TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary of the Collection
Biographies of John Drury & Marion Neville
Scope and Content of the Collection
Series 1: Outgoing Correspondence, 1921-1970
Series 2: Incoming Correspondence, 1871-1970
 |
Inventory of the John Drury-Marion Neville Papers, 1860-1970
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Lisa Janssen, 2007. ©2007. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
|
| Creator | Drury, John, 1898- |
| Title | John Drury-Marion Neville Papers |
| Dates | 1860-1970 |
| Extent | 30 cubic ft. (50 boxes and 1 oversize box) |
| Abstract | Correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, artwork, personal materials, and photographs of author and journalist John Drury, and his wife, journalist and painter Marion Neville. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS Drury-Neville |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 38 12-13 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
John Drury-Marion Neville Papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift of James D. Startt, 1973.
Processed by
Lisa Janssen, Kelly Kress, & Shannon Yule.
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 John Drury-Marion Neville Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The John Drury-Marion Neville 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.
Return to the Table of Contents
Biographies of John Drury & Marion Neville
John Drury was a Chicago newspaper columnist, poet, and author of several books on Chicago and the Midwest.
Drury was born on August 9, 1898 to Michael and Mary (Sullivan) Drury and grew up on the North Side of Chicago. He began his journalism career in 1920 in Los Angeles writing movie reviews for the Los Angeles Record. He returned to Chicago after only a year and joined the Merchant Marines in 1923. He became a reporter with the City News Service in 1924 and then moved to the Chicago Daily News in 1926, where he wrote features, columns, and book reviews until he left the paper in 1944. While at the Daily News, Drury wrote several popular columns on Chicago including Old Chicago Houses and Old Illinois Houses, both of which were eventually compiled into books. During this time he also wrote guide books including Chicago in Seven Days, and Dining in Chicago, and published a book of poetry called Arclight Dusks.
In 1944 Drury was awarded a fellowship from the University of Minnesota to research and write the book Historic Midwest Houses. He took a leave of absence from the Daily News which he made permanent when he was offered a radio show on WMAQ called Chicago a la Carte. Unfortunately the radio show was short lived and from 1945 on Drury struggled as a freelance writer, picking up occasional work at the Daily News, the Chicago North Side Newspapers, and for trade magazines such as Inland Steel and The Butcher Workman.
Drury was a presence in the “bohemian” world of Chicago in the 1920s and lived for several years near the 57th Street artists colony in Hyde Park. He was a member of the Cliff Dwellers club and also spent time at Schlogl’s restaurant as a contemporary of such luminaries as Ben Hecht and Robert J. Casey. His wife Marion Neville was also a part of the artists community in Hyde Park and they married on October 20, 1929.
Marion Beardsley Neville Drury was born on April 1, 1902 in Springfield, Missouri to Judge James Tilford Neville and Anna Mary (Hoover) Neville. She taught high school from 1920-1925 and received B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Chicago in 1925. She joined the editorial staff of the American Library Association (ALA) Booklist in 1925 where she worked until 1930. After leaving ALA she worked sporadically as a reviewer and columnist for Chicago Evening Post, Chicago Daily News, and the Chicago Sun.
The Drurys moved to a small house in Chesterton, Indiana in the 1940s, taking part in what Drury called the, "ex-urbanite" movement of artists leaving the city to get back to the land. The move proved to be detrimental to both John and Marion's writing careers, as they were unable to report first hand on Chicago events. Neither was able to obtain enough freelance work to keep them financially stable and they struggled with poverty until the end of their lives.
During the 1950s and 1960s Marion became an amateur artist and had paintings shown in a few local exhibitions. Drury continued to try to find freelance writing work, but there is indication in Marion's correspondence that Drury suffered from alcoholism, which further deepened their financial plight.
Marion Neville died in 1967 after a long bout with cancer. John Drury died in 1972.
Return to the Table of Contents
Scope and Content of the Collection
Correspondence between Drury, Neville, family, and professional colleagues, manuscripts and clippings, research materials pertaining to Drury's various book projects, magazine articles, and newspaper columns, personal materials, photographs, and artworks. Correspondents include Harry Hansen, Howard Vincent O'Brien, Henry Justin Smith, John T. Frederick, Henry Field, Mark Turbyfill, Herma Clark, Gertrude Abercrombie, August William Derleth, Herman Kogan, A. C. Spectorsky, Randolph Vance, and Leo Lerner.
Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.
Return to the Table of Contents
Organization
Papers are organized in the following series:
- Series 1: Outgoing Correspondence, 1921-1970. Box(es) 1-4
- Series 2: Incoming Correspondence, 1871-1970. Box(es) 5-13
- Series 3: Works, 1920-1969. Box(es) 14-26c
- Series 4: Personal, 1898-1969. Box(es) 27-30
- Series 5: Marion Neville Materials, 1918-1967. Box(es) 31-43a
- Series 6: Photographs, 1860-1970. Box(es) 44-46
Return to the Table of Contents
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
- Abercrombie, Gertrude, 1909-1977
- Chicago daily news
- Clark, Herma Naomi
- Derleth, August William, 1909-1971
- Drury, John, 1898-
- Field, Henry, 1902-1986
- Frederick, John T. (John Towner), 1893-1975
- Hansen, Harry, 1884-
- Kogan, Herman
- Lerner, Leo
- Neville, Marion, 1901-1967
- O'Brien, Howard Vincent, 1888-1947
- Randolph, Vance, 1892-1980
- Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936
- Spectorsky, A.C. (Auguste C.), 1910-1972
- Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-
Subjects
- Alcoholics
- Amateur arts
- Architecture -- Middle West
- Architecture, Domestic
- Authors, American
- Cabinet photographs -- 1880-1910
- Chesterton (Ind.) -- History
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- Clippings -- 1923-1967
- Correspondence -- 1971-1970
- Ethnic neighborhoods -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
- Food writing
- Historic buildings -- Middle West
- Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Middle West -- Buildings, structures, etc.
- Photographs -- 1860-1970
- Poetry -- 1920-1926
- Sisters -- Correspondence
- Women journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago
Return to the Table of Contents
Container List
Series 1: Outgoing Correspondence, 1921-1970 |
|||||||||||
| Letters from John Drury to various publications, editors, fellow journalists, and family. There are many letters of interest to Chicago Daily News associates such as Harry Hansen, Howard Vincent O'Brien, and John Casey and to fellow Chicago figures such as Henry Field and Herma Clark. Later correspondence reflects the challenges of surviving as a freelance journalist as Drury sends numerous unsolicited story ideas and manuscripts to corporate publications and newspapers. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Akers, Milburn P. "Pete" (Chicago Sun Times), 1949-1961 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union (see also Butcher Workman), 1958-1959 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | American Book Company, 1953 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | American People's Encyclopedia, 1948-1957 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | The American Traveller (Andrew Freemen), 1934-1935 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Andrews, Robert, 1930-1942 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Angel, Paul M. (Illinois Historical Society), 1941-1960 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Antiques (magazine), 1942-1956 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | A, 1924-1965 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Babcock, Fred (Chicago Tribune), 1947-1954 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Bartley, E. Ross, 1932-1958 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Baum, Alice, 1946-1960 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Bell, Edward Price, 1930 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Boettiger, John (Seattle Post-Intelligencer), 1941-1943 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Borden, John, 1930, 1941 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Bradley, Van Allen (Chicago Daily News), 1949-1960 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Brunswick Corporation, 1961-1962 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Butcher, Fanny, 1948, 1950 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | The Butcher Workman (see also Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union), 1958-1959 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | B, 1924-1961 | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Canadian National Railways, 1930-1935 | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Casey, Robert J. 1948, 1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Chicago Daily News (general), 1940-1960 | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Chicago Historical Society, 1931-1958 | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | Chicago Labor College, 1936 | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 | Chicago Mortgage Bankers Association, 1958-1959 | |||||||||
| 1 | 27 | Chicago Motor Club (James E. Burger), 1944-1958 | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 | Chicago North Side Newspapers (inc. Leo Lerner), 1948-1955 | |||||||||
| 1 | 29 | Chicago Press Veterans Association, 1946, 1956 | |||||||||
| 1 | 30 | Chicago Public Library, 1926-1960 | |||||||||
| 1 | 31 | Chicago Tribune, 1929-1968 | |||||||||
| 1 | 32 | Clark, Herma, 1942-1949 | |||||||||
| 1 | 33 | The Cliff Dwellers, 1949 | |||||||||
| 1 | 34 | Clifford, Anna (cousin), 1937 | |||||||||
| 1 | 35 | Cochran, Robert (Greyhound Lines), 1934-1950 | |||||||||
| 1 | 36 | Collins, Charles (Chicago Tribune), 1931-1960 | |||||||||
| 1 | 37 | Collins, Thomas (Chicago Daily News), 1958-1962 | |||||||||
| 1 | 38 | Commerce (magazine), 1936-1959 | |||||||||
| 1 | 39 | Cook, Ted, 1947-1950 | |||||||||
| 1 | 40 | Coverlet Guild of America, 1949-1950 | |||||||||
| 1 | 41 | Craig, John (Chicago Daily News), 1925-1926 | |||||||||
| 1 | 42 | Crane Company, 1953-1954 | |||||||||
| 1 | 43 | C, 1929-1956 | |||||||||
| 1 | 44 | Dedmon, Emmett (Chicago Sun-Times), 1947-1962 | |||||||||
| 1 | 45 | Douglas, W. A. S. "Doug", 1946-1950 | |||||||||
| 1 | 46 | Drury, James (nephew), 1950 | |||||||||
| 1 | 47 | Drury, Joe (cousin), 1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 48 | Drury, Josephine (sister), 1950-1963 | |||||||||
| 1 | 49 | Drury, Margaret "DeeDee" Sullivan (mother), 1925-1949 | |||||||||
| 1 | 50 | Drury, William J. (cousin), 1950 | |||||||||
| 1 | 51 | D, 1932-1963 | |||||||||
| 1 | 52 | Ehrlicher, James G., 1955 | |||||||||
| 1 | 53 | Eisenschimel, Otto, 1944-1960 | |||||||||
| 1 | 54 | Electrical Workers Union, 1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 55 | Elliott, Jeanette (niece), 1953 | |||||||||
| 1 | 56 | Encyclopedia Britannica (also Britannica Book of the Year), 1954-1957 | |||||||||
| 1 | 57 | Equitable Life Assurance Society, 1961-1962 | |||||||||
| 1 | 58 | Esquire Magazine (Arnold Gingrich), 1936-1939 | |||||||||
| 1 | 59 | Evanston Mail, 1950 | |||||||||
| 1 | 60 | Evanston Review, 1950 | |||||||||
| 1 | 61 | E, 1928-1957 | |||||||||
| 2 | 62 | The Fair, 1949-1950 | |||||||||
| 2 | 63 | Fair Haven Era, 1934-1939 | |||||||||
| 2 | 64 | Fanning, Lawrence E., 1961-1962 | |||||||||
| 2 | 65 | Farr, Newton C., 1962 | |||||||||
| 2 | 66 | Farrar, John (Farrar and Rinehart), 1922-1942 | |||||||||
| 2 | 67 | F. E. Compton & Co., 1948 | |||||||||
| 2 | 68 | Feuchtwanger, Leon (Exiled Writers Committee), 1940 | |||||||||
| 2 | 69 | Field, Henry, 1941-1959 | |||||||||
| 2 | 70 | Field, Marshall, 1945-1946 | |||||||||
| 2 | 71 | Field, Jr., Marshall, 1947-1962 | |||||||||
| 2 | 72 | Finnegan, Richard J., 1944-1950 | |||||||||
| 2 | 73 | First Federal Savings Association, 1958 | |||||||||
| 2 | 74 | First National Bank, 1960 | |||||||||
| 2 | 75 | Fishbein, Dr. William, 1955-1961 | |||||||||
| 2 | 76 | Fisher, Maurice "Ritz" (see also Inland Magazine), 1956-1961 | |||||||||
| 2 | 77 | Flanagan, William, 1949-1958 | |||||||||
| 2 | 78 | Follett Publishing Co., 1953 | |||||||||
| 2 | 79 | Ford Foundation, 1956-1960 | |||||||||
| 2 | 80 | Ford Motor Company / Ford Times, 1952-1961 | |||||||||
| 2 | 81 | Frederick, John T., 1935-1961 | |||||||||
| 2 | 82 | Frey, Charles Daniel (Chicago Press Veterans Association), 1944-1969 | |||||||||
| 2 | 83 | Friends of Literature, 1946, 1950 | |||||||||
| 2 | 84 | F, 1941-1963 | |||||||||
| 2 | 85 | Gardner, Robert A. (Army Specialist Corps), 1942 | |||||||||
| 2 | 86 | Gary Post-Tribune, 1954-1962 | |||||||||
| 2 | 87 | Gary Public Library, 1953-1962 | |||||||||
| 2 | 88 | Gershman, I. (City News Bureau), 1937, 1939 | |||||||||
| 2 | 89 | Gore, Budd (Chicago Daily News), 1958-1960 | |||||||||
| 2 | 90 | Government Printing Office, 1940-1956 | |||||||||
| 2 | 91 | Greyhound Bus Lines (also Highway Traveller), 1930-1950 | |||||||||
| 2 | 92 | Gross, Nate, 1947-1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 93 | G, 1928-1963 | |||||||||
| 2 | 94 | Hahner, Marcella Burns (Marshall Field's Book Dept.), 1926-1937 | |||||||||
| 2 | 95 | Hall, Art (Chicago Daily News), 1950-1963 | |||||||||
| 2 | 96 | Hansen, Harry, 1924-1960 | |||||||||
| 2 | 97 | Harbaugh, Rose "Oll" Oller (Marshall Field & Co.), 1945-1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 98 | Harrison, Dale, 1945-1947 | |||||||||
| 2 | 99 | Harvey, Dorothy Dudley, 1945-1946 | |||||||||
| 2 | 100 | Hagemann, Charlotte (Field Enterprises, Inc.), 1964 | |||||||||
| 2 | 101 | Hemingway, Mary, Mar. 28, 1964 | |||||||||
| 2 | 102 | Hecht, Ben, ca. 1920s | |||||||||
| 2 | 103 | Hewitt, Herbert H. (Chicago Public Library), 1945-1959 | |||||||||
| 2 | 104 | Hill, Lawrence (Hill & Wang), 1958-1959 | |||||||||
| 2 | 105 | Hilsabeck, Arch & Emily, 1946-1949 | |||||||||
| 2 | 106 | Holabird & Root (John Root), 1946-1953 | |||||||||
| 2 | 107 | Holiday Magazine, 1930-1958 | |||||||||
| 2 | 108 | Home & Highway/Allstate Insurance Co., 1958 | |||||||||
| 2 | 109 | Honce, Charles (Associated Press), 1941, 1946 | |||||||||
| 2 | 110 | Hotel Sherman, 1931, 1961 | |||||||||
| 2 | 111 | Hunt, Luke, Aug. 28, 1925 | |||||||||
| 2 | 112 | Hutton, Graham (British Information Services), 1943 | |||||||||
| 2 | 113 | Hyde, Hon. Dr. Douglas, Aug. 5, 1939 | |||||||||
| 2 | 114 | Hyde Park Herald, 1950-1967 | |||||||||
| 2 | 115 | H, 1928-1967 | |||||||||
| 2 | 116 | Illinois State Historical Society (incl. Howard Rissler), 1943-1958 | |||||||||
| 2 | 117 | Inland Architecture, 1957-1958 | |||||||||
| 2 | 118 | Inland Magazine/Inland Steel Company (see also Maurice Fisher), 1953-1959 | |||||||||
| 2 | 119 | Inland Photo Company (Hugh L. Conner), 1956-1958 | |||||||||
| 2 | 120 | Inland Topics, 1937 | |||||||||
| 2 | 121 | I, 1939-1961 | |||||||||
| 2 | 122 | John Day Company, Inc. (incl. Critchell Rimmington - see also Robert McBride & Co.), 1931-1933 | |||||||||
| 2 | 123 | J, 1936-1965 | |||||||||
| 3 | 124 | Kelley, John (incl. article and book outline on Kelley), 1930 | |||||||||
| 3 | 125 | Kelty, Rev. Charles, 1958-1959 | |||||||||
| 3 | 126 | Kling, Joseph/Pagan Magazine (incl. Kling's response on same page), Jan. 10, 1921 | |||||||||
| 3 | 127 | Knight, John S., 1948-1957 | |||||||||
| 3 | 128 | Knoblauch, Marion, 1948-1950 | |||||||||
| 3 | 129 | Kogan, Herman, 1954-1964 | |||||||||
| 3 | 130 | Kroch, Carl/Kroch's Bookstore, 1940-1950 | |||||||||
| 3 | 131 | K, 1931-1958 | |||||||||
| 3 | 132 | Landlord's Guide (George Stearns), Mar. 15, 1950 | |||||||||
| 3 | 133 | Leach, Paul, Nov. 19, 1930 | |||||||||
| 3 | 134 | Lerner, Michael S. (Booster Newspapers), 1950, 1953 | |||||||||
| 3 | 135 | Lewis, Lloyd, 1945-1947, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 136 | Life (magazine), 1943, 1947 | |||||||||
| 3 | 137 | L, 1931-1966 | |||||||||
| 3 | 138 | MacFall, Russell P., 1965-1967 | |||||||||
| 3 | 139 | MacLeish, Archibald, 1944-1945 | |||||||||
| 3 | 140 | MacMillan Company, 1940, 1944 | |||||||||
| 3 | 141 | Mandel Brothers, Inc. (incl. Col. Leon Mandel), 1948-1954 | |||||||||
| 3 | 142 | Mariano, Louise (Chicago Daily News), 1950, 1959 | |||||||||
| 3 | 143 | McCormick, Col. Robert R., 1951 | |||||||||
| 3 | 144 | McDermott, Rev. William F., 1964-1965 | |||||||||
| 3 | 145 | Meine, Franklin J., 1942-1955 | |||||||||
| 3 | 146 | Mencken, H. L., 1932, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 147 | Michael Reese Medical Center, 1961 | |||||||||
| 3 | 148 | Michigan Historical Commission, 1953, 1958 | |||||||||
| 3 | 149 | Minter, Mary Miles (includes testimonial by Drury), 1921, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 150 | Mississippi Valley Historical Association, 1951 | |||||||||
| 3 | 151 | Mowrer, Paul Scott, 1941-1941 | |||||||||
| 3 | 152 | Murrow, Edward R., Feb. 24, 1961 | |||||||||
| 3 | 153 | Mulay, Larry (City News Bureau), 1953 | |||||||||
| 3 | 154 | Munnecke, Wilbur C., 1963-1964 | |||||||||
| 3 | 155 | Muskat, Irving & Dorothy, 1940-1970 | |||||||||
| 3 | 156 | M, 1936-1966 | |||||||||
| 3 | 157 | Newberry Library (incl. Stanley Pargellis), 1942-1955 | |||||||||
| 3 | 158 | Newman, Ralph G., 1931-1960 | |||||||||
| 3 | 159 | Newcomb, Rexford, 1924, 1944 | |||||||||
| 3 | 160 | Norlander, Everett, 1946-1960 | |||||||||
| 3 | 161 | N, 1928-1958 | |||||||||
| 3 | 162 | O, 1931-1967 | |||||||||
| 3 | 163 | Paepcke, Walter P., 1948-1950 | |||||||||
| 3 | 164 | Palmer, Vivian (University of Chicago), 1927, 1930 | |||||||||
| 3 | 165 | Pescheret, Leon R., 1926 | |||||||||
| 3 | 166 | Picture Magazine, 1962 | |||||||||
| 3 | 167 | Prudential Insurance Co., 1950 | |||||||||
| 3 | 168 | P, 1929-1966 | |||||||||
| 3 | 169 | Randolph, Vance, 1950-1951 | |||||||||
| 3 | 170 | Rannells, Elizabeth, 1945, 1953 | |||||||||
| 3 | 171 | Ravenswood Hospital, 1952 | |||||||||
| 3 | 172 | Ravenswood-Lakeview Historical Society, 1940 | |||||||||
| 3 | 173 | Reader's Digest, 1939-1942 | |||||||||
| 3 | 174 | Reed, Earl H., 1941-1953 | |||||||||
| 3 | 175 | Rehfeld, Charles (Chicago Daily News), 1950 | |||||||||
| 3 | 176 | Riley, John (Office of the Mayor), 1961 | |||||||||
| 3 | 177 | Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1953 | |||||||||
| 3 | 178 | Robert McBride & Co. (see also John Day Co.), 1927-1940 | |||||||||
| 3 | 179 | Robert McCormick Charitable Trust, 1959-1960 | |||||||||
| 3 | 180 | Ross, Charles (brother-in-law), 1946 | |||||||||
| 3 | 181 | R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 1961-1962 | |||||||||
| 3 | 182 | Ruber, Peter, 1962 | |||||||||
| 3 | 183 | Ryerson, Joseph T., 1940-1945 | |||||||||
| 3 | 184 | R, 1931-1966 | |||||||||
| 4 | 185 | Sandburg, Carl, 1927-1960 | |||||||||
| 4 | 186 | Savage, Jimmy, 1950 | |||||||||
| 4 | 187 | Scmid, Marsha Masters, 1963 | |||||||||
| 4 | 188 | Schmidt, Dr. Louis E., 1930 | |||||||||
| 4 | 189 | Schneider, Richard (Schlogl's Restaurant), 1940 | |||||||||
| 4 | 190 | Shoemaker, Vaughn, Jan. 31, 1964 | |||||||||
| 4 | 191 | Siudzinski, Frank E., 1957, 1961 | |||||||||
| 4 | 192 | Sizer, Larry (Chicago Daily News), 1962-1967 | |||||||||
| 4 | 193 | Smith, Henry Justin, 1925-1926 | |||||||||
| 4 | 194 | Smith, Hermon Dunlop (Marsh & McLennan, Inc.), 1949 | |||||||||
| 4 | 195 | Smothers, Frank, 1946, 1964 | |||||||||
| 4 | 196 | Society of Midland Authors, 1955-1956 | |||||||||
| 4 | 197 | Southtown Economist, 1949-1955 | |||||||||
| 4 | 198 | Springfield News-Leader, 1928, 1961 | |||||||||
| 4 | 199 | Starrett, Vincent, 1930-1959 | |||||||||
| 4 | 200 | Steinert, Elinor, 1954, 1964 | |||||||||
| 4 | 201 | Stevens, Ashton, 1931-1932 | |||||||||
| 4 | 202 | Stevenson, Adlai E., 1942, 1959 | |||||||||
| 4 | 203 | St. Hubert's Old English Grill, 1935, 1941 | |||||||||
| 4 | 204 | Sullivan, Morgan (uncle), 1923-1951 | |||||||||
| 4 | 205 | S, 1930-1970 | |||||||||
| 4 | 206 | Taylor, Frank, 1944-1946 | |||||||||
| 4 | 207 | Thomas, Mrs. Wesley, 1966-1967 | |||||||||
| 4 | 208 | Thompson, Warren (Chicago Title & Trust Co.), 1957-1966 | |||||||||
| 4 | 209 | Toronto Star Weekly, 1930, 1936 | |||||||||
| 4 | 210 | Townsend, Karl O., 1948 | |||||||||
| 4 | 211 | Townsfolk (B. M. "Bev" Person), 1948-1957 | |||||||||
| 4 | 212 | Travel Magazine (Colburn Gilman), 1935-1939 | |||||||||
| 4 | 213 | Tree, Arthur Ronald, 1931-1959 | |||||||||
| 4 | 214 | Turbyfill, Mark, Apr. 4, 1949 | |||||||||
| 4 | 215 | T, 1948-1969 | |||||||||
| 4 | 216 | Union League Club, 1948 | |||||||||
| 4 | 217 | United Steel Foundation, 1954 | |||||||||
| 4 | 218 | University of Chicago Press, 1943-1960 | |||||||||
| 4 | 219 | University of Illinois Press, 1956, 1962 | |||||||||
| 4 | 220 | University of Minnesota Press, 1944-1958 | |||||||||
| 4 | 221 | Uptown Federal Savings Association, 1957 | |||||||||
| 4 | 222 | U, 1943-1952 | |||||||||
| 4 | 223 | V, 1949-1966 | |||||||||
| 4 | 224 | Waller, Judith (Station WMAQ), 1945-1963 | |||||||||
| 4 | 225 | Walters, Basil, 1948-1959 | |||||||||
| 4 | 226 | Ware, Harlan, 1930-1931 | |||||||||
| 4 | 227 | Weigand, Hermann J., 1937 | |||||||||
| 4 | 228 | Wendt, Lloyd (Chicago Tribune), 1951-1959 | |||||||||
| 4 | 229 | West Side Times, 1949-1950 | |||||||||
| 4 | 230 | Wetzel (Chicago Daily News), 1950, 1955 | |||||||||
| 4 | 231 | Wilcox & Follett Co., 1948-1949 | |||||||||
| 4 | 232 | Williams, George (Division of Parks & Memorials, State of Illinois), 1945-1946 | |||||||||
| 4 | 233 | Wohl, Harry (Chicago Newspaper Guild), 1939 | |||||||||
| 4 | 234 | Wood, Percy, 1956 | |||||||||
| 4 | 235 | WPA Federal Writers Project, 1937-1941 | |||||||||
| 4 | 236 | W, 1930-1962 | |||||||||
| 4 | 237 | Y-Z, 1923-1958 | |||||||||
| 4 | 238 | Unidentified, 1923-1959 | |||||||||
Series 2: Incoming Correspondence, 1871-1970 |
|||||||||||
| Letters from Drury's publishers, editors, and business associates regarding various book and journalistic projects. There are also many letters from family members, including those from Drury's wife Marion Neville. Neville wrote him extensively from their home in Indiana while Drury maintained his Hyde Park residence in Chicago. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by correspondent followed by folders of incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding specific writing projects. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 5 | 239 | A. A. Wyn, Inc., 1949, 1952 | |||||||||
| 5 | 240 | Abraham Lincoln Bookshop, 1944-1961 | |||||||||
| 5 | 241 | A. C. McClurg & Co., 1944-1948 | |||||||||
| 5 | 242 | Akin, Williams, 1960-1967 | |||||||||
| 5 | 243 | Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1937-1940 | |||||||||
| 5 | 244 | Algren, Nelson (see also League of American Writers), ca. 1940s | |||||||||
| 5 | 245 | Alvarez, Russell J., 1925-1942 | |||||||||
| 5 | 246 | Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen of North America, 1957-1959 | |||||||||
| 5 | 247 | American Book Company, 1953 | |||||||||
| 5 | 248 | American People's Encyclopedia, 1947-1957 | |||||||||
| 5 | 249 | Angle, Paul (Chicago Historical Society), 1941-1958 | |||||||||
| 5 | 250 | Antiques Magazine, 1942-1956 | |||||||||
| 5 | 251 | Argus Book Shop, Inc. (Ben Abramson), 1933-1948 | |||||||||
| 5 | 252 | Art Institute of Chicago, 1938-1957 | |||||||||
| 5 | 253 | A, 1926-1961 | |||||||||
| 5 | 254 | Bangert, Bud (also father Burton Bangert), 1920-1922 | |||||||||
| 5 | 255 | Barclay, George, 1945-1950 | |||||||||
| 5 | 256 | Barnard, Harry, 1941-1948 | |||||||||
| 5 | 257 | Baur, Frank H., 1950 | |||||||||
| 5 | 258 | Becker, Kenneth, 1946 | |||||||||
| 5 | 259 | Beckley, Adam M., 1934 | |||||||||
| 5 | 260 | Bell, Edward Price, 1930-1931 | |||||||||
| 5 | 261 | Bell, E. C. & Letitia, 1945-1952 | |||||||||
| 5 | 262 | Belt, Emma Crowder, 1949-1950 | |||||||||
| 5 | 263 | Bialk, Betty, 1932 | |||||||||
| 5 | 264 | Bobbs-Merrill Syndicate (later Company), 1928-1946 | |||||||||
| 5 | 265 | Bodenheim, Maxwell, ca. 1920s | |||||||||
| 5 | 266 | Boettiger, John, 1941-1946 | |||||||||
| 5 | 267 | Bradley, Van Allen (Chicago Daily News), 1948-1951 | |||||||||
| 5 | 268 | Bruder Buchanan, Mildred (Chicago Public Library), 1939, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 269 | Butcher Workman, 1958-1959 | |||||||||
| 5 | 270 | B, 1921-1963 | |||||||||
| 5 | 271 | Canadian National Railways/Steamships, 1934-1935 | |||||||||
| 5 | 272 | Candlelight Press, 1962 | |||||||||
| 5 | 273 | Cauley, Frank W., 1917-1946 | |||||||||
| 5 | 274 | Century of Progress International Exposition, 1931-1944 | |||||||||
| 5 | 275 | Cermack, A. J., Oct. 26, 1932 | |||||||||
| 5 | 276 | Chesterton Centennial, Inc., 1952 | |||||||||
| 5 | 277 | Chicagoan Magazine, 1927-1932 | |||||||||
| 5 | 278 | Chicago Association of Commerce & Industry, 1933-1959 | |||||||||
| 5 | 279 | Chicago Daily News, 1924-1964, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 280 | Chicago Historical Society, 1928-1947 | |||||||||
| 5 | 281 | Chicago Journal of Commerce, 1941-1950 | |||||||||
| 6 | 282 | Chicago Motor Club, 1942-1953 | |||||||||
| 6 | 283 | Chicago Newspaper Guild, 1939-1946 | |||||||||
| 6 | 284 | Chicago Northside Newspapers, 1948-1955 | |||||||||
| 6 | 285 | Chicago Press Veterans Association, 1944-1959 | |||||||||
| 6 | 286 | Chicago Public Library, 1931-1961, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 287 | Chicago Schools Journal, 1948-1950 | |||||||||
| 6 | 288 | Chicago Sun/Chicago Sun Times, 1944-1962 | |||||||||
| 6 | 289 | Chicago Tribune, 1930-1968 | |||||||||
| 6 | 290 | City of Chicago Board of Education, 1952 | |||||||||
| 6 | 291 | Clark, Herma, 1941-1955 | |||||||||
| 6 | 292 | The Clearing, 1952 | |||||||||
| 6 | 293 | Cleary, Charles, 1917-1918 | |||||||||
| 6 | 294 | The Cliff Dwellers, 1948-1949 | |||||||||
| 6 | 295 | Cochran, E. Reeves, 1922, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 296 | Cochran, R. E. - Highway Traveller & Greyhound, 1934-1947, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 297 | Collins, Charles, 1930-1941 | |||||||||
| 6 | 298 | Collins, Tom (Chicago Daily News), 1958-1962 | |||||||||
| 6 | 299 | Colonial Coverlet Guild of America, 1949-1950 | |||||||||
| 6 | 300 | Commerce Magazine, 1936-1937 | |||||||||
| 6 | 301 | Conroy, Jack, 1939-1950 | |||||||||
| 6 | 302 | Consolidated Book Publishers, 1933-1947 | |||||||||
| 6 | 303 | Cook, Ted, 1920s-1950 | |||||||||
| 6 | 304 | Cook County Bureau of Public Welfare, 1938 | |||||||||
| 6 | 305 | Cor Ardens (Literary Club), 1922 | |||||||||
| 6 | 306 | Cowie, Florence R. (Chicago Women's Club), 1948 | |||||||||
| 6 | 307 | Cox, Sunset, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 308 | Cuneo Press, 1933-1934 | |||||||||
| 6 | 309 | C, 1916-1965 | |||||||||
| 6 | 310 | Dawell, Charles A. (St. Hubert's Grill), 1928-1935 | |||||||||
| 6 | 311 | Daily Northwestern (Julian Behrstock), 1936 | |||||||||
| 6 | 312 | Dawson, Mitchell, 1933-1953 | |||||||||
| 6 | 313 | Deknatel, William F., 1941 | |||||||||
| 6 | 314 | Derleth, August, 1943-1965 | |||||||||
| 6 | 315 | Dill Pickles, 1925-1929 | |||||||||
| 6 | 316 | Dos Reis Moniz Silva, Jacinto, 1934-1935 | |||||||||
| 6 | 317 | Douglas, Paul H. (U.S. Senate), 1940-1958 | |||||||||
| 6 | 318 | Drake, Keith, 1927-1937, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 319 | Drury, William "Bill" (cousin), 1928-1934 | |||||||||
| 6 | 320 | Drury, Frances M., 1939-1940 | |||||||||
| 6 | 321 | Drury, Jim (nephew), 1929-1950, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 322 | Drury, Josephine (sister), 1949-1958 | |||||||||
| 6 | 323 | Drury, Mary Sullivan (mother), 1919, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 324 | Duneland Historical Society (Norris D. Coombes), 1958-1968 | |||||||||
| 6 | 325 | Dunes Park Bookstore (Naomi Phillips), n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 326 | Dwikey, Tabor, 1920-1927, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 327 | D, 1918-1965 | |||||||||
| 7 | 328 | Economy Book Store, 1930-1932 | |||||||||
| 7 | 329 | Edens, William G., 1949-1950, n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 330 | Ehricher, James G. (Calkins & Holden Advertisers), 1955 | |||||||||
| 7 | 331 | Eisenschimel, Otto, 1942, 1960 | |||||||||
| 7 | 332 | Elliot, Edgar (brother-in-law), 1940-1942 | |||||||||
| 7 | 333 | Elliot, Margaret Drury (sister), 1919-1948 | |||||||||
| 7 | 334 | Encyclopedia Britannica, 1954-1955 | |||||||||
| 7 | 335 | Esquire Magazine, 1936-1938 | |||||||||
| 7 | 336 | Exiled Writers Committee, 1940 | |||||||||
| 7 | 337 | E, 1921-1968 | |||||||||
| 7 | 338 | Farrar, John, 1922-1942 | |||||||||
| 7 | 339 | Feldman, Jesse, 1919-1921 | |||||||||
| 7 | 340 | Field, Henry, 1932-1964 | |||||||||
| 7 | 341 | Field, Marshall, 1945-1946 | |||||||||
| 7 | 342 | Field, Jr., Marshall, 1959-1961 | |||||||||
| 7 | 343 | Finnegan, Richard J., 1944-1950 | |||||||||
| 7 | 344 | Flannagan, William I., 1949-1958 | |||||||||
| 7 | 345 | Ford, Frances (Chicago Daily News), 1915-1918 | |||||||||
| 7 | 346 | Freeman, Andrew (American Traveller Magazine), 1934-1937 | |||||||||
| 7 | 347 | Friends of Literature (Emily Hilsabeck), 1944-1950 | |||||||||
| 7 | 348 | F, 1921-1955 | |||||||||
| 7 | 349 | George, Adda (Carl Sandburg Association), 1945 | |||||||||
| 7 | 350 | George Washington Bicentennial Commission, 1931-1933 | |||||||||
| 7 | 351 | Gorey, Edward, 1931, n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 352 | Grayline Sightseeing Company, 1932 | |||||||||
| 7 | 353 | Greenway, Roy (Toronto Star), 1930 | |||||||||
| 7 | 354 | Grokowsky, David, 1921-1924 | |||||||||
| 7 | 355 | Guenette, A. E., 1917-1918 | |||||||||
| 7 | 356 | G, 1922-1968 | |||||||||
| 8 | 357 | Hanratty, C. J. (see also Canadian National Railways), 1934-1935 | |||||||||
| 8 | 358 | Hansen, Harry, 1921-1960 | |||||||||
| 8 | 359 | Hempill, Byron, 1943, n.d. | |||||||||
| 8 | 360 | Hewitt, Herbert (Chicago Public Library), 1939-1969 | |||||||||
| 8 | 361 | Hilsabeck, Arch & Emily, 1942-1968 | |||||||||
| 8 | 362 | Hinrichsen, Steen, 1924 | |||||||||
| 8 | 363 | Holabird & Root Architects, 1946-1950 | |||||||||
| 8 | 364 | Home & Highway Magazine (Allstate Insurance Company), 1953-1958 | |||||||||
| 8 | 365 | Hotel Bulletin (J. D. Vehling), 1931-1935 | |||||||||
| 8 | 366 | Hughes, Rupert, 1921-1922 | |||||||||
| 8 | 367 | Hunter, Rex, 1919-1925 | |||||||||
| 8 | 368 | Hutton, Graham (British Information Services), 1944-1945 | |||||||||
| 8 | 369 | H, 1927-1969 | |||||||||
| 8 | 370 | Illinois State Historical Library, 1943-1958 | |||||||||
| 8 | 371 | Illinois State Historical Society, 1943-1958 | |||||||||
| 8 | 372 | Illinois Treasury Department, 1942 | |||||||||
| 8 | 373 | Illinois Citizens Committee of the Arts Sciences & Professions, Inc., 1945 | |||||||||
| 8 | 374 | Inland Steel Company/Inland Magazine, 1954-1962 | |||||||||
| 8 | 375 | Iris, Sharmel, 1915-1919 | |||||||||
| 8 | 376 | I, 1932-1958 | |||||||||
| 8 | 377 | James, Percy, 1920-1946 | |||||||||
| 8 | 378 | Jarrell, Sanford (Chicago Daily News), 1934 | |||||||||
| 8 | 379 | Jenkins, Oliver, 1922-1928 | |||||||||
| 8 | 380 | John Day Company, 1929-1935 | |||||||||
| 8 | 381 | J, 1921-1964 | |||||||||
| 9 | 382 | Kelley, John, ca. 1929-1940s | |||||||||
| 9 | 383 | Knoblauch, Marion, 1948-1951 | |||||||||
| 9 | 384 | Kogan, Herman, 1962-1964, n.d. | |||||||||
| 9 | 385 | Kroch's Bookstore, 1931-1950 | |||||||||
| 9 | 386 | K, 1922-1961 | |||||||||
| 9 | 387 | Landlord's Bureau of Chicago/Landlord's Guide, 1947-1949 | |||||||||
| 9 | 388 | La Porte County Historical Society, 1966-1967 | |||||||||
| 9 | 389 | Lawder, Don, 1927-1933 | |||||||||
| 9 | 390 | League of American Writers (Nelson Algren), 1937-1942 | |||||||||
| 9 | 391 | Little Bohemia Restaurant, 1928-1936 | |||||||||
| 9 | 392 | Local Community Research Committee - University of Chicago, 1927-1930 | |||||||||
| 9 | 393 | Lord, Ann, 1925-1934 | |||||||||
| 9 | 394 | Lucas, Cleo, 1930s-1940s | |||||||||
| 9 | 395 | Ludwig, Dr. Alex E., 1949-1951 | |||||||||
| 9 | 396 | Lutsch, Jeanette Elliot (niece), 1940-1944, n.d. | |||||||||
| 9 | 397 | L, 1922-1960 | |||||||||
| 9 | 398 | Mandel, Leon (Mandel Brothers), 1948-1954 | |||||||||
| 9 | 399 | Marshall Field & Company (Book Section), 1933-1949 | |||||||||
| 9 | 400 | Mencken, H. L. (American Mercury), 1926-1927, n.d. | |||||||||
| 9 | 401 | Michigan Historical Commission, 1953-1958 | |||||||||
| 9 | 402 | Milwaukee Arts Monthly, ca. 1920s | |||||||||
| 9 | 403 | Minter, Mary Miles, 1917-1921 | |||||||||
| 9 | 404 | Monroe, Harriet, 1922-1932 | |||||||||
| 9 | 405 | Murphy, Jimmy, 1926-1937, n.d. | |||||||||
| 9 | 406 | M, 1917-1966 | |||||||||
| 9 | 407 | National Broadcasting Company, 1933-1948, n.d. | |||||||||
| 9 | 408 | Neal, Robert M., 1939-1960 | |||||||||
| 10 | 409 | Neville, Marion, 1928-1945 | |||||||||
| 10 | 410 | Neville, Marion, 1947-1963, n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 411 | Newberry Library, 1938-1955 | |||||||||
| 10 | 412 | Norlander, Everett, 1943-1960 | |||||||||
| 10 | 413 | North American Newspaper Alliance, 1935-1936 | |||||||||
| 10 | 414 | Northern Indiana Public Service Community, 1961-1962 | |||||||||
| 10 | 415 | N, 1924-1961 | |||||||||
| 10 | 416 | O'Neill, Ray, 1928-1930 | |||||||||
| 10 | 417 | Order of Bookfellows, 1922-1943 | |||||||||
| 10 | 418 | O, 1924-1952 | |||||||||
| 10 | 419 | P, 1916-1966 | |||||||||
| 10 | 420 | Pellegrini & Cudahy Publishers, 1946-1947 | |||||||||
| 10 | 421 | Piccaninny Barbecue, 1933 | |||||||||
| 10 | 422 | Press Club of Chicago, 1927 | |||||||||
| 10 | 423 | Putnam, Sam, 1924-1927, n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 424 | Rasmussen, Emma, 1928-1952 | |||||||||
| 10 | 425 | Ravenswood-Lakeview Historical Association, 1940-1949 | |||||||||
| 10 | 426 | Reader's Digest, 1939-1942 | |||||||||
| 10 | 427 | Reed, Earl H., 1939-1958 | |||||||||
| 10 | 428 | Reedy, George E., 1926 | |||||||||
| 10 | 429 | Reilly & Lee Publishing, 1932-1949 | |||||||||
| 10 | 430 | Reitman, Ben L., 1930-1932, n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 431 | Rice, Margaret Drury, 1933-1950 | |||||||||
| 10 | 432 | Rimington, Critchell (see also John Day Company), 1931-1937 | |||||||||
| 10 | 433 | Rissler, Howard, 1951-1958 | |||||||||
| 10 | 434 | Robert M. McBride & Co. Publishers, 1927-1940 | |||||||||
| 10 | 435 | Ross, Charles (brother-in-law), 1946-1956 | |||||||||
| 10 | |||||||||||