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                <text>The collection stores items related to the question of how gossip was talked about, referenced, and used in nineteenth-century periodicals. It showcases letters, diaries, articles, auto/biographical accounts of relevant journalists as well as exemplary gossip columns and articles. &lt;br /&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/sources/archives/"&gt;list&lt;/a&gt; of archives from which the archival sources were derived.&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
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            <text>"Miss Lillian A. Lewis, society reporter for the Boston &lt;em&gt;Advocate&lt;/em&gt;, has for several years been the private stenographer and secretary to the widely known Max Eliot, of the Boston &lt;em&gt;Herald&lt;/em&gt;. Her record for taking down copy verbatim is said to be among the highest in New England. Her position in the &lt;em&gt;Herald&lt;/em&gt; office also calls for special articles und reportorial work, which she does creditably."</text>
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              <text>"Some Race Doings," &lt;em&gt;Cleveland Gazette&lt;/em&gt;, March 23, 1889</text>
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              <text>Lewis, Lillian Alberta ( (pseudonym: Bert Islew), 1861-?</text>
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              <text>&lt;p&gt;Reprint from &lt;em&gt;The New York Age&lt;/em&gt; in Cleveland Gazette, here given the headline "Some Race Doings," which offers a wide variety of news concerning prominent Black artists and writers – such as opera singer Madam Selika and gossip columnist (here called "society reporter") &lt;a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/970" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Lillian A. Lewis&lt;/a&gt; – as well as current events in politics.&lt;br /&gt;The account of Lewis' career indicates public investment in the lives of Black professionals beyond their artitistic and journalistic output.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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