Franklin J. Meine collection, 1824-1968

  • IdentificationMSMein70
  • TitleFranklin J. Meine collection MSMein70
  • PublisherSpecial Collections
  • LanguageEnglish
  • RepositorySpecial Collections
  • Physical Description11.0 Linear feet
  • Date1824-1968
  • AbstractFranklin J. Meine (1896-1968) was the editor of the American Peoples Encyclopedia and a collector of American regional and folk humor. This collection consists of correspondence, notes, source material, articles and clippings, photographs, sheet music, cartoons, newspapers, comics and published materials.
  • OriginationMeine, Franklin J., 1896-1968

Old Resource ID was FMeine

Franklin J. Meine (1896-1968) was the editor of the American Peoples Encyclopedia and a collector of American regional and folk humor. Meine was active in Chicago literary societies such as the Cliffdwellers and the Caxton Club. His publications included Tall Tales of the Southwest: an Anthology of Southern and Southwestern Humor, 1830-1860 (1930); Mike Fink: King of Mississippi Keelboatmen, co-authored with Walter Blair (1933); and several Caxton Club publications.

This collection consists of correspondence, notes, source material, articles and clippings, photographs, sheet music, cartoons, newspapers, comics and published materials. The collection deals primarily with American humorists, folklore, and regional cultures, especially life on the Mississippi river.

Franklin J. Meine collection, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Illinois at Chicago

  • NamesMeine, Franklin J., 1896-1968 -- Archives
  • Subject
    • American wit and humor.
    • Chicago Community Organizations.
    • Folk music.
    • Folklore.
    • Humorists, American.
  • Geographic CoverageUnited States.