The Thurber House Collection and Archives contain unique manuscript material, family letters, scrapbooks, travel mementos, and personal photographs that once belonged to James Thurber and his family.

Among other materials, the collection includes:
– Thurber's work for the Ohio State University's Scarlet Mask Club.
– Contributions to the New Yorker.
– Oral history transcripts and audiotapes that provide accounts of Thurber's life in Columbus, his personality, and other details and observations.
– Thurber's extensive collection of period sheet music.
– Photographs and scrapbooks from family vacations

The majority of this collection was donated to Thurber House by Thurber's younger brother, Robert, and Thurber's daughter, Rosemary. Volunteers and friends also made many contributions.

Researchers are invited to visit Thurber House's online finding aid to locate specific materials in the collection. (A non-frames version of the finding aid can be viewed here.) Once you've located the materials you'd like to see, contact Thurber House at 614-464-1032 or by e-mail at thurberhouse@thurberhouse.org to schedule an appointment to view items from this noncirculating collection. Please allow two weeks for a response to inquiries about the collection.

For additional materials about James Thurber, visit these Web sites:
– Ohioana Library
– Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection of the Ohio State University Libraries