Don Lawson papers
- Creator Names Lawson, Don.
- Title Don Lawson papers [manuscript], 1882-1990.
- Physical description 2 linear feet (4 boxes)
- Collection summary Correspondence, books by Lawson, book reviews, research files, biographical materials, playbills, photographs, and other papers of Don Lawson, a Chicago author who wrote non-fiction books on historical and political subjects for young adult readers. Also present are some papers of Lawson's wife, Beatrice Lawson (Beatrice Yates before her marriage to Lawson). Research files relate mostly to the Civil War, World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War. Photographs are chiefly reproductions of images related to wars, but also include some personal subjects. Also present are playbills from Chicago theater productions (ca. 1950-1990), as well as photographs and infantry papers of Conrad Grass (ca. 1882-1893), inherited from Lawson's mother's family.
- Acquisition information Gift of Elizabeth Conant in 1993.
- Biographical or Historical Note Lawson, Donald Elmer, 1917-1990.
- Location of Other Archival Materials Note The University of Southern Mississippi also holds Donald Elmer Lawson papers in the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection.
- Names
- Lawson, Don Archives.
- Grass, Conrad.
- Lawson, Beatrice Yates.
- Grass, Conrad.
- Lawson, Beatrice Yates.
- Subjects
- Authors, American Illinois Chicago 20th century.
- Korean War, 1950-1953.
- Soldiers United States 19th century.
- Theater Illinois Chicago 20th century.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Geographic coverage
- Chicago (Ill.) Intellectual life 20th century.
- United States History Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States History.
- United States Politics and government.
- Genre
- Correspondence. aat
- Photographic prints. aat
- Playbills. aat
- Research notes. aat
- Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.