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George Matthew Adams was born in in in Saline, Michigan. Adams was educated at Ottawa University where he earned a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in and where he received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree in Harriet Adams died in and in , Adams remarried Mrs. Robert Scott Harner, a noted Philadelphia artist. Adams began his career as an elevator operator, afterwards he became a department manager for Mahin Advertising Company, and then an advertising writer for Swift and Company.

This syndicate served over one hundred newspapers all over the world. Adams' own creation, "Today's Talk" was featured daily in newspapers throughout the United States and Canada. His books were collections of small essays, some taken from "Today's Talk. Adams was also a rare books collector. He was given the Freedom's Foundation award for "Outstanding achievement in bringing about better understanding between peoples.

The collection consists of correspondence, printed material, photographs, memorabilia, writings about George Matthew Adams, and two books. The Baker-Adams correspondence is mainly about the two authors' mutual interest in books and an offer from Adams to Baker to do a daily column.

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Baker also wrote often to thank Adams for mentioning one of Baker's books in "Today's Talk. Adams offered a daily column to Lampman as well as Baker and wrote about Lampman's books in "Today's Talk. Rebecca McCann had written her book the Cheerf'ul Cherub and was looking to Adams for legal advice in drawing up a contract for the publication of the book.

English Extent 1 box es. The George Matthew Adams Papers are open for research use.