Collections

The Dickey mss., 1872-1941, consists of the papers of John Marcus Dickey, 1859-1950, secretary, platform manager, and biographer of James Whitcomb Riley.

The Dreiser mss., 1931, consists of the manuscripts and realia of author Theodore Dreiser, 1871-1945.

The Dreiser mss. III, 1928-1945, consists of several photographs and one lithograph pertaining to author Theodore Dreiser, 1871-1945.

The Dreiser mss. IV, 1928-1945, consists of the papers of author Theodore Dreiser, 1871-1945.

The Dreiser mss. V, 1871-1945, consists of correspondence and photographs pertaining to author Theodore Dreiser, 1871-1945.

The Ehrmann mss., 1899-1926, consists of letters to Max Ehrmann, 1872-1945, author, from Eugene Victor Debs, Frank Harris and Upton Beall Sinclair, and Mrs. A. Schember.

Consists of letters and papers of Charles Warren Fairbanks, 1852-1918, U.S. senator from Indiana and vice president (1905-1909), and his son, Warren Charles Fairbanks, 1878-1938, newspaper publisher. The Charles Warren Fairbanks material, which comprises the bulk of the collection, consists of correspondence with prominent political figures, businessmen, bankers, friends, relatives and constituents; manuscript and printed speeches of Fairbanks; law office papers; bills and receipts; miscellaneous papers; newspaper clippings; invitations; calling cards; pictures; slides of Fairbanks's trip around the world, 1909-1910; and miscellaneous printed matter. The Warren Charles Fairbanks papers, 1918-1938, relate to the settlement of the estate of his father, Charles Warren Fairbanks; the Indianapolis News; the Fairbanks Blue ridge farms in Piatt County, Illinois; and the Fairbanks Valley farms in Greene County, Illinois.

The Flanagan mss., 1861-1962, are the papers of Emma Cecelia (Rector) Flanagan, (Mrs. Edward E. Flanagan), 1870- 1964. They consist primarily of correspondence with the Dreiser and Rose families dealing with personal matters.

The Hack mss., 1906-1959, consists of the papers of author Elizabeth Jane Miller Hack, 1878-1961.

The Hitt mss., 1891-1938, consists primarily of letters from poet James Whitcomb Riley, 1849-1916, to journalist George Cooper Hitt, 1851-1944. George C. Hitt & Co. published Riley's first book, The Old Swimmin'-hole and'Leven More Poems, in 1883.