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Baumgartner, Alden (Al), Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, 1951-1988

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Title Baumgartner, Alden (Al), Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, 1951-1988

Creator Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990

Date 1951-1988

Place United States

Language English

Subjects Authors, American, Bohemianism, New Left, Radicalism in literature, Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Illinois

Format Correspondence

User-Contributed Transcription 43 Sylvester Av. St. L, Mo. -19- (Webster Groves)9/3/65Dear Jack + Gladys:We are still sweltering in sunny St. L. Attempting to pay the bills, appease my salesmen + their customers, + please my boss + upper management. The older I become, I seem to realize, that there is no answer to the bitch goddess Success demands - A huge furnace with a red hot belly, once filled, emptied + ready for more - I have traveled quite a bit through the Midwest + South west, since I viewed your shining countaninces, + find - Capitalism, feudalism, Fascilism, + other "isms", living side by side, enjoying + using each other for their own selfish benifits. I am not disgusted, just niave, I guess - Nevertheless I am hoping someday to cease being an organizational misfit, + start a hotdog stand (with Beer) on the side of the road in the Ozarks + attempt to enjoy life. My 3 girls + son, are growing like weeds, and I am reminded that 20 years ago I was in the Navy + in the pacific -

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Archival Collection Title Jack Conroy papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Conroy Box 2 Folder 98

BibID 992006198805867

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 4229px × 5424px 131.29 MB

Filename 992006198805867_midwest_ms_conroy_box_00002_fl_00098_000003.tif

Unique Identifier NL119Y1H

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