S. J. Perelman Papers

Steinberg, Saul, 1914-1999

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Saul Steinberg was a Romanian-born American artist and illustrator, known for his visual commentary on American life created for The New Yorker magazine during the 1940s through 1990s, as well as for his drawings, paintings, collages, and sculpture. Steinberg was born on June 15, 1914 in Râmnicu Sărat, Romania, to Moritz Steinberg and Rosa Steinberg (née Jacobson). Steinberg had one older sister, Lica Roman (née Steinberg), born a year earlier. During Steinberg’s childhood, the family lived on S...

Tuchman, Barbara W. (Barbara Wertheim), 1912-1989

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Historian and writer Tuchman (1912- ) received an A.B. from Radcliffe College (1933), and worked as a journalist and editor. She is the author of many prize-winning works, including The Guns of August (1962) and Stilwell and the American Experience in China (1971). From the description of Letter, 1963. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007438 New York-born American journalist and historian; Pulitzer-prize winning author of The Guns of August, 1962. Fro...

West, Nathanaël, 1903-1940

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American novelist. From the description of Collection of papers, 1930-1966. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 145406009 ...

Fraser, Shelagh

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Lee, Sandra (Sandra E.)

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Beeston, Richard.

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Clark. A.

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Nash, Isabel Jackson, 1934- .

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Kapstein, Israel J. (Israel James), 1904-

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Writer, teacher, and Hebrew scholar. A.B., Brown 1926; A.M., Brown 1929; Ph.D., Brown 1933. Taught English and Creative Writing at Brown from 1927 to 1969. Retired as Professor Emeritus. Author of "Something of a Hero" (1941) and "The Song the Summer Evening Sings" (1937). In collaboration with Rabbi William Braude translated "Pesikta de-Rab Kahana: R. Kahana's Compilation of Discourses for Sabbaths and Festal Days" (1975). From the description of Papers, [ca. 1940-1983]. (Brown Univ...

Abel, Dominick

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Holmes, Ken.

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Lederer, Peter O.

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Gikow, Ruth, 1915-1982

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Ruth Gikow (b. 1915-d. 1982), painter, printmaker, muralist, illustrator, seriographer. She was born in the Russian Ukraine, emigrating to New York City with her parents in 1920. She studied under John Steuart Curry at the Cooper Union Art School from 1932-1935. She also studied with Louis Ross, Louis Schanker and Raphael Soyer. After working as an assistant mural painter on the Federal Art Project, Gikow was awarded a commission to paint a mural for the Bronx Hospital. Her book illustrations in...

Crowther, Prudence

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Hughes, Wendy

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Perelman, S.J. (Sidney Joseph), 1904-1979

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American cartoonist, author, and screenwriter; d. 1979. From the description of S.J. Perelman collection, 1942-1977. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70969554 Brown class of 1925. Humorist, screenwriter, dramatist, and cartoonist. Much of his work was in the form of short pieces for the New Yorker magazine. From the description of Papers, 1914-1987. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122639378 S.J. Perelman and Will B. Johnstone, screenwrite...

Perelman, Adam,

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Eaton, Lee.

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Gillespie, C. Richard, 1930-

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Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001

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American author. From the description of Typed letter signed : Jackson, Miss., to Charles Ryskamp, Director of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1985 Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875021 The short story writer and novelist Eudora Alice Welty was born on April 13, 1909, in Jackson, Miss. In 1946 she published Delta wedding, her first novel. Her novel The optimist's daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1969. She was a lecturer and writer-in-residence at numerous colleges....

Searle, Ronald, 1920-2011

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Mortimer, Peter, 1943-

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Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969

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Painter, photographer; Roosevelt, N.J. From the description of Ben Shahn interview, 1964 Apr. 14 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82606033 Artist Ben Shahn was a Russian Jewish immigrant to New York. He apprenticed with a lithographer, studied at several New York colleges, and toured Europe, acquiring the skills to express his artistic ability. He is chiefly remembered as a muralist, painter, photographer, and printmaker, visually chronicling America during ...

Todd, Burt K.

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Weinraub, Judith.

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Levine, Jack, 1915-2010

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Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Jack Levine interview, 1968 Sept. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220187653 Artist. From the description of Reminiscences of Jack Levine : oral history, 1956. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309738074 Painter; Boston, Mass. and New York, N.Y. Exponent of Social Realism during the 1930s. He resided in Boston until 1942. Married to painter Ruth Gik...

O'Neill, Charles.

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Ogden, Rial.

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Hanna, Mark.

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Boswell, Patrick

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Willis, Delta

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Maurer, David W.

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Perelman, Laura, Mrs. S. J.

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Adamson, David.

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Vale, Adriano do

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Theroux, Paul, 1922- .

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Rogers, Deborah D.

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Hamilton, Cosmo, 1872?-1942

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English playwright and novelist; born Henry Charles Hamilton Gibbs From the description of Cosmo Hamilton letter to W. Orton Tewson [manuscript], 1925 February 1. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 664826089 ...

Heimer, Melvin Lytton, 1915-1971.

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Herrmann, Dorothy

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Shawn, William ca. 20. Jh.

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William Shawn (1907-1992), editor. Edmund Wilson (1895-1972), literary critic and author. From the description of William Shawn letters relating to Edmund Wilson, 1960-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702193218 ...

Green, Benny, 1927-1998

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Driver, C. J.

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Putnam, Beverly.

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Glynn, Prudence Loveday, 1935- .

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Hirschfeld, Alvin.

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Landstone, Charles

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Modell, Frank

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Conrad, Peter, 1926-

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Blumenthal, John, 1929- .

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Thompson, Ed.

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Miller, Henry, 1929-

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Henry Miller was a Huntingdon Borough, Pa. storekeeper. Jacob Miller was the administrator of his estate, as well as the street regulator and treasurer of the Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad Company. From the description of Estate Accounts and Cashbooks, 1807-1862(inclusive), 1807-1843, 1850-1862(bulk). (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122590509 Henry Miller (formerly Mueller) had an engraving business in Louisville (Ky.) in the 1850's. ...

Nash, Livell.

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Perelman, Abby,

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Mitchell, Henry, 1923-

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Scott, Vernon

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Cerf, Bennett, 1898-1971

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Author & publisher. Columbia A.B. 1919; Litt.B. 1920. From the guide to the Bennett Cerf Papers, ca. 1898-1977., (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Publisher and editor. Founder of Random House, New York, with Donald S. Klopfer; president, 1927-1966; and chairman of the board, 1966- Other publishing affiliations include Bantam Books (New York) and Modern Library, Inc. (New York). From the description of Calling card : N...

Boston, Richard, 1938-2006

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Richard Boston, an English author and journalist, is renowned for approaching his work with a sense of fun and humour. Educated at Stowe School, he went on to Regent Polytechnic to study art, then to read English at King's College, Cambridge, gaining an MA before going abroad to teach. Richard's work in journalism initially saw him joining the staff of Peace News, followed by the position of books editor of New Society. He was also employed by the Times Liter...

Nash, Ogden, 1902-1971

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American poet. From the description of The Voluble Wheel Chair (for Eugène--March 31,1952) : Baltimore : autograph poem signed, written for Eugène Reynal, 1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612668 American writer. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : New York, 16 March 1962, to Mr. Miller, 1962 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874504 American poet Ogden Nash was born in New York and raised along the east coast. Afte...