James Reid Parker papers 1879-1991 1930-1984

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James Reid Parker papers 1879-1991 1930-1984

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The collection documents the career of twentieth-century American writer James Reid Parker, including his collaboration with cartoonist Helen E. Hokinson and his trusteeship of her estate. It includes drafts and printed versions of Parker's writings for The New Yorker and Woman's Day, as well as correspondence documenting his professional work, and personal correspondence and papers documenting his family relationships, family history, and military service with the Publications Branch of the Military Intelligence Service during World War II. In addition to correspondence regarding Hokinson's estate, the collection includes approximately forty-five drawings by Hokinson, chiefly for The New Yorker.

3.0 linear feet (9 boxes)

eng,

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349603

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Parker, Rebecca Ives Kidder.

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Parker, Ruth Lerrigo.

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Parker, Ruth Lerrigo.

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Parker, Rebecca Ives Kidder.

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Hokinson, Helen E. (Helen Elna), 1893-1949

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American cartoonist and author. From the description of Autograph letters signed (73), postal cards (4), greeting cards (7), telegram (1), autograph notes on a play and drawings (11) : Wilton, Connecticut, etc., mostly to Nancy Hamilton, 1946 Sept. 10-1948 Nov. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871029 From the description of Collection of preparatory drafts and notes for Our best girl, ca. 1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875045 ...

Parker, James Reid, 1909-1984

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James Reid Parker was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1909, to James A. and Rebecca Ives Parker. He received his B.A. from Lafayette College, and an M.A. in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University in 1931. He became a regular contributor of light humorous pieces to The New Yorker magazine beginning in 1930, and wrote a column entitled "Small World" for Woman's Day from the 1940s to the early 1960s. Many of his New Yorker stories were published as anthologies, including Aca...