Thurber, James, 1894-1961

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James Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1894. Considered one of the 20th century's more prominent humorists, he wrote nearly forty books of stories, essays, autobiography, and a Broadway play. Thurber passed away in 1961.

From the description of James Thurber letters to Mrs. Robert Sterling, 1946-1950. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 181589252

Epithet: author and cartoonist

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American author and artist, who contributed to the New Yorker magazine from 1927-1961.

From the description of James Thurber papers, 1929-1962 (bulk 1929-1946). (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63937093

American writer, playwright, and cartoonist.

From the description of Letter, 1951 Apr. 20, Somerset Bridge, Bermuda, to Arthur Mizener, Northfield, Minn. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364304

James Thurber, humorist, cartoonist, illustrator, and playwright, was born December 8, 1894 in Columbus, Ohio. He graduated from Ohio State University in 1919 and served as a code clerk at the Department of State, Washington, D.C., and at the American Embassy in Paris from 1918 to 1920. In 1927, he joined the staff of The New Yorker, serving first as managing editor, then as a staff writer (1927-1933) and regular contributor (1933-1961). Thurber's writings covered a wide range of genres, including essays, short stories, plays, and children's books, but he is best known for his stories concerning middle-class domestic situations, often based on actual events in his own life. Thurber's book The Years with Ross (1959) is an informal biography of Harold Ross, founder and editor of The New Yorker, as well as a history of the magazine and an account of Thurber's friendship with Ross.

Thurber married twice, in 1922 to Althea Adams (they divorced in 1935) and in 1935 to Helen Muriel Wismer. He had one child, a daughter Rosemary, from his first marriage. Thurber died in New York City on November 2, 1961.

Biographical information drawn from Contemporary Authors Online, Thomson Gale, 2005, s.v. "James Thurber" (accessed 12 May 2011).

From the guide to the James Thurber papers, 1944-1961, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

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referencedIn J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn George Vanderbilt Foundation. George Vanderbilt Foundation records, 1959-1967. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Eleanor Howland Bunce papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn E. B. White collection, 1899-1985. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
creatorOf Thurber, James, 1894-1961. James Thurber letters to Mrs. Robert Sterling, 1946-1950. University of Colorado, Boulder
creatorOf Thurber, James, 1894-1961. Papers, 1884-1972. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn Melville Cane Papers, 1901-1979. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966. Papers, 1681-1966 (bulk 1900-1960) Houghton Library
referencedIn New Yorker records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Vincent J. Donehue papers, 1946-1965 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn The Greatest Man in the World National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Thurber, James, 1894-1961. Papers 1936 or 1937. Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society
creatorOf Thurber, James, 1894-1961. Daguerreotype of a lady correspondence collection. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn Milton Caniff Collection, 1805-2007, 1910-1988 The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
referencedIn The Night the Ghost Got In by James Thurber - Germany National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Kinney, Harrison. Harrison Kinney archive for James Thurber: his life and times. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn Louis Slobodkin Papers Addendum, 1929-1974 University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Free Library of Philadelphia Collection of Literary Manuscripts, 1666-1990 Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department
referencedIn Robert E. Sherwood papers, 1917-1968 (inclusive), 1934-1955 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965. Papers, 1932-1970 (bulk 1938-1965). Library of Congress
referencedIn Frederic Dannay Papers, ca.1920-1982. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Thurber, James, 1894-1961. Papers. Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society
creatorOf Thurber, James, 1894-1961. Correspondence, 1953. 1 item. New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
referencedIn Donald and Katharine Foley Collection of Penguin Books, 1935-1965 Bancroft Library
referencedIn Rhymer, Paul, 1905-1964. Papers, 1928-1988. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Slobodkin, Louis, 1903-1975. Papers, 1929-1974. University of Oregon Libraries
referencedIn Alec Wilder papers, 1939-2000 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Haila Stoddard playscript collection, 1944-1968 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004. Jabberwock : improbabilities lived and imagined by James Thurber in the fictional city of Columbus, Ohio, 1973 Jan. / made into a play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn AMERICAN BOOKSHELF #13: THE THURBER CARNIVAL, BY JAMES THURBER National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Dannay, Frederic, 1905-1982. Papers, ca.1920-1982. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Avshalomov, Jacob, 1919-. The thirteen clocks : based on the book by James Thurber for two storytellers & symphony orchestra / by Jacob Avshalomov. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
referencedIn Souvenir programs for theatrical productions, 1906-2005. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Thurber, James, 1894-1961. Papers, 1884-1972 (inclusive), 1920-1961 (bulk). State Library of Ohio
creatorOf Thurber, James, 1894-1961. The cane in the corridor [manuscript]. Catholic University of America
referencedIn Robert H. Elias papers, 1933-1983. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn James Thurber Letters to Mrs. Robert Sterling, 1946-1950, 1946-1950 University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967. Letters of tribute to Carl Sandburg [manuscript], 1951-1952. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Langner, Lawrence, 1890-1962. Letters to Doris Humphrey, 1944 and 1947. (5 items). New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
creatorOf Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004. Jabberwock : improbabilities lived and imagined by James Thurber in the fictional city of Columbus, Ohio, 1973 Mar. / made into a play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn New Directions Publishing records Houghton Library
creatorOf Thurber, James, 1894-1961. Letter to Leighton Rollins [manuscript] 1947 July 11. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Slobodkin, Louis, 1903-1975. Many moons : production material. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Thurber, James, 1894-1961. Papers, no date. Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society
referencedIn Elias, Robert H. Robert H. Elias papers, 1933-1983. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Highet, Gilbert, 1906-1978. Gilbert Highet papers, 1929-1978. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Branscomb, Lewis C. (Lewis Capers), 1911-. Thurber papers, 1961-1981. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Moore, Opha, 1867-1967. Papers 1892-1962. Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society
referencedIn Andrews, Robert Hardy, 1908-1999. Robert Hardy Andrews collection, 1925-1985. Boston University. School of Medicine
referencedIn Joseph Barnes Papers, 1923-1970 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Sayre, Joel, 1900-1979. Joel Sayre papers, 1918-1979 (bulk 1950s-1970s). New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Bates, John M. Production book for four original one-act plays produced at the Department of Drama, Yale University, 1946. Yale University Library
referencedIn Miscellaneous general and literary manuscripts, 1864-1994. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn George Grosz papers, 1893-1981 (inclusive) 1919-1959 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Thurber, James, 1894-1961. Letter, West Cornwall, Conn., to James Rennie, New York [manuscript] 1953 Nov. 27. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. The papers of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, 1890-1984 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
creatorOf Thurber, James, 1894-1961. Miscellaneous manuscripts, ca. 1912. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Photograph of James Thurber British Library
creatorOf Thurber, James, 1894-1961. Letter to Henry Murat Gordon, regarding one of Thurber's characters [manuscript] 1945 Nov. 19. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Harper's Magazine Records, 1847-1983, (bulk 1940-1983) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. The papers of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, 1890-1984 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
creatorOf Thurber, James, 1894-1961. Letter to Elizabeth Clarkson Zwart. New York, NY. 1935 Dec. 5. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Du Pont, Ethel Bidermann, 1896-1980. Ethel Bidermann Du Pont : papers, 1914-1980. The Filson Historical Society
creatorOf Bergman, Bernard Aaron, 1894-1980. Papers, 1933-1978. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004. Jabberwock : improbabilities lived and imagined by James Thurber in the fictional city of Columbus, Ohio, 1972 Sep. 1 / made into a play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. lee. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn Elmer Holmes Davis Papers, 1865-1957, (bulk 1946-1955) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Kirchwey, Freda. Papers, 1871-1972 (inclusive), 1937-1971 (bulk) [microform]. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Sinclair Lewis papers, 1866-1964, 1910-1950 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf James Thurber papers, 1944-1961 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Inscriptions removed from books that belonged to Eugene O'Neill and Carlotta Monterey O'Neill. 1927-1966. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Cheryl Crawford papers, 1920-1986 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn William James Jr. papers, 1857-1960 (inclusive), 1911-1959 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Abraham S. Burack collection Boston University. School of Medicine
referencedIn Cane, Melville, 1879-1980. Melville Cane papers, 1901-1979. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Ambassador Auditorium Collection, 1974-1995 Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries
creatorOf Wilder, Alec. Alec Wilder papers, 1939-2000. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Great authors poster collection. The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library
creatorOf Baker, George, 1915-1975. Bernard Meeks Cartoon Collection [manuscript] 1860-1945. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Hough, Henry Beetle, 1896-. Henry Beetle Hough papers, 1841-1994. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn John H. Griffith collection 1942-1972 1942-1945, 1951-1952 Griffith, John H. collection William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Thurber, James, 1894-1961. Papers. Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society
creatorOf Angell, Roger. New Yorker records, ca.1924-1984. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. James Thurber 1894-1961 biographical file. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Miller, Freda D. Fables for our time. Story: James Thurber; choreography: Charles Weidman; music: Freda Miller. New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
referencedIn Stanford University. Dept. of Biology. Division of Systematic Biology. Stanford University, Dept. of Biology Division of Systematic Biology, records, 1949-1970. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Nugent, Elliott, 1896-1980. Papers, 1915-1965. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn Yaddo records, 1870-1980 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Register to the Papers of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, 1890-1984, inclusive Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
creatorOf Nabokov, Nicolas, 1903-1978. The last flower : a parable in music based on a story in pictures and words by James Thurber : for symphony orchestra / Nicolas Nabokov. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Four Short Stories by James Thurber National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Levin, Herman, 1907-1990. Herman Levin papers, 1943-1981. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Bright Angel Hotel collection, 1896-1904 The Museum of Northern Arizona
creatorOf Thurber, James, 1894-1961. James Thurber papers, 1929-1962 (bulk 1929-1946). Cornell University Library
creatorOf Thurber, James, 1894-1961. Letter, 1951 Apr. 20, Somerset Bridge, Bermuda, to Arthur Mizener, Northfield, Minn. University of Michigan
creatorOf American Medical Association. Dept. of Investigation. Records. Physical Fitness, 1909-1983. American Medical Association,James S. Todd Memorial Library
referencedIn George Vanderbilt Foundation records, 1959-1967 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Joseph Barnes Papers, 1923-1970 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Kirchwey, Freda, 1893-1976. Papers, 1871-1972 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Thurber, James, 1894-1961. Musical comedies. Thurber carnival [Programs] New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
creatorOf White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985. E. B. White collection, 1899-1999. Cornell University Library
referencedIn New Yorker records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Joel Sayre papers, 1918-1979, 1950s-1970s New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Gail and Stephen Rudin autograph collection, 1841-1993. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
creatorOf Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004. Jabberwock : [improbabilities lived and imagined by James Thurber in the fictional city of Columbus, Ohio / made in a play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee] Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn Hamish Hamilton Collection, 1931-1986 University of Bristol Information Services - Special Collections
referencedIn Burlingame Family Papers, 1856-1967 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Lincoln, Victoria, 1904-1981. Victoria Lincoln papers, 1833-1986. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Thurber, James : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Thurber, James, 1894-1961. James Thurber papers, 1884-1972 [microform]. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Reed, Philip (Philip G.), 1908-. Many moons : production material, ca. 1958. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
referencedIn Samuels, Ernest, 1903-. Ernest Samuels Papers, 1918-1977. Northwestern University
referencedIn Stanford University, Department of Biology, Division of Systematic Biology, records, 1949-1970 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Shumlin, Herman, 1898-. Papers, 1930-1968. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Englund, Ken. The secret life of Walter Mitty : [screenplay], 1946 March 15. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Miscellaneous Photographs of Military and Entertainment Personalities, 1944 - 1945 National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951. Sinclair Lewis papers, 1866-1964 (bulk 1910-1950). Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Thurber, James, 1894-1961. James Thurber : file of clippings and miscellany. Michigan State University Libraries, Main Library
referencedIn John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967. Houghton Library
creatorOf Danischewsky, Monja. The catbird seat : screenplay, [1959] / by Monja Danischewsky ; based on the short story by James Thurber. Ohio State University Libraries
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