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Emmett Dedmon
 
1918 -

Chicago's historian-about-town, Emmett Dedmon, moved here from Nebraska to attend college at the University of Chicago. He was an editor, columnist, and critic for the tabloid Chicago Times and Marshall Field III's Chicago Sun, and stuck with the papers after they merged in 1947. He was the director and chief historian of the Chicago Club and a trustee of the Chicago Historical Society.

Works:

  • Duty to Live, 1946
  • A History of the Chicago Club, 1960
  • Great Enterprises: 100 Years of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, 1957
  • China Journal, 1973
  • A Lighthearted History of the Tavern Club, 1978
  • Fabulous Chicago, 1981

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