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The Thurber Letters, page 95
hyperthyroid condition, 9, 309-10, 545-47, 556-57, 558, 562-63, 566, 567, 569, 572-73, 671-72, 704
Miltown and, 738, 740, 743
neuritis headache, 544, 545
night sweats, 279, 283
pneumonia, 365, 392-93, 394-95, 398, 418
ruptured appendix, 368-70, 371, 418, 732
smoking and, 545, 562-63, 573, 611, 761
teeth and gums, 604, 605, 608, 622-23
See also eye problems of JT
homes of
Cornwall, Connecticut, 7, 352, 397, 399-401, 532
Litchfield, Connecticut, 209, 228, 277-78
New York City, 8, 107-11, 210, 231, 258-60, 305-6, 352, 369-70, 372
Paris, France, 26-27
Sandy Hook, Connecticut, 140-42
Woodbury, Connecticut, 7, 302, 305, 306
jobs of
code clerk for American Embassy in Paris, 5-6, 26-54, 321-22
code-clerk trainee in Washington, D.C., 5-6, 13-25
freelance writing, 6, 81-82, 85-86, 91-96, 208-9, 238-39, 334, 336-37, 359, 379-80, 421, 447-48, 482-84. See also finances of JT
with The New Yorker. See New Yorker, The
with The New York Evening Post, 6, 101-3, 172, 513, 737
with Paris edition of The Chicago Tribune, 6, 95, 617-18, 629-30
reporter for The Columbus Dispatch, 6, 79-91, 575, 629, 737
love of music and opera, 33, 59-60, 263-64, 291, 695, 709
marriage to Althéa Adams, 6, 83, 85-86, 512, 580-81
See also Thurber, Althéa Adams (wife)
marriage to Helen Wismer, 7, 201, 581
See also Thurber, Helen Wismer (wife)
movies and, 483
“The Catbird Seat,” 671-72, 716
contract negotiations, 371, 384
The Male Animal (with Elliott Nugent), 352, 657
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, 8, 371, 383-88, 397, 411, 481, 709
and The New Yorker. See New Yorker, The New York Times article on, 474-76
Poetry magazine fundraiser in Chicago, 358-59
relationship with mother, 128, 182-83, 198, 289-90
returns to Columbus, Ohio, 54-75
Golden Jubilee of Phi Kappa Psi (1930), 129-30, 132
for mother's eightieth birthday, 392
Eva Prout visits (1920) and, 56, 57-58, 61-62, 68-72
trips to Zanesville, 64-67, 69, 72
support for beginning writers, 357-59, 369, 371, 397-98, 407, 498, 590, 726-28
Time magazine cover story on, 9, 491-93, 494, 496-97, 500-502, 503-5, 515, 522, 524, 530, 541
travels of
to the Bahamas, 450, 452-53
Bermuda, 7, 8, 219-24, 247, 281-82, 325-28, 405-7, 439, 441, 482, 487-91, 505-14, 516-22, 531, 542-45, 554, 615-22, 648-54, 671-79
Canada (1936), 226-27
England (1961), 10, 714, 733-43, 749-55
Europe (1918-1919), 5, 26-54
Europe (1925-1926), 91-96
Europe (1937-1938), 7, 240-301
Hollywood (1939), 7-8, 314-21
Hot Springs, Virginia, 8, 359-60, 367-68, 371, 372-75, 379-81, 385-87, 401-4, 416-18, 419-21, 465, 499, 573
Martha's Vineyard, 178-87, 201-3, 213-16, 227, 335, 338-41, 417, 631-32
Miami, Florida (1932), 147-58
Newport, Rhode Island, 328-29
New York City (1921), 83, 96
Washington, D.C., 5, 13-25, 88-89
on writing, 560, 571, 598, 617-18, 633-34, 638-39, 641-42, 727, 746-49
written works of. See written works of JT
Thurber, Leander (grandfather), 523, 524
Thurber, Mary A. Fisher (“Mame;” mother) birth of JTand, 5
cancer treatment in New York City, 326, 327, 329
Congressional Record and, 528, 541, 614
“Isabelle” and, 123
JT letters to (1950), 502-4
JT letters to (1951), 524-26
relationships with sons, 123, 128, 182-83, 198, 262-63, 289-90
visits New York City, 201-2, 326-27, 329
Thurber, Robert (brother), 3, 5, 9, 123, 151, 183, 255, 455, 514-15, 566
disagreement with JT, 523, 527, 538
health problems of, 257
illness of dog, Muggs, 107, 108-9
JT concern for, 664-65
JT letters to (1919), 38-45
JT letters to (1928), 107-11
JT letters to (1950), 502-4
JT letters to (1952), 563
stays with JT in New York City (1928), 107
trip to New York for mother's cancer treatment, 326, 327, 329
Thurber, Rosemary (daughter), 2, 3, 297, 305, 307, 426
birth of, 7, 140, 237
boyfriends of, 495-96, 557, 560
car accident of, 465, 468-69
college search and, 450, 462-63
death of family dog and, 327
drama activities of, 432, 462, 530-31
engagement to Frederick Sauers, 574-76, 580, 581
JT letters to (1946), 396-97, 399, 404
JT letters to (1947), 415-16, 420-21
JT letters to (1948), 424-26, 438-39
JT letters to (1949), 450, 468-69
JT letters to (1950), 486-89
JT letters to (1951), 530-32
JT letters to (1952), 564-65, 574-76
JT list of books for, 462-64
marriage to Frederick Sauers, 9, 587-88
at Northampton School for Girls, 396-97, 407-10, 415-16, 425, 461-64
at Skidmore College, 465, 486-88
sororities and, 488-89
at University of Pennsylvania, 486, 488-89, 564
visits Martha's Vineyard (1941X340
visits New York City (1940), 329
writing of, 450, 648
See also Sauers, Rosemary Thurber (daughter)
Thurber, William (brother), 123, 182-83, 233-34, 290, 523, 538-39, 616
childhood drawings of, 233-34
health problems of, 250-51, 255, 260, 262-63
JT letters to (1956), 664-65
JT letters to (1959), 707
Thurber Album, The (Thurber), 8-9, 10, 502-4, 519, 538-39, 544, 547, 548, 549, 555, 559, 560, 563, 565
Thurber Carnival (Thurber), 8, 356, 370-71, 372-75, 432, 483-84, 639
as long-playing record, 716
as musical revue, 3, 10, 712, 713, 714-15, 716, 718-20, 725, 729, 733-43, 749-55
Thurber Country (Thurber), 573, 591, 603, 613
Thurber Dogs (Thurber), 646-47
Thurber Family
JT letters to (1919), 38-45
JT letters to (1927), 101-3
JT letters to (1948), 426
JT letters to (1950), 502-4
JT letters to (1951), 522-26, 538-39
JT letters to (1953), 594-95
JT letters to (1954), 607
Thurlow, Margaret, 232, 340
Thurman, Allen, 102, 502
Tickle, John, 659-60
“Tiger Who Would Be King, The” (Thurber), 649, 674
Tilley, Eustace, 506
Time magazine, 284, 286, 401-2, 467
cover story on JT, 9, 491-93, 494, 496-97, 500-502, 503-5, 515, 522, 524, 530, 541
JT self-portrait for, 9
Tinney, Frank, 491, 492
Tittbury-Willett, J. S. C, 324
Tivoli, Italy, JT visits, 270
“Toasted Susie is My Ice Cream” (Thurber), 239
Today's Woman magazine, 570
To Have and Have Not (Hemingway), 620
Toklas, Alice, 372-73
Tone, Franchot, 389, 543, 544
Tony Award, 729
Tower, Mary, JT letter to (1958), 701-2
Tracy, Lee, 480
Tracy, Spencer, 652
Transatlantic, JT writes for, 359
Trentham, Mary, 749-50
Trotta, Jeannette, JT letter to (1952), 558-59
“Trouble with Man is Man, The” (Thurber), 733
Truax, Hawley, 429
JT letter to (1947), 413-15
Trueman, Paula, 134-38, 143, 146, 307, 350, 507, 593, 639, 640, 658, 692, 695
Truman, Harry S, 548, 737
“Truth About Toads, The” (Thurber), 649-51, 712
Tuilleries (Paris), 26, 28, 33, 63
Turner, Lana, 472
Turn of the Screw, The (James), 443
“Turtle Who Conquered Time, The” (Thurber), 660
Twain, Mark, 249-50, 251, 555, 584, 624, 745-46
21 (New York City), 171, 454, 507, 574, 639, 686
Twenty-One Gun Salute, 698
Tynan, Kenneth, 709
JT letter to (1960), 715
Tyndall, William York, 443
“Tyranny of Trivia, The” (Thurber), 643
Ullman, James Ramsey, 619
“Unicorn in the Garden, The” (Thurber), 445
University of California, Thurber course of, 736
University of Chicago, 584
University of Pennsylvania, 486, 488-89, 564
Up Stream (Lewisohn), 86-87, 90
Ustinov, Peter, 754
Vacuum Oil Co., 237
Valens, France, JT visits, 264, 266, 267
Valentino, Rudolph, 367
Vallee, Rudy, 123, 671
JT letters to (1951), 530
Vanderbilt, Mrs. Cornelius, 404
Van Doren, Barbara, 575
Van Doren, Carl, 494, 498-99, 575
Van Doren, Charles, 432
JT letters to (1959), 711
Van Doren, Dorothy, JT letter to (1960), 722-24
Van Doren, Ellen, 432
Van Doren, Irita, 542
Van Doren, Mark, 331, 372, 432, 501, 535, 601, 698-99, 711, 755
JT letter to (1960), 722-24
Van Loon, Hendrik, 500, 760-61
venereal disease, 289, 290
Venuti, Joe, 631
Verdaman, James, JT letter to (1945), 375
Verdun (France), 39, 40
Versailles (France), 63-64
Vicious Circle, The (Harriman), 516-18
Victoria & Albert Museum, 376
Vierzy (France), 40
“View from Pompey's Head, The” (Basso), 758
“Villanelle of Horatio Street, Manhattan” (Thurber), 725
Villefranche (France), 94
Vischer, Peter, 348
Viskniskki, Guy T., 685
Von Kuegelgen, Fritzi, 9
Vorys, John, 528, 541, 614
Wakeman, Frederic, 619
Wakus, Eddie, 504-5
Walden, 472, 480-81
Walker, C. Lester, 500-501
Walker, Stanley, 167-68, 169, 170, 493, 511, 688, 708
JT letters to (1957), 682-83
Walker, Stuart, 68
Wallace, David H., 518
Wallace, Mike, 669
Waller, Adolph E., JT letter to (1952), 549
Walter Mitty syndrome, 653, 748
War Between Men and Women, The (Thurber), 312, 719
Warner, Jack, 316, 317
Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 298
Warren, 548
Washington, D.C., JT visits, 5, 13-25, 88-89
Washington, George, 141, 209, 228
Washington, Martha, 647
Washington Post, 402
Washington Square (James), 422
“Watchdog” (Thurber), 649
“Waters of the Moon, The” (Thurber), 477
Waugh, Evelyn, 140, 247, 248, 285, 571
Webb, Fay, 123
Webster, Noah, 228
Weekes, Hobart, 684-86
Weeks, Edward, 631
Welcoming Arms, The (Thurber play), 653, 658, 675
Welles, Orson, 455
Wells, H. G., 241, 251, 591, 691, 723, 742
Welty, Eudora, 498
West, Rebecca, 277, 410, 709, 710
Westlake, Neda, JT letter to (1949), 446-47
Wharton, Edith, 26, 59
“What Cocktail Party?” (Thurber), 505
Wheldon, Hugh, JT letter to (1961), 732-33
“When Chic Harley Got Away” (Thurber poem), 90
“When Dawn Will Come” (Thurber poem), 74-75
“Whip-Poor-Will, The” (Thurber), 338-39, 340
Whitaker, Rogers, 681, 682
JT letter to (1956), 644
Whitaker, Sarah
JT letters to (1947), 408-10
JT letters to (1949), 461-64
White, E. B. (Andy), 417, 477, 562, 578, 627
engagement to Katharine Angell, 511
in Florida, 677-78
Jap Gude as agent for, 144
health problems of, 686
JT admiration for writing of, 8, 240, 332, 571, 609, 721-22, 723
JT drawings/cartoons and, 6-7, 235, 236, 244,303,354,390, 424
JT letters to (1935), 213-16
JT letters to (1936), 219-22, 224-30
JT letters to (1937) , 247-54, 255-60
JT letters to (1938), 301-2, 304-8
JT letters to (1939), 312-14, 322-24
JT letters to (1940), 326-32
JT letters to (1941), 339-41
JT letters to (1942), 347-51
JT letters to (1943), 357-58
JT letters to (1944), 366-67
JT letters to (1945), 380-81
JT letters to (1946), 390
JT letters to (1949), 473, 477-78
JT letters to (1950), 491-94, 496-97
JT letters to (1951), 514-15, 533
JT letters to (1952), 544-45, 550-51, 557-58, 567-68, 580-82
JT letters to (1953), 595-97, 600-601
JT letters to (1954), 624-25
JT letters to (1959), 705-6
JT letters to (1961), 756-57
life in Maine, 277-79, 296-99
meets JT, 6
and The New Yorker, 3
casuals, 274, 332
Churchill article on The New Yorker and, 411, 412
Comments, 419, 420, 673-74
cutting proof, 467-68
Kramer book on The New Yorker and, 515
obituary for Harold A. Ross, 539
quits working at The New Yorker offices, 246-49
Talk of the Town and, 285-86, 287, 401-3, 428
works with JT at The New Yorker, 6-7, 103, 110, 168
The Years with Ross (Thurber) and, 3, 739-41, 752
social life with JT, 461, 537
Jap Gude and, 146
introduces Ann Honeycutt, 103, 105-6
written works of
Charlotte's Web, 366, 567-68, 583
children's books, 544, 566, 567-68, 583, 647-48
Is Sex Necessary? (with Thurber), 7, 127, 128, 130, 134, 142, 210, 236, 304, 347-51, 375, 380, 414-15, 477-78, 519, 583
One Man's Meat, 422, 464
Quo Vadimus, 311, 312, 561
White, Joel, 246-47, 279, 297, 397, 399, 574, 578, 582
White, Katharine Angell, 7, 117, 161, 204, 246, 517, 566, 576, 626, 686
death of father, 291-92
as fiction editor at The New Yorker, 246-47
former male friends of, 596
JT letters to (1935), 213-16
JT letters to (1936), 219-22, 224-30
JT letters to (1937), 254, 260-63, 269-70
JT letters to (1938), 274-80, 296-99, 301-2
JT letters to (1939), 312-14, 322-24
JT letters to (1940), 326-32
JT letters to (1941), 339-41
JT letters to (1944), 366
JT letters to (1948), 426-28
JT letters to (1950), 491-94
JT letters to (1951), 514-15
JT letters to (1952), 556-57, 583
JT letters to (1953), 600-601
JT letters to (1956), 649-50
JT letters to (1957), 671-75
JT letters to (1959), 705-6
Kramer book on The New Yorker and, 512
life in Maine, 296-99
The Years with Ross (Thurber) and, 3, 739-41, 752
White, Pearl, 671
White, William Allen, 627-28, 651
White Deer, The (Thurber), 370, 379-80, 417-18, 477, 500, 535, 642
Whitman, Walt, 251, 285, 745-46
Whitney, Jock, 389
Whittaker, Rogers, JT letter to (1951), 529
Who's Who, 347, 580, 612, 681
Why Keep Them Alive? (De Kruif), 256
Wilcox, Milt, 525
Wilde, Oscar, 504
Wilder, Thornton, 174, 176, 177, 721
Wiley, Charles, JT letter to (1947), 407
William Penn Anthology, 375
Williams, Burt, 264, 295, 631
Williams, Dinah Jane (goddaughter), 365, 699, 700-701
JT letter to (1952), 578
Williams, Earle, 478
Williams, Gluyas, 544
Williams, Hope, 588
Williams, Jane, 3, 7, 219-21, 364-65, 489, 652-53, 671, 677
children of, 365, 699, 700-701
JT letters to (1937), 240-41
JT letters to (1939), 324
JT letters to (1940), 333-36
JT letters to (1947), 415
JT letters to (1948), 439-42
JT letters to (1949), 481-82
JT letters to (1950), 494-95
JT letters to (1951), 527-28, 536-38
JT letters to (1952), 545-47, 551-53, 559-60, 572
JT letters to (1953), 599-600
JT letters to (1954), 608-9, 623-24, 635-38
JT letters to (1958), 699-701
JT letters to (1959), 704-5
JT letters to (1960), 716-18
JT letters to (1961), 749-50, 760-61
as reference for JT, 492, 493
sees The Male Animal on Broadway, 557
Williams, Peter Drax, 336, 699
Williams, Ronald, 3, 7, 219-21, 364-65, 489, 652-53
children of, 365, 699, 700-701
JT letters to (1937), 240-41
JT letters to (1939), 324
JT letters to (1940), 333-36
JT letters to (1947), 415
JT letters to (1948), 439-42
JT letters to (1949), 481-82
JT letters to (1950), 494-95
JT letters to (1951), 527-28, 536-38
JT letters to (1952), 545-47, 551-53, 559-60, 572-74
JT letters to (1953), 599-600
JT letters to (1954), 608-9, 623-24, 635-38
JT letters to (1958), 693-94, 699-701
JT letters to (1959), 704-5
JT letters to (1960), 716-18
JT letters to (1961), 749-50
Sinclair Lewis and, 640-41
as reference for JT, 492
Williams, Tennessee, 727
Williams College, JT honorary doctorate from, 541, 592
Williamson, Bernie, 14
JT letter to (1925), 91-92
William the Conqueror, 36
Willkie, Wendell, 336
Willson, Meredith, 709
Wilson, Edmund, 240, 358, 505, 529, 556, 619, 687
The Years With Ross (Thurber) and, 708
Wilson, Katharine, 427
Winant, John, 475-76
Winchell, Walter, 310-11, 449, 518, 658, 686
Wings of the Dove, The (James), 703-4
