2018-04-24 Guide to the Collection on James Thurber, 1910-1913, 1930-2012 SPEC.RARE.0236 Finding aid prepared by Courtney Bishop; Courtney Bishop; Sabrina Gorse Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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2018 April; 2018 September; 2025 February This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2025-02-24T15:39-0500 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Collection on James Thurber SPEC.RARE.0236 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 12.28 Cubic feet 1910-1913, 1930-2012 James Thurber was an American cartoonist, humorist, author, journalist, and playwright. He published many cartoons and short stories in The New Yorker and wrote books and plays as well; some of which adaptations were made. The Collection on James Thurber contains collected material about James Thurber including articles about him, about exhibitions his work was in, and about dedications to him. Interview transcripts and recordings with people about Thurber, reviews of adaptations of his work, and recordings of people reading his material and performing his plays are also included. Materials are dated 1910-1913 and 1930-2012. (11) oversize folders; (5) card boxes; (5) 5” letter document boxes; (4) 5” legal document boxes; (3) cartons; (3) framed items; (1) 2.5” letter document box; (1) oversize document box; (1) record box English Ohio State University. Libraries. Rare Books and Manuscripts Library Arrangement of Materials

This collection is arranged into 5 series:

Series 1: Biographical Series 2: Work By Others Series 3: Performances Series 4: Exhibitions Series 5: Tributes

 Acquisitions Information

Purchased, 1970; Purchased, 1971; Donated by Helen Thurber, 1973 February; Purchased, 1978; Donated by Matthew Jewett, date unknown; Accession No. RARE.2025.0024: Jay Hoster, 2023 August; some accessions unknown.

 Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Collection on James Thurber, SPEC.RARE.0236, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University

 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains audiocassettes, audiotapes, and long-playing records.

 Access to Materials

Audio/visual materials may need a use copy produced before access is allowed. The remainder of this collection is available for patron research, but may be used only in the Thompson Library Special Collections reading room.

 Use of Materials

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright, and are made available for research and educational purposes. In general, the OSU Libraries do not own the copyright for materials from our collections and cannot grant copyright permissions for these materials. The user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status. If copyright protection applies, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exceptions to the law. Works in the public domain are not protected by copyright and do not require permission to use.

 Processing Information

Processed by: Courtney Bishop, 2018 April; Sabrina Gorse, 2025 February; Finding aid written by: Courtney Bishop, 2018 April; Courtney Bishop, 2018 September; Sabrina Gorse, 2025 February.

 Biographical Note

James Thurber (1894-1961) was an American cartoonist, humorist, author, journalist, and playwright. He published cartoons and short stories in The New Yorker and wrote many other books and plays; some of which adaptations were made. Thurber wrote over twenty-four books, thirty-six short stories, seventy-five fables, two plays, and nine posthumous books. In 1922, Thurber married Althea Adams and they had a daughter together, Rosemary. They were divorced in May 1935 and he married Helen Wismer in June 1935. In 1927, he became an editor for The New Yorker. In 1930, E. B. White found some of Thurber’s drawings and submitted them for publication. After this happened, Thurber continued contributing both his drawings and writings to The New Yorker until the 1950s.

 Scope and Contents

The Collection on James Thurber contains materials collected by the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library at Ohio Sate University on the topic of James Thurber including articles, interviews and transcripts with people about Thurber, and recordings and reviews of adaptations of his work. There are also recordings of people reading his material and performing his plays as well as articles about exhibitions that Thurber’s work was in and articles and recordings of dedications to Thurber including Thurber Towers and Thurber Theatre. Items such as portraits, one drawn and signed by Milton Caniff, a bobble head, yearbooks Thurber signed, but was not in, and Jabberwock rehearsal scripts are in the collection as well. Materials are dated 1910-1913 and 1930-2012.

 Related Materials Lewis C. Branscomb Papers Thurber Family Papers Saul Rosenzweig Papers on Collaboration with James Thurber James Thurber Papers Thurber, James, 1894-1961 Adaptations--20th century Biography--20th century Cartoonists--United States--20th century Clippings (information artifacts) Sound recordings Video recordings (physical artifacts) Biographical Series 1 1930-2007 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains audiocassettes and audiotapes.

 Scope and Contents

The Biographical series contains articles about James Thurber and interviews with people discussing him. Materials date from 1930 to 2007 and are arranged chronologically with undated material arranged alphabetically at the end. Originally, there were clippings files with the title of a letter, which represented clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with the letter; this alphabetical order was not maintained, and is now arranged chronologically by the date of the earliest article in that folder.

 Clippings 6 1 1930-1984 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "C."

 Clippings 6 2 1931-1980 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "F."

 Hudson (Elizabeth) "The Art of Thurber" article 1 1 1932 Clippings 6 3 1935-1984 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "G."

 Clippings 6 4 1935-1985 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "M."

 Clippings and correspondence 1 2 1938-1989 Clippings 6 5 1939-1972 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "Q" or "R."

 Clippings 6 6 1939-1984 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "B."

 Miller (Herman) reminiscences articles 1 3 1940 Clippings 9 25 1940-1961 Clippings 6 7 1940-1978 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "B."

 Clippings 6 8 1940-1956 Clippings 7 1 1940-1962 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "D."

 Clippings 7 2 1940-1962 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "U" or "V."

 Clippings 7 3 1940-1968 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "N."

 Clippings 7 4 1940-1972 Clippings 7 5 1940-1977 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "O."

 Clippings 7 6 1940-1977 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "W."

 Clippings 7 7 1940-1977 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "P."

 Clippings 6 7 1940-1978 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "B."

 Clippings 1 4 1940-1988 Clippings and correspondence 1 5 1940-1990 Clippings 1 6 1940-1991 Clippings 7 8 1941-1975 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "T."

 Clippings 7 9 1941-1980 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "A."

 Clippings 8 1 1942-1968 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "J."

 Clippings 8 2 1942-1972 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "X," "Y," or "Z."

 Clippings 8 3-4 1942-1975 Clippings 8 5-6 1942-1975 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "S."

 Clippings 8 7 1942-1991 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "F."

 Clippings 8 8 1944 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "I."

 Clippings 1 7 1944-1991 Clippings 8 9 1945-1960 Clippings 8 10 1945-1975 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "K."

 Clippings 8 11 1945-1976 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "H."

 Clippings 1 8 1945-1985 Clippings 1 9 1951, 1961-1962 Clippings 1 10 1951-1975 "Priceless Gift of Laughter" in "Time Magazine" 20 1 1951 July 9 "Another Thurber Play?" clipping 1 11 1952 July 18 Clippings 8 12 1953-1975 Scope and Contents

Contains clippings where the title of the article or the author's first or last name begins with "L."

 Ryberg (Charles L.) "Humor and Pathos in James Thurber's Short Stories" thesis 1 12 1957 MacLean (Kenneth) "Further Thurber" speech 1 13 1958 Pollard (James E.) "Thurber" 1 14 1960 Nugent (Elliot) clippings and correspondence 2 1 1962-1970 MacLean (Kenneth) "The Last Thurber" speech 2 2 1963 Clippings 2 3 1963-1964 Clippings 9 2 1963-1966 Nugent (Elliot) clippings 9 1 1963-1966 Pollard (James E.) "With Honor, Not Without" article 2 4 1964 October 20 "The Creative Person" clippings and pamphlet 20 2 1965 "30 Minutes of Rare Fun On 'The Creative Person'" clipping 9 26 1965 March 3 "Tiny Mummies! The True Story of the Ruler of 43rd Street's Land of the Walking Dead" by Tom Wolfe in "The New Yorker" 2 5 1965 April 11 Clippings 9 27 circa 1967 "The Key to James Thurber: The wit and wisdom of a great humorist" 14 14 1969 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: 25 minutes

 Tobias (Richard C.) "The Art of James Thurber" reviews 9 3 1970 Segal (Lili P.) "James Thurber: Literary Humorist" thesis 2 6 1970 July 9 Radio Program on James Thurber Broadcast over WOSU AM Radio 11 1-5, 9 14 10-12 1972 April 22 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

(6) Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time: 31 minutes; (3) Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 Radio Program on James Thurber Broadcast over WOSU AM Radio transcript 20 3 1972 April 22 James Thurber by Paul W. Austin & Bertha H. Austin 11 6-8 14 13 1973 January Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

(3) Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time: 24 minutes; (1) Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 Austin (Paul and Bertha) oral history transcript 2 7 circa 1973 Hoster (Jay) clippings and correspondence 2 8 1975-1976 Correspondence 20 4 circa 1975 "The Private Life of James Thurber" broadcast by BBC 1961 December 2 transcript 2 9 1977 March 29 "This is Thurber's World and You're Welcome to It" article 9 28 1979 November 11 "Timeline" publication 2 10 1992 April-May Tanner (Stephen L.) "James Thurber and the Midwest" in "American Studies" 33.2 20 33 1992 "The New Yorker" newspaper 2 11 1994 June 27, July 4 "Ohio State Alumni Magazine" 2 12 1994 December Clippings 2 13 1994-1995, 2003, 2007 "Ohio State Alumni Magazine" 2 14 1995 January-February "Fairfield Heritage Quarterly" vol.17, No. 2 2 15 1995 Spring Cohen (Mark J.) correspondence 20 5 1995 September 22 "The Thurber House Organ" Vol. 14, No 1-2 2 16 1996, undated Thomson (Tom) "The Thurber Connection" in "Short North Gazette" part 1-8 2 17 1998 Thomson (Tom) "The Thurber Connection" in "Short north Gazette" part 9-20 2 18 1999 Thomson (Tom) "The Thurber Connection" in "Short North Gazette" part 21-31 2 19 2000 "Short North Gazette" newspaper 10 1 2001 December-2002 Thomson (Tom) "The Thurber Connection" in "Short North Gazette" part 32-44 2 20 2001 Thomson (Tom) "The Thurber Connection" in "Short North Gazette" part 45-50, episode 51-56 2 21 2002 Thomson (Tom) "The Thurber Connection" in "Short North Gazette" episode 57-68 2 22 2003 "Short North Gazette" newspaper 10 2 2003 Thomson (Tom) "The Thurber Connection" in "Short North Gazette" episode 69-80 2 23 2004 "Short North Gazette" newspaper 10 3 2004 Clipping 9 29 2005 Thomson (Tom) "The Thurber Connection" in "Short North Gazette" episode 81-92 2 24 2005 "Short North Gazette" newspaper 10 4 2005 Thomson (Tom) "The Thurber Connection" in "Short North Gazette" episode 93-101 2 25 2006 January-September "Short North Gazette" newspaper 10 5 2006 DeVries (Peter) "James Thurber: The Comic Prufrock" article 2 29 undated Englund (Ken) "The Secret Life of James Thurber" manuscript 2 28 undated Ohio State University Alumni Association information 2 27 undated "Thurber at Bay" clipping 2 30 undated Work By Others Series 2 1942-2000 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains audiocassettes and audiotapes.

 Scope and Contents

The Work By Others series contains recordings, reviews, clippings, photographs, pamphlets, programs, fliers, correspondence, promotional materials, pilot scripts, call sheets, and reports related to adaptations of James Thurber’s work. Also included are recordings of Jabberwock, written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, which is a play loosely based on Thurber's life. Materials are dated 1942-2000 and are arranged chronologically with undated material arranged alphabetically at the end. Material with the same date is arranged alphabetically.

 Clippings 9 4 1942-1969,1998 "The Male Animal" reviews and articles 9 30 1942-1965 "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" articles 9 5 1947 August "From George Washington University" clipping 20 6 1947 October "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" reviews 9 6 1947-1948 Weidman (Charles) "Fables for Our Time" clippings 20 7 1948 Reviews 9 7 1948-1972 "The Beast in Me" program and flyer 20 8 after 1948 "Fables" clipping 20 9 1949 February 12 "She's making Her Way Through College" clippings 3 1 1952 "The Male Animal" tape 2 12 7-9 13 5, 9 1953 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

(3) Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time: 31 minutes; (2) Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 Scope and Contents

It is unknown if recordings are of the play or film.

 "The Male Animal" tape 3 12 10-12 13 6-7 1953 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

(3) Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time: 32 minutes; (2) Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 Scope and Contents

It is unknown if recordings are of the play or film.

 "The Male Animal" tape 4 12 13-15 13 26-27 1953 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

(3) Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time: 27 minutes; (2) Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 Scope and Contents

It is unknown if recordings are of the play or film.

 "The Male Animal" tape 5 13 8, 10 12 16-18 1953 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

(3) Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time: 15 minutes; (2) Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 Scope and Contents

It is unknown if recordings are of the play or film.

 Various clippings 20 10 1954, 1956 "Thirteen Clocks" clippings 20 11 1954-1957 "Reel One, Camera Three" 11 22-23, 37 1958 October 11 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time: 25 minutes

 "Thurber Country" notes to Jerome Lawrence from William F. Thurber 3 2 circa 1960s-1973 "The Battle of the Sexes" reviews 9 8 1960 "Battle of the Sexes" newspaper clippings 9 31 1960 April 20, 24 "The Beast in Me" Playbill 20 13 1963 May 13 "Vintage Thurber" reviews 3 3 1963-1964 "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" clippings 3 4 1966-1974, undated "Battle of the Sexes" newspaper clippings 9 9 1967 "My World and Welcome to It" pilot script, call sheets, and reports 9 35 1968 October-1969 August "My World and Welcome to It" reviews 9 32 circa 1970s "Jabberwock" posters 7 circa 1972 Lonely (Glen) "Premieres Beyond" gallery Proof 3 7 circa 1972 "Thirteen Clocks" program 20 14 circa 1972 "The War Between Men and Women" premier photographs and pamphlets 9 10 1972 April 12 "The War Between Men and Women" program 20 17 1972 June 27 Act I, Jabberwock by Lawrence and Lee, World Premier at The Ohio State University, master copy 11 12-13 1972 November 18 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time: 57 minutes

 "Jabberwock" programs 3 5 1972 November 18-December 2 Act I, Jabberwock by Lawrence and Lee, World Premier at The Ohio State University, Reel 1 14 1-2 11 10, 15 1972 November 18 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

(2) Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time: 22 minutes; (2) Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 Act I, Jabberwock by Lawrence and Lee, World Premier at The Ohio State University, Reel 2 11 11, 14 1972 November 18 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time:35 minutes

 Act II, Jabberwock by Lawrence and Lee Tape 1 11 16, 19 1972 November 18 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time: 26 minutes

 Act II, Jabberwock by Lawrence and Lee, Tape 2 11 17, 20 1972 November 18 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiotape; sound; Approximate run time: 25 minutes

 Act II, Jabberwock by Lawrence and Lee World Premier at The Ohio State University 13 16-17 11 18, 21 1972 November 18 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

(2) Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown; (2) Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 "Jabberwock" programs 20 15 1972 "The War Between Men and Women" reviews 3 6 1972 "The War Between Men and Women" reviews and correspondence 9 11 1972 "The Clocks of Columbus" reviews 9 33 1972-1973 "Jabberwock" reviews 9 14 1972-1973 Holmes (Charles) "The Clocks of Columbus" reviews 9 12 1972-1973 Holmes (Charles) "The Clocks of Columbus" reviews and promotional materials 9 13 1972-1973 "Jabberwock" newspaper clippings 9 15 1972-1974 Windom (William) in "Thurber" clippings and programs 20 16 1972-1974 "My World and Welcome to It" reviews 3 8 1972, 1974 "Thurber I" playbills 20 18 circa 1974 Windom (William) clippings and program 3 10 1974 "William Windom's Thurber at Mershon Auditorium" 11 32-33 1974 November 20 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time 58 minutes

 "William Windom's Thurber at Mershon Auditorium" tape 1 13 13 11 28-31 14 3 17 4 1974 November 20 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

(5) Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time 34 minutes; (2) Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 "William Windom's Thurber at Mershon Auditorium" tape 2 13 14-15 11 24-27 17 5 1974 November 20 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

(5) Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time: 25 minutes; (2) Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 Windom (William) in "Thurber" program and fliers 20 19 circa 1974-1976 Windom (William) in "Thurber" reviews 9 16 1974-1982 "Life on a Limb" The Elitch Theatre Company fliers, correspondence, and clippings 20 20 circa 1975 Bernstein (Burton) "Thurber: A Biography" pamphlets 9 18 1975 Bernstein (Burton) "Thurber: A Biography" reviews 9 17 1975 "Life on a Limb" articles photocopied 3 9 1975 "Life on a Limb" reviews; "William Windom's Columbus Connection" in "The Columbus Dispatch" 3 1975, 1983 "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - James Thurber - Lora Aborn" 13 11-12 11 34-36 1976 October 16 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

(3) Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time 36 minutes; (2) Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 Windom (William) "My World and Welcome to it" in "The Ohio State University Alumni Magazine" 20 21 1983 February "Transposing misery into comedy" clipping 20 22 2000 January 2 "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" Starring Robert Benchley, CBS Radio Series "This is my Best" 1944 14 4 undated Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 White (Ruth Young) "Home Town-Important?" article 2 26 undated Performances Series 3 1953-1973, circa 1994 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains audiocassettes, audiotapes, and long-playing records.

 Scope and Contents

The Performances series contains recordings of people reading or performing James Thurber’s work. Materials are dated 1953-1973, and are arranged chronologically with undated material arranged alphabetically at the end. Material with the same date is arranged alphabetically.

 "James Thurber: The Grizzly and the Gadgets and Further fables For Out Time" read by Peter Ustinov; record 16 1956 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

33 1/3 rpm record; 12 inch; vinyl; approximate run time: 45 minutes

 "Reel One, Camera Three" 13 18-19 1958 October 11 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 "A Thurber Carnival" directed by Burgess Meredith 13 20 circa 1960 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 "A Thurber Carnival" program 20 12 1960 January 7 "A Thurber Carnival" directed by Burgess Meredith; record 16 1960 April Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

33 1/3 rpm record; 12 inch; vinyl; approximate run time: unknown

 "James Thurber: The Wonderful 'O'" with Burgess Meredith 13 29 circa 1963 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 "James Thurber: The Wonderful 'O'" with Burgess Meredith records (2) 16 1963 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

(2) 33 1/3 rpm record; 12 inch; vinyl; approximate run time: unknown

 "This is Dynagroove: The Magnificent New Sound Developed by RCA Victor" record 16 1963 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

33 1/3 rpm record; 12 inch; vinyl; approximate run time: unknown

 "James Thurber: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" 13 30 circa 1964 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 "James Thurber: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" records (2) 16 1964 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

(2) 33 1/3 rpm record; 12 inch; vinyl; approximate run time: unknown

 "Thirteen Clocks" 13 2-3 circa 1966 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: umknown

 "James Thurber: University Days: The Interview and The MacBeth Murder Mystery" read by Tom Ewell, Richard Kiley and Elaine Stritch record 16 1966 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

33 1/3 rpm record; 12 inch; vinyl; approximate run time: 46 minutes

 "Thirteen Clocks" 12 6 1966 August 11 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 "Thirteen Clocks" Tape 1 12 2 1966 August 11 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time 23 minutes

 "Thirteen Clocks" Tape 2 12 4 1966 August 11 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time: 20 minutes

 "The World of James Thurber" reading by Henry Morgan 13 22, 32 circa 1967 "The World of James Thurber" reading by Henry Morgan record 16 1967 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

33 1/3 rpm record; 12 inch; vinyl; approximate run time: unknown

 "James Thurber: The Unicorn in the Garden and Other Fables For Out Time" reading by Peter Ustinov record 16 1968 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

33 1/3 rpm record; 12 inch; vinyl; approximate run time: 30 minutes

 Burgess Meredith Reading Thurber Ohioana Annual Meeting 12 19-21 17 1 13 4 1968 October 26 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

(4) Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time: 19 minutes; (1) Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 "Four Thurber Fables" read by Gene Gerrard produced by Ken Keller 12 1 13 28, 33 11 38-39 circa 1970s Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

(3) Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time: 17 minutes; (2) Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 "James Thurber: University Days, The MacBeth Murder Mystery" with Tom Ewell, Richard Kelly, and Elaine Stritch 13 25 circa 1971 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 "James Thurber: The Great Quillow" read by Peter Ustinov 13 24 circa 1972 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 "James Thurber: The Grizzly and the Gadgets and Further Fables For Out Time" read by Peter Ustinov 13 21 circa 1972 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 "James Thurber: Many Moons" read by Peter Ustinov 13 23 circa 1972 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 "James Thurber: The Unicorn in the Garden and Other Fables For Out Time" reading by Peter Ustinov 13 31 circa 1972 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 "James Thurber: The Great Quillow" read by Peter Ustinov record 16 1972 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

33 1/3 rpm record; 12 inch; vinyl; approximate run time: 41 minutes

 "James Thurber: Many Moons" read by Peter Ustinov record 16 1972 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

33 1/3 rpm record; 12 inch; vinyl; approximate run time: 23 minutes

 "James Thurber" by Paul W. Austin and Bertha H. Austin 17 3 1973 January "Diversions" for Wind Quintet, Piano, and Narrator. Text by James Thurber, music by Will Gay Bottje 13 1, 34 circa 1994 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 Exhibitions Series 4 1934-1994, 2004-2009 Scope and Contents

The Exhibitions series contains articles about exhibitions that James Thurber’s work was in as well as some copies of his drawings used in exhibitions. Materials are dated 1934-1994 and 2004-2009, and are arranged chronologically with undated material arranged alphabetically at the end.

 Valentine Gallery clipping and pamphlets 3 11 1934 December The Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts clippings, invite, and correspondence 3 12 1936, 1953, 1989, undated Salon of American Humorists clipping 3 13 1939 December 9 Marie Harriman Gallery clippings 3 14 1939 December Vassar College clippings 3 15 1940 January 29 Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design clipping 3 16 1940 February 11 "Lines the Live" Salt Lake City Art Center clipping 3 17 1940 September 22 "Original Drawings by American Humorists" Modern Art Society clippings and pamphlet 3 18 1940-1941 Society of American Etchers clipping 3 19 1941 January 12 "Lines the Live" Currier Gallery of Art clipping 3 20 1941 January 27 "19th Annual Show of the Art Directors' Club of America" George walter Vincent Smith Art Gallery clippings 3 21 1941 March 5-6 "Fantastic Art" Museum of Modern Art clipping 3 22 1941 July 30 "Lines the Live" Sioux City Art Center clipping 3 23 1941 October 1 American Drawings and Prints" Dayton Art Institute clipping 3 24 1943 September 5 "Arts and Crafts, Paintings and Drawings" Stark General Hospital clipping 3 25 1943 September 17 "A Gallery of American Women" Associated American Artists, INC. clippings, correspondence, flyer 3 26 1943, 1989 "Meet the Artist" Portland's Art Museum clippings 3 27 1944 January 5, 30 Museum of Modern Art clippings 3 28 1944 February-March Princeton University Library Treasure Room clippings 3 29 1944 March 5 Art Alliance clipping 3 30 1944 March 19 The Arts Club of Chicago clippings 3 31 1944 May, 1945 January National Academy of Design clipping 3 32 1944 December 14 Cornell University clippings and pamphlet 3 33 1944 Philadelphia Art Alliance clipping 3 34 1945 January 1 "Three Towns Art Exhibition" Sharon Hospital clipping 3 35 1945 October 21 Museum of the City of New York clipping 3 36 1946 January 31 Cleveland School of Art clippings 3 37 1947 March 2, 8 "Painting, Sculpture and Enameling Compose" Cleveland School of Art 3 38 1946 March 23 Taft Museum clipping 3 39 1947 May 8 "Exhibit of Pen and Pencil Work of Artists from Renaissance to Present" Mattatuck Historical Society clipping 3 40 1949 January 23 "American Drawings" American Academy of Arts and Letters clipping 3 41 1953 December 13 "Exhibit of Wit and Humor" San Francisco Public Library clipping 3 42 1954 May 18 "Colorful Prints" Metropolitan Museum of Art clippings 3 43 1954 July 1, 4 "U.K. and U.S. Laugh" New Victoria Cinema, Edinburgh clipping 3 44 1954 September 8 La Jolla Art Center clipping 3 45 1954 December 12 "Authors as Illustrators" Stanford Library clipping 3 46 1956 September 9 "Vincent and Price Drawing Collection" Oakland Art Museum clipping 3 47 1957 September 5 "New Yorker Show" Westport Community Art Association clipping 3 48 1960 October 28 Playhouse Gallery clipping and schedule 3 49 1962 "Friends of Rose Algrant" West Cornwall, Connecticut clipping 3 50 1963 August 12, 29 Various events publicity and clippings 3 51 1963-1975, undated "Friends of Rose Algrant" West Cornwall, Connecticut clipping 3 52 1965 August 12 Gallery Proofs 9 19 1966, undated "Thurber Exhibition" Ohio State University Main Library pamphlets; "The Thurber Center Gallery" The Thurber House mailing 3 53 1966, undated "Friends of Rose Algrant" West Cornwall,Connecticut clipping 3 54 1967 August 17 West Cornwall Gallery clipping 3 55 1974 November 6 Ploch (Richard A.) correspondence and catalog 3 56 1974 "The Wonderful Thurber" Ohio State University Libraries program 3 57 1979 "The Last Flowers" poster and manuscript copy 5 circa 1980s "Thurber at 90: A Weekend Celebration" posters 6 1984 December 7-9 "92 Drawings: A James Thurber Retrospective" poster 2 1986 December 7-1987 March 7 "92 Drawings: A James Thurber Retrospective" posters 8 1986 December 7-1987 March 7 "Thurber Revisited" Ohio State Alumni Magazine 4 1 1987 January "92 Drawings: A James Thurber Retrospective" pamphlets 4 2 1987 "An Album of Community: Four Generations of Life in the University Area" Ohio State University poster 3 1987 June 10-July 31 James Thurber Centennial program and pamphlets 4 3 1994 "Exhibit at Faculty Club" "An American Romance" copies 1 2004 December Zempter (Christy) "Gallery exhibit features rarely seen Thurber drawings" article 4 4 2007 May 31 "Home and Away" magazine 4 5 2007 July-August "Thurber Unpublished and Uncensored: Sex, War & Dogs" pamphlets and postcards 4 6 2007 "Thurber Unpublished and Uncensored: Sex, War & Dogs" posters 4 2007 "Thurber in the House" Thurber Center 2 2009 Summer Clippings, pamphlets, and promotional materials 9 20 undated "Ohio State of Mind: Where Great Minds Go" University Honors Center Ohio State University 1 undated Tributes Series 5 1910-1913, 1949-1994, 2012 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains audiotapes and audiocassettes.

 Scope and Contents

The Tributes series contains articles and recordings of dedications to James Thurber as well as articles about Ohio State University acquiring the Sandy Hook drawings. Thurber drew cartoons on the walls of his attic home in Sandy Hook, Connecticut. Also included are portraits of him (one drawn and signed by Milton Caniff), a bobble head, Jabberwock scripts, and books Thurber signed. Materials are dated 1910-1913, 1949-1994, and 2012 and are arranged chronologically with undated material arranged alphabetically at the end.

 East High School X-Rays yearbook 4 7 1910 School-Girl Days: A Memory Book, signed 4 8 1913 Honoring pamphlets and "Montrose Book Shop" catalog 4 9 1949-1985, undated Clippings 10 7 1958,1972-1975 "James Thurber Court" and "Thurber Towers" pamphlets 9 21 circa 1960s Photograph of a drawing of James Thurber 20 23 circa 1990s "Harper's Magazine" page 20 24 1961 December "The Private Life of James Thurber" (Thurber memorial moderated by Eric Linkletter, Broadcast by B. B. C.) 12 26-31 14 5-6 1961 December 2 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

(6) Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time: 16 minutes; (2) Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 Nugent (Elliot) "Brother James G. Thurber" 9 23 1962 "One Time Special By James Thurber" 14 9 1962 January 8 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: 32 minutes

 Tribute to James Thurber program 9 22 1962 May 29 Thurber Towers clippings 9 24 1962-1971 Thurber Reading Room and James Thurber Papers clippings and fliers 9 34 1963-1975 "A Thurber Pipe Night" flyer 20 25 1967 February 26 James Thurber Reading Room placard photographs 20 26 after 1970 Dedication of Thurber Theatre clippings, programs, and speech 4 11 1971-1973 Ohio State University acquisition of Sandy Hook drawings clippings 4 12 1971-1976, 1994 Radio Program on James Thurber Broadcast over WOSU AM radio 12 37 1972 April 22 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 "Dedication of the Thurber Theatre in Drake Union: The Ohio State University" tape recording 14 7-8 17 2 12 32-36 1972 November 18 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

(6) Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time: 23 minutes; (2) Audiocassette; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 Dedication of Thurber Theatre program 20 27 1972 November 18 "Dedication of the Thurber Theatre in Drake Union: The Ohio State University" transcript 5 1 1972 November 18 "Dedication of Thurber Theatre" transcript (Dr. John A. Walker, speaker) 4 10 1972 November 18 Lawrence (Jerome) and Robert E. Lee "Jabberwock" rehearsal script 5 3 1972 Lawrence (Jerome) and Robert E. Lee "Jabberwock" rehearsal script 5 4 1973 Friends of the Ohio State University Libraries Inaugural Banquet 12 38-40 1975 October 28 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

 "Friends of The Ohio State University Libraries Inaugural Banquet" transcription 5 5 1975 October 28 Jurden (Jack) cartoon; correspondence 20 28 1984 January Rand calendar 20 29 1986 Thurber House event 5 2 1989 May 14 Stamps and envelope 20 30 1994 September 10 Citino (David) "A Letter to Thurber" 20 31 1995 June 9 "The 200 Columbus: The Bicentennial" bobble head 15 2012 "Join the Thurber Circle" posters 9 circa 2012 Caniff (Milton) portrait of James Thurber 10 6 undated General Note

Milton Caniff is the artist and he also signed the portrait.

 "Diversions" for Wind Quintet, Piano, and Narrator. Text by James Thurber, Music By Will Gay Battje 12 22-25 undated Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiotape; Sound; Approximate run time: 25 minutes

 Flagg (James Montgomery) portrait of James Thurber 5 6 undated Flagg (James Montgomery) portrait of James Thurber negative 20 32 undated Thurber (James) portrait 10 undated Simont (Marc) drawing of James Thurber 11 undated