Kramer, Dale, 1911 - 1966
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Scope and Contents
Multiple manuscripts for numerous Iowa authors are collected here. Abbe, George Aldrich, Bess Andreas, Osborn Argow, Waldemar Aurner, Nellie Baker, Laura Nelson Baker, Richard Terrill Bissell, Bess Brown, Charles Brown, Lewis H. Buxbaum, Katherine Calhoun, Mary Huiskamp Carlson, Esther Carver, Thomas Nixon Cassill, R. Verlin Clark, Glenn Colby, Anthony Crary, Margaret Darling, Frederick Donovan, Josephine Berry Duncan, Actea Carolyn Young Eastman, Harold Lloyd Elston, Hattie Phinnette Gard, Wayne Gavitt, Benjamin H. Gearhart, Susan Merriam Gingerich, Melvin Gould (Charles) Bruce Hale, Arlene Hall, Lynn Hoeltje, Hubert Hoffman, Mathias Martin Humphrey, James Hunn, L.E. "Jack" Jorgenson, George and Nora Kauffman, Ray Franklin Kemp, Charles F. Kramer, Dale Lafferty, R.A. LeSueur, Meridel Loeser, Katinka McClurg, William H. McHale, Tom McInerney, Carl Moeller, Dorothy Murphy, Thomas Dowler Nelson Evelyn and Violet O'Connor, Rose Agnes Olson, Eugene Olson, Harry Ferdinand Painter, Eleanor Paluka, Frank Perrin, Joyce Petersen, William John Peterson, Virgil W. Porter, Ella Williams Prange, Gordon W. Quick, Herbert Randolph, Colonel Charles D Reed, Warren A. Rosheim, David L Rowan, Edward Beatty Saunders, William Irving Schell, James Peery Schoonover, Lawrence Seagrave, Sadie Fuller Sheets, George March Sherman, Richard Shultz, Gladys Denny Simpson, Frank B. Smith, Grace Noll Smith, Lewis Worthington Stevenson, Neal Taylor, James C Trueblood, D. Elton Van Etten, Mrs. Winifred Ver Duft, Lee Wallace, Zella Wandrey, Ralph H. Ward, The Reverend Leo Richard Weir, Ruth Cromer Wilbur, Ray Lyman Williams, Maude Newell Winchell, Mary Edna Wormhoudt, Arthur Zaffiras, George
Dates
- Creation: 1911 - 1966
Creator
- From the Collection: Iowa Author's (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Dale Kramer was born near Ottumwa, Iowa in 1911 and grew up in Sigourney, Iowa. His father worked as a farmer and butcher and Kramer worked on farms and in his father's butcher shop, later becoming a printer. While attending Parsons College and the State University of Iowa, Kramer worked as a linotype operator, possibly at the Iowa City Press-Citizen and the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Kramer became active in politics at an early age and later reported on national politics. During the late 1930's Kramer published two investigations in Harper's; one concerning Communist activities in the United States and the other and expose of pro-Hitler forces in the United States. During World War II Kramer was an undercover agent for Army Intelligence and later became a war correspondent for Yank magazine. Kramer authored many books covering a variety of topics. Among them are The Wild Jackasses (1956) about the efforts of farmers to better their conditions, Teen-Age Gangs (1953) concerning causes of juvenile delinquency, and several biographies including The Heart of O. Henry (1954) and Ross and the New Yorker (1951). After living in New York City with his wife and two children, Kramer returned to Sigourney, Iowa with his family. Kramer and his wife were active in the Democratic party in Keokuk county; Kramer was the Democratic chairman of the county and in 1956 ran for the Fourth District Congressional Primary, though lost to Steven Carter. After returning to Sigourney, Kramer also taught magazine writing at the State University of Iowa School of Journalism. He lived and wrote in Sigourney until his death in 1966. See also the papers of William and Karlton Kelm for correspondence. http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/scua/msc/tomsc650/msc637/kelm.htm Dale Kramer donated his manuscripts to us inthe 1950s and 1960s.
Extent
From the Collection: 16.00 Linear Feet (Photographs throughout.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
Writer and political activist. Included are drafts of his books The Heart of O. Henry, Ross and the New Yorker, and Teen-Age Gangs.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Dale Kramer donated his manuscripts to us in the 1950s and 1960s.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
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