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    Sydney J. Harris

    Sydney J. Harris (14 September1917 in London – 8 December1986 in Chicago) was a syndicated essayist and drama critic.

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      • “Tribute to an Egg” in Majority of One (1957)
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      • Chicago daglig News (February 20, 1958)
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      Sydney Justin Harris papers

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       Collection

      Identifier: Midwest-MS-Harris

      Scope and Content of the Collection

      Collection contains correspondence, works (including clippings of Harris' "Strictly Personal" columns), book and drama reviews, speeches, magazine articles, readers' letters, and some personal materials including publicity and photographs. Also includes cassette tapes and a film-strip set based on Harris' "Winners and Losers" column.

      Dates

      • Creation: 1933-1987
      • Creation: Majority of material found within 1975-1985

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      Language

      Materials are in English.

      Conditions Governing Access

      The Sydney Justin Harris papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

      Audiovisual recordings in this collection have not been digitized and are unavailable for use at this time.

      Ownership and Literary Rights

      The Sydney Justin Harris papers are the physical property of

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      Sydney J. Harris

      American journalist (1917–1986)

      This article is about the journalist. For other people named Sidney or Sydney Harris, see Sidney Harris (disambiguation).

      Sydney J. Harris (September 14, 1917 – December 7, 1986) was an American journalist for the Chicago Daily News and, later, the Chicago Sun-Times. He wrote 11 books and his weekday column, "Strictly Personal", was syndicated in approximately 200 newspapers throughout the United States and Canada.[1] He also wrote an aperiodic feature called "Things I Learned En Route to Looking Up Other Things".[2]

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      Sydney Justin Harris was born in London, but his family moved to the United States when he was five years old. Harris grew up in Chicago, where he spent the rest of his life. He attended high school with Saul Bellow, who was his lifelong friend. In 1934, at age 17, Harris began his newspaper career with the Chicago Herald and Examiner. He became a drama critic (1941) an