Scope and Contents This collection contains the records of the Handy Writer’s Colony of Robinson, Illinois. It includes: by-laws, minutes, correspondence, membership, and financial records of the colony regarding its founding, organization, finances, philosophy, and teaching methods; approximately two thousand letters written by Lowney Handy, Harry Handy, James Jones, colony members, relatives, publishers, editors, and friends; military records, and other personal papers of James Jones; commonplace books,...