Thomas, Lowell, 1892-1981

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American author, journalist, and world traveller.

From the description of Letters, 1961-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553309

Newscaster, foreign correspondent, and explorer.

From the description of Papers, [ca. 1890]-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155531746

Thomas was a radio and television broadcaster, author, and world traveler.

From the description of The Lowell Jackson Thomas papers. 1916-2010. (University of Utah). WorldCat record id: 701904298

Traveler, lecturer, radio commentator, author.

From the description of Letter to [Lola] Kovner, 1936 April 9. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 55057647

From the description of Letter to [Lola] Kovner [sic] [manuscript], 1936 April 9. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647978159

Lowell Jackson Thomas (1892 - 1981) became one of the most recognizable figures of his day as he led a life of world traveler, broadcaster, and communications pioneer. The Lowell Thomas Papers document Thomas's life and career in textual materials, graphic materials, objects, sound recordings, and moving images.

From the description of Lowell Thomas Papers (Marist College). WorldCat record id: 457207722

Lowell Jackson Thomas was born 6 April 1892 in Woodington, Ohio, to Harry and Harriet Wagner Thomas. When Lowell was eight, the family moved to Victor, Colorado. Later, at the age of fifteen, the family moved back to Ohio. After graduating from High School, he obtained B.S. degree from Valparaiso University. He went on to obtain both B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Denver and started working and writing for the Chicago Journal until 1914. While in Chicago, he was a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, teaching oratory. He began studying at Princeton University, where he also taught oratory, to obtain another M.A. degree.

In 1915 he traveled to Alaska and began a travelogue which led the U.S. Government to commission him to film and record World War I events. As a war correspondent, Thomas met T.E. Lawrence, a captain in the British Army, in Jerusalem. Thomas shot footage of Lawrence which later led to the book With Lawrence in Arabia . During 1930–76 he was a radio newscaster, but he managed to travel to exotic places around the world, narrate Movietone newsreels (1935–52) and travelogues for Twentieth Century-Fox, and write many books. He broadcast from many combat zones during World War II, and in 1949 he was invited to Tibet by the Dalai Lama. He profiled outstanding historical figures on Public Broadcasting System's Lowell Thomas Remembers (1976–1979), and published a two-part autobiography, Good Evening Everybody (1977) and So Long Until Tomorrow (1978). He also wrote Beyond Khyber Pass about Afghanistan and The First World Flight.

Thomas died 29 August 1981 in Pawling, New York.

From the guide to the Lowell Jackson Thomas papers, 1916-2010, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah)
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creatorOf Roba, William Henry. Correspondence, 1978. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Photograph collection, 1889-1976. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
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referencedIn Papers, 1911-1974. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Overseas Press Club of America. Miscellaneous papers, 1919-1970. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Davis, Edward, Colonel. The Edward Davis papers, 1902-1929. U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center
creatorOf Thomas, Lowell, 1892-1981. Letters, 1961-1981. Harold B. Lee Library
referencedIn Pew, J. Howard (John Howard), 1882-1971. Papers 1902-1971. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Lee, Mabel Barbee, 1884-1979. Papers, 1946-1967. Colorado College, Tutt Library
creatorOf Spingarn, Joel E, 1875-1939. Papers, 1934-1938. William & Mary Libraries
creatorOf Papers, [ca. 1890]-1981. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Thomas, Lowell, 1892-1981. Up Pikes Peak via the Cog Railway, . Colorado College, Tutt Library
referencedIn Grosvenor Family Papers, 1827-1981, (bulk 1872-1964) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture. 1794 - 2003. Public Information and Training Motion Picture and Television Productions. 1990 - 1995. Avalanches to Order National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Sprague, Marshall. Papers, 1825-1994 (bulk 1930s-1980s). Pikes Peak Library District
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referencedIn Alexander Griswold Cummins papers, 1865-1947 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
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creatorOf Thomas, Lowell, 1892-1981. Lowell Thomas Papers Marist College, James A. Cannavino Library
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referencedIn New York Times Company records. A.M. Rosenthal papers, 1955-1994, 1967-1986 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Fox Movietone newsreel collection - World War II paper records, 1922-1946, (bulk 1941-1946) Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division
creatorOf Thomas, Lowell, 1892-1981. Letter to Francis Gardner Clough. New York, NY. 1962 Jan. 18. University of Iowa Libraries
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creatorOf State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Mass Communications History Center recordings, 1955-1958. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Thomas, Lowell, 1892-1981. The Lowell Jackson Thomas papers. 1916-2010. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library
creatorOf Houghton Mifflin Company. Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records, 1832-1944. Houghton Library
referencedIn Charles Habib Malik Papers, 1888-1994, (bulk 1930-1982) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
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referencedIn Pew, Joseph N. (Joseph Newton), 1886-1963. Papers, 1917-1963. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Robert H. Davis papers, 1871-1946, 1908-1942 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Lowell Thomas correspondence with Henry Waltemade (MS 141), 1966 University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Thomas, Lowell, 1892-1981. Letter to [Lola] Kovner, 1936 April 9. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Joel E. Spingarn Papers, 1934-1938. Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
creatorOf Allen, Jay, 1900-. Letters, 1935-1964. New Hampshire Newspaper Project
referencedIn Hicks, Mildred, 1880-1961. Mildred and Mary Hicks papers, 1917-1945. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
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creatorOf Mills, Emma, d. 1956. Emma Mills correspondence, 1920-1946. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Norman Vincent Peale Papers, 1920-1965 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Lowell Jackson Thomas papers, 1916-2010 J. Willard Marriott Library. University of Utah Manuscripts Division
referencedIn Woodson, Urey, 1859-1939. Urey Woodson papers, 1898-1939, 1929-1939 (bulk dates). University of Kentucky Libraries
referencedIn Frank Farrell Papers, 1897-1988, (bulk 1945-1975) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn George Creel Papers, 1857-1953, (bulk 1896-1953) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Cummins, Alexander Griswold, 1869-1946. Alexander Griswold Cummins papers, 1865-1947 (inclusive), 1913-1947 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Kaj Klitgaard Papers, 1914-1966 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
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creatorOf Cushing, George William, 1888-1968. George Cushing sound recordings, 1942-1955. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn De Seversky, Alexander P. (Alexander Procofieff), 1894-1974. Alexander P. De Seversky papers, 1939-1941. Library of Congress
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referencedIn F. Trubee Davison papers, 1882-1961 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Frank A. Armstrong Jr. Papers, 1927-1969, 1999, 2001 East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library
creatorOf American Red Cross. Correspondence with Theodore and Helen Dreiser, 1930-1944. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn George Creel Papers, 1857-1953, (bulk 1896-1953) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Wozniak, John C., 1912-1999. Oral history interview with John C. Wozniak, [sound recording], 1994. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956. Sterling and Francine Clark Papers: Reading Library, 1707-1961. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, The Clark
referencedIn Kaltenborn, H. v. (Hans), 1878-1965. Papers, 1883-1964. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Thomas, Lowell, 1892-1981. Correspondence, 1917. Denver Public Library, Central Library
referencedIn Papers, 1909-1958. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Thomas S. Power Papers, 1928-1970 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Page, Arthur W. (Arthur Wilson), 1883-1960. Papers, 1908-1960. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
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referencedIn Harvard Law School Forums Records Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
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referencedIn John Kieran Papers, 1917-1985 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Emma Mills correspondence, 1920-1946 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Thomas, Lowell 1892-1981. Letter to Grace Ziegler. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
referencedIn Mabel Vernon Papers, 1933-1947 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
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