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Title Oversize : Correspondence, Jack Conroy photographs and oversize, 1864-1991

Creator Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990

Date 1864-1991

Language English

Subjects New Left

Format Correspondence

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She is a fabulous person with a very retentive mind & manages to stay on top of everything today to the point where she dazzles you. It seems that (years ago) her son-in-law was in on the invention of Xerox & he told her to get every nickel she could beg, borrow, or steal & invest in the new company being formed (it was in a garage then). She did.
She lives on a very modest scale & money means nothing to her so she set up a foundation (with the Xerox income) to endow writers who are working on working-class themes treating with the 30's. I discovered this through a friend of mine (Sid Fossum, the artist) who is writing a history of the WPA artists & writers projects of the 30's. He received one grant & is supposed to get another one he tells me. ($500 a pop).
At this point I have no idea how much money is in the foundation, how it is administered or what the name of it is. I was over at the Minnesota Historical Society awhile ago (doing research for my novel) & had a long talk with the director (Russ Fridley) whom I suspect has something to do with the foundation.
My plan was to write to Russ, thanking him for his help & also ask him what the mechanics of getting a grant would be.

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Archival Collection Title Jack Conroy papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Conroy Box 93 Folder 3003

BibID 992006198805867

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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