1 notebook), n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 131 | Diaries - Unidentified, manuscript (3 notebooks), n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 132 | [Dust Jackets for Casey books], ca. 1923-1953 | |||||||||
| 10 | 133 | "Final Extra" Arabian Nights, The, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 134 | Fourteen Spades, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 11 | 135-137 | Give the Man Room: The Story of Gutzon Borglum, 1st draft, typescript, ca. 1952 | |||||||||
| 11 | 138-141 | Give the Man Room: The Story of Gutzon Borglum, 2nd draft, typescript, ca. 1952 | |||||||||
| 12 | 142-143 | Give the Man Room: The Story of Gutzon Borglum, 3rd draft, typescript, ca. 1952 | |||||||||
| 12 | 144 | Give the Man Room: The Story of Gutzon Borglum, omitted chapter, typescript, ca. 1952 | |||||||||
| 12 | 145-146 | Give the Man Room: The Story of Gutzon Borglum, final draft (?), typescript, ca. 1952 | |||||||||
| 12 | 147 | Give the Man Room: The Story of Gutzon Borglum, galley proof (see Oversize), 1952 | |||||||||
| 12 | 148 | Goo-Goo Process, The, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 12 | 149 | Greater Love Hath No Man?, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 12 | 150 | Greene, C.J., essay (collaboration with Jerry Greene), typescript, 1952 | |||||||||
| 12 | 151 | History (Amazing Fortnight), typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 12 | 152 | House in the Mist (with Hermann Bacher Deutsch), typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 13 | 153-154 | How High is Up? A Study of the Subject by an Accomplished Practitioner, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 13 | 155-156 | I Can't Forget: Personal Experiences of a War Correspondent in France, Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium Spain, and England, typescript, ca. 1941 | |||||||||
| 13 | 157 | Ladies, The, Ah Me!!, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 13 | 158 | Land of Haunted Castles, The, radio photologue, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 13 | 159-160 | Life and Times of Big Tim Murphy (by Big Tim Murphy), drafts, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 14 | 161 | Lost Kingdom of Burgundy, The, research notes and sketches, 1920s | |||||||||
| 14 | 162 | Low Grader, The, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 14 | 163 | McClintock Murder Case, The, newsclippings, ca. Dec. 1924 | |||||||||
| 14 | 164 | Midas Touch, The, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 14 | 165 | Midwesterner, The: Digest Edition (by Casey and W.A.S. Douglas), printed, Wilcox & Follett, 1948 | |||||||||
| 14 | 166 | Mr. Matelli Meets Mr. Binet, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 14 | 167-168 | More Interesting People, typescript, ca. 1947 | |||||||||
| 14 | 169 | More Interesting People, newsclippings, Chicago Herald American (see Oversize), 1947 | |||||||||
| 14 | 170-171 | Murder in Arcady, drafts, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 15 | 172 | Murder - Mysterious [outlines for mystery stories, fragments], typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 15 | 173-175 | Naida Marling, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 15 | 176 | Newspaper Articles - Chicago Daily News - Luxembourg and France series, typescripts, ca. 1939-1940 | |||||||||
| 15 | 177 | Newspaper Articles - Chicago Daily News - On the French Front series, typescript, Dec. 1939-ca. Feb. 1940 | |||||||||
| 15 | 178 | Newspaper Articles - Chicago Daily News - Europe, miscellaneous, typescript, ca. 1939-1940 | |||||||||
| 16 | 179 | Newspaper Articles - Chicago Daily News, newsclippings, Mar.-Dec. 1941 | |||||||||
| 16 | 180 | Newspaper Articles - Chicago Daily News, newsclippings, Dec. 1941-Nov. 1942 | |||||||||
| 16 | 181 | Newspaper Articles - Chicago Daily News, newsclippings, 1943 | |||||||||
| 16 | 182 | Newspaper Articles - Chicago Daily News, newsclippings, 1944 | |||||||||
| 16 | 183 | Newspaper Articles - Chicago Daily News, theater reviews, newsclippings, 1945 | |||||||||
| 16 | 184 | Newspaper Articles - Chicago Herald American, newsclippings, 1947-1948 | |||||||||
| 16 | 185-186 | Newspaper Articles - 100 Shorts written for the Chicago Herald American, typescript, 1947 | |||||||||
| 16 | 187 | Newspaper Articles - Chicago Tribune, typescripts, n.d. and 1955 | |||||||||
| 16 | 188 | Newspaper Articles - Chicago Tribune, newsclippings, 1955 | |||||||||
| 16 | 189 | Newspaper Articles - Far East, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 16 | 190 | Newspaper Articles - Japan [pseudonyms used?], newsclippings, ca. 1927 | |||||||||
| 16 | 191 | Newspaper Articles - Mediterranean and Middle East, typescript, ca. 1940 | |||||||||
| 16 | 192 | Newspaper Articles - Press Wireless Amsterdam articles, typescript, 1939-1940 | |||||||||
| 17 | 193 | Newspaper Articles - United States (not Chicago-related), typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 17 | 194 | Newspaper Articles - miscellaneous, newsclippings, 1924-1964 | |||||||||
| 17 | 195 | Newspaper Articles - miscellaneous, typescripts, n.d. | |||||||||
| 17 | 196 | Odzan Enz [i.e., Odds and Ends], manuscript notebook, n.d. | |||||||||
| 17 | 197 | Oh, England! Full of Sin, typescript (2 copies), ca. 1937 | |||||||||
| 17 | 198 | Oh, England! Full of Sin, photostatic negative of article published in Scribner's magazine, 1937 | |||||||||
| 17 | 199 | Old King Coal, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 17 | 200 | Once I Was Blind, typescript, ca. 1954 | |||||||||
| 17 | 201 | Once I Was Blind, newsclippings (see also Oversize), 1954 | |||||||||
| 17 | 202 | Once I Was Blind, research materials, 1952-1956 | |||||||||
| 17 | 203 | One Hand Missing, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 17 | 204 | Pan Am, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 17 | 205 | Pay Streak, The, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 17 | 206 | Pearl Harbor, research materials, 1942-1943 | |||||||||
| 17 | 207 | Poetry - various poems, typescript and print (see also Vest Pocket Anthology), n.d. | |||||||||
| 18 | 208 | Psst! Here Comes a Lady, typescript (3 variant copies), n.d. | |||||||||
| 18 | 209 | Romagne, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 18 | 210 | Round Trip via the Gas Route, A, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 18 | 211 | Sacrifice to Kali, by John Ware [pseudonym], typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 18 | 212 | Sacrifice to Kali, "Original Mss," typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 18 | 213 | Sailing With Bob Casey On a Vagabond Voyage, newsclippings (Chicago Daily News), Jun. 9-Sept. 6, 1930 | |||||||||
| 18 | 214 | Speeches - The Korean Business, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 18 | 215 | Speeches - Old Chicago, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 18 | 216 | Speeches - Rockford College, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 19 | 217 | Step on the Stairs, A, typescript, ca. 1927 | |||||||||
| 19 | 218 | Step on the Stairs, A, script and printed radio dramatization, Radio Digest magazine, 1927 | |||||||||
| 19 | 219-220 | Such Interesting People, typescript, ca. 1943 | |||||||||
| 19 | 221 | Suicide Sonata, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 19 | 222-223 | Super-Hokum, (a.k.a. Radio-Hokum of 1922, and Day Before Yesterday), typescript (copy 1), n.d. | |||||||||
| 20 | 224 | Super-Hokum, (a.k.a. Radio-Hokum of 1922, and Day Before Yesterday), typescript (copy 1), n.d. | |||||||||
| 20 | 225 | Terrible Wreck of 412, The, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 20 | 226-229 | Texas Border and Some Borderliners, The, typescript (copy 1), ca. 1950 | |||||||||
| 21 | 230-233 | Texas Border and Some Borderliners, The, typescript (copy 2), ca. 1950 | |||||||||
| 21 | 234 | That Was the School [re: St. Mary's College], printed in The Queen's Work, May-Jun. 1948 | |||||||||
| 21 | 235 | They're All Alike: A Romantic Yarn, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 21 | 236-237 | This Is Where I Came In, typescript, ca. 1945 | |||||||||
| 22 | 238 | [Thrills of] Old Chicago, typescript, ca. 1949 | |||||||||
| 22 | 239 | Thrills of Old Chicago, newsclippings, Chicago Herald American (see Oversize), 1949 | |||||||||
| 22 | 240-242 | Torpedo Junction, typescript, ca. 1942 | |||||||||
| 22 | 243 | Trail of the Rose, The, typescript, | |||||||||
| 22 | 244 | Uranium Series, typescript articles for the Chicago Tribune, Jul. 1955 | |||||||||
| 22 | 245 | Veectwar Puhaaka, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 22 | 246 | Very Cold Day in July, A, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 23 | 247 | Vest Pocket Anthology, newsclippings, n.d., ca. 1921-1929 | |||||||||
| 23 | 248-250 | Vest Pocket Anthology, newsclippings, 1922-1927 | |||||||||
| 23 | 251 | Vest Pocket Anthology, newsclippings, ca. 1922-1923 | |||||||||
| 23 | 252 | Vest Pocket Anthology, newsclippings, ca. 1925-1928 | |||||||||
| 23 | 253 | Vest Pocket Anthology, newsclippings, ca. 1927-1930 | |||||||||
| 23 | 254 | Vest Pocket Anthology, newsclippings, 1929 | |||||||||
| 24 | 255-257 | Which Way Did They Go?, typescripts (2 copies), n.d. | |||||||||
| 24 | 258 | White Wolf, The, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 24 | 259 | Who Had the Button?, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 24 | 260 | Why Mr. H. Blew His Top, printed in Chicago Daily News' Done In a Day No. 4, 1946 | |||||||||
| 24 | 261 | Women-O Yes, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 24 | 262 | [World War II Stories], fragments, typescript, ca. 1942 | |||||||||
| 24 | 263 | Unidentified, Chicago stories, typescripts, n.d. | |||||||||
| 24 | 264 | Unidentified, fragments, n.d. | |||||||||
| 24 | 265 | Untitled - "...anecdotal smut...", typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 24 | 266 | Untitled - "Bert Sands was silent...", typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 24 | 267 | Untitled - "My friend Joe Riley, of the Back Bay Rileys...", typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 24 | 268 | Untitled - "When 'Lucky' Jeffers emerged from the Cheyenne coach...", typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 24 | 269 | Untitled - "The woman in purple raised the pistol slowly....", typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 25 | 270 | Works by Others - Maerker-Branden, Paul, Too Much Money, typescript, n.d. | |||||||||
Series 4: Photographs, 1894-1962 |
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| Photoprints of Casey that are mostly publicity shots used in advertisements for Casey's books or masthead; there is one photograph of Casey as a child, and some candid photographs of Casey with his wife Hazel MacDonald or with others.. | |||||||||||
| See also Series 5: Scrapbooks for more photographs. | |||||||||||
| Organized by subject, with Casey portraits first, then Casey with others, then Casey's wife Hazel MacDonald Casey, with miscellaneous and unidentified photographs at the end.. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 25 | 271 | Casey, Robert - 4 years old, 1894 | |||||||||
| 25 | 272 | Casey, Robert - military, World War I, ca. 1917-1919 | |||||||||
| 25 | 273 | Casey, Robert - portraits, ca. 1920s-1930s | |||||||||
| 25 | 274 | Casey, Robert - portraits, civilian, ca. 1940s | |||||||||
| 25 | 275 | Casey, Robert - portraits, military garb, ca. 1940s | |||||||||
| 25 | 276 | Casey, Robert - in office surrounded by memorabilia, ca. 1941 | |||||||||
| 25 | 277 | Casey, Robert - boarding train, ca. 1950s | |||||||||
| 25 | 278 | Casey, Robert - at home, ca. 1960-1962 | |||||||||
| 25 | 279 | Casey, Robert, with others, ca. 1927-1958 | |||||||||
| 25 | 280 | Casey, Robert, with Hazel MacDonald Casey (2nd wife), ca. 1940s-1950s | |||||||||
| 25 | 281 | Casey, Hazel (MacDonald), ca. 1910's-1944 | |||||||||
| 25 | 282 | Miscellaneous - Black Hills, landscapes, ca. 1940s | |||||||||
| 25 | 283 | Miscellaneous - Ranch / Western candid shots, n.d. | |||||||||
| 25 | 284 | Miscellaneous - Easter Island and Pitcairn Island, ca. 1930 | |||||||||
| 25 | 285 | Unidentified, n.d. | |||||||||
Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1907-1956 |
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| Clippings, photographs, invitations and other ephemera in a variety of scrapbooks compiled by Casey, including works by Casey, publicity and information about him, or materials Casey collected in his school years and on his travels. The earliest scrapbooks that document Casey's college years at St. Mary's College contain many photographs and college mementoes. | |||||||||||
| See also Series 1: Biographical for more clippings about Casey and his works. | |||||||||||
| Arranged by size and chronologically thereunder. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 26 | 286 | Clippings Scrapbook and diary, St. Mary's College, 1907-1911 | |||||||||
| 26 | 287 | "Rag Bag" (scrapbook of works, correspondence, and publicity), ca. 1909-1911 | |||||||||
| 26 | 288 | Yearbook / Photograph scrapbook, St. Mary's College, ca. 1910 | |||||||||
| 27 | 289 | Rimes and Remnants (clippings), 1954-1955 | |||||||||
| 27 | 290 | Rimes and Remnants (clippings), 1955 | |||||||||
| 27 | 291 | Clippings scrapbook - column ideas, ca. 1956 | |||||||||
| 28 | Scrapbook - Clippings by and about Casey, family, Chicago Daily News, etc., ca. 1933-1941 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Scrapbook - Clippings by and about Casey, ca. 1941-1945 | ||||||||||
Series 6: Artifacts, n.d., ca. 1939-1945 |
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| An assortment of artifacts kept by Casey; including some memorabilia from his military career and his experiences in Europe during World War II. Two sets of riding spurs are unexplained; it is possible that they indicate Casey's childhood life in the American West, and his wife Hazel MacDonald's experiences living in the Western United States. Also includes Casey's manual typewriter, which he referred to as his "place of business." | |||||||||||
| Organized by size and NL artifact number. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 27 | 292 | NL 1327; NL 1328; NL 1329 - Cloth patches - U.S. Military patches (2), "War Correspondent" patch, "U.S. War Correspondent" patch, ca. 1940's | |||||||||
| 27 | 293 | NL 1330 - Nazi Iron Cross pendant, ca. 1939 | |||||||||
| -- | -- | NL 1324 - typewriter - L.C. Smith & Bros., [n.d.] | |||||||||
| 29 | NL 1325; NL 1326 - riding spurs (2 sets), n.d. | ||||||||||