Www.seussville.com/activities/AllAboutSeuss_BOYONFAIRFIELDSTREET_1.pdf. Educators Planning Calendar | Dr. Seuss Educators | Seussville< About Us » Springfield Museums. Theodor Seuss Geisel - "Dr. Seuss" Biography. All About Dr. Seuss "OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO! THERE IS FUN TO BE DONE! THERE ARE POINTS TO BE SCORED. THERE ARE GAMES TO BE WON. " From: Oh, The Places You'll Go! Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to the world as the beloved Dr. Although the Geisels enjoyed great financial success for many years, the onset of World War I and Prohibition presented both financial and social challenges for the German immigrants.
The influence of Ted's memories of Springfield can be seen throughout his work. Ted left Springfield as a teenager to attend Dartmouth College, where he became editor-in-chief of the Jack-O-Lantern, Dartmouth's humor magazine. The "Seuss" pseudonym, which was both Ted's middle name and his mother's maiden name. To please his father, who wanted him to be a college professor, Ted went on to Oxford University in England after graduation.
After returning to the United States, Ted began to pursue a career as a cartoonist. Dr. Seuss' 'And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street' to turn 75 years old. The Republican / Mark M. MurrayGuy A. McLain, director of the Lyman & Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History, holds a copy of the Dr. Seuss book "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street," while standing at Mulberry Street and Ridgewood Place in Springfield. The book turns 75 this year. SPRINGFIELD – Dr. Theodor S. But it’s likely he walked or rode the trolley past Mulberry Street on his way to Classical High School on State Street, says Guy A. Most of Geisel’s books have a connection to Springfield because his childhood here was key in forming the images that appear in his books, according to McLain. “His childhood was very important – the impressions, the people he met, the things he saw,” McLain said. Where people come from – including the street, house and room where they first lived – is often at the core of who they become, says Northampton-based children’s author Richard Michelson.
Geisel’s upbringing and the community here sparked much of his own imagination.