Newberry Library - Logsdon, Clarence, Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, 1947-1970

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Open book Logsdon, Clarence, Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, 1947-1970

Title Logsdon, Clarence, Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, 1947-1970

Creator Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990

Date 1947-1970

Language English

Subjects New Left

Format Correspondence

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in retaliation for his expression
of such beliefs. It let loose
a real hot controversy
pro and con in many pulpits.
Lewis was the kind of
person who enjoyed any drama
of such nature. It put him
in the limelight of a subject
which, he was getting ready to
exploit with his new novel
Elmer Gantry.
Lewis came to Kansas City
by the way of California
and Arizona taking notes for 'Gantry'
by copying material [?]
corner stones of churches and
tomb stones in graveyards,
he got names for his characters
and ideas about religion this
way. He had compiled many note
books full of such material.
As soon as Lewis landed in
K.C. Mo., he teamed up with

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Archival Collection Title Jack Conroy papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Conroy Box 18 Folder 915

BibID 992006198805867

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Unique Identifier NL1LXZT

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