History

Tag: History

Algonquin Round Table > History

F.P.A. Diary Entries For His Birthday

Posted on November 15, 2017January 12, 2018 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

FPA — Franklin P. Adams and his second wife, Esther Root, on their honeymoon, 1925.

Franklin P. Adams wrote his diary from 1911-1941; by his estimate more than two million words. It began June 11, 1911, in the New York Evening Mail. … Read the rest

Crazy for Games, Sports, and Puzzles

Posted on June 12, 2016January 12, 2018 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Woollcott and Ferber — Alexander Woollcott and Edna Ferber, at the home of Margaret Leech and Ralph Pulitzer (Photo courtesy of Kate Pulitzer Freedberg)

Sports and leisure were important to the Round Table. They loved professional sports—with baseball and boxing being the chief attractions. … Read the rest

Video Interview WRNN

Posted on February 20, 2015January 12, 2018 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Video interview on WRNN TV in New York. Andrew Whiteman interviews Kevin C. Fitzpatrick on the history of the Vicious Circle. Filmed at the Algonquin Hotel.

… Read the rest

Pulitzer Landmarks Tied to the Algonquin Round Table

Posted on January 31, 2015January 12, 2018 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

This guest blog was written for Literary Manhattan.

I love literary landmarks. I seek them out whenever I possibly can. I’m the kind of person who can’t pass a plaque or historical marker and not stop for a look, … Read the rest

6 Women You Didn’t Know Were Members of the Algonquin Round Table

Posted on January 15, 2015January 17, 2018 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

This article was written for the Huffington Post.

Dorothy Parker and Edna Ferber were the only women sitting at the Algonquin Round Table, correct? That’s what I thought before I started researching my new book The Algonquin Round Table New … Read the rest