Dreiser on the Web

by Roger W. Smith

11. Miscellaneous

a. Dreiser Images

Google Image Search. http://images.google.com/ . A search on “Theodore Dreiser” provides downloadable JPG images of Dreiser photos and book covers.

b. Genealogy

Dresser, Jim. “John Paul Dreiser Sr.” (Family page containing Dresser family tree in GEDCOMfile format).

http://www.my-ged.com/db/page/dresser2/2098 . Genealogical information related to the family of Dreiser’s parents, John Paul and Sarah (Schänäb) Dreiser. The author collects and maintains genealogical information on Dresser families worldwide.

c. Sites with Biographical Details

“Dreiser Indicted By Kentucky Jury.” New York Times, 11 Nov. 1931. KY-COALMINERS-L Archives.

http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/KY-COALMINERS/2002-06/1024843070 . Full-text posting of the New York Times news item about Dreiser’s arrest for “misconduct” with Marie Pergain during the Kentucky Miners’ strike.

O’Brien, John. “An Interview with William Eastlake,” 1978. Center for Book Culture.org.

http://www.centerforbookculture.org/interviews/interview_eastlake.html . The interview contains a snippet of Dreiser’s conversation as recounted by William Eastlake, the interviewee.