While Lucius Beebe began his writing career with poetry and became a household name in America in the 1930s as a newspaperman and lives on primarily through his railroad books, Beebe was also a regular contributor to magazines.
Beebe was often both author and subject of articles for the glossies of the day, but here we're focusing on the articles that Beebe wrote himself. The list is comprehensive, but likely not complete. We'll be adding more as they surface.
Whenever possible, we've included a link to read the article as they've been digitized by the few publishers that remain active online or by reputable libraries. If there is a digital copy online, you'll see the name of the article underlined. That's your ticket to read the digital version of the article on another website.
So without much more fanfare, from Lucius Beebe's Smith-Corona to your corneas--here's
"Territorial Enterprise and Virginia City News" (Spring 1953) pages 20-23, 67-68
"Panamint, Suburb of Hell" [Dec. 1954 issue) pages 64-69
“Varnish for the Nabobs” (June 1956) 48-51, 80-62
“Pandemonium at Promontory” (Feb. 1958) 20-23
“Mansions on Rails” (Aug. 1959) 34-41
“The Overland Limited” 15 (Dec. 1963) 4-57, 87
“Moriarty’s Wonderful Saloon” 16 (Aug. 1965) 65-69, 105-6
“Purveyor to the West” [Fred Harvey] (Feb. 1967) 28-31,99-102
“Quiet Days in Bodie” (June 1972) 16-17
American Mercury
“Dress-suit Okies of California" (May 1941) pages 533-40
“San Franciso, Boom Town De Luxe” (Jan. 1943) 66-74
“Horrors of Progress” (Jan. 1944) 95-96
"Gotham on a Spending Spree” (June 1944) 656-60
American Photography
“Railroads Are Americana” (Oct. 1947) 30-32. [Reprinted in Hobbies, (May 1949) pages 24-25, 33.
American West
“Santa Fe's Ineffable De Luxe” (Summer 1965) pages 13-18.
“Indestructible Mrs. Brown” (Spring 1966) 48-53+.
“Beebe on Beebe” (Spring 1966) 93-95 (This is a reprint from Herb Caen's column in the San Francisco Chronicle from Feb. 1966)
Antiques
"Railroad Art” (Sep. 1947), 172-173.
Bachelor
To Be Added
Collier's
“Kowtadakuv!" 127 (June 2, 1951) 32-33, 44.
Esquire
“Home-Town Christmas” (Dec. 1948), 71
“In a Manner of Drinking” (Feb. 1949), 42, 113
“The Regal Rolls-Royce.” 43 (June 1955), 63,147-48.
“Self-Portrait.” 58 (Dec. 1962), 142.
"Last of the Big Dandies.” 85 (Feb. 108), 104,128-31
Forum
“Artist Adventurer: The Saga of Rockwell Kent.” 87 (Feb. 1932) 90-96
Gourmet
“After Dinner” (Beebe's monthly column from December 1944 to November 1945)
“Along the Boulevards” [Beebe's monthly column from December 1945 to November 1949, and from April 1962 to April 1966]
"Comstock Lode” (May 1953) pages 10-11
“Pisco Punch” (Sep. 1957) pages 12-13, 41-43
Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan
“Café Society.” 102 (Mar. 1937), 26-29, 96, 98 (April 1937) 38-39, 96, 99-100
“Railroads are Americana” 54 (May 1949), 24-25, 33. A reprint from American Photography, 41 (Oct. 1947), 30-32.
Holiday
“The Palace” (Mar. 1949) pages 73, 75-78, 80-83
“Hotels” (Apr. 1949) 73, 75, 77-78. Also in The Holiday Book of New York, (1949) 38-41
“Wells Fargo” (May 1949), 131-32, 134, 136, 139-42, 144
“West Wind Express” (Jan. 1950), 72-74, 76-78
“The Fabulous Pump Room” (Apr. 1950), 64-65, 67-71, 150-52, 154
“Trader Vic's” (Aug. 1950), 82-88
“I Saw the Elephant.” 8 (Sep. 1950), 76-78, 80-84
“Nob Hill.” 9 (Jan. 1951), 64-69
"Good Eating in New Orleans.” 9 (Mar. 1951),106-12, 114-15.
“Name Your Cut!” 10 (Oct. 1951), 102-4, 122, 124-25, 127-29.
“Chicago Comes to Guaymas.” 10 (Nov. 1951), 98-101, 156.
“Where to Eat in San Francisco.” 11(Feb.1952), 62-63, 65-68, 70.
“New York's Most Glamorous Restaurant, 21." 11 (Mar. 1952), 64-66, 68-69, 71,130, 133-34.
“Palaces on Rails.” 11 (Apr. 1952), 83-89, 91-92, 94-97.
“Las Vegas.” 12 (Dec. 1952), 106-8, 132, 134-35, 137.
“Miracle of Antoine's.” 13 (Jan. 1953), 56-59.
“The Perfect Restauranteur.” 13 (May 1953), 82-84, 86, 169-72.
"Dining on the Cars." 13 (June 1953), 83-84, 86-89, 124.
“King of the Stagecoach Drivers.” 14 (Sep. 1953), 10-13.
“Prince Mike's Place.” 15 (Mar. 1954), 64-65, 67-70.
“Nevada, Heir to the Wild West.” 17 (Feb. 1955), 26-35, 121-24, 126.
"The Costliest Food” 18 (Sep. 1955), 56-57, 59, 84
“Six-gun Editors.” 18 (Nov. 1955), 83, 86, 89, 126.
“Gourmet Tour of San Francisco.” 19 (June 1956), 64-65, 67, 69, 117-21.
"The Age of Steam,” 22 (Aug. 1957), 60-61.
“Spendthrift Tour of New York.” 22 (Nov. 1957), 78-81, 192-93.
“Lucien of the Palace.” 23 (Mar. 1958), 94-95, 97, 176-79.
“Four More.” 23 (Apr. 1958), 8-9.
“Elegant Colony.” 24 (Aug. 1958), 70-76, 108-9.
“Spendthritt Tour of San Francisco.” 24 (Sep. 1958), 62-65, 118-19, 121.
“Reno.” 24 (Nov. 1958), 90-92, 166, 169-70, 172-73, 175.
"Gene Fowler.” 25 (May 1959), 84-85, 96, 98, 100-1.
“The Lost Art of Being Rich.” 25 (June 1959), 92-97.
“London's Fanciest Tailor.” 27 (Feb. 1960), 124, 126, 128-29, 131.
“Spendthrift Tour of London.” 27 (Mar. 1960), 72-73, 137, 140-42, 144-45.
“The Lost Art of Snobbery.” 27 (May 1960), 92-95, 236.
"Party of One.” 28 (Sep. 1960), 8, 10-15.
"San Francisco: Luxury Places." 29 (Apr. 1961), 37, 40-43, 45-46, 48-49.
"My Favorite Train Rides.” 30 (July 1961), 50-51, 110-13, 117-18, 124-25.
"Great Gestures.” 32 (Dec. 1962), 44, 48-50, 52-56
“The Savoy of London.” 33 (Mar. 1963), 106-7, 109-10, 112, 114, 116-17 (Also reprinted as a slim book volume of the same title)
Horizon
“The Rolls Mystique.” 8 (Winter 1966), 40-48.
House and Garden
“Entertainment, 1937." 70 (Nov. 1936), 32-35, 93.
“Lucius Beebe's Family Home.” 76 (Oct. 1939), 46-47, 76.
“Denver's Brown Palace: A Western Legend.” 110 (Sep. 1956), 97-100, 161.
Life
“Billy Phelps of Yale.” (Dec. 5, 1938) pages 72-76, 78-81. Condensed in Reader's Digest, 34 (Feb. 1939) 29-33
Literary Digest
“Columnists as They See Themselves.” (Feb. 9, 1935) 12
Outlook
“Dignified Faun: A Portrait of E. A. R. [Edwin Arlington Robinson]" 155 (Aug. 27, 1930) 647-49, 677
“We Have a House Plan.” 156 (Dec. 31, 1930) 701-3, 716-17
“Mellon, Croesus and Corinthian.” 157 (4 Feb. 1931), 176-77, 196-98
Playboy
“Those Gilded Galas.” 13 (Jan. 1966), 87-90, 100, 186-93.
“The Big Spenders.” 13 (Dec. 1966), 197, 272-76.
“The Golden Age of Mobile Gastronomy.” 14 (May 1967), 126-28, 197-98, 200.
Print [Magazine]
“Territorial Enterprise, Nevada's First Newspaper Now 95 Years Old” 8 (Dec. 1953) pages 33-36
Railroad Magazine
“Vermont Vignette” (Mar. 1947) pages 104-10
"Cowtown Carnival" (May 1954) 114-117
“The Blackmailing Carbuilder” (June 1959) 24-25
“Private ‘Varnish on Shortlines" (Dec.1959) 18-23
Reader's Digest
“Billy Phelps of Yale." 34 (Feb. 1939), 29-33. Condensed from Life, (5 Dec. 1938) 72-76, 78-81.
Saturday Review
“The Sincere Sinning of the One Sound State” (Oct. 20, 1962) 48-49, 63
Scribner's
“Hollywood with a Pinch of Salt” 102 (Oct. 1937) 84-88
“Luxury on Wheels.” 103 (May 1938) 96-98
Town & Country
“Fare Thee Well” 107 (Nov. 1953) pages 92-95, 154-56, 159-60
“San Francisco's Palace.” 109 (June 1955) 56-57, 91, 93, 110, 114, 120
“On the Rocks.” 109 (Oct. 1955), 106-7, 56-58
“Roundup of Western Books.” 109 (Dec. 1955), 128-30, 135-36
“Beef and Bourbon.” (Apr. 1957), 52-53, 112, 115-16
“Showcase Afloat (Cunard).” 113 (Sep. 1958), 104-5, 186
“Lucullan Hospitality” (Apr. 1960), 66-67, 125, 128, 188
"Upper California" (Nov. 1961) pages 124-25, 179-80, 183
“Metropolis with Manners” (Apr. 1962), 80-81, 134-36, 139, 141-42
“The Revival of Elegance” (Oct. 1963), 97, 173
Trains
“Railroad Photography” 1 (Nov. 1940) pages 4-5
Have we missed anything? Alert us to an omission of a Beebe-penned magazine article in the comments below!
For a list of newspaper articles written by Lucius Beebe, please follow the link here (coming soon).
For a list of articles written about Lucius Beebe, please follow this link (also coming soon).
And if you're looking for a list of books written by Lucius Beebe, follow this link (you guessed it, coming soon.)
Author's note & legal mumbo jumbo: This list has been compiled based on the author Taylor Hamby's personal research. It is thorough and comprehensive but likely not complete.
A huge debt of gratitude goes to the work of George M. Jenks, University Librarian of Bucknell University as published in Bulletin of Bibliography July-September 1980: Vol 37 Issue 3. Mr. Jenks' thorough list of Beebe's works was invaluable in helping to organize Beebe's editorial periodical work which is otherwise scattered like autumn leaves across the cultural consciousness. Mr. Jenks consulted many reference guides himself for his work, which can be inspected on the bottom of page 132 in the above link.
Your lowly scribe of course owns and claims no copyright to any of the above publications, terms, articles, phrases, words or names that are mentioned, shown or referenced on this page. These are merely listed under Fair Use in the spirit and intention of educational and reference purposes only.
All photographs or scans in this article are taken by the author (unless otherwise noted) of periodicals from her personal collection and are shown for educational purposes only. These photographs may not be used without written permission from Taylor Hamby or The Best of Everything.
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