Jules Feiffer Papers, 1919-1995, (bulk 1950-1990) - View Resource (original) (raw)

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Mailer, Norman

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American writer. From the description of Letters to Theodore S. Amussen [manuscript], [ca. 1948?]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823381 Norman Mailer was an American author and celebrity, admired for his novels and social commentary, and winner of two Pulitzer Prizes. Born in New Jersey and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Mailer became interested in writing while studying aeronautical engineering at Harvard. He served in World War II, which led to the acclai...

Feiffer, Jules

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Jules Feiffer, playwright. From the description of Carnal knowledge: typescript, 1988. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122430742 Scheduled for production at Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, Calif. From the description of Grown ups : a play / by Jules Feiffer. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 740492054 Cartoonist, playwright, author, and illustrator. Born 1929. From the description of Jules Feiffer papers, 1919-1995 ...

Crichton, Robert.

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Title: 4th Baron Sanquhar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000756.0x0001c2 ...

Lantz, Robert B., 1929-

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Lantz worked at Phil Berg-Bert Allenberg Inc., which appears to have been an agency for authors and actors, based in Beverly Hills and New York. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1949. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863764 ...

Doctorow, E. L., 1931-2015

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Edgar Lawrence Doctorow was born in New York City on January 6, 1931. The grandson of Jewish immigrants from Russia, he grew up on Eastburn Avenue in the Bronx and attended the Bronx High School of Science, where he showed an early interest in the arts evidenced by the inclusion of a poem, short story, and painting in his high school literary journal, Dynamo. These interests were further developed at Kenyon College, where he studied with John Crowe Ransom and shared the stage with Paul Newman an...

Sondheim, Stephen, 1930-2021

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Stephen Sondheim was an American composer and lyricist. Sondheim started his theatre career by writing the lyrics for West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959) before becoming a composer and lyricist. Sondheim's best-known works include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and Into the Woods (1987)...

Kubrick, Stanley, 1928-1999

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Stanley Kubrick (born July 26, 1928, The Bronx, New York – died March 7, 1999, Hertfordshire, England) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and photographer. He is frequently cited as one of the greatest filmmakers in cinematic history. His films, which are mostly adaptations of novels or short stories, cover a wide range of genres, and are noted for their realism, dark humor, unique cinematography, extensive set designs, and evocative use of music....

Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier), Jr., 1917-2007

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Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr. (born Arthur Bancroft Schlesinger; October 15, 1917 – February 28, 2007) was an American historian, social critic, and public intellectual. The son of the influential historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr. and a specialist in American history, much of Schlesinger's work explored the history of 20th-century American liberalism. In particular, his work focused on leaders such as Harry S. Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy. In the 1952 an...

Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994

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First Lady Jacqueline Lee “Jackie” (Bouvier) Kennedy Onassis was a symbol of strength for a traumatized nation after the assassination of one the country’s most energetic political figures, President John F. Kennedy, who served from 1961 to 1963. The inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961 brought to the White House and to the heart of the nation a beautiful young wife and the first young children of a President in half a century. She was born Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, daughter of John Verno...

Allen, Steve, 1921-2000

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A radio and television performer, actor, composer, pianist, and singer. From the description of [Papers] / Steve Allen. 1956-1973. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 14228108 Renowned American comedian, composer, lyricist, musician, television pioneer, performer, and author. From the description of Steve Allen papers, 1951-2000. (Scottsdale Public Library). WorldCat record id: 49244609 Steve Allen (1921-2000), comedian, co...

McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-2012

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George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American politician, historian, U.S. representative, U.S. senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election. McGovern grew up in Mitchell, South Dakota, where he was a renowned debater. He volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Forces upon the country's entry into World War II and as a B-24 Liberator pilot flew 35 missions over German-occupied Europe from a base in Italy. Among the medals besto...

Burnshaw, Stanley, 1906-2005

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American author, scholar, publisher, editor, and teacher; native of New York. From the description of Papers, 1927-1987, (bulk 1945-1987). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122547453 Stanley Burnshaw, born in New York City on June 20, 1906, is a poet, critic, novelist, playwright, publisher, editor, translator, and scholar recognized primarily for his poetry and literary criticism. Burnshaw is pro...

Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014

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Amiri Baraka was born LeRoi Jones in Newark, New Jersey, in 1934. He was educated at Rutgers and Howard Universities, graduating from the latter at the age of 19. In 1958 he founded the influential poetry magazine Yugen, which ran until 1962. His writings, including fiction, essays, and poetry, appeared in such publications as The nation, Evergreen review, Downbeat, and The floating bear. From the description of Imamu Amiri Baraka papers, 1958-1982. (University of California, Berkele...

Osborn, Robert Chesley, 1904-1994

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Illustrator and satiric artist; Salisbury, Conn. Died 1994. From the description of Robert C. Osborn photographs, 1928-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502619 Robert Osborn (1904-1994) was an illustrator and painter of Salisbury, Conn. From the description of Oral history interview with Robert Chesley Osborn, 1974 Oct. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477514 Illustrator, painter; Salisbury, Conn. Died 1994. From the description of...

Roth, Philip, 1933-2018

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Author. Full name: Philip Milton Roth. Born 1933. From the description of Philip Roth papers, 1938-2001 (bulk 1960-1999). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982313 Philip Roth is a popular and critically acclaimed American novelist. His observations on the Jewish experience in America, as depicted in such works as Goodbye, Columbus, and Portnoy's Complaint, show inventiveness and a singular sense of humor. Some observers find his works unnecessarily scatalogical and self-indul...

Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984

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Dramatist. From the description of The autumn garden : playscript, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131544 Lillian Hellman (1905-1984), playwright and screenwriter. From the description of These three : (Hellman story), 1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702193196 Lillian Hellman, America’s most significant woman playwright of the twentieth century, was born on June 20, 1905, in New Orleans to Max and Julia Newhouse Hellman. Her e...

Schulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe), 1922-2000

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Charles Schulz was born November 26, 1922, in Minneapolis, MN, and died February 13, 2000, in Santa Rosa, CA. He was an award-winning cartoonist and illustrator, famous for his cartoon strip, 'Peanuts.' Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vols. 10, 118. From the description of Charles Schulz Papers 1962. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 432980498 Charles Schulz was born November 26, 1922, in Minneapolis, MN, and died February 13, 2000,...

Feiffer, Jules

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Jules Feiffer was born January 26, 1929 in the Bronx, NY. He attended Art Student's League and Pratt Institute. He is married with two daughters. He is a play writer, cartoonist and satirist. His cartoons have appeared in the Village Voice>, New York City, Observer>, London and others. His cartoons are syndicated and distributed to more than one hundred newspapers in the United States and abroad. He is a member of the faculty of Yale University Drama School. Mr. Feiffer has won numberous a...

Sorel, Edward, 1929-

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Edward Sorel (born Schwartz) was born March 26, 1929, in The Bronx, NY. As an artist he has received numerous awards and honors. He is a political cartoonist and children's book illustrator, and has published a number of self-illustrated children's books. Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vols. 37, 65, 126. From the description of Edward Sorel Papers 1958-1969. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 471786594 Edward Sorel (bo...

McCarthy, Eugene J., 1916-2005

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Educator, U.S. representative from Minnesota, U.S. senator from Minnesota, and author. From the description of Papers of Eugene J. McCarthy, 1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71064286 Eugene J. McCarthy served as a U.S. Congress member (Democratic Farmer-Labor) from Minnesota's fourth district (1949-1958) and as U.S. senator from Minnesota (1959-1970). He sought the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1968 against Lyndon B....

Caniff, Milton Arthur, 1907-1988

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American cartoonist, best known for the long-running comic strips Terry and the pirates and Steve Canyon. Lived for many years in New City, NY as a neighbor of Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya, Maxwell Anderson, Alan Jay Lerner, and others. Also an original board member of the Kurt Weill for Music thanks to his long association with Lenya. Caniff died in 1988. From the description of An oral history interview with Milton Caniff / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Donald Spo...

Riley, Ted

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Trudeau, G.B., 1948-

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Garry Trudeau (Yale 1973) is an American cartoonist and creator of the comic strip Doonesbury. From the description of Garry Trudeau papers, 1969-2007. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702158754 Garry Trudeau was born in New York City in 1948, and was raised in Saranac Lake, New York. He received a B.A. and M.F.A. in graphic design from Yale University. In 1970, he launched the comic strip Doonesbury, which (as of 2007) appears in over one thousand newspapers worldwide. His wo...

Wertham, Fredric, 1895-1981

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Psychiatrist. From the description of Fredric Wertham papers, 1818-1986 (bulk 1945-1975). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983190 Psychiatrist and author. From the description of Papers, 1818-1986 (bulk 1945-1975). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 31816483 Biographical Note 1895, Mar. 20 Born, Friedrich Ignatz Wertheimer to Sigmund and Mathilde We...

Crichton, Robert

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Title: 6th Baron Sanquhar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000756.0x0001c3 Title: 8th Baron Crichton of Sanquhar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000756.0x0001c4 Epithet: Lord Sanquhair British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10...

Arkin, Alan

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In March of 1934, Alan Wolf Arkin was born in New York to David and Beatrice Arkin, Russian-German Jewish intellects. First attended Los Angeles City College in 1951-1952, followed by a year at Los Angeles State College and finally transferred to Bennington College in 1953. Arkin was a member of a folksinging group called "The Tarriers", that found success across the country touring college campus. Realizing he was displeased with the direction of his life in the group, he retired a...

May, Elaine, 1932-....

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Philadelphia-born comic and scriptwriter. From the description of Scripts, 1962, 1971. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 79337112 Elaine May, screenwriter. From the description of Primary colors: screenplay, 1997 April 8. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517209 Death Defying Acts comprised: Central Park West by Woody Allen, An interview by David Mamet, Hotline by Elaine May. From the description of Hot...

Mailer, Norman

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Norman Mailer was born in Long Branch, New Jersey in 1923 and raised in Brooklyn, New York. After graduation from Boys High School, he later graduated from Harvard University. Mailer served two years in Leyte, Luzon and Japan during World War II. In 1948, he produced his first novel, The Naked and the Dead, considered by many critics to be one of the most important novels to emerge from the second world war. Mailer's second novel, Barbary Shore, was described by its author as a "product of inten...

Just, Ward S.

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Author Ward Just was born in Indiana, the son and grandson of newspaper publishers. He worked as a reporter in Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C., including stints at Newsweek and the Washington Post. While covering the Vietnam War for the Post he was seriously wounded, and received a sabbatical to write of his experiences. He gradually made the transition from journalism to fiction, and has produced an impressive string of realistic, detailed, well-observed novels about American politics a...