Beebe, Lucius, 1902-1966

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American 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)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
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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associatedWith Armitage, Merle, 1893-1975. person
associatedWith Barnes, Joseph, 1907-1970. person
correspondedWith Best, Gerald M. person
associatedWith Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. person
correspondedWith Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968 person
associatedWith Clegg, Charles Hillsborough, California, person
associatedWith Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company corporateBody
associatedWith Denver Public Library. Western History Dept corporateBody
associatedWith De Voto, Bernard Augustine, 1897-1955 person
correspondedWith Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966 person
correspondedWith Harold Seton person
correspondedWith Holbrook, Stewart Hall, 1893-1964. person
associatedWith Howe, Ward Allan, 1900-1977. person
associatedWith Jukes, Fred, 1877-1971 person
correspondedWith Mack, Effie Mona. person
associatedWith Mitchell, Stewart, 1892-1957. person
correspondedWith New Yorker Magazine, Inc corporateBody
associatedWith Parsons, Geoffrey, 1879-1956. person
associatedWith Pullman Company corporateBody
associatedWith Pullman's Palace Car Company corporateBody
associatedWith Seton, Harold. person
correspondedWith Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955 person
associatedWith Sprague, Marshall. person
associatedWith Stanford University. Press. corporateBody
associatedWith Unknown, person
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Colorado
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Authors, American
Pullman cars
Railroads
Railroads
Railroads
Sleeping cars (Railroads)
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Birth 1902-12-09

Death 1966-02-04

English

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