Douglas Rigby
Douglas Rigby | |
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| Born | 1896 |
| Died | 1996 |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
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Author and journalist Douglas Rigby (1896–1996) was an American expatriate in Paris before World War II.[1] Douglas was part of a group of intellectuals and writers in Paris in the 1920s and 30s, and was part of a group that produced the Revolution of the Word, a Paris Group Manifesto, published in a double issue of Transition magazine 16-17.[2] He and his wife, Elizabeth, wrote: Lock, Stock, and Barrel: The story of collecting.[3] The book was cited in a 2015 City University of New York (CUNY) dissertation by Emily Navratil,[4] Among their many timely articles as journalists was a story during World War II for Harper's Magazine, titled Embattled Collector: How Treasures of Art and Culture Flee War.[5] He also wrote Desert Happy, published by Lippincott on Jan. 1, 1957.[6] A children's book, Moustachio, was published in 1947 by Harper & Brothers.[7] The couple eventually settled in Sedona, Arizona, in the 1940s.[8] Elizabeth chronicled the activities in the region for numerous local and national newspapers and magazines, ranging from the Red Rock News to Arizona Highways.[9]
References
- ↑ Neumann, Alice (2004)Transition Manifesto. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ↑ Revolution of the Word – Modernist Manifesto, retrieved from JOT 101 on Feb. 6, 2023, originally posted in Europe, France, Modernism, Paris, Rants / Manifestoes, Topography on June 3, 2015.
- ↑ The New York Times, Habits of the Magpie; LOCK, STOCK AND BARREL: The Story of Collecting. By Douglas and Elizabeth Rigby. Illustrated. 537 pp. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, Dec. 17, 1944
- ↑ Native American Chic: The Marketing Of Native Americans In New York Between The World Wars, Emily Schuchardt Navratil, Graduate Center, City University of New York, February 2015].
- ↑ Harper's Magazine, January 1941
- ↑ Kirkus Review, Desert Happy, Accessed Feb. 7, 2023
- ↑ The New York Times, MOUSTACHIO. By Douglas Rigby-Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. Unpaged. New York: Harper & Brothers, Nov. 9, 1947
- ↑ The most endangered places in Sedona, Arizona, The Daily Sun, October 25, 2010
- ↑ National Register of Historic Places
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