Newberry Library - Schmidt, Dorothy, Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, 1950

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Open book Schmidt, Dorothy, Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, 1950

Title Schmidt, Dorothy, Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, 1950

Creator Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990

Date 1950

Language English

Subjects New Left

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User-Contributed Transcription so he doesn't like to believe - even make-believe - that anything could beat a cannon ball - (He says it couldn't beat a diesel).
When we were in Oklahoma a "Boomer" was used to describe both a worker (particularly in oil) who went from job to job (or boom to boom) like your firemen - but also a homesteader who made the run when the territory was opened up - A "sooner" - was someone who came in even sooner than the boomers -
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Archival Collection Title Jack Conroy papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Conroy Box 27 Folder 1384

BibID 992006198805867

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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