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Randy Bryan Bigham

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Randy Bryan Bigham

Randy Bryan Bigham is an award-winning journalist, author, and historian. An expert on early 20th century popular culture Bigham has since contributed to national and international publications. He is also a visual consultant, supplying historical images from his extensive private collection to publishing, curatorial, film and other media projects. A longstanding member of Encyclopedia Titanica, Randy Bigham has contributed numerous original articles furthering our understanding of Titanic history.

Dress at Sea
Added 14th March 2024
Evening Fashion in First Class Aboard Titanic...
DRESS AT SEA
Forgotten star
Added 4th October 2023
The silent movie actress in 1953’s Titanic...
FORGOTTEN STAR
An Elusive Truth: May Futrelle and the Titanic disaster
Added 13th August 2023
Novelist May Futrelle survived Titanic but told many conflicting stories about the disaster. What was really true?...
AN ELUSIVE TRUTH: MAY FUTRELLE AND THE TITANIC DISASTER
Margaret Brown, the Gimbels Buyers, and the Riddle of Boat 6
Added 10th July 2023
Margaret - Unsinkable Molly - Brown claimed she was walking along the deck when two burly men picked her up and tossed her into a lifeboat — a dramatic detail that’s never questioned... is it another tall tale?...
MARGARET BROWN, THE GIMBELS BUYERS, AND THE RIDDLE OF BOAT 6
Titanic’s Aft Lifeboats
Added 2nd June 2023
How Boats 9-16 saved lives in the sinking...
TITANIC’S AFT LIFEBOATS
Attuned to life
Added 1st January 2023
The story of musician and Titanic survivor Marie Young...
ATTUNED TO LIFE
Fashion at the bottom of the sea
Added 13th August 2022
Mrs. Cardeza’s clothes...
FASHION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA
My Greatest Hour: Saved from the Titanic
Added 19th October 2021
Lady Duff Gordon's last account of the Titanic disaster...
MY GREATEST HOUR: SAVED FROM THE TITANIC
From myth to legend: How Margaret became Molly
Added 3rd August 2021
The musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown made Margaret Brown more famous than she was in real life, but the fiction it perpetuated began much earlier. Randy Bryan Bigham explores the beginning of the Molly Brown myth....
FROM MYTH TO LEGEND: HOW MARGARET BECAME MOLLY
A Night to Forget : Renée Harris and the Titanic Disaster
Added 16th June 2019
New book focuses on the forgotten career of Mrs. Henry B. Harris...
A NIGHT TO FORGET : RENéE HARRIS AND THE TITANIC DISASTER
Children of the Titanic and The Titanic Sticker Book
Randy Bryan Bigham reviews two new children’s titles that are both informative and entertaining...
CHILDREN OF THE TITANIC AND THE TITANIC STICKER BOOK
The watch that ends the night: Voices from the Titanic
Allan Wolf lyricizes the Titanic in a fact-based, poignant evocation of the 100 year old tragedy...
THE WATCH THAT ENDS THE NIGHT: VOICES FROM THE TITANIC
Starboard at Midnight, the story of survivors Karl Behr and Helen Newsom
Love at the helm: New Titanic title blends romance and history....
STARBOARD AT MIDNIGHT, THE STORY OF SURVIVORS KARL BEHR AND HELEN NEWSOM
The Day I Met a Titanic Survivor
Liner enthusiast recounts his 1968 meeting with Renee Harris...
THE DAY I MET A TITANIC SURVIVOR
A Matter of Course
Titanic's Plucky Countess...
A MATTER OF COURSE
Life's Decor: A Biography of Helen Churchill Candee
A woman of extraordinary vision, talent and resolve...
LIFE'S DECOR: A BIOGRAPHY OF HELEN CHURCHILL CANDEE
Sealed Orders
A Titanic survivor's classic tale of love and fate...
SEALED ORDERS
Titanic Text : Demystifying historical study
Internet research tips for beginnersFrom biographies and cultural essays to technical papers and scientific analyses, ET Research at Encyclopedia-Titanica.org is the leading online destination for original, in-depth studies...
TITANIC TEXT : DEMYSTIFYING HISTORICAL STUDY
Star Turn: The Pictures and Passions of Dorothy Gibson
The tilted deck beneath the young woman’s feet told her the ship was sinking. Leaning against the rail, she pulled her sweater closer about her as she stared into a pitch-black, frigid sky dotted with stars. The ocean below was as ca...
STAR TURN: THE PICTURES AND PASSIONS OF DOROTHY GIBSON
Madame Lucile: A Life in Style
Her creativity helped to frame an era. Her personality gilded it. This is the story of the woman and her world....
MADAME LUCILE: A LIFE IN STYLE
Mrs. Henry B. (Renee) Harris Dies
Theatre Owner-Producer Was Linked to Another Broadway EraAlthough she was married three times afterwards, she always remained Mrs. Henry B. Harris and when she died at Doctors Hospital, N.Y., at 93, she was press reported either as Mrs. H...
Milestones (1)
Died. Lady Duff Gordon (Lucy Sutherland), 71, famed dress designer, long-time president of Lucile, Ltd (now defunct), Titanic survivor, sister of novelist Elinor Glyn; after six months' illness; in London. She was credited with the first split skirt,...
Death Closes Career of Lady Duff Gordon
Modiste Who "Dressed the Women of Three Generations"Once Had Shop in New YorkLONDON, April 21. - Lady Duff Gordon, for many years world celebrated as an arbiter of fashion, and a survivor of the sinking of the Titanic, died today i...
DEATH OF LUCILE
Page 1Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon, famous as "Lucile," the fashion expert whose articles in the Daily Sketch were for years a notable and most popular feature has died in Putney. Her husband Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon, Bt., died in April four years...
Noted Stylist Dies in London
Lady Duff Gordon Designed Fashions for Royalty...
Milestones
Died. Sir Cosmo Edmund Duff Gordon, 68, survivor of the Titanic disaster in 1912 with his wife, Lady Duff Gordon (Lucy Sutherland), onetime London and Manhattan modiste (Lucile) who is a sister of novelist Elinor Glyn; in London....
A Film Founded on the 'Titanic' Disaster
Added 6th January 2019
Scenes from 'Atlantic'...
A FILM FOUNDED ON THE 'TITANIC' DISASTER
TITANIC SURVIVOR SUICIDE
Saved from the Titanic but acted peculiarly...
Society: Miss Marie Grice Young
Miss Marie Grice Young, of this city, who spends most of her time in New York with Mrs. J. Stuart White, is touring New England with Mrs. White. The ladies have recently been at Bretton Woods in the White Mountains of New Hampshire....
Seat in U.S. Senate Chief Ambition of Noted Society Woman from Colorado
Mrs. J.J. Brown, a Favorite in Smart Set and PoliticsMrs. J.J. Brown of Denver, a possible candidate for the United States Senate, is shown above with her niece, Miss Helen Tobin, who recently created a sensation in her Jap...
Dorothy Gibson: Star Style
Model and actress Dorothy Gibson and her mother, Pauline C. Gibson, filed suit against the White Star Line for recovery of property they lost on Titanic. Their damage claims were fairly modest, compared to other female petitioners, amounting to $2,38...
The Titanic Inquiry: Lady Duff Gordon's Evidence
The inquiry into the loss of the Titanic was resumed yesterday by Lord Mersey and his Assessors. There was no diminution in the public interest taken in the proceedings. Among those present were Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein, Lady St. Helier, L...
Joseph Bruce Ismay
Added 11th June 2021
Chairman of the White Star Line...
JOSEPH BRUCE ISMAY
Mme. Aubart: Luxury Lost
After her rescue from Titanic, French singer Leontine Pauline ("Ninette") Aubart, better remembered as the mistress of American millionaire Benjamin Guggenheim, wrote the following letter to the White Star Line, itemizing her lost possessions:_...
Henry B. Harris (2)
Loses Life When Ill-Fated Titanic Sinks – Other Victims Of Disaster Connected With Amusement Field Include Albert A. Stewart, Emil Brandeis and Franz Addelmann – Dorothy Gibson Saved New York, April 20 (Special to Billboa...
Miss Dorothy Gibson
Popular Éclair leading photoplayer reported to be among those saved of the passengers of the ill-fated steamship Titanic. Miss Gibson and her mother were returning from a trip to Egypt, where she went for rest and recuperation. It has also been repor...
Stead and Futrelle
article...
SIR COSMO DUFF GORDON IN 1896, AGE 34
JOHN BORLAND THAYER
Edith L. Rosenbaum
New York - Edith L. Rosenbaum - It was previously reported that Miss Rosenbaum, representative buyer for a number of New York firms and Paris correspondent of "Women's Wear," was among the survivors of the "Titanic" disaster. This morning the followi...
Mrs. Astor
William H. Force, father of Mrs. John Jacob Astor, remained up all night in hopes of getting news of his daughter and her husband. When he saw that Mrs. Astor's name was on the list of rescued he was overcome with joy. He lost no time tel...
Not Boats Enough (says Mrs. Guggenheim)
Many inquiries were made at the (White Star Line)office during the day about Benjamin Guggenheim, but no hopeful reply could be given as Mr. Guggenheim's name was not included in any of the lists of survivors received.About 10 o'clock, ju...
Overcome by Good News
One of the first to appear at the office of the (White Star) company was Edward Frauenthal, of 786 Lexington Ave., who had two brothers on the Titanic, Dr. Hyman and J.C. Frauenthal. Both are reported saved. When he was told that his brothers' names ...
Straus's Secretary Waits All Night
A representative of the Straus family was at the White Star steamship office continuously yesterday, waiting for news of Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus. Sylvester Byrnes, Mr. Straus's secretary, had remained in the office all night. With the ...
The Duff Gordons
From London came a cablegram (to the White Star office), asking for news of Sir Cosmo and Lady Duff Gordon. The cable remained unanswered for some time as line officials and their employees had more than they could attend to in the handling of inquir...
The Harrises
Numerous and anxious were the inquiries (at the White Star Line office) for Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Harris.Mr. Harris is one of the city's best known theatrical managers. Scores of his friends, both in the theatrical and the business worlds...

Edith Louise Rosenbaum
1st Class Passenger

Marie Grice Young
1st Class Passenger

Edwina Celia Troutt
2nd Class Passenger

Henry Burkhardt Harris
1st Class Passenger

Irene Harris
1st Class Passenger

Margaret Brown
1st Class Passenger

Dorothy Winifred Gibson
1st Class Passenger

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Randy Bryan Bigham & Gregg Jasper (2023) Broadway Dame: The Life & Times of Mrs. Henry B. Harris, Hayes-Stokes Press Group (4 July 2023)
Randy Bryan Bigham (2012) Finding Dorothy: A Biography of Dorothy Gibson, Lulu.com
Randy Bryan Bigham (2011) Lucile - Her Life by Design, Lulu.com

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