George Horace Lorimer family papers, 1858-1952

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Summary

Creator:
Lorimer, George Horace, 1869-1937
Date:
1858-1952
Extent:
27 Linear Feet 134 boxes and 2 oversize folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

George Horace Lorimer family papers, ms2944, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of biographical and genealogical material, family correspondence of the Lorimer and Ennis families, business correspondence, business and estate papers, writings, printed material, scrapbooks, blueprints, and photographs. In 2010 a small addendum of 2 boxes was added to the collection consisting of mainly George Burford Lorimer correspondence and subject files.

Biographical / historical:

George Horace Lorimer (1869-1937), editor and author, was born October 6, 1869 in Louisville, Kentucky to the Reverend George Claude Lorimer (1838-1904) and Arabella Burford Lorimer (1839-1912). His father was a Baptist minister who held pastorates in Chicago, Boston and New York City. George Horace Lorimer began working at Armour & Co. meatpacking house because of encouragement from P. D. Armour, one of his father's friends. He left that job to attend Colby College in Maine. After a year at Colby, he worked for the Boston post. In 1898 he accepted a job at the Saturday Evening Post from the owner, Cyrus Curtis. A year later he was the editor and remained so until his retirement in 1936. His lifelong interests were the West, especially the Grand Canyon; conservation; and American antiques. He was the author of Letters from a self-made merchant to his son (1902), Old Gorgon Graham (1904), False gods (1906), and Jack Spurlock (1908). On June 6, 1892, he married Alma Viola Ennis (1870-1941), youngest daughter of Judge Alfred Ennis of Chicago. They had five children: Horace (1894-1896), Belle (1898-1908), Graeme Ennis (1903-?), George Burford (1908-1952), and Georgia Belle (1909-?). In addition to their home, Belgraeme, in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, they also owned King's Oak Farm six miles away.

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Preferred citation:

George Horace Lorimer family papers, ms2944, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.