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Title
Dill Pickle Club records [box 001], 1906-1941
Creator
Dill Pickle Club (Chicago, Ill.)
Date
1915-1935
Subjects
Art, American
,
Bohemianism
,
Clubs
,
Dill Pickle Club (Chicago, Ill.)
Summary
Collection of miscellaneous material removed from two scrapbooks relating to the Dill Pickle Club of Chicago, including a small amount of correspondence (some addressed to Jack Jones), poetry, clippings, photographs, announcements and programs for readings, lectures and plays, art work, and other memorabilia. Among others, artists include George Constant and Stanislaus Szukalski. There is also a small amount of material about another Jack Jones venture, Tech-Up.
Biographical/Historical Note
Bohemian Chicago social club, founded by former labor activist Jack Jones in 1916, to provide an unconventional meeting-place for the uninhibited and free-thinking, including Socialists, atheists, anarchists, liberated women, lecturers and soap-box orators, artists, actors, playwrights, literary figures, etc. Chartered in 1917, the Dil-Pickle (as it was first known) was a free-speech forum frequented by Ben Reitman, Carl Sandburg, Edgar Lee Masters, Maxwell Bodenheim, Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Sherwood Anderson, Floyd Dell and many others. The club's fortunes declined as the Depression progressed, and in 1932 tax difficulties caused its demise.
Extent
2.5 cubic ft. (3 boxes, 2 oversize boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Format
Manuscripts, American
,
Photographs
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Records and correspondence
,
Sources
Archival Collection Title
Dill Pickle Club records
,
Midwest Manuscript Collection
Rights Status
Copyright Not Evaluated
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.
Contributing Institution
Newberry Library
Link to Catalog
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Call Number
Midwest MS Dill Pickle
BibID
171488
Size
5824px × 3115px 51.94 MB
IIIF Resource Type
Canvas
Filename
991714888805867_mms_dill_pickle_box_001_fl_00071_002.tif
Unique Identifier
NL11FCQE
Projects Tag
Chicago and the Midwest
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