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Descriptive Summary of the Collection
Biography of Henry Justin Smith
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Inventory of the Henry Justin Smith Papers, 1912-1980, bulk 1912-1935
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Shannon Yule, 2006. ©2006. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 |
| Title | Henry Justin Smith Papers |
| Dates | 1912-1980 |
| Dates | bulk 1912-1935 |
| Extent | 2 cubic ft. (5 boxes) |
| Abstract | Manuscripts of works, correspondence, and mementos of Henry Justin Smith, author and Chicago Daily News reporter, city editor, news editor, and managing editor. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS SmithHJ |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 42 4 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
Henry Justin Smith Papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift of Katherine A. Smith.
Processed by
Shannon Yule, 2006.
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 Henry Justin Smith Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Henry Justin Smith 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 Henry Justin Smith
Managing Editor of the Chicago Daily News and author.
Henry Justin Smith, a native of Chicago, IL, was born in 1875 to Justin A. and Mary L. Smith. He attended the Morgan Park Military Academy and the University of Chicago.
He became a reporter for the Chicago Daily News in 1899. He advanced as the city editor from 1901-1906, the assistant managing editor from 1906-1913, and the news editor from 1913-1924. He left the Chicago Daily News from 1924-1926, serving as assistant to the president of the University of Chicago. In 1926 he returned as managing editor. He kept this post until his death from pneumonia on February 9, 1936. Smith was survived by his wife, Katherine A. Smith.
In addition to his career as a newspaper man, Smith was also a historian and an author of fiction. He wrote several books about Chicago including Chicago: the History of its Reputation, co-authored with Lloyd Lewis. Smith wrote several popular fictional works, including Josslyn and Deadlines. In 1931, he was awarded the Chicago Foundation for Literature’s fiction prize.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
This collection consists mainly of manuscripts of historical and fictional works by Smith. A small amount of incoming correspondence, photographs, a poem entitled "The Reporters Litany" by Ben Hecht, a special issue of the Chicago Daily News honoring Smith, and other mementos are also included in his papers. The correspondence includes single letters from Sherwood Anderson, Vincent Starrett, Carroll Binder (re: life as a foreign correspondent) and others.
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Arrangement
The papers are arranged alphabetically by type of material.
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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
- Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941
- Binder, Carroll, 1896-1956
- Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956
- Chicago Daily News, Inc. -- Employees
- Hecht, Ben, 1893-1964
- Smith, Henry Justin, b. 1875
- Starrett, Vincent, 1886-1974
Subjects
- Authors, American -- 20th century
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History
- Correspondence -- 1912-1935
- Journalism -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
- Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Newspaper editors -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Novelists, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
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| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Correspondence - Anderson, Sherwood, Nov. 16, 1927 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Correspondence - Binder, Carroll, Oct. 2, 1930 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Correspondence - Borowski, Felix, Dec. 27, 1930 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Correspondence - Chappel, Fred A., Sept. 8, 1930 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Correspondence - Chenery, William L., Feb. 10, 1925 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Correspondence - Fitch, George, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Correspondence - Knox, Frank, Jun. 23, 1934 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Correspondence - Starrett, Vincent, Sept. 4, 1935 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Correspondence - Vanderpyl, [Fritz Rene], Nov. 5, 1929 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Correspondence - Zimmerman, H. P., Jan. 20, 1926 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Correspondence - [], Mae, Aug. 7, 1928 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Correspondence - Wilhelm II, I.R. to Katherine Smith Aug. 24, 1912 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Memorabilia, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 13a | Memorabilia - Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame award, Nov. 21, 1980 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Newspaper - special issue of Chicago Daily News honoring Smith, 1924 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Newspaper clippings, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Photographs of Smith (also pictured: Lloyd Lewis, Chicago Daily News) n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Works - An American of the 20th Century, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Works - Chicago: A Portrait - chapters 1-11, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Works - Chicago: A Portrait - chapters 12-21, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Works - Chicago: A Portrait - chapters 22-30, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Works - Chicago: A Portrait - fragment, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Works - Chicago's Great Century, 1833-1933 - chapters 1-14, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Works - Chicago's Great Century, 1833-1933 - chapters 15-22, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Works - Chicago: Her Plans and Her Growing Pains, Mar. 1927 | |||||||||
| 2 | 25 | Works - Chicago: The History of its Reputation, part II - chapters 1, 7-8, 26-27, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 26 | Works - Deadlines, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 27 | Works - Deadlines - chapter 4, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 28 | Works - Deadlines - fragment, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 29 | Works - Early Chicago - speech, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 30 | Works - His Victory, Jun. 17, 1926 | |||||||||
| 2 | 31 | Works - Josslyn, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 32 | Works - Master of the Mayflower - chapters 1-7, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 33 | Works - Master of the Mayflower - chapters 8-16, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 34 | Works - Master of the Mayflower - chapters 1-14, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 35 | Works - Master of the Mayflower - chapters 1-14, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 36 | Works - Master of the Mayflower - chapters 1-13, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 37 | Works - Master of the Mayflower - chapters 4-16, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 38 | Works - Master of the Mayflower - notes, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 39 | Works - Mayflower Passage, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 40 | Works - Mayflower Passage, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 41 | Works - Mayflower Passage, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 42 | Works - Oscar Wilde Discovers America, 1882, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 43 | Works - The Poor Devil, Part I, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 44 | Works - The Poor Devil, Part II, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 45 | Works - Prisoner of the American Rebels, 1777-1781: Diary of a British Officer, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 46 | Works - Sojourn on a Summit, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 47 | Works - unidentified novel 1, part I, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 48 | Works - unidentified novel 1, part II, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 49 | Works - unidentified novel 2, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 50 | Works - unidentified novel 3, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 51 | Works - unidentified novel 3, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 52 | Works - unidentified novel 3, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 53 | Works - unidentified novel 3, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 54 | Works - unidentified manuscript fragments, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 55 | Works - unidentified manuscript notes, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 56 | Works by others - Many Tales from Many Cities by Isidore de Lara, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 57 | Works by others - The Reporter's Litany by Ben Hecht, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 58 | Works by others - unidentified authors, n.d. | |||||||||