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Alfred Frueh woodcuts : cartoons, 1905-1925
1 folderWoodcuts, part colored, of cartoons drawn by Alfred Frueh (1880-1968) of theatrical personalities: Maude Adams, George Arliss, Ethel Barrymore, George M. Cohan, Katharine Cornell, John Drew, Robert Edson, Lionel Erroll, Lew Fields, Yvette Gilbert, William Gillette, Nat Goodwin, Annette Kellerman, Wilton Lackaye, Julia Marlowe, Nazimova, Olga Petrova, Will Rogers, Fritzi Schiff, Fred Stone, Sophie Tucker, and unidentified.
Amram Scheinfeld papers, 1915-1975
24 linear feetManuscripts, proofs, and printed editions of Scheinfeld's books on human heredity, YOU AND HEREDITY, WOMEN AND MEN, and THE NEW YOU AND HEREDITY. Sketches and line drawings used as illustrations in the books are included. Also, manuscripts and clippings of his magazine articles; many examples of his comic strips, including "Dixie Dugan;" and correspondence and financial documents about his works.
Bob Fingerman Papers, 1975-2005
3 linear feetWritten drafts, process drawings, and proofs for some of his longer-form works, including the comic he's best known for, Minimum wage, as well as original comic strip art from his own collection. These papers are part of a larger project to collect representative materials from the New York City comics scene.
Charles Saxon papers, 1940-1989
19 linear feetSketches, sketchbooks, scrapbooks, tearsheets, photographs and printed material. The collection includes more than 900 drawings and watercolors. The material covers much of Charles Saxon's professional career
Danny Hellman art and papers, 1980-2017
3 linear feetThe collection will eventually encompass his original art, sketchbooks (dating back to high school), correspondence, and the legal records of the lawsuit lodged against him by political cartoonist Ted Rall. The present installment includes original art on acetate from the years 1995 and 1996.
Edwina Dumm papers, 1924-1978
4 Linear FeetGeorge Mann Shellhase collection, 1917-1918
0.10 Linear FeetTwo letters (fragmanted) and four postcards, written to Ester Meyers [sic] and sent from France in 1917/1918 by future illustrator and cartoonist George Mann Shellhase. One letter and three postcards are illustrated; the fourth postcard is Shellhase's promotional card.
Howard Cruse Papers, 1941-2019
145 linear feetLandon School of Cartooning, 1932-1933
0.4 linear feetIncluded here are the Landon lesson plans, along with Endy's submissions with comments and corrections.
Manuel Rosenberg papers, 1920-1950
1 linear feetA collection of more than 300 drawings and sketches. Notable are the 60 sheets of drawings made during his trip to Russia in the company of other western journalists. The major portion of the collection comprises the file of sketches and caricatures of leading personalities in public life and the arts made by Rosenberg from the 1920s to the 1950s, including those of Jane Addams; George Arliss; Max Baer; Theda Bara; Enrico Caruso; Feodor Chaliapin; Ina Claire; Walter Damrosch; Jack Dempsey; Elsie Janis; Beatrice Lillie; Groucho Marx; Mae Murray; Ezio Pinza; William Howard Taft; Peggy Wood; Israel Zangwill; and numerous other entertainers, sportsmen, politicians, and writers
Mort Drucker collection, 1970s-2000s
1 Linear FeetThis collection includes prints, proofs, a logbook of jobs, the 1961 MAD Checklist, and a small amount of correspondence and original art.
Mort Gerberg collection, 9999
72 linear feetHis archives contain tens of thousands of original sketches (indexed), original comic strip art, daily records, idea notebooks, early childhood artwork, and much more.
Mort Meskin Art collection, 1941-2007
27 linear feetThe collection displays the diverse artistic venues that a comics artist pursued in order to make a living. For more on Meskin, see the book From shadow to light: the life and art of Mort Meskin: https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/7982354.
Peter Kuper art, 9999
0.1 linear feetThe original art for Peter Kuper's biographical comic on Harvey Kurtzman, drawn for the book Masterful marks: cartoonists who changed the world (Simon & Schuster, 2014), edited by Monte Beauchamp. This Kurtzman bio connects to the Kurtzman material in the Kitchen Sink Press archives.
Robert Minor papers, 1907-1952
15000 itemsManuscripts comprising notes, speeches, and articles, covering a wide range of social and political subjects and giving an extensive history of the Communist Party. Many of the manuscripts relate to his work as a theoretical writer for the Communist Party and the DAILY WORKER (New York). Subjects covered include the Garvey movement in 1924 and the League of Struggle for Negro Rights in the early 1930s; the re-orientation of the Communist Party in 1945-1947 with respect to the South and the Negro question generally (Minor became the Party's Southern representative in that period); the Party's general policies in the early 1930s and 1941-1942 when Minor was acting secretary in the absence of Earl Browder, and relating to the Party's policy toward the war following the German attack on the Soviet Union; postwar changes in the Party; the "Agrarian Movement;" and the Communist trials of 1949-1953. The extensive clipping file covers the entire domestic political scene and reflects the whole of Minor's career. These date from 1907 to his death, and contain considerable material on the Russian Revolution and the Spanish Civil War. Also, numerous pamphlets and ephemera relating to the Communist Party.
Rockwell Kent papers, 1885-1970
59 linear feetRoger Taft Comics Collection, 1946-2007
1 linear footA collection of a veriety of comics, including Mad Magazine and Zap, as well as individual artists, including R. Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, and S. Clay Wilson.
R. Robert Pollak Comic Art collection, 1977-1993
1 linear feetA small collection of original comic art, by Fran Matera, Fred Lasswell, Fett, Gus Ariola, and Irwin Hasen, to be used as a teaching collection. More items are expected.
Samuel and Bella Spewack papers, 1920-1980
67 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, playscripts, screenplays, diaries, documents, contracts, financial records, photographs, phonograph records, motion pictures, playbills, posters, sheet music, cartoons, art work, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and printed materials. . The collection consists chiefly of correspondence and production files relating to the creation, production, and performance of their works for stage, screen, radio, and television, such as Leave It To Me and Kiss Me Kate (with music by Cole Porter), Boy Meets Girl, and My Three Angels. Correspondence (with twentieth century authors, playwrights, musicians, political figures, and actors) includes: George Abbott, Jean Arthur, Bennett Cerf, Katharine Cornell, Jo Davidson, George and Ira Gershwin, Alec Guinness, W. Averell Harriman, Lilli Lehmann, Mary Martin, Laurence Olivier, Mary Pickford, Cole Porter, Regina Resnick, Eleanor Roosevelt, Robert E. Sherwood, Lincoln Steffens, Kurt Weill, Rebecca West, and Thornton Wilder. There is also correspondence concerning Bella Spewack's work with the New York Girls' Scholarship, UNRA, and the Sports Center of Israel. In addition to the production files, there are manuscripts and typescript drafts for novels, short stories, and articles by the Spewacks.
Warren Bernard collection of Willard Mullin art work and memorabilia, 1930 - 1970
15 Linear FeetThis collection includes original art as well as ephemera such as ephemera such as a Mullin-designed press pin for the 1952 World Series, spring training programs, advertisements, glassware, display cards, books, magazines, prints, and more.