Beebe, Lucius, 1902-1966
Variant namesAmerican writer and bon vivant.
From the description of Letter : Hillsborough, Calif., to Mr. Kohn, 1963 Jan. 30. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122472968
Lucius Morris Beebe was born into a wealthy New England family in Wakefield, Mass. in 1902. He attended both Harvard and Yale before joining the New York Herald Tribune in 1929. Beebe was an author, journalist, railroad hobbyist and bon vivant. He died in Hillsborough, Calif. in 1966.
From the description of Lucius Morris Beebe papers, 1862-1993 [manuscript]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 13194928
Historical Background
Lucius Beebe (December 9, 1902 Wakefield, Massachusetts - died February 4, 1966 Hillsborough, California) began his literary career at the New York Herald Tribune in 1929, achieved his own column in 1933, and went on to write articles for such periodicals as Town & Country, Gourmet, Playboy, Esquire, Trains, and the San Francisco Chronicle, to name a few. Beebe and Charles Clegg (1916-1979), his partner and co-author of half of his thirty-four books, bought their first private car, "The Gold Coast," in the late 1940s. The two lived and traveled aboard "The Gold Coast" from 1948 to 1950; the car is now part of the collection of the California State Railroad Museum. They later purchased another private car, "The Virginia City." They moved to Virginia City, Nevada in 1949, and in 1952 took over publishing and editing the newspaper The Territorial Enterprise, where Samuel Clemens had his roots. Beginning in 1960, they spent part of each year at their home in Hillsborough, south of San Francisco, where Beebe died in 1966. His thirty-year career as an author, combined with his eccentric personality, earned him an international reputation. Charles Clegg described Beebe as a "highly civilized nineteenth-century gentleman" possessing an "outrageous personal majesty," known by the world as a "wit and flamboyant gourmet."
From the guide to the Lucius Morris Beebe Collection, 1921-1966, (California State Railroad Museum Library)
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referencedIn | Sprague, Marshall. Papers, 1825-1994 (bulk 1930s-1980s). | Pikes Peak Library District | |
creatorOf | Beebe, Lucius Morris, 1902-1966. Letter : Hillsborough, Calif., to Mr. Kohn, 1963 Jan. 30. | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center | |
creatorOf | Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. Papers, 1897-1930. | Houghton Library | |
referencedIn | Joseph Barnes Papers, 1923-1970 | Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
referencedIn | Best, Gerald M. Papers, 1932-1981. | Library of Congress / NUCMC, National Union Catalog of Manuscripts Collections | |
referencedIn | Seton, Harold. Harold Seton papers, 1935, [19--]. | New-York Historical Society | |
creatorOf | Howe, Ward Allan, 1900-1977. Ward Allan Howe papers, 1922-1966. | University of Michigan | |
referencedIn | Mack, Effie Mona. Effie Mona Mack papers, 1917-1969. | Nevada State Historical Society | |
referencedIn | Parsons, Geoffrey, 1879-1956. Papers, ca.1919-1959. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
creatorOf | Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. William Stanley Braithwaite papers, 1898-1979. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
referencedIn | Bernard Augustine De Voto Papers, 1918-1955 (inclusive), 1944-1951 (bulk) | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
referencedIn | Harold Seton Papers, 1935, and undated | New-York Historical Society | |
creatorOf | Beebe, Lucius Morris, 1902-1966. Letters, to Ward Allan Howe, 1956-1959. | University of Michigan | |
referencedIn | William Stanley Braithwaite Papers, 1916-1962 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
referencedIn | Joseph Barnes Papers, 1923-1970 | Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
creatorOf | Lucius Morris Beebe Collection, 1921-1966 | California State Railroad Museum Library | |
referencedIn | Witter Bynner papers, 1829-1965. | Houghton Library | |
referencedIn | New Yorker records | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
referencedIn | William Stanley Braithwaite papers, 1898-1979 | Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section | |
referencedIn | Robert E. Sherwood papers, 1917-1968 (inclusive), 1934-1955 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
referencedIn | Armitage, Merle, 1893-1975. Papers of Merle Armitage, 1932-1964. | University of Iowa Libraries | |
referencedIn | Stewart Hall Holbrook papers, 1904-1965, 1940-1965 | University of Washington Libraries Special Collections | |
referencedIn | Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966. Papers, 1681-1966 (bulk 1900-1960) | Houghton Library | |
creatorOf | Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. Papers of William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite [manuscript] 1904-1935 (1958). | University of Virginia. Library | |
creatorOf | Howe, Ward Allan, 1900-1977. Papers, 1922-1966. | University of Michigan | |
creatorOf | Beebe, Lucius Morris, 1902-1966. Lucius Morris Beebe papers, 1862-1993 [manuscript]. | Denver Public Library, Central Library | |
referencedIn | Holbrook, Stewart Hall, 1893-1964. Stewart Hall Holbrook papers, 1904-1965. | University of Washington. Libraries | |
referencedIn | Stanford University Press archival book copies, 1900-2012 | Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
creatorOf | Papers, 1839-1957. | Boston Athenaeum |
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Birth 1902-12-09
Death 1966-02-04
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