How Dr. Seuss Got His Name
Each citation below includes the original publisher, address, and a reliable copy or share option for readers using an in-app browser.
Some in-app browsers prevent outside websites from replacing the current page. If an original source does not open directly, use Open or share source or copy its address into your browser.
- Smithsonian Magazine
The Effervescent History of Seltzer, From the Early Days of Home Delivery to Today’s Trendy Cans
The seltzer bottle’s association with American slapstick comedy.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/the-effervescent-history-of-seltzer-from-the-early-days-of-home-delivery-to-todays-trendy-cans-180986774/ - Oxford University Press
Happy Birthday Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel!
An excerpt from Donald Pease’s biography describing the boarding-house incident, Geisel’s father’s letter, and the adoption of pseudonyms.
https://blog.oup.com/2010/03/dr-seuss/ - Dartmouth Alumni Magazine
Words and Pictures Married: The Beginnings of Dr. Seuss
Geisel’s account of the 1925 gin incident, his continued work under pseudonyms, and his explanation for adding “Dr.” to “Seuss.”
https://archive.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/article/1976/4/1/words-and-pictures-married-the-beginnings-of-drseuss - National Endowment for the Humanities
Impertinent Questions with Philip Nel
The origin of “Seuss” as Geisel’s middle name and his mother’s maiden name, along with the early development of the pseudonym.
https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2009/marchapril/iq/impertinent-question-philip-nel - Penguin Random House
Dr. Seuss
The publisher’s author record documenting the pseudonyms Theo. LeSieg and Rosetta Stone alongside the Dr. Seuss name.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2000585/dr-seuss/