Summary

Creator(s):

Various donors, including but not limited to: L. Chance, Christine Laidlaw, Jean Parmalee, and the College Women’s Club Book Sale.

Dates:

Publication dates are 1919-1972.

Location:

Clark House, 1st Floor, Albert Payson Terhune Library

Quantity:

3 shelves

Biographical Information on Albert Payson Terhune

Albert Payson Terhune was born December 21, 1872 in Newark, New Jersey. He was the son of Mary Virginia Hawes and Reverent Edward Payson Terhune. Mary, under the name “Marion Harland,” wrote household management books and novels before the Civil War. Albert was a reporter for The Evening World (New York City) from 1894-1916. At Sunnybank, Albert bred and raised rough collies. These dogs would eventually become the inspiration for many of his books. Albert’s first wife, Lorraine Bryson Terhune, died four days after giving birth to their daughter, Lorraine Virginia Terhune Stevens (1898–1956) and nine months into the marriage. He later married Anice Terhune with whom he had no children. In 1942, Albert passed away in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey.

The family’s summer home, Sunnybank, eventually became the permanent home of Albert in 1912. Today, Sunnybank is now the Terhune Memorial Park.

Scope and Content

This collection consists solely of books written by and about Albert Payson Terhune. Some of the books were created as early as 1919, but the majority of the books were created in the 1920’s. A majority of the books are fiction with a focus on dogs.

Arrangement Note

The files in this collection are arranged by Library of Congress (LOC) Classification. The staff and volunteers responsible for the processing of this collection felt that this was the most sensible arrangement because the materials are located in our library, which uses the LOC system. This collection has been entered by file folder into the PastPerfect database. Corresponding accession numbers are listed on books.

Container List

This is an inventory of the collection. It includes box number, the folder title, and the folder contents.

Shelf 1

A Centennial Biography, Albert Payson Terhune, The Master of Sunnybank. By Kurt Unkelbach. New York: Charterhouse, 1972

To the Best of My Memory. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1930

-The Faith of a Collie. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1926

-Now that I’m Fifty. New York: George H. Duran, 1924.

-My Friend The Dog. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1926

-A Book of Famous Dogs. Garden City NY: Doubleday, Doran and Co. Inc., 1937

-Sunnybank: Home of Lad. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1934

Across the Line; Notes for an Article by Albert Payson Terhune; with comments by Anice Terhune. New York: E.P.Dutton & Co., Inc., 1945

Real Tales of Real Dogs. Akron OH, New York: The Saalfield Publishing Co., 1935 (2 copies)

My Friend the Dog. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1926

My Friend the Dog. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1926

The Way of A Dog. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932 (3 copies)

The Critter and Other Dogs. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1936 (2 copies)

Shelf 2

Buff A Collie. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1921 (3 copies)

Buff A Collie. New York: George H. Doran Co., 1921

Wolf. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925 (4 copies)

Treve. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1924 (5 copies)

Bruce. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1920 (3 copies)

Bruce. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1920

Lochinvar Luck. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1923 (3 copies)

Lochinvar Luck. New York: George H. Doran Co., 1923 (2 copies)

Shelf 3

Lad: A Dog. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1919 (3 copies)

Lad: A Dog. Cleveland and New York: The World publishing Co., 1947

Further Adventures of Lad. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1922 (5 copies)

Further Adventures of Lad. New York: George H. Doran Co., 1922

Lad of Sunnybank. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929 (4 copies)

A Dog Named Chips. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931 (3 copies)

The Heart of A Dog. Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Co., 1924

The Heart of A Dog. New York: George H. Doran Co., 1924

The Heart of A Dog. Garden City, NY: Junior Deluxe Editions, 1924

His Dog. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1922

His Dog. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1922