Edward Robb Ellis

Edward Robb Ellis

Edward Robb Ellis (February 22 1911 – September 7 1998) was a diarist and journalist who worked in New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Chicago, and New York City.

Born in Kewanee, Illinois, Ellis also worked as a newspaper reporter in Chicago and New York City. Ellis began his diary in 1927 as a teenager and wrote for more than 70 years, nearly every day totaling a volume for each year.

He also authored books on the Great Depression and New York City, as well as a study of suicide. According to his book "A Diary of the Century", his diaries were to go to the Fales Library at New York University after his death.

External links

* [http://www.salon.com/media/1997/12/02media.html Salon: "The Man Who Wrote the Century" by Laura Johnston]
* [http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/fales/ellis.html New York University's Fales Library and Special Collections Guide to the Edward Robb Ellis Papers]


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