tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post54499964832685131..comments2024-03-28T16:39:46.847-04:00Comments on Tellers of Weird Tales: Harry Irving Shumway (1883-1974)Terence E. Hanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268641371264950572noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post-78792092906531601562014-06-09T17:05:05.183-04:002014-06-09T17:05:05.183-04:00Harry I. Shumway was my grandfather. He actually...Harry I. Shumway was my grandfather. He actually died in Laconia, NH. Although I am not privy to what my mother actually wrote to researcher, Randal Everts, what the family bible gives, as my grandfather's birthdate, is 22 Oct versus 26 Oct - he always joked he could celebrate two birthdays. I believe the issue was a late, erroneous town clerk recording of his birth, but he used the recorded date.<br /> My grandfather was an author, illustrator, photographer and artist. He graduated from Brighton High School, Boston, MA in 1901 and attended Art Students League of New York, in New York City. He worked as an illustrator for Doubleday, Page & Co. in New York, but returned to Boston, where he became part of the editorial staff of House Beautiful magazine.<br /> His writing career started in the early 1900's with short stories. He was very prolific. He also did illustrations for books, one such, entitled: Homemakers’ Questions and Answers, pub. in 1918. He was an editor for Field and Stream magazine's Camping section and Youth Companion's ingenious boys section in the early 1920's. He attended Harvard University's 47 Workshop for playwrights during the 1920's, as well. He wrote nine books during his career. When he retired from writing in the late 1950's, he took up his avocation of painting, winning awards at art shows in Andover, Mass. and Boston.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084793904599617899noreply@blogger.com