This collection contains autographed books, letters, clippings, photographs, articles, and other material relating to writers and politicans and collected by Joseph J. Sirak Jr. Often the files for the authors and politicans contains a summary of how he met the person, their titles, works, and other biographical information along with material he collected about the person such as clippings, autographs, books, articles, and short stories. The letters in the files are from the politicans and writers acknowledging the letter Sirak wrote to them, and often times thanking them for Sirak's praise of their work. A majority of the photographs are from when Sirak met with the author or politican.

18 boxes

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