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1948-09-25 Colliers Magazine Contents

1948/09/25 — Cover credited to Mead-Maddick

Contents as follows:
FICTION:

  • Of Mice and Molly by John Bailey and illustrated by Barbara Schwinn
  • Death had Strange Hands by Charles B. Child and illustrated by James Dwyer
  • It Happened to a Dog by Alastair MacBain and illustrated by James Lockhart
  • The Tree of Heaven — The Star Story — by Elizabeth Enright and illustrated by Piotr Dimitri
  • Chez Fleurette — The Short Short Story — by Edwin Rutt and illustrated by Eric Mulvaney
  • Marriage ’48 — Part 2 of 5 — by Vera Caspary and illustrated by Harry Fredman
  • Silent Witness by Harold Goldman and illustrated by Karl Milroy

    • ARTICLES:

  • Rainbow Route to Berlin by Quentin Reynolds
  • Billie Burke – Her Story — Part 1 of 3 — by Billie Burke as told to Cameron Shipp
  • Oil Below the Rio Grande by Frank Gervasi
  • How to Keep Out of Trouble by Howard Whitman
  • Bloodhounds Are My Babies by Dr. Leon F. Whitney as told to Kyle Crichton
  • Confessions of a Railroad Cop by Lieutenant James R. Thompson
  • Look Who’s Talking by Gurney Williams
  • Headlines in Footwear

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • The Week’s Mail from Our Readers
  • Keep Up with the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Work by Ted Shane
  • Inside Sports by Bill Fay featuring the Chicago Cardinals
  • Collier’s Believes: This Must Be Stopped

    • 1948-05-15 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1948/05/15 — Cover credited to Ariane Beigneux

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • Breakfast in Bed by Jack Finney and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • The Flight by William Brandon and illustrated by John Holmgren
  • Shadow of Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer and illustrated by C.C. Beall
  • Sleepwalker by Lawrence G. Blochman and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • Now So Young — The Short Short Story — by Robert Fontaine and illustrated by Paul C. Burns
  • River Screamer by Zachary Ball and illustrated by Francis Chase

    • ARTICLES:

  • Are We Short of Water? by Lester Velie
  • General MacArthur by George Creel
  • For Distinguished Congressional Service by James C. Derieux
  • Lillie’s in the U.S.A. by James Poling featuring color photos from “Inside U.S.A.” featuring Beatrice Lillie
  • Lou Is Cleveland’s Business by Kyle Crichton featuring Lou Boudreau
  • Cancer, the Child Killer by Lawrence Galton
  • Designs for Touring — Part 7: You’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain by John Kord Lagemann

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • The Week’s Mail from Our Readers features photo of Sax Rohmer
  • Collier’s Sports: Dillard’s Big Hurdle by Bill Fay featuring Harrison Dillard
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Work by Ted Shane
  • Washington Party Line by Robert S. Allen
  • Editorials: Collier’s Believes: Most Fears Are Phony – Western Europe Can Unite – You Can’t Beat This Spirit
  • Full-page two color ad for Frank Capra’s “State of the Union” featuring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn
  • Half-page ad (black, white and red) for Cream of Kentucky Bourbon is illustrated by Norman Rockwell

    • 1953-05-30 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1953/05/30 — Cover credited to Roswell Keller

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • “I Take the Girls to Prison” by Gledhill Cameron
  • Safety Gadgets–They’re Helping Our Fighter Pilots by Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle, USAFR
  • They Like to Think They Look Like Ike
  • Is a Federal Sales Tax Coming? by Donald I. Rogers
  • What You Don’t Know About Mailing a Letter by Margo Fischer
  • The Wonderful Invention of Dr. Pravaz by Dr. Paul H. Fluck
  • You’d Never Know Pittsburgh by Harry Henderson
  • The Fabulous Satchel Paige — Part 1 of 3 — by Richard Donovan with two black & white photos of Paige

    • FICTION:

  • “Under the Burning Sky” — Part 1 of 2 — by H.A. DeRosso and illustrated by Edwin Dawes
  • “Redhead on a Train” — The Short Short Story — by Lee Russell and illustrated by Eddie Chan
  • The Adventure of the Gold Hunter — The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes — by Adrian Conan Doyle and John Dickson Carr and illustrated by Robert Fawcett
  • De Lucie Joins the Club by Margaret Chase and illustrated by Charles Hawes
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Editorial

    • 1954-04-16 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1954/04/16 — Cover credited to James Dwyer

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • They’ve Got Asthma on the Run by Albert Rosenfeld
  • Match for Marilyn — Collier’s Color Camera – 2 page color spread featuring Sheree North
  • Go Fishing With Collier’s
  • Ol’ Man Atchfalaya? by Bern Keating
  • Do the Soviet People Expect to Go to War? — Concluding Russia Uncensored — by Marshall MacDuffie
  • Now–Bread for the Sea by Bill Davidson
  • Favorite Hymns
  • “I Play for the Risk, Not the Money” — Nick the Greek – Fabulous King of the Gamblers: Part 2 of 3 — by Richard Donovan and Hank Greenspun
  • Can’t Anybody Help Me? by Rex Barney with Bill Roeder

    • SHORT STORIES:

  • “The Easter Gift” — The Short Short Story — by Herbert A. Francis and illustrated by Anthony Saris
  • “The Man Who Invented A Wife” by James Norman and illustrated by J. Frederick Smith
  • “A Very Pale Green Thumb” by Richard Stern and illustrated by Charles Hawes
  • “I’m a Dedicated Man, Son” by Stewart Pierce Brown and illustrated by John J. Floherty, Jr.
  • Deathwatch at Jupiter by Cameron Hawley and illustrated by Walter Richards

    • SERIAL:

  • “Dark Dominion” — Part 2 of 4 — by David Duncan and illustrated by David Berger

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment With O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Collier’s Credits by Gurney Williams
  • Letters
  • Editorial
  • Color ad for Camel Cigarettes on Back Cover features Dick Powell

    • 1954-05-14 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1954/05/14 — Cover featuring Marlene Dietrich is credited to David Berger

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Dietrich — The Body and the Soul
  • Progressive Education — Which Way Is Forward? — The Struggle For Our Children’s Minds — by Howard Whitman
  • Why Canadians Are Peeved at the U.S. by Bruce Hutchison
  • America’s Going Outboard-Motor Happy by Alfred M. Lansing
  • Probing the Secret of Life by Bill Davidson
  • Casey Stengel is Wise — But Weiss Is Wiser by Frank Lane with Bill Fay with large Yankees illustration y Willard Mullin including images of Mickey Mantle, Phil Rizzuto, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Eddie Lopat, Allie Reynolds, and of course, Casey Stengal
  • The Wonderful Writing Machine by Bruce Bliven, Jr.

    • SHORT STORIES:

  • “Luck of the Innocent” — The Short Short Story — by Godfrey Barrass and illustrated by Louis S. Glanzman
  • Spring Thaw by Harriet Frank, Jr. and illustrated by Charles Hawes
  • “Corbett Came This Way” by Mary Lange Jones and illustrated by Lucia

    • SERIALS:

  • “A Time to Love and a Time to Die” — Part 1 of 4 — by Erich Maria Remarque and illustrated by James Dwyer
  • “Dark Dominion” — Conclusion — by David Duncan and illustrated by David Berger

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment With O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Letters
  • Collier’s Credits by Gurney Williams
  • Editorial
  • Color ad for Chesterfield Cigarettes on back cover includes image sof Michael O’Shea, Jan Sterling and Ray Anthony

    • 1952-11-01 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1952/11/01 — Cover credited to William Ritter

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • With Paint and Powder Through the Ages
  • The New President Will Need Big Bill by Ernest Barcella with illustrations by Al Hirschfeld
  • Treat ‘Em Up Front and Treat ‘Em Early by Michael Drury
  • Here’s Brando – 2 pages of color photos plus a third of black & white featuring Marlon Brando
  • Solving That !*%*X! Parking Problem by Charles T. McGavin with Stacy V. Jones
  • Fast as a Kansas Coyote – Collier’s Color Camera
  • So He Took the Cobra Venom by Bill Davidson
  • The “Undecided Vote” Will Decide the Election
  • How Flight 932 Got to Paris by Richard Witkin

    • FICTION:

  • “The Bowstring Murder” by Maurice Proctor and illustrated by Louis S. Glanzman
  • I’m a Snake by B.M. Atkison, Jr. and illustrated by Charles Hawes
  • Best-hated Man in Town — The Short Short Story — by Joan Vatsek with illustration by Robert Bugg
  • The Silver Whip — Conclusion — by Jack Schaefer and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Political TV by Stanley and Janice Berenstain
  • Editorial
  • Full-page color ad for Camel Cigarettes on back cover features Ruth Hussey

    • 1950-11-04 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1950/11/04 — Cover featuring Reconnaissance Sgt. James Jenkins, 1st Calvalry Division was sketched by Howard Brodie

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Don’t Smoke – Unless You Like It by Albert Q. Maisel — For centuries tobacco has brought mankind peace and cheer. Now some scientists say smoking is dangerous. But are their findings conclusive? The answer is NO
  • She-Town by Edward B. Lockett
  • ‘Far Away, Far Away’ by Howard Brodie
  • Another Galloping Ghost at Illinois by Bill Fay is about Johnny Karras
  • The Bing Who Doesn’t Sing by Herbert Kupferberg is about Rudolf Bing
  • …And if We Are Elected to office by Senator Scott W. Lucas and Senator Robert A. Taft and illustrated by Sam Berman
  • “You Mean You Don’t Remember?” by Willis Player
  • New Look in Telephone Booths by Edward Dembitz

    • FICTION:

  • “Play a Lone Hand” — Part 1 of 6 — by Luke Short and illustrated by James Dwyer
  • Most Guys Rake Leaves on Saturday by Willard H. Temple and illustrated by Mac Conner
  • “Party” by Budd Schulberg and illustrated by Roswell Keller
  • “Halloween Was Father’s Day” by Dolph Sharp and illustrated by Herman Giesen
  • The Fifty-Mission Cap — Conclusion — by Walt Grove and illustrated by Tran Mawicke
  • The Curse of Silence — The Short Short Story — by Hal G. Evarts with illustration by Gordon Brusstar
  • Keep Up With the World by John Denson
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Editorials
  • Full-page color ad on back cover for Camel Cigarettes features Mario Lanza

    • 1950-08-26 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1950/08/26 — Cover credited to Jon Abbot

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • ‘The Brain’ of the U.S. Army by Pat Frank features Lieut. Gen. Alfred Gruenther
  • Labor Isn’t Waiting for November by Sam Stavisky
  • War’s Tragedy in Korea
  • Your Aching Back by Henry La Cossitt
  • America’s Bluest Blue Law Town by Hartzell Spence is about Ocean Grove, NJ
  • Santa Claus Stars in August by Frances Brentano and illustrated by Francis Chase
  • Gesundheit! by Pauline Gale
  • Had Your Efficiency Today? by Ken Kraft
  • Correct on Campus by Bert Bacharach and illustrated by George Shawe

    • FICTION:

  • The Ultimate Swine by James A. Michener and illustrated by Tran Mawicke
  • “Wayward Island” by Eleanor Gilchrist and illustrated by Walter Skor
  • “The Windmill Fixers” by Dillon Anderson and illustrated by Robert Bugg
  • Professional Husband by Irving Gaynor Neiman and illustrated by Charles Hawes
  • “To Live Again” — Part 2 of 9 — by A.J. Cronin and illustrated by C.E. Monroe, Jr.
  • “The Double-Bladed Lie” — The Short Short Story — by Mary Jane Waldo with illustration by Louis S. Glanzman
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • How Was Vacation? by Gurney Williams
  • Editorials
  • Half-page black & white ad for Prest-O-Lite Car Battery features full-length image of Ted Williams

    • 1952-11-22 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1952/11/22 — Cover credited to Lee Burke

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • America’s Worst Prison by Edward W. Stagg with John Lear is about the Louisiana State Penitentiary
  • Hollywood Cutups by Cameron Shipp is about film editors and includes a photo of Academy Award winning editor Harry Gerstad
  • They Delivery Your Baby at Home–Safely by Otis Carney
  • Gentleman Chuck Davey by Tommy Devine
  • “We Are Hit and Sinking!” — Collier’s Color Camera
  • Starting a Steak from Scratch
  • The Soviets and the Bobby-Soxers by Joseph Wechsberg with illustration by William Von Riegen
  • Church Art in Haiti by Dorothy Adlow
  • I’ve Been Here for an Hour! by Gurney Williams

    • FICTION:

  • “Mr. Cornelius, I Love You” by Jessamyn West and illustrated by Tom Lovell
  • “Home Economics” — The Short Short Story — by Benjamin Siegel with illustration by Andrew Virgil
  • “Duty” by Paul Horgan and illustrated by Edwin Dawes
  • “Riordan’s Roistering Setter’ by Nord Riley and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
  • “How Towson Passed Algebra” by Al Hine and illustrated by Tran Mawicke

    • PLUS:

  • Week’s Mail
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • First Party by Stan Fine
  • Editorials
  • Coca-Cola ad on back cover

    • 1954-01-08 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1954/01/08 — Cover featuring President Eisenhower is credited to Louis Glanzman

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • What Makes Ike Laugh? by Roscoe Drummon with illustrations by Harry Devlin
  • The Temptations of Christ by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
  • Who, Gable? – 2 pages of black & white photos of Clark Gable trying to go incognito
  • The Town That Wants Only Old Folks by William L. Worden
  • Where Do You Stand on the Gravest Question of Our Time? by Senator Styles Bridges
  • Here’s Your Share — Collier’s Color Camera
  • The Latest on Flu — And It’s Good News by Ruth and Edward Brecher
  • How to Catch a Caliph
  • Date With a Dame–Age 5,000 by Robert C. Ruark
  • He Gets ‘Em On the Hook by Bill Fay is about basketball player Don Schlundt of Indiana

    • SPECIAL:

  • They Stole $2,500,000–And Got Away With It — A True-to-Life Parallel to the Great Brink’s Robbery — by Joseph F. Dinneen and illustrated by William Sharp about Tony Turchino — Covers 22 full pages without interuption by any advertising, includes 12 large illustrations

    • SHORT STORIES:

  • “An Act of Human Kindness” — The Short Short Story — by Sue Kaufman and illustrated by Roswell Keller
  • “One Man Missing” by Mildred Masterson McNeilly and illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff
  • The Kenya Curse by Richard Llewellyn and illustrated by Edwin Dawes
  • Yours in Song by Hannibal Coons and illustrated by Leonard Steckler
  • “The Dead Run” by W.J. Wallace and illustrated by Robert Fawcett

    • SERIAL
    “Smoky Valley” — Part 3 of 4 — by Donald Hamilton and illustrated by Frank McCarthy

    PLUS:

  • Collier’s Credits by Gurney Williams
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Letters
  • Chow by Jack O’Brien
  • Editorials

    • 1926-05-27 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1926/05/29 —

  • Classics in Slang by H.C. Witwer
  • When I Was Most Afraid by Rosita Forbes
  • The Light Shines Through — A Short Story by Octavus Roy Cohen and illustrated by Alfred Ceike
  • Dr. Eliot Looks Ahead — An Interview by John B. Kennedy
  • The Double Barrier by Grantland Rice with photos of Bob Fitzsimmons and Gentleman Jim Corbett
  • Old Hickory by George Creel and illustrated by Herbert Morton Stoops
  • Devil-May-Care by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by R.G. Sisley
  • I, Too, May Become Great by Frederick L. Collins – An interview with astrologer Evangeline Adams with photos of Mary Garden, Ethel Barrymore, and John Burroughs
  • Lady Lapith — A Story by Stephen Vincent Benet and illustrated by Henry Davis
  • Strike Up the Band! – Told in Pictures
  • Editorials
  • A Voice From Prison
  • The Big Mogul — The start of a novel by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Thursday — A Story by Viola Paradise and illustrated by John A. Haelen
  • Tom Masson Says
  • If You Know What I Mean by Don Marquis
  • Low-Downs on the High-Ups by The Gentleman at the Keyhole
  • Catching Up With the World by Edwin E. Slosson
  • Picked Out of the Air by Jack Binns

    • 1926-05-22 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1926/05/22 —

  • About Face! By Albert Payson Terhune and illustrated by J.W. Schlaikjer
  • The Break Between Wilson and Colone House by George Creel
  • Flawed — A Short Story by Sophie Kerr
  • Why One Moonshiner Quit by W.O. Saunders and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell
  • Boul’ Celeste — A Short Story by Bernice Brown and illustrated by J.H. Fyfe
  • Up the Scale by John B. Kennedy features Jimmy Walker of New York
  • Devil-May-Care by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by R.G. Sisley
  • Freedom’s Handcuffs by Uncle Henry
  • Paddle Your Own Canoe – Done in Pictures
  • My Stars! by Frederick L. Collins – An interview with astrologer Evangeline Adams
  • Editorials
  • What’s the Constitution Between Friends by The Gentleman at the Keyhole
  • The Big Mogul by Joseph C. Lincoln and illustrated by Harold Brett
  • The Lost Road by Grantland Rice is about Connie Mack ‘s search back to the pennant with head shot photo of Connie Mack in the middle of the page and smaller head shots surrounding him of Al Simmons, Joseph Hauser, Ed Rommel and Mickey Cochrane
  • Tell It to the Judge by Earl Reeves
  • If You Know What I Mean by Don Marquis
  • Catching Up with the World by Edwin E. Slosson
  • Picked Out of the Air by Jack Binns
  • Tom Masson Says

    • 1926-06-19 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1926/06/19 —

  • And So They Got Married by H.C. Witwer and illustrated by Frank Godwin
  • Flirting With the Famous by Elsie Janis
  • The Silent Wife — A Short Story by Louis Joseph Vance and illustrated by W.L. Barnes
  • The Daily Do’s of Diet by Lulu Hunt Peters, M.D.
  • The Lucky Fist — A Short Story by Stephen Vincent Benet and illustrated by John Haelen
  • The Voice — A Short Short Story by Zona Gale about the Titanic with photo – 1 page total
  • Just Kids — In Pictures
  • Devil-May-Care — The start of a novel by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by R.G. Sisley
  • Flaming Youth Hits Japan by Adachi Kinnosuke – Flappers in Japan with illustrations and photos
  • The Big Mogul by Joseph C. Lincoln and illustrated by Harold Brett
  • Editorials
  • Hands Off! by Bruce Barton
  • Strong Waters Bite Deep by Uncle Henry
  • The Unbreakable Buck by Grantland Rice is about Bucky Harris
  • If You Know What I Mean by Don Marquis
  • Catching Up With the World by Edwin E. Slosson
  • Low-Downs on the High Ups by The Gentleman at the Keyhole
  • Tom Masson Says

    • 1952-01-19 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1952/01/19 — The cover features George McManus and his characters, credited to Sam Oppe

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Jiggs and I — Part 1 of 3 by George McManus with Henry La Cossitt
  • The Fertility of Hunger by Josue de Castro
  • Will Warren Pivot to the Presidency? by James C. Derieux
  • He Calls the Hit Tune by Gilbert Millstein about oboist Mitch Miller
  • Mediterranean Rescue by Rear Admiral Daniel V. Gallery, USN and illustrated by Fred Freeman
  • I’ve Got a Toothache, Mister” by Richard Donovan and Dwight Whitney
  • Bare Staging — Collier’s Color Camera
  • Don’t Russia Have Human Nature? by H.B. Fox

    • FICTION:

  • “Spark of Life” — A Complete Novelette by Erich Maria Remarque and illustrated by Frderick Siebel
  • “Otis Pulver’s Hidden Power” by Lawrence Williams and illustrated by Phil Dormont
  • “Capricorn Inn” by Don Tracy and illustrated by Ward Brackett
  • “The Wicked Daughter” — The Short Short Story by Bentz Plagemann with illustration by Lionel Gilbert
  • “Any Reasonable Offer” by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. and illustrated by Robert Bugg

    • PLUS:

  • Week’s Mail

  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Editorial

    • 1948-06-12 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1948/06/12 — Cover design by Warren Baumgartner

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “The Bramble Bush” — Part 1 of 5 by David Duncan and illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka
  • “Dear Miss Phillips” by Louis Paul and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • “Once to Every Woman” by Frederick Borg and illustrated by Barbara Schwinn
  • “Shadow of Fu Manchu” — Conclusion by Sax Rohmer and illustrated by C.C. Beall
  • “Important to a Man” by Nick Boddie Williams
  • “It All Came Out” — The Short Short Story by Philip Dunnington

    • ARTICLES

  • Out of This World by Jim Marshall
  • Fashion High Command by Ruth Carson
  • Can We Guarantee a Free Europe? by John Foster Dulles
  • Two-Party Gal by Eulalie McDowell is about Perle Mesta
  • The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins — Part 3: The Common-Law Marriage by Robert E. Sherwood
  • Saint-Lo Fights Another Battle by Stanley Frank
  • Block That Toothache! by Margot Grub

    • PLUS:

  • The Week’s Mail from Our Readers
  • Collier’s Sports: Handball Is Footwork by Bill Fay
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Work by Ted Shane
  • Washington’s Party Line by Robert S. Allen
  • Editorials
  • Chesterfield ad on back cover features Alan Ladd

    • 1947-07-12 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1947/07/12 — Cover photo credited to Larry Gordon

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “The Feeling Is Mutual” by Irving Gaynor Neiman and illustrated by Al Schmidt
  • The Nuclear Fission of Edward Angus Gilmartin by Albert Pope Hinckley and illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst
  • Merchant of Valor — Part 2 of 5 — by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • Strangler Fig by William Fuller and illustrated by John Pike
  • The Unknown — The Short Short Story by Georges Surdez with illustration by Herman Giesen
  • Crater Queen by Vic Spies and illustrated by Carl Burger

    • ARTICLES

  • Washington Side Show by Howard Whitman
  • The Sun Tan Myth by Snowden T. Herrick and John E. Pfeiffer
  • How Are Things on Okinawa? by Weldon James
  • Why I Broke With Roosevelt — part 4: Showdown With the Boss by James T. Farley
  • Hollywood’s Million-Dollar Shoestrings by Cameron Shipp
  • Television Gets a Box Office by Herbert Asbury

    • PLUS:

  • The Week’s Mail from Our Readers
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Week’s Work by Ted Shane
  • Washington’s Party Line by Robert S. Allen
  • Editorials
  • Chesterfield ad featuring Bob Hope on back cover

    • 1953-12-25 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1953/12/25 — The cover is credited to Norwood Patton

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • The Birth of Christ by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
  • Collier Trophy Winner: Leonard S. Hobbs for the World’s Most Powerful Jet Engine by James J. Haggerty, Jr.
  • Fabulous Joe Ferrer by Gilbert Millstein about Jose Ferrer
  • A Peek at Your Personality by Judith Chase Churchill
  • It’s a Happy Factory by K.G. Merrill
  • They Work on Christmas – Collier’s Color Camera
  • “How Can You Thank 3,000 Sailors?” by Theodore Taylor
  • Free at Last from the Little Red Schoolhouse by Seymour Freidin and William Richardson

    • SPECIAL:

  • Our Great West — Boom or Bust? by Bernard De Voto

    • SHORT STORIES:

  • “A Present for My Wife” — the Short Short Story by Eileen Herbert Jordan with illustrated by Earl Cordrey
  • “Please Come Home for Christmas by Mary Roberts Rinehart and illustrated by Tran Mawicke
  • The Babe I Delivered to the Stork by Max Shulman and illustrated by Albert Dorne
  • Stubborn Angel by Ann Kennedy and illustrated by James Dwyer
  • The Boy Who Was Born Again by Corey Ford and illustrated by Charles Hawes

    • SERIAL:

  • “Smoky Valley” — Part 2 of 4 — by Donald Hamilton and illustrated by Frank McCarthy

    • FEATURES:

  • Letters
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Collier’s Credits by Gurney Williams

  • Editorials

    • 1952-02-02 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1952/02/02 — The cover is credited to Alan Dunn

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Back to the Queen of Sheba Land by Wendell Phillips
  • Modeling the Masterpieces — Collier’s Color Camera
  • This I Saw in Korea by Anna Rosenberg with James C. Derieux
  • Gogi Is the Gimmick at Larue by Murray Robinson and illustrated by Al Hirschfeld
  • Let’s Go Sailfishing! by Raymond R. Camp
  • But Jiggs and Maggie Are In Love — Concluding “Jiggs and I” — by George McManus with Henry La Cossitt
  • You Know He’s a Senator by James and Ann C. Free about Clyde Hoey

    • FICTION:

  • “The Pickering Pickle” by Hannibal Coons and illustrated by Gilbert Darling
  • “The Curve and the Tusk” — Conclusion by Stuart Cloete and illustrated by Lynd Ward
  • “The Good Trip” by Allen Marple and Leo Katcher and illustrated by Paul C. Burns
  • “Benjamin” by Faith Prior and illustrated by Bill Baker
  • “Obituary” — the Short Short Story — by C.J. Durban and Jack Finney – single page

    • PLUS:

  • Week’s Mail
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Reverse Quiz by Carl H. Winston
  • Give Me Strength! by Ray Helle
  • Editorial

    • 1946-05-11 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1946/05/11 — Cover credited to Fredric Varady

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “There’ll Come a Day” by Jessamyn West and illustrated by John Holmgren
  • “Escape at Noon” by Barry Perowne and illustrated by Barse Miller
  • “Everything Shipshape” by Richard Stern and illustrated by Barbara Schwinn
  • “The Outraged Heart” — Part 2 of 4 — by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “Two of a Kind” by Norman Katkov and illustrated by George Withers
  • “The Happy Chance” by William A. Krauss and illustrated by Twylor Lewis

    • ARTICLES

  • Atomic Age Navy by Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN as told to Robert De Vore
  • A Challenge to American Women by Agnes E. Meyer
  • The Doctors Run the Show by Bill Davidson
  • You, Too, Can Drink Vodka by Gladwin Hill and illustrated by Leon Gregori
  • Champagne Shower by James J. Darling
  • Running From Death by Charles Dexter is about Charles Beaudry
  • Jungle Hoofer by Martha Sawyers and illustrated by the author
  • Goodbye Berlin! by Allen W. Dulles

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Jim Marshall
  • Your Life Tomorrow by David O. Woodbury
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: Our Health and Our Hospitals – Tolerance in California – Let ‘Em Eat Carrots

    • 1949-08-06 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1949/08/06 — Cover credited to Leonard Dove

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • How We Won by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.
  • Cool Reading for August by George Kent and illustrated by Robert J. Lee
  • The Biggest Blast of Them All — Part 1 of 2 — by Collie Small – about the Atomic Bomb
  • Hoyt of the Hambletonian by Dan Parker
  • There They Were! Jet Hop to Europe by Lt. Col. Clarke Newlon
  • Charmer for a Nice Fee by Willard L. Wiener
  • Voyage of the Pagan: One Man’s Struggle With the Sea — Conclusion by John Caldwell and illustrated by John Floherty, Jr.

    • FICTION

  • “Attractive Nuisance” by Irving Gaynor Neiman and illustrated by John Northcross
  • “The Legal Bride” — Part 2 of 6 — by Robert Carson and illustrated by Stan Klimley
  • The Drunkard’s Wife by Allan Seager and illustrated by Michael
  • A Horse I Like by Robert Griffith and illustrated by Earl Blossom
  • Then There Was Light by Charles B. Child and illustrated by John Pike
  • Moment of Doubt — The Short Short Story by Adeline Rumsey with illustration by Euclid Shook

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Picnic by Stanley and Janice Berenstain – Verse by Margaret Fishback
  • The Movie Audience by Bill O’Brian
  • Editorials
  • Chesterfield ad on back cover features large image of Yvonne DeCarlo

    • 1933-07-01 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1933/07/01 — Cover illustrated by Robert O. Reid

  • “Starlight Rider” — Part 1 — by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • Now, Pop by Arthur “Bugs” Baer and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
  • Catching Up With Huey by Walter Davenport about Huey Long
  • Master of Arts by Elmer Davis and illustrated by John Gannam
  • “The Woman Pays” — The Short Short Story — by Octavus Roy Cohen and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • Says Hitler by T.R. Ybarra with illustrations (of Hitler) by Conrad Massaguer An exclusive message to the American people
  • At the Brink by Edwin Muller and illustrated by George Howe
  • To A Finish by Paul Annixter and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
  • Fu Manchu’s Bride — Part 9 — by Sax Rohmer and illustrated by John Richard Flanagan
  • She Who Gets Slapped by Henry Pringle — The Story of Actress Diana Wynyard
  • All the Answers by Don Marquis and illustrated by Roy Rohn
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: The Tax That Went Wrong

    • 1933-08-19 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1933/08/19 — Cover illustrated by Robert O. Reid

  • “Take It and Like It” by George Agnew Chamberlain and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • Working on the Railroads by George Creel and illustrated by Harold Talburt
  • Trial and Error by Stephen Morehouse Avery and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • Nothing Left – The Short Short Story – by Grace Flandrau with illustration by Seymour Ball
  • Figure It Out by Ruth Chandler Moore and illustrated by Clara Ernst
  • Hist! Who’s That? by Ray Tucker and illustrated by George Shanks
  • Lady, Don’t You Grieve by Roark Bradford and illustrated by Harry Burne
  • “Starlight Rider” — Part 8 — by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • Within the Law by Hon. Joseph E. Corrigan and John B. Kennedy
  • Omar, the Mental Giant by Frank Condon and illustrated by Floyd M. Davis
  • Manhattan Love Song — Part 6 — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Walter C. Klett
  • The Great Hoiman by Kyle S. Crichton is about Chicago Cubs baseball star Babe Herman
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: A Mark of Distinction
  • Beautiful color ad for Lucky Strike Cigarettes on the back cover is illustrated by Sundblom

    • 1915-11-27 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1915/11/27 — Cover illustrated by Charles A. MacLellan

  • For Freedom by Richard Washburn Child and illustrated by William Oberhardt
  • Held to Answer — Chapter 2 — by Peter Clark MacFarlane and illustrated by William B. King
  • “When Baby Played” — A Poem by James Whitcomb Riley and illustrated by Franklin Booth
  • Stranger Than Fiction by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and illustrated by C.B. Falls – 1-1/2 pages
  • Electrifying American — An Interview with Dr. Charles P. Steinmetz by Norman Draper with photo of Dr. Steinmetz
  • His Own Salvation — Further Tales of “The Camps of Chaos” by Samuel Alexander White and illustrated by Sigismund de Ivanowski
  • Pioneers of Invention by Alan Sullivan includes photos of Thomas Edison – Alexander Graham Bell – Frank J. Sprague Theodore N. Vail – Elihu Thomson – Charles F. Brush
  • The Ungiven Kiss by Viola Burhans and illustrated by Fanny Munsell
  • “Thanksgiving” — A 2-stanza poem by Joyce Kilmer
  • A Glimpse into the Future — A Talk with Thomas A. Edison — by Wilbur Hall (just under a half page of text, no photos)
  • Full page ad for Western Electric Company has images of women doing housework “The Electical Way”
  • Full-page ad for Ives Toys shows train and model plane
  • 2 full page GE ads on facing pages, one for the Mazda light and the other for the GE Electric Range
  • Full-page ad “The Giant That Lives in a Box” from The Electric Storage Battery Co. for Exide
  • Community Silver ad on back cover features fade-away illustrated by Cole Phillips

    • 1956-08-31 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1956/08/31 — Cover features Bert Lahr

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • Bert Lahr – What Every Candidate Should Know
  • Our Crowded Sky by Theodore H. White tells the story of air travel from the Jenny to the Jet
  • Russia’s Edge in Jetliners by James J. Haggerty, Jr.
  • The Magic Fog by Robert O’Brien is about fog in San Francisco
  • Those Efficient Europeans by Robert Bendiner
  • Now: Man-Made Virus by Milton Silverman

    • FAMILY LIVING

  • Style – In the Softening Process
  • Treats – Up to New Tricks
  • Living Rooms – Three Designers, Three Points of View
  • Clothes – The Fair Lady Look

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Revolt in Suburbia” — The Short Short Story — by John Keasler with illustration by Aurelius Battaglia
  • “Claudie, Friend of Phlox by Dillon Anderson and illustrated by Robert Bugg

    • SERIAL

  • “Something Fishy” — Part 1 of 2 — by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Ronald Searle

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara – Page includes small color photo of 22 year old Brigitte Bardot
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty, Jr.
  • Letters
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1956-07-20 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1956/07/20 — Cover features President Eisenhower and at the top right Mickey Mantle and Casey Stengel

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • How Voters Feel About Ike’s Health by Louis Harris
  • Scramble on the Forrestal
  • How to Eat a Lobster by John Gould
  • Newman Scores K.O. by Peter Maas about Paul Newman portraying Rocky Graziano
  • How Time in Old Newport by Elaine Guthire Lorillard with Richard Gehman
  • As Casey Stengel Sees Mickey Mantle by Tom Meany – 4 full pages

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “The Silver Box” — The Short Short Story by Edward Maze
  • “The Solid Gold Undershirt” by Hannibal Coons and illustrated by Fredric Varady
  • “The Happy Sun” by Hugh Fosburgh and illustrated by Edwin Dawes

    • SERIAL

  • “Dead Man’s Folly” — Part 1 of 3 — by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Robert Fawcett

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • Letters
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty, Jr.
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Clear Conscience by Ton Smits
  • Collier’s Comment

    • FAMILY LIVING

  • Play Clothes That Work
  • Batty Beach Hats
  • Ice Makers and Breakers