Newberry Library - Aaron , Dan, Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, n. d., 1959, 1968-1984

Aaron , Dan, Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, n. d., 1959, 1968-1984

Overview

Image w/ Text

Loading details...

You do not have the permission to view Original image

Open book Aaron , Dan, Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, n. d., 1959, 1968-1984

Title Aaron , Dan, Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, n. d., 1959, 1968-1984

Creator Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990

Date n. d., 1959, 1968-1984

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 yyyyyyyyyyyyy Dear Jack: I feel like a heel for not having written before this - (to hell with this dammed machine. Now you must read my interestingly illegible script), and for not having returned your magazines to you. I have them neatly stacked in my office, from which I have never removed them, and i only need them now to check references. The book is just about done, alltho it's turned out to be a different sort of book than I had originally intended - not in every respect but in some respects. It is, I suppose, a chronicle of the impact of the idea of Communism {?} socialism on the { ? } writer. Half of it deals with the period before 1929, half (or maybe a little less) after 1929. I stop in the early 40's. Joe {Freeman} likes the first half but has misgivings about the second part - which seems to come down pretty much to intramural bickerings, ...series of disenchantment, ... sharpshooting, ideological careerism etc. Just to temper this {somberness} a little, I've inserted a chapter which will {open up? } the thirties - Part II of my book. There is a twist to the idealism and its magnanimity of the decade and a critique against those who would dismiss the {soldiers} as {crooks} and {murderers} - as if there were no objective reasons why anyone should want to reconstruct our society or oppose Hitler.

Transcription Status Needs review

Transcription Note This document was transcribed by volunteers as part of the Newberry Transcribe crowdsourcing initiative.

Archival Collection Title Jack Conroy papers

Link to Catalog View finding aid | View record

Call Number Midwest MS Conroy Box 1 Folder 6

BibID 992006198805867

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

Newberry Open Access Policy The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to these terms and conditions.

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3940px × 5025px 113.32 MB

Filename 992006198805867_midwest_ms_conroy_box_00001_fl_00006_000018.tif

Unique Identifier NL119X2D

Help Need help finding, searching, sharing, or downloading? Check out our help page!