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Sugrue, Thomas

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1907 - 1953

Thomas Sugrue was born in Naugatuck, Connecticut, in 1907.  He graduated from Washington and Lee University where Hugh Lynn Cayce, Edgar Cayce’s son, was his roommate.

Following a year of graduate work, he became a reporter – first in his hometown and then for the New York Herald Tribune. In 1934, Sugrue joined the staff of The American Magazine to write features on world travel. He married Margaret Ganey and had one daughter. 

Sugrue wrote fiction and poetry as well as nonfiction. In 1940 his novel, Such Is the Kingdom, was published, followed later by Starling of the White House (1946). In 1939 he was struck with a disease which left him partially paralyzed and with little chance of survival. After a short stay in Florida, in June of that year Sugrue moved into Edgar and Gertrude Cayce's home. He lived with the Cayces for two years, gathering material to write There is a River – The Story of Edgar Cayce.

Sugrue wrote eight books in total, including The Crowning of Technocracy, with John Lardner (1933); Such Is the Kingdom (1940); There Is a River (1942); Starling of the White House (1946); We Called It Music: The Story of Eddie Condon, with Eddie Condon (1947); Stranger in the Earth (1948); Watch for the Morning (1950); A Catholic Speaks His Mind (1951). He also hosted the Conversations at Eight radio program, based in New York City. He died in 1953.

In a letter dated July 15, 1954, Hugh Lynn Cayce announced the establishment of the Thomas Sugrue Memorial Library at Wainwright House, in Rye, New York with a collection of Sugrue's works.

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

articles, 1938

 File
Identifier: Folder 10:23
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates: 1938

articles, 1939

 File
Identifier: Folder 11:2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates: 1939

articles, 1940

 File
Identifier: Folder 11:6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates: 1940

articles, 1947

 File
Identifier: Folder 13:8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates: 1947

Association of National Investigators Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 7
Scope and Contents This collection includes booklets, brochures, a charter, correspondence, lectures, financial records, inventories, membership applications, patient charts recording the medical history and treatments of patients admitted to the Cayce Hospital, postcards, and reports documenting the activities of the Association of National Investigators. The collection also includes the original print run of The New-Tomorrow journal (edited by Thomas Sugrue and Hugh Lynn Cayce).
Dates: 1925 - 1931

Auras, 1945

 Item
Identifier: Item 47:5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes books, circulating files, pamphlets, and research bulletins published by the Association for Research and Enlightenment and the Edgar Cayce Foundation. In addition, it contains books collected by the Cayce family, publications related to those who received readings from Mr. Cayce, and manuscripts both published and unpublished related to the Cayce readings and/or Edgar Cayce's life.
Dates: 1945

Auras: An Essay on the Meaning of Colors , 1945

 Item
Identifier: Item 47:4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes books, circulating files, pamphlets, and research bulletins published by the Association for Research and Enlightenment and the Edgar Cayce Foundation. In addition, it contains books collected by the Cayce family, publications related to those who received readings from Mr. Cayce, and manuscripts both published and unpublished related to the Cayce readings and/or Edgar Cayce's life.
Dates: 1945

Auras: An Essay on the Meaning of Colors, 1962

 Item
Identifier: Item 48:8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes books, circulating files, pamphlets, and research bulletins published by the Association for Research and Enlightenment and the Edgar Cayce Foundation. In addition, it contains books collected by the Cayce family, publications related to those who received readings from Mr. Cayce, and manuscripts both published and unpublished related to the Cayce readings and/or Edgar Cayce's life.
Dates: 1962

Auras: An Essay on the Meaning of Colors, 1973

 Item
Identifier: Item 50:14
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes books, circulating files, pamphlets, and research bulletins published by the Association for Research and Enlightenment and the Edgar Cayce Foundation. In addition, it contains books collected by the Cayce family, publications related to those who received readings from Mr. Cayce, and manuscripts both published and unpublished related to the Cayce readings and/or Edgar Cayce's life.
Dates: 1973

Congress publications, 1949

 File
Identifier: Folder 13:17
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates: 1949