Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | A.B. MacDonald papers, 1878-1976 |
|---|---|
| Span Dates | 1878-1976 |
| Bulk Dates | 1893-1942 |
| ID No. | MSS86317 |
| Creator | MacDonald, A. B. (Alexander Black), 1871-1942 |
| Extent | 2,100 items |
| Extent | 8 containers plus 31 oversize |
| Extent | 8.4 linear feet |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms019029 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm2019086317 |
| Summary | Journalist. Scrapbooks, diaries, clippings, correspondence, photographs, legal reports, ephemera, and other papers relating to A. B. MacDonald’s career at the Kansas City Star and other publications, his family life and history, and his personal interests. Includes material concerning his coverage of the Leo Frank lynching of 1915, diaries documenting MacDonald’s time with Billy Sunday’s evangelical campaigns from 1917 to 1918, and his coverage of the A. D. Payne murder case that won him the Pulitzer Prize in 1931. |