INDEX
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Names in SMALL CAPITALS are recipients of letters. Titles without authorâs name pertain to works by E. B. White. The following abbreviations are used:
âThe ABC of Security,â 347, 347n.
âAbout Myself,â 242, 242n.
Acheson, Dean, 273, 273n.
Ackerly, C. E. (Bugs), 21, 22
ADAMS, BRISTOW (B.A.), as Cornell Plantations editor, 398n.; Cornell president and, 316; death of, 410â411; EBWâs friendship with, 18; as host to students, 27, 32, 65, 143; sports officiating by, 74. Letters: 357, 398
Adams, Bristow, Jr. (Tote), 65, 65n.
Adams, Burke Dowling (Bob), 69, 73, 74, 106, 106n.
Adams, Everett, 65, 65n.
Adams, Franklin P., biography of, 576, 659â661; Conning Tower, 18, 69, 502
Adams, Gertrude. See Turner, Gertrude Adams
ADAMS, J. DONALD. Letter: 391
ADAMS, LUELLA, 27, 65. Letters: 27â29, 409â411
Addams, Charles, 402
The Adelphi (magazine), 77n., 97
ADOLF, ARLYN S., 629. Letter: 629
Advertising, arts and, 115; for automobiles, 198; for Camel cigarettes, 133; editorial content and, 612â614; for New Yorker, 107; in New Yorker, 477; in New York Times, 507; for âOMMâ column, 169â170; testimonial, 136â140
âAfternoon of an American Boy,â 359
Aging, 578, 582, 624, 628, 637, 684
AIKEN, J. H. Letter: 320
Air mail, 162, 235, 277
Alaska, 63â64, 118, 343, 435
Alastor (yawl), 116, 116n.
Alcott, Louisa May, 618, 619
Aleph Samach (Cornell Junior Honor Society), 18
Algonquin Hotel, EBW at, 173, 275, 424, 625, 630; EBWâs bed from, 639, 642, 684; fire at, 431; KSW at, 276â277; literary role of, 528
ALLEN, COLSON HENRY, with bad back, 682; cutting wood, 586; daughter Marianne, 550; driving EBW home, 620; ducklings and, 626; EBW making wheelbarrow for, 602; fixing flat tire, 396; flu bout, 433; hired by EBW, 338;
KSWâs greenhouse and, 611; tomatoes grown by, 636â637. Letters: about brooder pen, 339â340; about flat tire, 396â398
Allen, Forrest, 404, 404n.
ALLEN, FREDERICK LEWIS, as Harperâs editor, 141; âOMMâ column and, 198, 198n., 209, 357. Letters: on automobiles, 199â200; on Bromfield and Saxton, 233; EBWâs resignation from âOMM,â 227â229
Allen, John, 114, 151
Allen, Marianne, 550
ALLEN, REGINALD, Trumpet concert and, 560, 581; as Whitesâ neighbor, 494; wood duck eggs from, 591. Letters: on killdeerâs nest, 509; on praying mantises, 494; on Trumpet concert, 560â562; on wood duck eggs, 591â592
Allen, Virginia, 530
Alligators, and beer bottles, 487; as pets, 5
âThe Almost Perfect Stateâ (Marquis), 160
Alsop, Joe, 483
American Academy of Arts and Letters, 427n., 428n., 606
American Boyâs Handybook, 669
American Cancer Society, 622
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 536, 631
American Legion News Service, 29â30, 32
American Spiders (Gertsch), 325
AMES, ELIZABETH. Letter: 354â355
Anarchists, 436
The Anatomy of Peace (Reves), 682â683
Andania (ship), 70, 73
ANDERSON, DAVID AND KATHY. Letter: 659
Angell, Alice, 474n., 617
ANGELL, CAROLINE S. (CALLIE), 272, 272n., 333, 474n., 513. Letter: 506
ANGELL, CAROL ROGGE, 474n., 555, 616, 620n. Letters: for birthday, 549â550; from Florida, 497â499; on misspelled word, 536; from North Brooklin, 512â513; on saililng, 530â531
Angell, Ernest, 81
Angell, Evelyn Baker, divorce from Roger, 459; dog owned by, 246n.; job hunting, 246; marriage to Roger, 209, 222, 224; as mother, 272; visit to EBW, 238
Angell, John Henry, 573, 588
Angell, Katharine Sergeant. See White, Katharine S.
Angell, Nancy. See Stableford, Nancy Angell
ANGELL, ROGER, in Army Air Force, 234, 238; baseball writing by, 493, 587, 587n, 615, 620n.; birth of, 81; in childhood, 87, 99, 103, 118, 120; Christmas presents for, 178; divorce of, 459; at EBWâs death, 685; as editor, 209; as father, 272, 272n.; graduation of, 166, 221; at KSWâs death, 616; marriages of, 209, 222, 223n., 224, 474n.; in North Brooklin, 132, 149, 573. Letters: on baseball, 493, 615; on âA Day in the Life of Roger Angell,â 555â556; from Florida, 452, 497â499; from North Brooklin, 474â475, 512â513; on âThe Summer Game,â 587â588
Animals, as amoral, 562; care of, 176, 412; community among, 563; influence on writing, 142, 419, 582; at North...