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| Title: | Sandburg, Carl-Joseph Halle Schaffner. Collection |
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| Dates: | 1927-1969 |
| Size: | 1 linear ft. (2 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | This collection contains correspondence between poet and Lincoln biographer Carl Sandburg and manuscripts collector Joseph Halle Schaffner. The collection includes letters from or accounts of mutual friends, especially persons affiliated with the New School for Social Research, and photographs. Also included is Sandburg memorabilia collected by Schaffner. |
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When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Sandburg, Carl-Joseph Halle Schaffner. Collection, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
The Carl Sandburg-Joseph Halle Schaffner Correspondence documents nearly fifty years of friendship between the two men. Joseph Halle Schaffner was the son of the founding partner of the Chicago clothiers, Hart, Schaffner and Marx, Joseph Schaffner, and his wife, Sarah Halle. The tie between Schaffner and Sandburg was reinforced through marriages. Sandburg's daughter, Helga, married the widower of Schaffner's cousin, Jane Halle.
The collection is arranged in two parts: The Carl Sandburg-Joseph Halle Schaffner Correspondence and the Sandburg Memorabilia of Joseph Halle Schaffner. The correspondence, arranged in chronological order, extends from 1927 to Sandburg's death in 1967. Included in the collection are letters from or accounts of mutual friends, especially persons affiliated with the New School of Social Research, which conferred degrees upon Schaffner and Sandburg in 1959. Among the major correspondencts are Roy Stannard Baker, L. C. Brodribb, Alvin Johnson, David M. Kirkpatrick, Henry Adams Lafarge, Clara Anderson Sandburg and Hans Simon.
The Sandburg Memorabilia of Joseph Halle Schaffner, also arranged in chronological order, consist mostly of newspaper clippings. Issues of magazines, pamphlets, and special publications are itemized in the Inventory.
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Series I: Correspondence |
| Box 1 Folder 1-2 | 1927 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | 1928 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | 1933-51 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | 1952 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | 1953-54 |
| Box 1 Folder 7-9 | 1956 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | 1957 |
| Box 1 Folder 11-13 | 1958 |
| Box 1 Folder 14-16 | 1959 |
| Box 1 Folder 17 | 1960, correspondence and photograph, bust of Carl Sandburg by Avard Fairbanks at Knox College |
| Box 1 Folder 18-22 | 1961 |
| Box 1 Folder 23 | 1962-64 |
| Box 1 Folder 24 | 1966, correspondence and photograph, Edward Steichen with Sandburg, Dec. 15, 1966 |
| Box 1 Folder 25-26 | 1966 |
| Box 1 Folder 27 | 1967 |
| Box 1 Folder 28 | 1968, correspondence and photographs of Carl Sandburg, by Edward Steichen and Dana Steichen |
| Box 1 Folder 29 | 1969 |
Series II: Memorabilia |
| Box 1 Folder 30 | 1926, G. Mazer, "Carl Sandburg at College" from The Lombard Letter (May, 1926) pp. 11-14 |
| Box 1 Folder 31 | 1934, Memorial booklet on Philip Green Wright (1861-1934) |
| Box 1 Folder 32 | 1955, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society Vol. XLV No. 4 (Winter 1952) |
| Box 1 Folder 33 | 1956-57 |
| Box 1 Folder 34 | 1958, H. Sandburg, "Life with Father and Our Books" in Saturday Review (November 29, 1958) pp. 10-13 |
| Box 1 Folder 35 | 1959
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| Box 1 Folder 36 | 1960-61
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| Box 1 Folder 37 | 1962-63 |
| Box 1 Folder 38 | 1967, Knox Alumnus Vol. XLVIII No. 2 (Summer 1967) |
| Box 1 Folder 39 | Memorabilia
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| Box 2 Folder 1 | 1968 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | 1968
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| Box 2 Folder 3 | 1969
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| Box 2 Folder 4 | 1970-71
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| Box 2 Folder 5 | Undated material |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | of Sandburg Collection of Donna E. Workman |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | Oversized Memorabilia;
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