Irwin Shrewsbury Cobb papers,
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Irwin Shrewsbury Cobb papers,
- Date
- 1917-1944 (inclusive)
- Creator
- Cobb, Irvin S., (Irvin Shrewsbury), 1876-1944
- Extent
- 0.35 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Manuscripts--Kentucky--Private collections.
- Arrangement
- The collection is arranged by material type.
- Preferred Citation
- 56M8 : [identification of item], Irwin Shrewsbury Cobb papers, 1917-1944, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was the second of four children born in Paducah, Kentucky. He started in journalism on the Paducah Daily News at age seventeen, and became the nation's youngest managing news editor at nineteen. He later worked at the Louisville Evening Post for a year and a half. At the turn of the twentieth century Cobb was a journalist for New York World and Evening Sun newspapers. Cobb covered World War I for the Saturday Evening Post. He is best known for his humorist writings on Kentucky.
- Scope and Content
- The Irwin Shrewsbury Cobb papers include his personal correspondence from 1917 until 1944. The collection includes reviews and excerpts of his writings from national newspapers and magazines. It also includes several undated manuscripts for four works including: an introduction for a book called Governor of Kentucky, and three short books called At the Feet of Every Enemy, Cobbiana, and Who's Who.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections.
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