Descriptive inventory for the Paul M. Angle papers, 1776, 1809-1978, bulk 1940-1973

Series 1 contains research material, interviews, notes, chronologies, letters, book reviews, and other papers related to Angle's book Bloody Williamson: A Chapter in American Lawlessness (1952). A significant portion of the research material consists of newspaper clippings and printed material on Williamson County, Illinois, and photocopies of newspaper articles from the 1920s on S. Glen Young, the Ku Klux Klan, the Shelton gang, Charlie Birger, and the Herrin Massacre. Also present is a manuscript draft of the book.

Series 2 contains research material, notes, letters, interviews, printed material, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and other papers related to Angle's book Philip K. Wrigley: A Memoir of a Modest Man (1975). Included is material on the Chicago Cubs, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, and Wrigley's resort on Catalina Island, California. Also present are financial reports of the William Wrigley Jr. Company, including stockholder balance sheets (1924-1954) and annual reports (1954-1974). Also includes a draft of Angle's manuscript Philip K. Wrigley: A Memoir of a Modest Man (1975) and index cards with research notes (box 35).

Series 3 consists of research material, notes, newspaper clippings, photocopies of letters and articles, and other papers related to Angle's work as a historian and author. Included are Angle's master's thesis for the University of Illinois (1924) and manuscript drafts for articles on historical subjects. Also present are speeches, articles, and book reviews by Angle for the Chicago Tribune (1948-1967), the University of Chicago Press, Collier's Encyclopedia, and Grolier's The Book of Knowledge. Main topics are Abraham Lincoln and the history of Illinois. Also included are index cards with contacts and research notes (box 36).

Series 4 consists of professional and personal correspondence, notes, printed material, and other papers related to Angle and his career as a historian, author, and director of the Chicago Historical Society. Correspondents are primarily fellow historians, including Allan Nevins, Carl Sandburg, and J.G. Randall, and publishers, including Alfred A. Knopf and the University of Chicago Press. Angle's articles, manuscripts, research methods, and personal affairs are the main topics discussed. Letters from Vice President Richard Nixon (1959), Illinois Governor Henry Horner (1938), and typed copies of correspondence written by Abraham Lincoln (1839-1860) are also included.

Series 5 contains college certificates, speeches, permission slips, author contracts, copyright forms, newspaper clippings of book reviews, and other papers related to Paul Angle's professional and personal life. Most of the material pertains to the Chicago Historical Society and includes memorandums, agendas, budgets, and summary reports of attendance and earnings from the CHS Executive Committee. Other material pertains to the Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission, the Air Pollution Control Appeal Board of Chicago, and financial statements (1949-1959) for the Eugene S. Pike Estate Land Trust. Also present is a notebook of Angle's travel experiences.