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Penkower, Monty, Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, 1967-1968

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Title Penkower, Monty, Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, 1967-1968

Creator Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990

Date 1967-1968

Language English

Subjects New Left

Format Correspondence

User-Contributed Transcription 975 Walton Ave. The Bx., N.Y. 10452 24 Nov., 1967. Mr. Jack Conroy 7027 South Jeffrey Blvd. Chi., Ill. 60649 Dear M. Conroy: I am a doctoral candidate in History at Columbia University and am doing research on the Federal Writers' Project of the 1930s. My research indicates that you were on the FWP for a time. I'd like to ask you these questions: a) do you have a file on the FWP? (I could return it quickly, if necessary) b) can you suggest other people I could contact for interviews (esp. writers)? I'd like to see you when I get to Chicago this year. (If you plan on coming to N.Y. underlined: please contact me first!) c) Until I see you, could you tell me something of your reminiscences of that period, e. g.: your recollections of work on the FWP; of your superiors and fellow "writers"; the issue of Communist influence and

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Archival Collection Title Jack Conroy papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Conroy Box 22 Folder 1206

BibID 992006198805867

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Unique Identifier NL1M0VN

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