Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967

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Author; interviewee married Alan Campbell.

From the description of Reminiscences of Dorothy Rothschild Parker : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86158240

Dorothy Parker was born in West End, New Jersey, in an upper-middle-class family of mixed heritage. Estranged from her parents due to her dislike of her strict, devout stepmother, she read voraciously and wrote verse. Seeking a career in literature, she worked for Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Life, and was one of the founding editors of New Yorker. She wrote verse, plays, short fiction, and epigrams, as well as criticism and reviews; her caustic, celebrated wit reverberated from her own writing, as well as reports from the Algonquin Round Table, of which she was a founding member. With her second husband, Alan Campbell, she contributed to numerous Hollywood screenplays. Dorothy Parker was an active social reformer throughout her life, naming Martin Luther King, Jr., prominently in her will.

From the description of Dorothy Parker and Alan Campbell letters to Leonard and Sylvia Lyons, 1938-1945. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 70082123

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creatorOf Quick, Jeffrey, 1956-. One perfect rose / [words by] Dorothy Parker ; [music by] Jeffrey Quick. Interior / [words by] Dorothy Parker ; [music by] Jeffrey Quick. Résumé : 1986 / [words by] Dorothy Parker ; [music by] Jeffrey Quick. Fable : 1981-2 / [words by] Dorothy Parker ; [music by] Jeffrey Quick. Frustration : 1985 / [words by] Dorothy Parker ; [music by] Jeffrey Quick. University of Akron, Bierce Library
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creatorOf Campbell, Alan, 1905-1963. Alan Campbell and Dorothy Parker collection, [1930]-1949. University of Michigan
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referencedIn Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee Records, 1942-1954 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
creatorOf McGinley, Phyllis, 1905-1978. Lillian Hellman Papers, 1904-1984 (bulk 1934-1984). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Marion Meade Papers on Dorothy Parker, 1859-2008. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943. Correspondence, ca.1856-1943 (inclusive), 1920-1943 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn George Lynes Platt photographs, 1935-1953. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
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referencedIn Raphaelson, Samson, 1896-1983. Papers, 1916-1982. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Papers: 1873-1993 (inclusive), 1899-1961 (bulk). John F. Kennedy Library
referencedIn Aviva Slesin collection of research and production materials for the ten-year lunch: the wit and legend of the Algonquin Round Table, 1920s-1988 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Records of Brown Brothers Harriman, 1696-1973, 1995 (bulk, 1820-1968) New-York Historical Society
referencedIn Donald and Katharine Foley Collection of Penguin Books, 1935-1965 Bancroft Library
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creatorOf Marquis, Neeta. Papers of Neeta Marquis, 1862-1957. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Ben Shahn papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Salisbury, Leah Javne, 1893-1975. Papers, 1925-1975. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Carolina Wren Press Records, and undated, 1940-1994 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
creatorOf Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967. A star is born. Smith College, Neilson Library
referencedIn William Ernest Hocking papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Seward Collins papers, 1918-1952 (inclusive), 1927-1937 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn American Vaudeville Museum collection, 1845-2007, (bulk 1910-1940) University of Arizona Libraries, Library Special Collections
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creatorOf Theatre Aquarius Archives (University of Guelph). Martians in my Driveway / written and performed by Laura McGhee, remount directed by Max Reimer, sound designed by Paul J. Cegys, 2003 - performance files. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
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creatorOf Rusche, Marjorie M., 1949-. Comments : a short song cycle for soprano and piano / Marjorie M. Rusche, composer ; Dorothy Parker, poet. Bowling Green State University, BGSU Libraries
referencedIn Leah Salisbury Papers, 1925-1975. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967. Reminiscences of Dorothy Rothschild Parker : oral history, 1959. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn David Burliuk Papers, 1900-1969 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
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referencedIn Samson Raphaelson Papers, 1916-1982 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967. Houghton Library
referencedIn Williams, Paul, 1940-. Dorothy / music and lyrics by Paul Williams and Ken Ascher ; book by Paul Zindel and Des McAnuff, 1980. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Ager, Milton, 1893-1979. Milton Ager collection 1918-1979 (bulk 1970-1979). Library of Congress
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Relation Name
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associatedWith American Museum of Vaudeville corporateBody
associatedWith Andrews, Ann, 1890-1986. person
associatedWith Andrews, Ann, b. 1895 person
associatedWith Baldwin, Calvin Benham, 1902-1975. person
associatedWith Barsky, Edward K., 1895-1975. person
associatedWith Brown Brothers, Harriman & Co. corporateBody
correspondedWith Brown, John Mason, 1900-1969 person
associatedWith Brown, Marel, 1899- person
associatedWith Bryan, J. (Joseph), 1904-, person
associatedWith Burliuk, David, 1882-1967 person
associatedWith Campbell, Alan, 1905-1963. person
associatedWith Carolina Wren Press corporateBody
associatedWith Carroll, Barbara. person
associatedWith Collins, Seward, 1899-1952. person
associatedWith Communist Party of the United States of America. corporateBody
associatedWith Cullen, Frank, 1936- person
associatedWith Davis, Robert Gorham, person
associatedWith Dietz, Howard, 1896-1983. person
associatedWith Foley, Donald L. person
associatedWith Foley, Katharine person
associatedWith Foley, Katharine person
associatedWith Franklin, Joan, person
associatedWith Franklin, Robert, person
associatedWith Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984 person
associatedWith Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. person
correspondedWith Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966 person
associatedWith Janowitz, Otto. person
associatedWith Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee. corporateBody
correspondedWith Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951 person
associatedWith Lynes, George Platt, 1907-1955 person
associatedWith Lyons, Leonard, 1906-1976, person
associatedWith Lyons, Sylvia, person
associatedWith Marquis, Neeta. person
associatedWith Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965. person
associatedWith Mayer, William, 1925- person
associatedWith McGinley, Phyllis, 1905-1978. person
associatedWith McNeilly, Donald, 1945- person
associatedWith Meacham, Harry M. (Harry Monroe), 1901-1975. person
associatedWith Meade, Marion, 1934- person
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correspondedWith New Yorker Magazine, Inc corporateBody
associatedWith Pinchot, Rosamond, 1904-1938. person
correspondedWith Price, Reynolds, 1933-2011 person
associatedWith Quick, Jeffrey, 1956- person
associatedWith Raphaelson, Samson, 1896-1983. person
associatedWith Rhodes, Eugene Manlove, 1869-1934 person
associatedWith Rusche, Marjorie M., 1949- person
associatedWith Salisbury, Leah Javne, 1893-1975. person
associatedWith Schnitzler, Arthur, 1862-1931. person
associatedWith Screen Writers' Guild. corporateBody
associatedWith Selznick, David O., 1902-1965. person
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associatedWith Shaw Festival Collection (University of Guelph) corporateBody
associatedWith Sims, Ezra, 1928- person
associatedWith Slesin, Aviva. person
associatedWith Spewack, Samuel, 1899-1971 person
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associatedWith Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. corporateBody
associatedWith White, Barbara. person
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associatedWith Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943. person
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United States
Spain
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Authors, American
Women authors, American
Authors
Blacklisting of authors
Motion picture authorship
Occupation
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Birth 1893-08-22

Death 1967-06-07

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