William G. Clugston Papers
Creator: Clugston, W. G. (William George), 1889-1966
Date: 1928-1966
Level of Description: Coll./Record Group
Material Type: Manuscripts
Call Number:
Manuscripts Collection 89
Unit ID: 40089
Biographical sketch: Newspaper publisher, author, social critic. Of Barry County, Mo.; Topeka, Kan.
Abstract: Correspondence, articles, and essays containing social commentary relating to Kansas and the United States. Included is a memorial address on W. G. Clugston by Walter A. Huxman, 1966, and an article on Clugston's political writings.
Space Required/Quantity: 2 ft. (5 boxes)
Title (Main title): William G. Clugston Papers
Titles (Other):
- Papers
- W. G. Clugston papers
- William G. Clugston collection
- Political writings of William G. Clugston
Biography
Biog. Sketch (Full):
William George Clugston was born in Kentucky in 1889 and attended Lexington schools before earning his law degree from the University of Kentucky. During his studies he worked as a campus correspondent for a couple Lexington newspapers and helped found the first student publication at the university.
In the 1910s, after failing to find a job in Kansas City, Clugston became sports editor for the Topeka State Journal. He also served as political reporter and city editor with this newspaper. In 1919 he began working for the Kansas City Post as the Kansas correspondent.
In the early 1940s Clugston stopped working full-time as a regular staff writer for any newspaper, instead focusing his time on writing books, plays, and magazine and newspaper articles. Clugston died in 1966.
[Corporon, John R., "The Political Writings of William G. Clugston," thesis for University of Kansas Department of Political Science, 1953.]
Scope and Content
Contents: Box 1. Correspondence, 1935-1966 ; articles, 1963-1964 -- box 2. Articles, undated ; mss.: Democracy in Kansas, Democracy lives in Kansas, Ol' Jack's millions -- box 3. Mss. : Slideshows, Women on top, Your most vital problems, The people's revolution, Kansans corrupting America -- box 4. Ms. : This also is history ; articles ; The political writings of William G. Clugston / by John R. Corporon -- box 5. Misc. -- box 6. Ol' Jack's millions.
Locators:
| Locator | Contents |
|---|---|
| 004-02-07-03 to 004-02-07-07 | |
| 121-16-05-07 | Ol' Jack's millions / by W. G. Clugston (1966 donation) |
Index Terms
Subjects
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Barry County (Mo.)
Kansas -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Topeka (Kan.)
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Clugston, W. G. (William George), 1889-1966
Clugston, W. G. (William George), 1889-1966 -- Death and burial
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Political and social views
Authors, American -- Kansas -- Topeka
Critics -- Kansas -- Topeka
Journalists -- Kansas -- Topeka
Newspaper editors -- Missouri -- Barry County
Authors -- Kansas
Newspaper editors -- Kansas -- Topeka
Newspaper employees -- Kansas
Reporters and reporting -- Kansas
Social problems in literature
Politics and literature -- Kansas
Politics and literature -- United States
Social problems -- Kansas
Social problems -- United States
Politics in literature
Creators and Contributors
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Clugston, W. G. (William George), 1889-1966
Huxman, Walter Augustus, 1887-1972
Corporon, John R.
Additional Information for Researchers
Use and reproduction: Information on literary rights available from the Kansas Historical Society (Topeka).
