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Carl Sandburg

  • The Bridges of Chicago, Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, 1990

Dr. Seuss

  • Dr. Seuss National Memorial, Springfield, MA, 2002

Robert E. Sherwood

  • Algonquin Hotel, New York, NY, 1996

Upton Sinclair

  • Union Stockyard Gate, Chicago, IL
    This site commemorates the centennial of the novel, The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair. The book exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry and is said to have influenced President Theodore Roosevelt in passing the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906. The novel chronicles Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant, in his quest for the American Dream in the filthy Chicago stockyards. Chicago, Illinois. Dedicated June 23, 2005. Partners: Illinois Center for the Book, the Lithuanian American Council, the Food and Drug Administration, Union Food and Commercial Workers, and the Weidman Family

Forrest Spaulding

  • Des Moines Public Library, Des Moines, IA
    Forrest Spaulding, Director of the Des Moines Public Library from 1917-1919 and again from 1927-1952, wrote the Library Bill of Rights adopted by the Des Moines Public Library Board November 21, 1938 and adopted by the America Library Association June 18, 1948. Dedicated April 22, 2006. Partners: Des Moines Public Library

Wallace Stevens

  • Wallace Stevens, Key West, FL, 1996

Edna St. Vincent-Millay

  • Maine Women Writers Collection, Portland, ME, 1998

Louis Sullivan

  • The Cliff Dwellers, Chicago, IL, 1995