"The Fourth Estate" by Joseph Medill Patterson and Harriet Ford. A play in four acts, 1909-11?,
Title
"The Fourth Estate" by Joseph Medill Patterson and Harriet Ford. A play in four acts, 1909-11?,
Subject
Journalists --Drama
Newspaper publishing --Drama
Description
This is a copy of a 1909 four-act play "The Fourth Estate" in manuscript with autograph notes and changes in more than one hand, copied from the original in the the Joseph Medill Patterson papers, Lake Forest College library Special Collections. The authors are Joseph Medill Patterson and Harriet Ford.
Cataloged; see "Relation" below.
Joseph Medill Patterson, 1867-1946, was a reformer and muckraking author who attacked the foibles and veniality of his own family business and of business in this play. He had written a novel and Ford joined him as an experienced playwright to make this story fit the stage.
Creator
Patterson, Joseph Medill, 1879-1946
Ford, Harriet, 1868-1949
Publisher
Lake Forest College
Date
1909
Rights
http://www.lakeforest.edu/library/archives/permission.php
Relation
http://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf-uiu/Record/lfc_193960
Format
document
Type
pdf
Files
Citation
Patterson, Joseph Medill, 1879-1946
Ford, Harriet, 1868-1949, “"The Fourth Estate" by Joseph Medill Patterson and Harriet Ford. A play in four acts, 1909-11?,,” Digital Collections - Lake Forest College, accessed November 21, 2024, https://collections.lakeforest.edu/items/show/4212.