To request materials, please contact Thurber House staff by phone, at 614-464-1032, or by e-mail at thurberhouse@thurberhouse.org. Please include the Box Name and Folder Name for the materials requested. Staff will respond to requests within two weeks' time.
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| Repository: | Thurber House 77 Jefferson Avenue Columbus, OH 43215 |
| Creator: | James Thurber Family; donors to Thurber House |
| Title: | James Thurber Family Collection |
| Dates: | 1888-2002 |
| Quantity: | 20 cubic feet |
| Abstract: | Collection includes manuscripts, printed material, photographs, audio tapes, videotapes, records, and compact discs. |
| Identification: | jtfc |
| Language: | The records are in English. |
Born December 8, 1894 in Columbus, Ohio, James Grover Thurber was the middle of Charles and Mary Agnes (Mame) Fisher Thurber's three sons. He attended Columbus public schools and entered Ohio State University in 1913.
After working as a code clerk at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. and at the American Embassy in Paris, France, from 1918 to 1920, Thurber returned to Columbus, where he worked as a reporter for the Columbus Dispatch from 1921 to 1924. For a time, Thurber covered current books, films, and plays in "Credos and Curios," his weekly column for the Dispatch.
After marrying Althea Adams in 1922, Thurber and his wife returned to Paris, where he wrote articles for the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers. In 1925, the Thurbers moved to New York, where he wrote full-time for The New Yorker until 1933 and remained as a regular contributor to the magazine until his death in 1961. In 1929, he collaborated with fellow New Yorker contributor E.B. White on Is Sex Necessary? The Years With Ross (1959) not only is an informal biography of Harold Ross, founder and editor of The New Yorker, but also chronicles Thurber's three decades as a New Yorker contributor.
Thurber's only child, daughter Rosemary, was born October 7, 1931. In June 1935, Thurber married Helen Wismer.
Losing an eye in a childhood accident, Thurber later developed a progressive condition in his remaining eye that eventually caused blindness. Despite this handicap, Thurber continued to work as a popular cartoonist and humorist, writing books for children and adults, plays, screenplays and poetry. Best-known for his stories about middle-class domestic situations, Thurber's writings focus on the conflict between the sexes and everyday life. First recording his family memories in My Life and Hard Times (1933), Thurber's best-known work includes Thurber Carnival, My World - And Welcome To It, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", "The Unicorn in the Garden", and "The Night the Bed Fell".
Throughout his career, Thurber was recognized with a number of awards. Many Moons was named as a Caldecott Honor Book in 1944. In 1946, he received the Ohioana Book Award from the Martha Kinney Cooper Ohioana Library Association for The White Deer. Thurber received the Martha Kinney Cooper Ohioana Library Association's Sesquicentennial Career Medal (1953); the American Cartoonists Society's T-Square Award (1956); the American Library Association's Library and Justice Award (1957) for Further Fables for Our Time; and the Antoinette Perry ( "Tony") Special Award for Thurber Carnival (1960).
On October 3, 1961, Thurber suffered a stroke at his home in New York City. While in the hospital, he developed pneumonia, passing away on November 2, 1961. He is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio.
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The James Thurber Family Collection in the Thurber House archives contains unique manuscript material, scrapbooks, and personal photographs belonging to James Thurber and his family. Additionally, Thurber House's extensive collection of sheet music, sports ephemera, phonograph records, and printed material provide a valuable context for understanding Thurber's era.
The majority of this collection was donated to Thurber House by Robert Thurber, James' brother, and Rosemary Thurber, James' daughter. Volunteers and friends of Thurber House have also added to the collection. Julia Gardiner Hadley donated some of the collection's news media clippings, theatre programs and cards from Helen Thurber. A longtime friend of Mrs. Hadley's parents, Ted and Julia Gardiner, Thurber dedicated The Wonderful O to the Gardiner family. Lewis Branscomb, professor emeritus of Thurber studies at The Ohio State University and board member emeritus of Thurber House, provided materials documenting oral histories of Thurber contemporaries and Thurber House's 1988 productions, "James Thurber's Columbus" and "Jim Thurber and Good Old Columbus Town."
Family letters are a strong component of this collection. A portion of an 1888 letter from Thurber's father, Charles, to his mother, Mame Fisher, in the collection appears in Thurber's "Gentleman from Indiana," a eulogy to his father that Thurber published in a 1951 issue of The New Yorker and included in The Thurber Album. Copies of over 120 letters Thurber wrote to his family between 1947 and 1961 provide insight into Thurber's travels, his requests for family details and sports facts to include in his work, and his relationships with family and friends.
The collection documents the fondness James and his second wife, Helen, had for traveling. An album from their travels in Europe and Bermuda during 1936 and 1937 includes photographs and postcards of local landmarks, cancelled postage stamps, informal snapshots of the Thurbers, and pressed flowers and plants. Hotel and restaurant receipts and menus provide additional details about this extensive trip. Helen's three-ring notebook, "Helen and James Thurber, Litchfield, Connecticut," includes calendars of events, general information, reading lists, newspaper clippings, and recommendations from friends about what the Thurbers planned to see in France, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Scandinavia, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, and Romania.
Helen's mother, Mary Wismer, also documented the Thurbers' travels and accomplishments in scrapbooks. Photographs, postcards from Helen to her mother, and telegrams offer insights into travel itineraries and gardening interests. Other scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, advertisements, best-seller lists, and reviews record the public's reception to Thurber's work, such as The Thurber Carnival, The White Deer, The Male Animal, and The 13 Clocks.
Researchers can trace the development of Thurber's writing style through the collection. Thurber's early work for The Ohio State University's Scarlet Mask Club and the Sundial is represented in the collection, as are his contributions to The New Yorker and other national publications. Thurber House's extensive collection of Thurber's books, including those published in foreign languages, provide additional insight into his prolific contributions as an author. Several of these books are inscribed in Thurber's hand to friends like Herman Miller, an English professor at The Ohio State University, and his wife, Dorothy. Details about the drawings Thurber made on the walls of Tim Costello's restaurant in New York and a private Connecticut home can also be found in the collection. Programs and photographs from local and national productions document Thurber's work as a playwright. Moreover, the collection also includes 14 drawings of Michael Reiss's original scenery designs for the 1960 world premiere of "A Thurber Carnival" at the Hartman Theatre in Columbus, Ohio.
The collection also illustrates public recognition of Thurber's talents. A transcript records Rosemary Thurber's 1973 Ohio State University lecture about her father, while audio recordings of Thurber scholars provide additional perspectives on Thurber's literary contributions. Catalogs document posthumous exhibits of Thurber's work. Programs from Thurber House's commemoration of the first day of issue of the 1994 James Thurber postage stamp, Thurber's 1995 honorary degree from The Ohio State University, and a number of other honorary degrees and awards Thurber received are also included in the collection. Thurber House's collection of museum objects also includes the academic hoods Thurber received for these honorary degrees. Organized chronologically by decade, news media coverage of Thurber and his work offers researchers an opportunity to further document Thurber's contributions as a major literary figure of the 20th century.
Oral history transcripts and audiotapes provide rich accounts from Thurber's contemporaries about his days in Columbus, his personality, and other details offering insights into his life. News media clippings document public reception to Thurber's works and report on his personal and professional activities.
The collection also records popular culture of Thurber's era. Sheet music spanning the years from 1901 to 1930 invites study of graphic design trends, verse, and popular melodies of the time. Ephemera collected by avid sports fan Robert Thurber records significant early 20th century sporting events. Baseball-related ephemera include an official program from the Yankees/Dodgers 1956 World Series game; pages 31 and 33 are annotated with scoring records. Clippings of championship baseball teams and printed copies of individual photographs of players from the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Chicago White Sox, the Los Angeles Angels, and the Milwaukee Braves, ca. 1959-1961, as well as the 1961 Cincinnati Reds, can also be found in the collection.
Robert's Ohio State University football and basketball ephemera includes a copy of Kuenning's Midtown Restaurant menu, featuring a cover drawing of Woody Hayes and printed autographs of the 1960 Buckeye football squad, a laminated 1957-1958 Ohio State Rose Bowl souvenir book cover, and printed photographs of the 1960-1963 Ohio State basketball teams. Robert's boxing and tennis ephemera includes a copy of an article reporting on the Dempsey/Tunney "Long Count Fight" from the November 1927 issue of The Ring, a boxing magazine.
Robert also amassed a large number of athletic photographs, such as reproductions of photographs of Knute Rockne, Gus Dorias and other Notre Dame football players from 1913, the 1935 OSU football team, the Michigan State/Notre Dame football game, circa 1953, the 1958 OSU football team, signed by assistant coach Ernie Godfrey, and a 1931 lacrosse game at Stevens Institute in Hoboken, New Jersey.
The collection concludes with audiovisual materials documenting recordings of Thurber's work, events commemorating Thurber's accomplishments, and reflections on Thurber's life.
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Before viewing any part of the James Thurber Family Collection, researchers must make an appointment with a Thurber House staff member. Items in the collection must remain in the Thurber House archives room, under supervision of Thurber House staff.
Publication rights: All rights reside with the rights holder. All permissions must be obtained from the appropriate rights holder.
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Most of James Thurber's papers are housed in The Ohio State University's Rare Books and Manuscripts Library. Named James Thurber Papers, 1884-1972 (call number SPEC.CMS.4), the collection includes literary manuscripts, background materials collected for writings, correspondence, original drawings, photographs, tapes and transcripts of interviews with family and associates, scrapbooks, clippings, and some juvenilia. A correspondence index and card file are available in the library. For more information about this non-circulating collection, see the OSU Libraries catalog, contact the library at (614) 292-5938, or visit the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library web site. Ohioana Library also maintains copies of books by and about James Thurber, together with a biographical file on Thurber culled from Ohio publications and major newspapers. To view these non-circulating materials, contact Ohioana Library at (614) 466-3831 or visit the Ohio Public Library Information Network.
Return to the Table of ContentsResearchers are requested to cite The James Thurber Family Collection and Thurber House in all footnote and bibliographic references.
Collection processed by Betsy Butler, December 2003-February 2004.
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To request materials, please contact Thurber House staff by phone, at 614-464-1032, or by e-mail at thurberhouse@thurberhouse.org. Please include the Box Name and Folder Name for the materials requested. Staff will respond to requests within two weeks' time.
Series I: Thurber Family Papers, 1888-1975
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| Subseries I: Charles Thurber, 1888-1934 |
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| Portion of letter from Charles Thurber to Mame Fisher (on display in Museum Room), 1888 |
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| Letter from Charles Griffin to Senator J.B. Foraker recommending Charles Thurber, March 20, 1902 |
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| Charles Thurber's annual pass, The Columbus Baseball Club, 1925 |
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| Campaign cards, Charles Thurber for State Representative, 1934 |
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| Subseries II: Mary Fisher Thurber, 1899-1955 |
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| Box Name: Thurber Family Papers | ||||||||||||
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| Receipt from William Fisher to Mary Fisher Thurber for 5000 shares of Dahlonega Consolidated Gold Company , November 25, 1899 |
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| Mary Thurber's membership cards, OSU Mothers' Club, 1948; 1953 |
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| Mary Thurber's membership cards, Columbus Women's Club, 1949; 1955 |
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| Mary Thurber's membership card, Virginia Wright Mother's Guild of Columbus, 1955 |
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| Mary Thurber's F&R Lazarus circulating library card, undated |
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| Subseries III: William Thurber, 1902-1970 |
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| Box Name: Thurber Family Papers | ||||||||||||
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| William Thurber's Columbus Public Schools report cards, 1902; 1907; 1908 |
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| William Thurber:
"Telling His Fortune" drawing, undated |
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| Christmas cards from Libba and Bill Thurber, 1970; undated |
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| Postcards to Robert Thurber from William Thurber, 1955; 1961; 1962; 1963 |
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| Subseries IV: Robert Thurber, 1906-1968 |
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| Box Name: Thurber Family Papers | ||||||||||||
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| Letter from Robert?, 1906 |
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| Robert's Columbus Public School report cards (1909 and 1910 on display in Robert's room), 1907-1910 |
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| Robert Thurber's published descriptions about his trip to Boston to see the World Series Clippings as guests of the Daily
Monitor by winning its Monitor Puzzle contest (on display in Robert's room), 1916 |
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| Article titles include:
"Here They Are - Three Lucky Men Who Win in Contest" "Monitor Puzzle Winners Are On Way To Boston" "Some Game, Says Monitor Winner; Myers Is Star" "Engine Down, Delays Party Off To Boston" "Monitor Party Sees Big Moose Break Its Neck" (on display in Robert's room) |
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| Letter to Robert regarding James Thurber's estate, 1968 |
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| Subseries V: Robert Thurber's Sports Ephemera, 1880s-1961 |
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| Box Name: Thurber Family Papers | ||||||||||||
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| "Home Run, ""Our National Game, "and
"Foul Ball" with poetry and prose on reverse, ca. 1880s |
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| Baseball ephemera, 1956-1961 |
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| Ohio State University football and basketball ephemera, 1957-1963 |
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| Boxing and tennis ephemera, 1919; 1927 |
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| Page from Ohio State football program (on display in Robert's room), 1917 |
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| Clippings of printed photos of Red Sox vs. Brooklyn World Series game (on display in Robert's room), 1916 |
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| Sports notes and quizzes, undated |
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| Baseball score card (on display in Robert's room), undated |
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| Subseries VI: Rosemary Thurber Sauers, 1970-1975 |
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| Box Name: Thurber Family Papers | ||||||||||||
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| Christmas cards from Rosemary Thurber Sauers to Paul and Buffie Austin, 1970; 1972; 1975 |
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Series II: James Thurber Correspondence and Personal Papers, 1913-1980
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| Subseries I: Correspondence from James and Althea Thurber, 1922-1925 |
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| Transcript of letter from James and Althea Thurber to Ted and Julia Gardner, August 27, [1922-1925] |
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| Subseries II: Correspondence from Helen Thurber, 1958-1980 |
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| Box Name: Personal/Correspondence | ||||||||||||
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| Letters from Helen and James to Mrs. Paul Austin, 1958; 1980 |
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| Postcards from Helen Thurber to Mary Wismer, undated |
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| Helen Thurber's cards to Ted and Julia Gardiner, undated |
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| Correspondence from Helen, 1960s; 1980; undated |
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| Subseries III: Correspondence from James Thurber, 1930-1961 |
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| Letter to Delmar Starkey (OSU classmate), December 3, 1930 |
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| Letters from James Thurber to his family (copies), 1947-1949 |
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| Letters from James Thurber to family (copies), 1950-1951 |
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| Letters from James Thurber to family (copies), 1952-1954 |
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| Letters from James Thurber to family (copies), 1955-1959; 1961 |
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| Correspondence , 1950s |
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| Letter to Hobart Weekes,
The New Yorker, March 18, 1958 |
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| Regarding a request to write out his story of going to the Royalton to wait for Benchley's copy (in right trunk under window in the Museum Room). | ||||||||||||
| Correspondence from Thurber to Julia Frye, 1960 |
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| Letter by James Thurber about Aunt Albright, undated |
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| Subseries IV: Correspondence to James Thurber, 1951-1961 |
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| Box Name: Personal/Correspondence | ||||||||||||
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| Thurber family correspondence: Letters to James from Charles H. Thurber, Sr., re: genealogy, 1951; 1961; 1962 |
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| Letter from H.H.S. Phillips, publisher of
Time magazine, to Thurber, re:
Sports Illustrated, March 8, 1954 |
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| Invitation to Kennedy's presidential inauguration, January 20, 1961 |
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| Subseries V: Personal Papers of Helen and James Thurber, 1913-1968 |
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| Box Name: James Thurber: Personal Papers | ||||||||||||
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| Program, 63rd commencement of the Columbus High Schools, East, South, and West (on display in Jamie's Room), June 19, 1913 |
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| Marriage certificate of James Thurber and Helen Wismer, June 24, 1935 |
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| Marriage certificate of James Thurber and Helen Wismer (on display on second floor of Thurber House), June 25, 1935 |
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| Europe: hotel and restaurant receipts, 1937-1938 |
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| Europe: ephemera, 1937-1938 |
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| Helen Thurber's passport, 1968 |
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| Correspondence to Thurber: Ephemera |
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Series III: James Thurber's Works, 1918-1995
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| Subseries I: Early Works, The Ohio State University, 1918-1940 |
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| Sub-Subseries I: Sundial, 1918-1940 |
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| OSU Sundial, February 1918 |
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| "How To Build a Rabbit Cage, or Memoirs of an Old Man," OSU Sundial, April 24, 1940 (pp. 30, 31, 34) |
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| Sub-Subseries II: Scarlet Mask Club, 1921-1927 |
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| Box Name: Early Works | ||||||||||||
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| OSU Scarlet Mask Club,
"Oh My-Omar!", 1921 |
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| OSU Scarlet Mask Club,
"Many Moons" (Four copies), 1921-1922 |
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| OSU Scarlet Mask Club,
"A Twin Fix" (Two copies), 1923 |
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| OSU Scarlet Mask Club,
"The Cat and the Riddle: A Two-Act Musical Mystery", 1923-1924 |
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| OSU Scarlet Mask Club,
"Tell Me Not", 1923-1924 |
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| OSU Scarlet Mask Club,
"Amorroco", 1925-1926 |
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| OSU Scarlet Mask Club,
"It's Too Bad", 1926-1927 |
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| Subseries II:
New Yorker Essays, 1936-1956 |
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| The New Yorker: "Essay on Dignity" pp. 19-20, January 4, 1936 |
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| "The Admiral at the Wheel" p. 16, February 1, 1936 |
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| "Bateman Comes Home" pp. 21-22, March 28, 1936 |
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| "The Tennis Courts" pp. 71-73, April 4, 1936 |
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| "Highball Hags" p. 17, June 13, 1936 |
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| "My Memoirs of D.H. Lawrence" pp. 18-19, June 27, 1936 |
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| "The Case Against Women" pp. 15-16, October 24, 1936 |
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| "Merry Christmas to All" pp. 16-17, December 26, 1936 |
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| "What Do You Mean It Was Brillig?", January 7, 1939 |
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| "The SL of WM", March 18, 1939 |
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| "Onward and Upward with the Arts: Backward and Downward with Mr. Punch" pp. 58-66, May 13, 1939 |
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| "Courtship through the Ages", December 9, 1939 |
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| "The Whip-Poor-Will" pp. 12-15, August 9, 1941 |
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| "A Good Man", May 2, 1942 |
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| "Memoirs of a Drudge" pp. , October 3, 1942 |
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| "The Catbird Seat", November 11, 1942 |
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| "The Cane in the Corridor", January 2, 1943 |
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| "The Secret Life of James Thurber", February 27, 1943 |
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| "Am Not I Your Rosalind", November 8, 1947 |
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| "The Ordeal of Mr. Matthews", December 6, 1947 |
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| "The Glass of Fashion", December 27, 1947 |
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| "The Dewey Dewey Fog", February 14, 1948 |
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| "Exhibit X", March 6, 1948 |
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| "Onward and Upward with the Arts: Soapland, parts 2, 3, and 4", May 29, 1948; June 12, 1948; July 13, 1948 |
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| "A Call on Mrs. Forrester", June 19, 1948 |
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| "File and Forget", January 8, 1949 |
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| "The Notebooks of James Thurber", February 5, 1949 |
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| "A Friend of the Earth", June 4, 1949 |
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| "The American Literary Scene", July 30, 1949 |
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| "Teacher's Pet", August 20, 1949 |
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| "The Comparable Max: A Quandary", September 24, 1949 |
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| "Final Note on Chanda Bell", October 15, 1949 |
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| "It's Your Mother", May 14, 1955 |
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| "The Ladies of Orlon", June 11, 1955 |
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| "Further Fables for Our Time", August 11, 1956 |
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| "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Ear Muffs", undated |
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| Subseries III: Published Drawings and Cartoons, 1932-1974 |
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| "Best Two Falls Out of Three, Mr. Montague? Okay?" The New Yorker, January 2, 1932 |
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| "See How Beautifully Your Wife Has Caught the Spirit of Nudism, Mr. Spencer?" The New Yorker, March 11, 1933 |
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| Thurber's first cover for
The New Yorker, February 29, 1936 |
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| Miscellaneous
New Yorker cover drawings, 1936-1946 |
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| Drawings:
"Are You Listening to Me, Or Aren't You?" The New Yorker p. 15, March 21, 1936 |
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| Front-cover drawing from
The New Yorker (on display in Museum Room), April 29, 1939 |
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| Drawings:
"My Husband Has Insured My Life" The New Yorker p. 21, May 27, 1939 |
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| Drawings:
"He Comes In Here and Sits All Alone" The New Yorker p. 10, August 12, 1939 |
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| Drawings:
"I Come from Haunts of Coot and Hern!" The New Yorker p. 15, August 19, 1939 |
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| Drawings:
"I Beg to Differ with You" The New Yorker p. 26, September 2, 1939 |
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| Drawings:
"Famous Poems Illustrated VIII: 'Barbara Fritchie,'"
The New Yorker pp. 30-31, September 16, 1939 |
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| "The Male Animal," Theatre Arts, March 1940 |
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| The New Yorker cover drawing (on display in Museum Room), April 27, 1940 |
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| The New Yorker cover drawing, July 5, 1941 |
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| The New Yorker cover drawing (on display in Museum Room), October 3, 1942 |
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| Drawings:
"There Is No Laughter in This House," The New Yorker p. 16, January 15, 1944 |
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| Drawings:
"Who Are You?" by Aldous Huxley,
Harper's Magazine
pp. 512-522, November 1944 |
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| New Yorker cartoons. Armed Forces edition, 1945 |
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| New Yorker cover drawing (on display in Museum Room), February 9, 1946 |
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| New Yorker cover drawing (on display in Museum Room), February 9, 1946 |
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| Drawings: Thurber dog,
Guide Post, March 1960 |
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| "Down with Gourmets" illustrated by James Thurber
"(And I Say Velouté Sauce Is Nothing But White Chicken Gravy!)," Sports Illustrated pp. 29-36, November 7, 1960 |
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| Drawings:
"Dogs Are More Reliable Than People," Forbes p. 15, July 1, 1964 |
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| Drawings:
"Self-Portraits and Self-Appraisals," Harper's pp. 44-45, August 1966 |
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| Drawings:
"My Life and Hard Times," Applause, 1973 |
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| Drawings:
"He Says Thomas Wolfe Has No Real Stature," Saturday Review World p. 65 (originally published July 17, 1937, August 10, 1974 |
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| Drawings:
"I Have an Awful Foreboding That Eventually I'll Succumb to You...," The New Yorker, undated |
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| Subseries IV: Published Journal Writings, 1937-1962 |
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| Box Name: Journal Writings--Originals (1) (published) | ||||||||||||
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| "After the Steppe Cat, What?," Forum and Century pp. 299-301 |
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| "Observations," The Sunday Referee, July 11, 1937 |
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| "I Break Everything I Touch," The Man pp. 119-121,, 1941 |
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| "You Could Look It Up," Saturday Evening Post pp. 9-14, May 5, 1941 |
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| "Recollections of the Gas Buggy," The Saturday Review, September 25, 1943 |
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| "The Beast in the Dingle," Horizon pp. 170-186, September 1948 |
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| "The Incomparable Mr. Benchley," The New York Times Book Review pp. 1, 31, September 18, 1949 |
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| "The Art of Fiction," The Paris Review pp. 34-49, Fall 1955 |
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| "James Thurber in Conversation with Alistair Cooke," Atlantic pp. 36-40, August 1956 |
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| "The First Time I Saw Paris," Holiday pp. 72-73, 186-195, April 1957 |
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| "There's Something Out There!," Holiday, September 1957 |
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| "The Years with Ross" parts 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10,
Atlantic, 1958-1959 |
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| "The New Vocabularianism," Punch pp. 100-101, July 23, 1958 |
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| "Fake Dixie," Argosy pp. 23-26, June 1959 |
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| "The Saving Grace," Atlantic, November 1959 |
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| "Remarks at dedication of Denney Hall," OSU Monthly pp. 6-7, May 1960 |
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| "The Case for Comedy," The Atlantic pp. 97-99, November 1960 |
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| "The Lady from the Land," Punch pp. 602-604, April 19, 1961 |
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| "Afternoon of a Playwright," Esquire pp. 64-65, August 1961 |
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| "If You Want to be a Writer," Writer's Digest p. 78, September 1961 |
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| Subseries V: Reprints of Published Journal Writings, 1953-1995 |
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| Box Name: Journal Writings--Originals (2) (published) | ||||||||||||
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| "James Thurber Writes on What Makes the English Laugh," Evening Standard, April 12, 1962 |
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| "The Other Room," Harpers pp. 72-73, July 1962 |
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| "The Danger in the House," Harpers pp. 43-46, September 1962 |
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| "Brother Endicott," Playboy pp. 99-100, 104, 172-175, December 1962 |
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| "We Are the Things That Go Bump in the Dark", undated |
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| Thurber on Koussevitzky, pp. 26-27, undated |
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| Transcript of James Thurber's tribute to his professor, Joseph Russell Taylor,
OSU Lantern, June 5, 1933 |
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| Box Name: Journal Writing Reprints (1) | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| "Jake Fisher and Adam's Anvil," The Land, pp. 34-37, originally published in
The New Yorker as
"A Good Man", Spring 1953 |
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| "Boy from Chillicothe (Billy Ireland)," The Land, pp. 166-173, originally published in
The New Yorker, Summer 1953 |
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| "The Greatest Man in the World," Man About Town, pp. 30, 98-102, originally published in
The New Yorker, Winter 1954 |
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| "The Macbeth Murder Mystery," Man About Town, pp. 57-59, originally published in
The New Yorker, Winter 1955 |
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| "The Darlings at the Top of the Stairs," Harpers, pp. 35-36, originally published in
Queen, February 1960 |
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| "Footnotes on a Course of Study," Orbit, pp. 14-15, originally published in
The New Yorker, March 1963 |
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| "The Pet Department - 1," Animals, pp. 231-233, originally published in
The New Yorker, September 1967 |
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| "The Pet Department - 2," Animals, pp. 282-283, originally published in
The New Yorker, October 1967 |
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| "The Unicorn in the Garden," Science Research, originally published in
Fables for Our Time, 1968 |
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| "When Chic Harley Got Away," OSU Monthly, p. 6, originally published in
The Columbus Dispatch, May 1974 |
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| "You Could Look It Up" illustrated by Norman Rockwell,
Saturday Evening Post, pp. 43-45, 78+, April 1976 |
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| "The Dog That Bit People," American Kennel Gazette, pp. 76-78, originally published in
My Life and Hard Times, June 1983 |
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| "Tales for Travellers, No. 28: A Couple of Hamburgers and The Catbird Seat", 1986 |
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| "Chirp Chirp" from
Fables for Our Time,
FMR, pp. 46-50,, April 1995 |
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| Subseries VI: Manuscripts, 1958-1980 |
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| Box Name: Manuscripts/Published Works | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Typed manuscript and galley proof,
The Years with Ross, first published in
The Atlantic Monthly, 1958-1959 |
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| "How to Build a Rabbit Cage, or Memoirs of an Old Man" Original manuscript, accompanying letter and original artwork, undated |
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| Manuscript, Selected Letters of James Thurber - 1, ca. 1980 |
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| Manuscript, Selected Letters of James Thurber - 2, ca. 1980 |
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| Manuscript, Selected Letters of James Thurber - 3, ca. 1980 |
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| Manuscript, Selected Letters of James Thurber - 4, ca. 1980 |
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| Manuscript, Selected Letters of James Thurber - 5, ca. 1980 |
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| Manuscript, Selected Letters of James Thurber - 6, ca. 1980 |
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| Proofs of The Years with Ross - 1 |
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| Proofs of The Years with Ross - 2 |
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| Proofs of The Years with Ross - 3 |
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| Proofs of The Years with Ross - 4 |
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| Proofs of The Years with Ross - 5 |
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| Proofs of The Years with Ross - 6 |
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| Proofs of The Years with Ross - 7 |
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| Subseries VII: Original Drawings |
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| Location: Museum Room | ||||||||||||
| "Marriages Are Made in Heaven" (framed), undated |
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| Subseries VIII: Dramatic Productions, 1940-1985 |
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| Sub-Subseries I: Playbills, Scripts and Tickets, 1940-1985 |
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| Box Name: Local and National Productions | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| "The Male Animal", 1940 |
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| Opening night copy of
"A Thurber Carnival" playbill from the Anta Theatre (additional framed copy on display in Museum Room), February 26, 1960 |
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| "A Thurber Carnival" programs, ticket stubs, February 1960; April 1963 |
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| "Jabberwock" Thurber Theatre, The Ohio State University, 1972 |
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| "Jabberwock", 1972-1974 |
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| "War Between Men and Women" Ohio Mental Health Association, June 27, 1972 |
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| Playbill,
"Cloud Seven" The Theatre of Western Springs, Illinois, including photographs of Rosemary Thurber, September 1975 |
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| William Windom's Thurber II, Thurber Theatre, December 8, 1982 |
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| "The Male Animal" Columbus Ensemble Theatre, October 9-27, 1985; November 13-16, 1985 |
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| Sub-Subseries II:
"A Thurber Carnival" Scenery Designs, 1960 |
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| Location: Thurber House, second floor hallway by stairs | ||||||||||||
| Panels: Neutrals, 1960 |
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| Panels:
"Prebble Office", 1960 |
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| "Tenderly", 1960 |
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| Panels:
"Prebble" Home, 1960 |
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| Panels:
"Christmas Shopping" - Salon, 1960 |
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| Panels:
"Macbeth", 1960 |
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| Panels:
"Mitty" - Waterbury, 1960 |
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| Panels:
"Mitty" Dream, 1960 |
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| "Word Dance", 1960 |
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| Panels:
"Grant at Appomattox", 1960 |
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| Panels:
"Casuals" - Ocean, 1960 |
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| Panels:
"Prebble" Basement, 1960 |
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| Three Books -
"Grant" Prologue, 1960 |
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| No. 2 Portal, 1960 |
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Series IV: Books, 1904-2002
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| Subseries I: Ohio State University Makios, 1904-1923 |
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| Location: Museum Room | ||||||||||||
| Makio, 1904 |
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| Makio, 1910 |
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| Makio, 1911 |
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| Makio, 1912 |
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| Makio, 1915 |
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| Makio (additional copy in Jamie's Room), 1916 |
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| Makio (additional copy in Jamie's Room), 1918 |
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| Makio (on display in Jamie's Room), 1920 |
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| Makio, 1923 |
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| Subseries II: James Thurber's Published Books, 1943-1966 |
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| Location: Museum Room | ||||||||||||
| The 13 Clocks. New York: Simon and Schuster. First printing.
, 1950 |
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| Alarms and Diversions. New York: Harper & Brothers., 1957 First edition. Four copies. |
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| The Beast in Me and Other Animals. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company., 1948 First edition. Two copies; one inscribed "For Herman and Dorothy". |
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| Credos and Curios. New York and Evanston: Harper & Row., 1962 First edition. Two copies; one inscribed "To Vella from Helen." |
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| Fables For Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated. Garden City, New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1943 |
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| Further Fables for Our Time. New York: Simon and Schuster., 1956 First printing. Three copies; one includes tipped-in signed letter on New Yorker letterhead from Thurber to Miss Margaret Farrar, London, Ohio, dated June 11, 1957, thanking her for a photo of Spook. Another copy is inscribed Merry Christmas to Dorothy, [from] Jim and Helen. |
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| Further Fables for Our Time. New York: Simon and Schuster., 1956 Special printing. |
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| Further Fables for Our Time. London: Hamish Hamilton., 1956 |
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| Is Sex Necessary? Or Why You Feel the Way You Do. (with E.B. White). New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers., 1929 22nd printing. |
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| Lanterns and Lances. New York: Harper & Brothers., 1961 First edition. |
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| The Last Flower: A Parable in Pictures. New York and London: Harper & Brothers., 1939 First edition. Inscribed "Jolly Times, James Thurber." |
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| The Last Flower: A Parable in Pictures. Larchmont, New York: Queens House., undated Three copies. |
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| Men, Women and Dogs. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company., 1943 First edition. Two copies; one inscribed "For Herman and Dorothy, with all my love, Jim." |
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| The Middle-Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze. New York and London: Harper & Brothers., 1935 First edition. Inscribed February 27, 1937 by Ann, Irene and Bill O'Bryan. |
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| The Middle-Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze. New York: Harper & Brothers., ca. 1940s Armed Services edition. |
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| My Life and Hard Times. New York and London: Harper & Brothers., 1933 19th edition. |
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| My Life and Hard Times. New York and London: Harper & Brothers., 1933 First edition. Two copies; one inscribed "You once said the first 2 million negatives are the worst! A Merry Christmas! Jim"; the other inscribed "For Herman and Dorothy. This is my letter to these two who never write to me/Take, dears, my little sheaf of wrongs for old and new/Now of my three score years and ten/It seems that only about 56 will not come again/Fair as stars when only two are shining in the sky/And even the Weariest Thurber/Minds somehow safe to thee! Jim" |
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| My Life and Hard Times. New York: Bantam Books, 1947 |
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| My World - And Welcome To It. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company., 1942 First edition. Two copies; one inscribed Mimi Converse. |
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| The Owl in the Attic and Other Perplexities. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers., 1931 Inscribed by Thurber for Herman Miller. |
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| The Owl in the Attic and Other Perplexities. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers., 1965 |
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| The Seal in the Bedroom and Other Predicaments. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers., 1932 First edition. Three copies. |
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| The Seal in the Bedroom and Other Predicaments. New York: Grosset & Dunlap (Universal Library)., 1950 |
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| The Thurber Album: A Collection of Pieces about People. New York: Simon and Schuster., 1952 First printing. |
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| The Thurber Carnival. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers., 1942 Inscribed "For Herman and Dorothy with all my love, Jim". |
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| The Thurber Carnival. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers (hardback and paperback)., 1945 Two copies. |
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| Thurber & Company. New York, Evanston and London: Harper & Row., 1966 First edition. |
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| Thurber Country. New York: Simon and Schuster., 1953 First printing. Six copies; one inscribed "For Dorothy with love as forever, Jim." |
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| Thurber's Dogs. New York: Simon and Schuster., 1955 First printing. Three copies. |
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| Thurber's Dogs. Penguin Books Ltd., 1959
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| The White Deer. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company., 1945 Second edition. |
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| The Wonderful O. New York: Simon and Schuster., 1957 First printing. Two copies. |
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| The Years with Ross. Boston: Little, Brown and Company., 1959 First edition. Two copies. |
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| Ernst, Margaret S. (illustrated by James Thurber).
In a Word. New York: Alfred A. Knopf., 1939 |
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| Ernst, Margaret S. (illustrated by James Thurber).
The Executive's In A Word Book. New York: Belmont Books., 1960 |
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| Kinney, James R. (illustrated by James Thurber).
How To Raise a Dog: In the City...In the Suburbs. New York: Simon and Schuster., 1938 |
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| Subseries III: Foreign Translations of James Thurber's Books, 1944-2001 |
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| Location: Museum Room | ||||||||||||
| The 13 Clocks. (Arabic or Hebrew). Tel Aviv: Schocken Publishing House., 1976 |
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| A 13 Falióra. Bembo. (Hungarian,
The 13 Clocks)., 1990 |
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| A Feher Szarvas. (
The White Deer and Other Stories, Hungarian). Budapest: Europa Konyvkiado., 1982 Two copies. |
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| The Day the Dam Broke. (Japanese/English). Tokyo: Seibido's English Texts Series., 1959 |
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| Den Evige Trekant (Maend, Kvinder og Hunde). (
My World and Welcome To It, Danish). Denmark: Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck., 1987 |
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| Die 13 Uhren. (
The 13 Clocks, German). Dusseldorf: Patmos Verlag GmbH & Co., 2001 |
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| Die Maan is Joune. (
Many Moons). Kaapstad: Anansi Uitgewers, 1992 |
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| Ein Mond für Leonore. (
Many Moons, German). Oldenburg: Lappan Verlag GmbH., 1993 Four copies. |
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| Fabler för vår tid. (
Fables for Our Time, Swedish). Forum., 1977 |
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| Fables for Our Time. (Chinese)., undated |
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| Four Short Stories. Hong Kong: World Today Press(English/Chinese bilingual edition)., 1981 |
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| Fremdsprachentexte: James Thurber's Stories and Fables for Our Time. (German). Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam., 1988 |
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| Het Verborgen Leven van Walter Mitty en Andere Verhalen. Vitgeverij Villa, Bussum., 1993 |
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| Het Whitte Hert. (
The White Deer, Dutch). Leopold: Den Haag., 1980 |
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| Himmelen har mange måner. (
Many Moons, Norwegian). Oslo: Forlag Carlsen., 1992 |
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| Karneval. (
The Thurber Carnival, Russian). Odeon., 1970 |
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| La 13 Horlogoj. Berkeley, CA: Aldonejo Bero., 1993 |
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| La Vie Secréte de Walter Mitty. (
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, French). René Julliard., 1963 |
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| Lachen mit Thurber: 75 Ausgewählte Erzählungen und Fablen von James Thurber mit Einem Vorwort von Reinhard Lettau. (
75 Thurber stories, German). Rowolt Verlag GmbH Reinbeck bei Hamburg., 1964 |
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| Många Månar. (
Many Moons, Swedish). Bokforlag Carlsen., 1992 |
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| My Life and Hard Times. (Bengali). Calcutta: Hasantika Prakasika., 1955 |
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| The Thurber Carnival (Japanese)., undated |
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| Thurber's Dogs. (Japanese). Hayakawa Publishing, Inc., undated |
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| Trináctery Hodiny. A Dve Dalsi Pohádsky., 1944 |
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| The Unicorn in the Garden (Asian)., 1994 |
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| Subseries IV: Books Pertaining to James Thurber, 1908-2002 |
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| Location: Museum Room | ||||||||||||
| Benchley, Robert.
The Treasurer's Report and Other Aspects of Community Singing, 1930 |
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| Located in right trunk under window in Museum Room. | ||||||||||||
| Better To Have Loafed and Lost: The Best of James Thurber. Ebury Press., 2002 |
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| Gill, Brendan.
Here at the New Yorker. London: Michael Joseph., 1975 |
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| Holmes, Charles S., ed.
Thurber: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1974 |
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| New Yorker Anniversary Album, 1925-1950; 1989 |
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| Parker, Dorothy.
Death and Taxes. New York: The Viking Press. 6th printing., 1932 |
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| Rosen, Michael J., ed.
Collecting Himself: James Thurber on Writing and Writers, Humor and Himself. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers., 1989 First edition. Inscribed by the author. |
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| Rosen, Michael J., ed.
Collecting Himself: James Thurber on Writing and Writers, Humor and Himself. New York: Harper Perennial. Paperback., 1989 |
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| Van Dyke, Henry.
Music and Other Poems, 1908 |
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| Located in right trunk under window in Museum Room. | ||||||||||||
| Subseries V: Books with References to Thurber, 1980 |
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| Location: Museum Room | ||||||||||||
| Caswell, Lucy Shelton and Loomis, George A., Jr.
Billy Ireland. Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio State University Libraries Publications Committee. , 1980 Inscribed "For Mrs. James Thurber with sincere appreciation, Lucy Shelton Caswell," with letter transmitting a copy of the book from Lucy Caswell to Helen Thurber, dated November 6, 1980. Helen W. Thurber and Rosemary T. Sauers are listed under Acknowledgments for "Boy from Chillicothe" by James Thurber in The Thurber Album (Simon and Schuster, 1952) |
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Series V: Awards, Honors and Dedications, 1937-2000
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| Subseries I: Awards, 1937-2000 |
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| Box Name: Awards/Recognition/Memorials and Dedications | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous awards, 1937-1983 |
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| Williams College degree: Correspondence, 1950-1951, 1950-1951 |
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| Williams College: Programs and Instructions, 1951 |
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| Williams College honorary doctorate degree: Honorary doctorate, 1951 |
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| Yale University honorary degree: Correspondence, 1953 |
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| Yale University honorary degree: Remarks and ephemera, 1953 |
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| Thurber on Humor, Ohioana Library Association, October 24, 1953 |
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| National Cartoonists' Society T- Square, 1956 |
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| Press Club of Ohio Distinguished Service Award, November 14, 1959; January 1960 |
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| The Ohio State University Meritorious Service Award certificate on the occasion of the 45th reunion of the Class of 1916, 1961 |
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| Ohio Journalism Hall of Fame program, April 20, 1983 |
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| The Ohio State University commencement program and program for Thurber Center reception commemorating James Thurber's Honorary
Doctor of Humane Letters, June 9, 1995 |
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| Program and remarks for Thurber's induction in Columbus Public Schools Hall of Fame , March 9, 2000 |
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| Location: On display in Museum Room | ||||||||||||
| Ohioana Sesquicentennial Medal, October 24, 1953 |
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| The American Library Association's Liberty and Justice Book Award, for
Further Fables of Our Time, 1956 |
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| Press Club of Ohio, Distinguished Service Award, November 14, 1959 |
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| The Ohio State University School of Journalism, Ohio Journalism Hall of Fame, 1983 |
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| Subseries II: Commemorative Activities, 1955-1994 |
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| Box Name: Award and Honors | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Thurber's remarks on his 61st birthday, 1955 |
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| Sundial article and drawing, ca. 1960 |
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| E.B. White's eulogy for James Thurber, as published in the New Yorker, November 11, 1961 |
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| (on display on second floor of Thurber House) | ||||||||||||
| Thurber Towers brochure, ca. 1963 |
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| James Thurber exhibit, The Ohio State University's Main Library, 1966 |
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| Thurber Reading Room, The Ohio State University, 1970 |
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| Dedication, Thurber Theatre, The Ohio State University, November 18, 1972 |
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| A Thurber Looks at Thurber: Lecture by Rosemary Thurber Sauers at The Ohio State University, May 1, 1973 |
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| Arts Club of Chicago: Correspondence, 1973-1975 |
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| Sixty Years on the Arts Club Stage: A Souvenir Exhibition of Portraits, 1975-1976 |
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| The Wonderful Thurber: An Exhibition of Drawings, Writings and Memorabilia from the Collections of the Ohio State University
Libraries, 1979 |
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| Lewis Branscomb Thurber project, 1982 |
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| The Humours of James Thurber, 1984 |
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| Of Thurber: Columbustown, 1984 |
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| Reprint of Peter DeVries' introductory remarks on James Thurber, for "Poetry Magazine" benefit at the Chicago Arts Club, April 8, 1944; 1985 |
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| 92 Drawings: A James Thurber Retrospective, December 7, 1986-March 7, 1987, 1986-1987 |
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| I Am James Thurber, a broadside printed at The Logan Elm Press and Papermill, with Sidney Chafetz's woodblock portrait of
James Thurber, 1990 |
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| On display on second floor of Thurber House | ||||||||||||
| Program for opening of OSU exhibit of Thurber drawings, manuscripts featuring Lee Lorenz, cartoon editor, The New Yorker, May 26, 1994 |
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| Thurber's Dogs: Suite for Orchestra, December 2, 1994 |
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| Thurber stamps and first-day covers, September 10, 1994 |
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| Invitation and program for event marking Thurber stamp's first day of issue, Thurber House, September 10, 1994 |
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| Thurber in Commemorative Stamp Collection, 1994, pp. 28-29 (copy 1), 1994 |
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| Thurber in Commemorative Stamp Collection, 1994, pp. 28-29 (copy 2), 1994 |
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| Thurber Centennial Celebration program, song, badge, and letter, Ladies Literary Club, Grand Rapids, Michigan, December 8, 1994 |
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| Signed print of a drawing of Thurber by Milton Caniff, Undated |
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Series VI: Oral History Transcripts, 1972-1996
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| The collection also includes corresponding audiotapes of these transcripts in the Oral History Transcripts box. | ||||||||||||
| Box Name: Oral History Transcripts | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Oral history transcripts:
William F. Thurber, February 14-15, 1972 |
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| Oral history of Thurber by Paul Austin and
Bertha Austin, 1973 |
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| Oral history transcripts:
Eva Prout Geiger, March 9 and 11, 1973 |
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| Minnette Fritts Ewart, June 25, 1973 |
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| Interview of Joel Sayres by Lewis Branscomb, December 16, 1975 |
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| Oral history transcript notes |
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| Oral history transcripts:
Robert Thurber, April 18, 1983 |
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| Oral history transcripts:
Whitney Dillon and
Mary Teeter Zimmerman, May 3, 1983 |
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| Oral history transcripts:
Thelma Roseboom, May 18, 1983 |
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| Oral history transcripts:
Wendell Postle, May 19, 1983 |
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| Oral history transcripts:
Betty Mykrantz, May 23, 1983 |
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| Oral history transcripts:
Mrs. Herman Miller, May 24, 1983 |
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| Oral history transcripts:
Minnette Fritz Ewart and
Lacey Washington, May 24, 1983 |
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| Oral history transcripts:
John Harlor, January 16, 1984 |
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| Oral history transcripts:
Frances Zipf Niklaus, January 18, 1984 |
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| Oral history transcripts:
Ted Gardiner,
Leroy Johnston,
Mary Teeter Zimmerman, and
Lewis Branscomb, undated |
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| Oral history transcripts:
Joe Devennish/Thurber birthday party, Phi Kappa Psi house, The Ohio State University, December 8, 1983 |
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Series VII: Lewis Branscomb's Thurber Vignettes, 1992-1996
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| These index cards were prepared by Lewis Branscomb for his 10-minute presentations to fellow Thurber House board members about Thurber and his life. | ||||||||||||
| Box Name: Oral History Transcripts | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Lewis Branscomb Vignettes: Thurber's university days, May 20, 1992 |
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| Lewis Branscomb Vignettes:
Minnette Fritts Ewart, March 3, 1993 |
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| Lewis Branscomb Vignettes:
Eva Prout Geiger, May 19, 1993 |
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| Lewis Branscomb Vignettes:
Thurber's drawings, December 8, 1993 |
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| Lewis Branscomb Vignettes:
Jim ThurberHarold Ross and the
New Yorker, May 18, 1994 |
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| Lewis Branscomb Vignettes: Acquisition of Sandy Hook attic wall drawings, September 27, 1994 |
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| Lewis Branscomb Vignettes:
William Thurber, March 1, 1995 |
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| Lewis Branscomb Vignettes:
The Last Flower, May 24, 1995 |
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| Lewis Branscomb Vignettes:
Joel Sayre and
Jim Thurber, February 15, 1996 |
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| Lewis Branscomb Vignettes:
Vignette notes, undated |
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Series VIII: Thurber House Presentations about James Thurber, 1987-1988
|
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| Box Name: Thurber House Productions About James Thurber | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| R.W. Wagner's proposal for
"James Thurber's Columbus", 1987 |
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| Outline for
"Thurber's Columbus", 1987 |
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| R.W. Wagner's first draft of
"Jim Thurber's Columbus" script, 1987 |
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| Introduction to
"Jim Thurber and Good Old Columbus Town", 1988 |
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| Storyboard for
"Jim Thurber and Good Old Columbus Town", 1988 |
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| Song titles and photograph locations, 1988 |
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| "James Thurber's Columbus 1": Introduction, Columbus ca. 1920, 1988 |
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| "James Thurber's Columbus 2": Autobiography, 1988 |
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| "James Thurber's Columbus 3": Jim Thurber's Columbus, 1988 |
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| "James Thurber's Columbus 4": Thurber Family Album, 1988 |
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| "James Thurber's Columbus 5": The Old Reo, 1988 |
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| "James Thurber's Columbus 6": Dogs, 1988 |
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| "James Thurber's Columbus 7": The Day the Dam Broke, 1988 |
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| "James Thurber's Columbus 8": Ghost Story, 1988 |
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| "James Thurber's Columbus 9": University Days (R.O.T.C., Biology Class, Taylor, Graves, Denney, Bellows, Nugent, Harley), 1988 |
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| "James Thurber's Columbus 10": Grandfather and World War I, 1988 |
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| "James Thurber's Columbus 11": Newspaper Days (Norman Kuehner), 1988 |
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| "James Thurber's Columbus 12": News Clippings from Columbus, 1988 |
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| "James Thurber's Columbus 13": Entrances and Exits (
"Bye Bye Blackbird"), 1988 |
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| Thurber closing titles/credits, 1988 |
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| "James Thurber's Columbus": Background Information, 1988 |
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| "James Thurber's Columbus", 1988 |
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| Annotated copies of scripts, 1988 |
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| Branscomb notes about photos and text, undated |
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Series IX: Thurber Collections at Other Institutions, 1972-1993
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| Box Name: Collections at Other Institutions | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Lewis Branscomb's notes regarding purchase of display case and portrait for Thurber Theatre, Drake Union, The Ohio State University,
and other Thurber-related business at Ohio State, 1972-1980 |
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| Inventory of Thurber Collection, The Ohio State University Library, 1993 |
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Series X: News Media Clippings
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| Subseries I: Thurber Family, 1885-1972 |
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| Box Name: Media 1 | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Thurber family, 1885-1955; undated |
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| Helen Thurber, 1963-1972; undated |
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| Rosemary Thurber Sauers, 1971-1972 |
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| Subseries II: James Thurber, 1930s-1990s |
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| Box Name: Media 1 | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Articles about Thurber, 1930s |
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| Articles about Thurber, 1940s |
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| Awards and honorary degrees, 1945-1953 |
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| Articles about Thurber, 1950s |
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| Articles about Thurber, 1960s |
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| Thurber obituaries, November 1961 |
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| Articles about Thurber, 1970s |
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| "Thurber's Grave": Parts I-IV, 1972; undated |
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| Box Name: Media 2 | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Articles about Thurber, 1980s |
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| Articles about Thurber, 1990s |
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| Articles about Thurber, undated |
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| Subseries III: Thurber Works, 1940-1975 |
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| Box Name: Media 2 | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Local plays and productions, 1940-1972 |
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| Copies of Book Review Digest entries regarding Thurber works, 1940; 1945; 1950 |
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| The Thurber Carnival, 1945-1946 |
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| Tim Costello's Restaurant, 1949; 1973; undated |
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| National plays and productions, 1951-1974 |
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| Sandy Hook drawings, 1975 |
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Series XI: Ephemera, 1902-1956
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| Subseries I: Theater Programs, 1902-1940 |
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| Box Name: Ephemera | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Thurber Family's Great Southern Theatre program, February 6, 1899; April 10, 1899 |
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| Empire Theatre program, 1902-1903 |
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| Metropolitan Opera House program, 1905-1906 |
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| Souvenir program, Keith's Theatre, January 3, 1910 |
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| Cort Theatre program, 1940 |
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| Subseries II: Magazines, 1894-1956 |
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| Box Name: Ephemera | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| The Burr McIntosh-Monthly, January 1906 |
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| "Diagonal Closings and Frills Are Popular,"Pictorial Review (on display on second floor of Thurber House), January 1912 |
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| "The Skirt with Back Panel or Open Seam,"Pictorial Review (on display on second floor of Thurber House), January 1912 |
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| Red Book, February 1913 |
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| Metropolitan, April 1915 |
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| Metropolitan, November 1915 |
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| Pagan, September 1916 |
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| The Mentor: Literary Landmarks of New York, September 15, 1920 |
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| The Twentieth Century, July 1956 |
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| Harper's Bazaar, December 15, 1894 (1971 reprint) |
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| Subseries III: Postcards and Bookmarks, 1911-1918 |
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| Box Name: Ephemera | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Postcards, undated |
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| Postcard depicting Columbus vs. Toledo baseball game, July 1, 1905, undated |
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| Postcard books: Views of Columbus, Ohio flood, March 1913 |
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| Postcards donated by Patty Donahey, 1911-1918 |
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| Bookmark from A.H. Smythe, 41 S. High St,, Columbus, undated |
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| Subseries IV: Booklets, 1904-1916 |
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| Box Name: Ephemera | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Washburn-Crosby Co.'s New Gold Medal Cook Book, 1904 |
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| Rumford Receipt Book, 1911 |
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| The Mentor: Great Galleries of the World: The National Gallery, London, April 1, 1916 |
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| The X-Rays, East High School, 1906 |
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| The X-Rays, East High School, 1913 |
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| Subseries V: Sheet Music, 1901-1941 |
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| Box Name: Sheet Music: 1 | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| "Poor Butterfly", 1916 |
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| "The Sunset Glow", 1916 |
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| "Your Great Big Baby Smile", 1916 |
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| "Way Down in Iowa I'm Going to Hide Away", 1916 |
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| "I'm Coming Back to You, Poor Butterfly", 1917 |
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| "Just You", 1917 |
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| "Let's All Be Americans Now", 1917 |
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| "The Liberty Bells Are Ringing", 1917 |
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| "Little Mother of Mine"(incomplete), 1917 |
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| "Lookout Mountain", 1917 |
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| "Over There", 1917 |
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| "Patria", 1917 |
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| "Say a Prayer for the Boys 'Out There'", 1917 |
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| "The Soul of You", 1917 |
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| "The U.S.A. Will Lay the Kaiser Away"(published by Buckeye Music Publishing Co., Columbus), 1917 |
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| "When the Autumn Leaves Are Turning Gold", 1917 |
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| "Have a Smile for Everyone You Meet and They Will Have a Smile for You", 1918 |
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| "I'm Glad I Can Make You Cry", 1918 |
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| "I Think You're Absolutely Wonderful (What Do You Think of Me?)", 1918 |
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| "Ja-Da", 1918 |
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| "Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight (For Her Daddy Over There)", 1918 |
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| "Lonesome Blues", 1918 |
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| "Southern Moon", 1918 |
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| "Spring Song of the Robin Woman", 1918 |
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| "Your Lips Are No Man's Land But Mine", 1918 |
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| "You're Still an Old Sweetheart of Mine", 1918 |
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| "How 'Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm? (After They've Seen Paree)", 1919 |
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| "I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home", 1919 |
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| "Let the Rest of the World Go By", 1919 |
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| "Oh How I Laugh When I Think How I Cried About You", 1919 |
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| "The Red Lantern", 1919 |
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| "Somebody's Waiting for Someone", 1919 |
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| "Tell Me", 1919 |
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| "Swanee", 1919 |
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| "Tiger Rose", 1919 |
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| "When You Look in the Heart of a Rose", 1919 |
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| "Avalon", 1920 |
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| "I'd Love To Fall Asleep and Wake Up in My Mammy's Arms", 1920 |
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| "O-hi-O (O-My!-O)", 1920 |
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| "Whispering", 1920 |
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| "Home Again Blues", 1921 |
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| "Peggy O'Neil", 1921 |
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| "Eleanor", 1922 |
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| "Gee! But I Hate To Go Home Alone", 1922 |
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| "Indian Love Call", 1924 |
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| "Rose-Marie", 1924 |
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| "Tea For Two", 1924 |
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| "Got No Time", 1925 |
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| "Who?", 1925 |
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| "Bye Bye Blackbird", 1926 |
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| "Building a Nest for Mary", 1928 |
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| "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen", 1930 |
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| "It Happened in Monterey", 1930 |
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| "Falling Waters", undated |
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| Miscellaneous fragments of sheet music, undated |
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| "Across the Field": OSU football song, with words and music by Bill Dougherty, undated |
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| (on display in Robert's room) | ||||||||||||
| Box Name: Sheet Music: 2 | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| "The Star of the East", 1901 |
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| "Football", 1905 |
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| "When the Moon Shines on the Pennsylvania Hills", 1905 |
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| "Jingle Bells", 1906 |
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| "The Birth of a Nation" (by Paul Laurence Dunbar), 1907 |
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| "Just You", 1907 |
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| "Falling Waters", 1908 |
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| "Take Your Girl to the Ball Game", 1908 |
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| "Give Me a Spin in Your Mitchell Bill", 1909 |
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| "Heinze: A Comic Song", 1909 |
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| "The Call of the Bugle", 1910 |
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| "Come, Josephine, in My Flying Machine (Up She Goes!)", 1910 |
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| "Down by the Old Mill Stream", 1910 |
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| "I'd Love to Live in Loveland with a Girl Like You", 1910 |
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| "Kiss Me, My Honey, Kiss Me", 1910 |
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| "Billy (I Always Dream of Bill)", 1911 |
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| "I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)", 1911 |
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| "Song Successes from Gus Edwards' Song Revue", 1911 |
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| "That Old Girl of Mine", 1912 |
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| "Why Don't You Smile?", 1912 |
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| "Sailing Down the Chesapeake Bay", 1913 |
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| "The Game of Eyes", 1914 |
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| "In the Baggage Coach Ahead", 1914 |
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| "On the Shores of Italy", 1914 |
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| "Sylvia", 1914/1941 |
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| "When You and I Were Seventeen", 1914 |
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| "Are You from Dixie? ('Cause I'm from Dixie, Too!)", 1915 |
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| "Beatrice Fairfax, Tell Me What To Do!", 1915 |
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| "The Birth of a Nation", 1915 |
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| "I'm On My Way to Dublin Bay", 1915 |
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| "My Bird of Paradise", 1915 |
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| "My Sweet Adair", 1915 |
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| "Often", 1915 |
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| "She Was Too Good To Be True", 1915 |
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| "Summer Moon", 1915 |
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| "Tears - A Reverie", 1915 |
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| "There's a Garden of Eden in Sweden", 1915 |
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| "You're the Dawn of a Perfect Day", 1915 |
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| "An Old-Fashioned Rose - My Mother", 1916 |
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| "Come On To Nashville (Tennessee)", 1916 |
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| "Do You Sometimes Think of Me", 1916 |
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| "I Ain't Got Nobody Much and Nobody Cares for Me", 1916 |
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| "I Love You Truly", 1916 |
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| "It's a Long, Long Time Since I've Been Home", 1916 |
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| "Just a Word of Sympathy", 1916 |
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| "O'Brien's Tryin' To Learn To Talk Hawaiian", 1916 |
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Series XII: Scrapbooks, 1937-1950
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| Box Name: Scrapbooks 1 | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Presentation album for publicity stills from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (photos removed) Cover stamped "To James Thurber, From Danny Kaye and Samuel Goldwyn" |
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| Europe and California, 1937-1945 |
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| Postcards, photos, misc. clippings from trip to Europe in 1937 through time spent in California working on The Male Animal (ca. 1937-1945); compiled by Mary Wismer with annotations by Helen Wismer Thurber | ||||||||||||
| Box Name: Scrapbooks 2 | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| The White Deer clippings, 1945-1946 |
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| Clippings compiled by Mary Wismer (Helen Thurber's mother), 1947-1949 |
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| Includes Ruth and Bill's 1949 Western holiday; Jamie and Helen's 1947 trip to Bermuda; postcards, photographs, and tickets from "The Male Animal," July 3, 1947 in Sharon, Connecticut. | ||||||||||||
| The 13 Clocks: clippings, ca. 1950 |
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| Advertisements, best seller lists, announcements and reviews. | ||||||||||||
| Box Name: Scrapbooks 3 | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Mary Wismer's scrapbook of Helen and James Thurber's photographs, postcards, clippings, and telegrams, 1937 |
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| Includes the Thurbers' 1937 trip to Europe, with material from England, Scotland, Bermuda, and France. | ||||||||||||
| Clippings and postcards from Bermuda, ca. 1946 |
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| Box Name: Scrapbooks 4 | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Three-ring notebook,
"Helen and James Thurber, Litchfield, Connecticut", undated |
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| Calendar of events, general information, reading lists, newspaper clippings, and recommendations from friends about France, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Scandinavia, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, and Romania. | ||||||||||||
| Box Name: Scrapbooks 5 | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Garden scrapbook, undated |
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| Robert's bibliography of authors and their works, undated |
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| Box Name: Scrapbooks 6 | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Clippings,
"The Thurber Carnival", ca. January-February 1945 |
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| Miscellaneous clippings and postcards compiled by Mary Wismer, ca. early 1945-October 1948 |
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| Box Name: Scrapbooks 7 | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Clippings,
"The Thurber Carnival" and author war bond rally, February-March 1945 |
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Series XIII: Audiovisual Materials
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| Subseries I: Photograph Albums, 1937 |
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| Europe and Bermuda, 1937 |
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| Subseries II: Photographs |
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| Sub-Subseries I: Thurber Family, Friends, and Homes, 1861-1996 |
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| Box Name: Photographs: 1 | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Sarah Hull, Charles L. Thurber's maternal great-grandmother |
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| Aunt Margery Albright, 1897; 1913 |
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| (Copy of Albright with James, William and Robert Thurber also on exhibit in Museum Room.) | ||||||||||||
| William and Kate Fisher (grandparents), 1861 |
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| (One copy on exhibit in Museum Room) | ||||||||||||
| William, Kate, Kirt and Martha Fisher, 1888 |
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| William Fisher, 1911 |
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| Charles Thurber |
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| Charles and Mame Thurber at the Blind Asylum |
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| Mary Fisher Thurber |
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| Friends of Charles Thurber |
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| Thurbers on Maple Avenue, Falls Church, Virginia, August 1902 |
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| William Thurber |
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| Robert Thurber |
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| Photos of Robert Thurber, including as captain of the East High School 1913 championship baseball team, 1897; 1906; 1908; 1913 |
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| (On display in Robert's room.) | ||||||||||||
| William, Robert and James Thurber, 1897; early 1900s |
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| (On exhibit in Museum Room.) | ||||||||||||
| William and James Thurber, 1897 |
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| (On exhibit in Museum Room.) | ||||||||||||
| Relatives |
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| Six photos of Robert Thurber's trip to Boston to see the World Series Clippings as a guest of the Daily Monitor by winning
its Monitor Puzzle contest, 1916 |
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| Photos include the start of the trip; northeastern Pennsylvania; fueling up in Albany, New York; in front of Ebbets Field; and the second game in Boston. | ||||||||||||
| Thurber family portrait, 1915 |
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| (On display on second floor of Thurber House.) | ||||||||||||
| William, Robert and James Thurber with William and Mary Fisher and cousins, 1915 |
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| William, Robert and James Thurber with their mother, Mame, for her 80th birthday, at the Great Southern Hotel, Ca. 1950s |
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| Family Group Photographs |
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| Thurber family's 1915 Reo, memorialized as "The Car We Had to Push" in My Life and Hard Times (1933), Ca. 1915 |
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| Mugs and Rex, 1915; 1921 |
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| (Additional copies also on display in Jamie's Room.) | ||||||||||||
| Columbus houses, undated |
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| Thurber House and Underwood typewriter, undated |
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| 2034 I Street, Washington, D.C., undated |
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| Thurber coat of arms, undated |
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| Photos of Donn Vickers and a Thurber contemporary, 1996 |
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| Thurber family photo, undated |
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| (On display in Robert's room.) | ||||||||||||
| Sub-Subseries II: James, Althea, Helen and Rosemary Thurber, 1908-1971 |
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| Box Name: Photographs: 1 | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| James Thurber, age 14, 1908 |
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| (On display on second floor of Thurber House.) | ||||||||||||
| James Thurber's East High School graduation picture, 1913 |
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| (On display in Jamie's Room.) | ||||||||||||
| East High School class photograph, 1913 |
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| (On display in Jamie's Room.) | ||||||||||||
| Composite picture of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity members, 1918 |
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| (On display in Jamie's Room.) | ||||||||||||
| Scarlet Mask Club, Ohio State University, 1921-1922 |
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| (On display in Jamie's Room.) | ||||||||||||
| James Thurber with his camera in his London flat, 1937 |
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| (On display in Museum Room.) | ||||||||||||
| James Thurber at work, Ca. 1940s |
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| (On display on second floor of Thurber House.) | ||||||||||||
| Profile portrait of James Thurber, (On display in Museum Room.) |
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| James, Althea, and Rosemary Thurber at Sandy Hook, Connecticut, 1932 |
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| Helen Thurber |
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| James and Helen Thurber's passport photos, Ca. 1937 |
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| James and Helen Thurber, Ca. 1937 |
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| Helen and James Thurber aboard Ile de France, 1937 |
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| Photos from European trip, 1937-1938 |
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| James and Rosemary, 1946 |
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| James and Helen, June 1950 |
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| Box Name: Photographs: 2 | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Rosemary Thurber Sauers at Oak Park & River Forest High School, 201 N. Scoville Ave., Oak Park, Illinois, May 1971 |
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| James Thurber and Ted Gardiner, ca. 1950 |
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| James Thurber and his dog, Christabel, undated |
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| Sub-Subseries III: Honors and Events, 1951-1995 |
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| Box Name: Photographs: 2 | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Williams College degree, 1951 |
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| Enlargement of photo from Phi Kappa Psi's centennial banquet, Deshler-Wallick Hotel, 1952 |
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| Kenyon College degree, 1953 |
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| Yale University degree, 1953 |
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| Dedication of Denney Hall, April 1, 1960 |
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| Thurber Reading Room, The Ohio State University Main Library, 1970 |
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| Rosemary Thurber Sauers, OSU President Gordon Gee, and Thurber House staff members at Thurber House reception following The
Ohio State University honorary degree ceremony, 1995 |
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| Sub-Subseries IV: Thurber's Works, 1946-1972 |
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| Box Name: Photographs: 2 | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Drawings at Tim Costello's restaurant, undated |
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| Publicity stills from
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" RKO Radio Pictures, 1946 |
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| Accompanied by album inscribed "For James Thurber from Danny Kaye and Samuel Goldwyn" | ||||||||||||
| Weidman Fables ballet, Ca. 1948 |
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| Rosemary Thurber Sauers in The Ohio State University premier of Jabberwock, 1972 |
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| Dallas theater cast, Jabberwock, 1972 |
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| Sub-Subseries V: Miscellaneous, 1918-1994 |
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| Box Name: Photographs: 2 | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Armistice Day, Broad and High Streets, Columbus, November 11, 1918 |
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| Signed photograph of Burgess Meredith, 1994; undated |
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| Miscellaneous photographs, undated |
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| Sub-Subseries VI: Robert's Sports Photographs, 1886-1950 |
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| All photographs in this sub-subseries, with the exception of the first entry, can be found in Robert's Room. | ||||||||||||
| Box Name: Photographs: 2 | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Robert's athletic photographs, undated |
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| Box Name: Robert's Room | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| New York Mets, 1886 |
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| First Ohio State University/Michigan football game on Ohio State's field, 1901 |
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| Hansy Hilton breaking world record in 200 yard hurdles, September 1, 1904 |
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| The Big Four polo team: Devereux Milburn, Harry Payne Whitney, J.M. and L. Waterbury, 1909 |
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| Davis Cup: McLoughlin-Bundy U.S. doubles team, 1913 |
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| Ray Eichenlaub, Notre Dame fullback, 1913 |
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| Notre Dame football players Gus Gushurst, Ralph Lathrop, Freeman Fitzgerald, Al Feeney, Emmet Keefe, Deke Jones, and Knute
Rockne, 1913 |
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| Two photographs of horse race at Belmont Park, October 20, 1923 |
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| Jesse Owens competing in the Olympics, 1936 |
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| Speaker, Cobb and Ruth at old timers and amateur day, League Park, Cleveland, August 1941 |
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| Photo and program of Michigan/Ohio State University football game, November 25, 1950 |
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| Autographed photo of Abe Attell, former world's featherweight champion, undated Inscribed "To R.L. Thurber with best wishes and good luck from the former featherweight champ." |
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| Photo of Babe Ruth presented to members of the Babe Ruth Baseball Club, inscribed
"To my pal from Babe Ruth", undated |
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| National doubles champions Miss Mary Browne and Mrs. R. Williams, undated |
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| Tennis player Mary Sutton Bundy, undated |
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| Tennis players Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, Mary Sutton Bundy, and Mr. Campbell, undated |
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| Chic Harley, undated |
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| Sub-Subseries VII: Negatives, 1916-1918 |
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| Box Name: Photographs: 2 | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Sarah Hull, undated |
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| W.S. trip and family, 1916 |
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| Negatives taken by James Thurber in Washington, D.C., 1918 |
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| Robert's negatives of Knute Rockne, Gus Dorias, and other Notre Dame athletes, accompanied by a handwritten list of information, undated |
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| Thurber artwork, photographs in Thurber House, undated |
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| Ohio State University: Campus, Sigma Delta Chi, Sun Dial editorial staff, La Boheme: Makio, undated |
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| Subseries III: Audiotapes |
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| Sub-Subseries I: Oral History Interviews, 1983-1996 |
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| Box Name: Audiotapes | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Robert Thurber, April 18, 1983 |
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| Whitney Dillon and Mary Teeter Zimmerman, May 3, 1983 |
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| Thelma Roseboom, May 18, 1983 |
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| Wendell Postle, May 19, 1983 |
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| Betty Mykrantz, May 23, 1983 |
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| Mrs. Herman Miller, May 24, 1983 |
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| Minnette Fritz Ewart and Lacey Washington, May 24, 1983 |
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| John Harlor, January 16, 1984 |
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| Frances Zipf Niklaus, January 18, 1984 |
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| Donn Vickers' interview with 102-year-old high school classmate Helen Atwell with daughter JoAnn; Armena Schmidt, ca. 1995-1996 |
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| Sub-Subseries II: Recordings of Thurber's Work, 1944-2001 |
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| Box Name: Audiotapes | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" starring Robert Benchley, CBS Radio Series,
"This Is My Best.", 1944 |
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| Thurber's Dogs, with suite for orchestra on CD, 1994 |
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| (In right trunk under window in Museum Room.) | ||||||||||||
| Die 13 Uhren (The 13 Clocks, German). Patmos., 2001 Three copies. Also includes 2 compact discs. |
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| (In museum room.) | ||||||||||||
| "A Thurber Carnival" original Broadway cast, undated |
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| "The Great Quillow", undated |
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| "A Ride with Olympy, ""The 13 Clocks, ""Very Proper Gander, " and
"Shrike and Chipmunks, ", undated |
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| "The World of James Thurber" read by Henry Morgan, undated |
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| Includes "The Greatest Man in the World,""Interview with a Lemming,""The Car We Had To Push,""The Very Proper Gander,""The Shrike and the Chipmunks,""Which,""The Split Infinitive,""Adverbial Advice," and "The Spreading 'You Know.'" | ||||||||||||
| "The 13 Clocks" read by Tom Walker, undated |
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| Sub-Subseries III: Reflections on Thurber, 1984-1987 |
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| Box Name: Audiotapes | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Christopher Durang on James Thurber, October 21, 1984 |
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| Presentation on James Thurber by John Young, Thurber House guide, 1987 |
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| Readings and comments by and about James Thurber, introduced by Henry Morgan, undated |
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| Side 1: Morgan introduces comments by E.B. White, Frank Sullivan, Kenneth Tynan, Marc Connelly, and Clifton Fadiman. Morgan reads "The Greatest Man in the World" and "Interview with a Lemming." Side 2: Morgan introduces Thurber, who describes the childhood accident with bow and arrow and ensuing eye problems. He tells about, and reads, "The Car We Had To Push" and talks about the beginnings of his cartoons and drawings. Dorothy Parker comments about Thurber's art. | ||||||||||||
| Audio of panel at OSU Library, undated |
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| Includes Ed Lentz as moderator, Ted Gardiner, Dr. Leroy Johnston, Mary Teater Zimmerman, and Dr. Lewis Branscomb. (Collection also includes videotape of this event, in Videos box.) | ||||||||||||
| Sub-Subseries IV: Thurber Commemorative Events, 1983-1994 |
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| Box Name: Audiotapes | ||||||||||||
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| Thurber birthday event at Phi Kappa Psi House, December 8, 1983 |
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| Songs used in
"Thurber's Columbus", 1988 |
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| "Thurber's Dogs" ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, 1994 |
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| Subseries IV: Records |
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| Sub-Subseries I: James Thurber's Works, 1959-1960 |
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| Box Name: Records 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Echo: A Magazine of Sight and Sound:
"James Thurber's Harmonica Man", 1959 |
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| Original Broadway cast recording of
"A Thurber Carnival", Ca. 1960 |
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| Sub-Subseries II: Robert Thurber's Record Collection, 1959-1960 |
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| Box Name: Records 1-3 | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| "So This Is New York" Bill Leonard, undated |
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| "The Three Trees" and
"No News, Or What Killed the Dog", undated |
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| "While We're Young" and
"Similau", undated |
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| "Once in Love with Amy" and
"Make a Miracle", undated |
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| "Swanee-One Step" and
"Venetian Moon - Fox Trot", undated |
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| "Nobody Lied" and
"Oh! Is She Dumb", undated |
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| "Who-Fox Trot" and
"Sunny-Fox Trot", undated |
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| "Swanee-One Step" and
"Venetian Moon-Fox Trot", undated |
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| "EE' By Gum!" and
"Will You Love Me When I'm Mutton?", undated |
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| "Ja-Da" and
"The Worst Is Yet To Come", undated |
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| "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" and
"Alice I'm In Wonderland", undated |
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| "Swanee-One Step" and
"Venetian Moon-Fox Trot", undated |
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| "The Girl That I Marry" and
"While We're Young", undated |
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| "September Song" and
"Lost in the Stars", undated |
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| "Whispering" and
"The Love Boat", undated |
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| "Whispering-Fox Trot" and
"The Japanese Sandman-Fox Trot", undated |
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| "Whiffenpoof Song" and
"Kentucky Babe", undated |
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| "Poor Butterfly", undated |
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| "Smiles" and
"Waters of Venice", undated |
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| "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" and
"Beautiful Ohio", undated |
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| "Row, Row, Row-Medley, One-Step or Turkey Trot" and
"Argentine Tango", undated |
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| "Avalon" and
"Old Pal, Why Don't You Answer Me", undated |
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| "I Knew Him When He Was All Right" and
"Chinatown, My Chinatown", undated |
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| "The Darktown Strutters' Ball-Fox Trot" and
"Razzberries-One Step", undated |
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| "Toot, Toot, Tootsie Goo'bye" and
"Carolina in the Morning", undated |
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| "The Cat and the Fly Paper", undated |
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| "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" and
"Indian Love Call", undated |
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| "The Rosary" and
"Silver Threads Among the Gold", undated |
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| "My Mother's Rosary" and
"Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula", undated |
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| "My Creole Sue" and
"Kentucky Babe", undated |
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| "Three O'Clock in the Morning-Waltz" and
"Oriental Fox-Trot", undated |
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| "O-h-I-o (O-My!-O!)" and
"I Want to Go to the Land Where the Sweet Daddies Grow", undated |
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| "You Can't Get Along With 'Em or Without 'Em" and
"Yakka, Hoola, Hickey, Doola", undated |
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| "I Was Born in Virginia, ""Mary's A Grand Old Name, ""Harrigan, " and
"Yankee Doodle Dandy, ""You're A Grand Old Flag, ""Yankee Doodle Boy, " and
"Give My Regards to Broadway", undated |
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| Subseries V: Films, 1988 |
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| Box Name: Films | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| Jim Thurber's Columbus, 1988 |
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| Subseries VI: Videos |
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| Sub-Subseries I: Oral History Interviews, 1979 |
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| Box Name: Videocassettes 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Reel-to-reel video tape of interviews with Thurber contemporaries conducted by Lewis Branscomb, December 6, 1979 |
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| First Thurber birthday celebration with reminiscences by Thurber contemporaries, including Ted Gardiner, December 8, 1979 |
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| Sub-Subseries II: Biographies, 1960-2000 |
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| Box Name: Videocassettes 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Conversation between Jim Brosnan (major league baseball pitcher and author) and James Thurber about baseball and other subjects, 1960 |
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| Thurber Family Portrait, October 19, 1990 |
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| Thurber special on PBS, January 24, 2000 |
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| Columbus Public Schools Hall of Fame Video: James Thurber, 2000 |
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| Autobiography, undated |
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| James Thurber's Columbus: The Clocks of Columbus, undated |
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| University Days, Clocks of Columbus, Family Portrait, Autobiography, undated |
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| Alistair Cooke's interview with Thurber, undated |
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| Sub-Subseries III: Recordings of Thurber's Work, 1960-1992 |
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| Box Name: Videocassettes 2 | ||||||||||||
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| James Thurber on Quack Cures, 1960 |
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| John Gardiner from Fawcett Center: The Fairly Intelligent Fly and The Doctor's Doctoring Dilemma, November 22, 1992 |
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| Sub-Subseries IV: Commemorative Events, 1995 |
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| Box Name: Videocassettes 2 | ||||||||||||
| Folder Names: | ||||||||||||
| The Ohio State University Spring Commencement, June 9, 1995 |
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| Includes presentation posthumously of the Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree to James Thurber, accepted by Rosemary Thurber. | ||||||||||||
| Thurber birthday observance at Ohio State University Libraries, undated |
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| Ed Lentz as moderator of panel, Ted Gardiner, Dr. Leroy Johnson, Mary Teater Zimmerman, and Lewis Branscomb. (Collection also includes audio tape of this event, in Audiotapes box.) | ||||||||||||
| Subseries VII: Slides |
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| Jim Thurber's Good Old Columbus Town: Autobiography: Precise But Useless Information, Trays A&B, Top & Bottom (2 sets) |
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| Jim Thurber's Good Old Columbus Town: Family Album, Trays A&B, Top & Bottom (2 sets) |
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| Jim Thurber's Good Old Columbus Town: The Clocks of Columbus, Trays A&B, Top & Bottom (2 sets) |
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| Jim Thurber's Good Old Columbus Town: University Days, Trays A&B, Top & Bottom (2 sets) |
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| Slide show with script |
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Series XIV: Oversized Materials, 1913-1996
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| Box Name: Oversized Materials | ||||||||||||
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| East High School photograph, 1913 |
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| East High School photograph, 1914 |
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| John Courtright, paternal grandfather of Susan Courtright Zanner (Thurber House volunteer), is in the far upper right of the photo. Courtright graduated in 1919 from the OSU School of Agriculture, was president of Marion Power Shovel, and died at age 90. | ||||||||||||
| Ladies' Home Journal, June 1917 |
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| Photograph of Helen Wismer Thurber, ca. 1937 |
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| Art Directors Club Medal, 1939 |
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| Tribute from Ohio State University alumni in New York, May 3, 1946 |
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| Yale University Degree, 1953 |
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| Kenyon College degree, 1953 |
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| Certificate of special tribute issued by Michigan Governor John Engler, December 8, 1994 |
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| James Thurber, American Humorist: Selections from the Family Collection, 1996 |
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| Braille, The Great Quillow, undated |
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