Swinnerton, Jimmy, 1875-1974

Variant names

Hide Profile

James Guilford Swinnerton, born in Eureka, California, is known as the creator of numerous comic strips including Little Bears and Tykes, Little Jimmy, Mr. Jack, and Mount Ararat. In 1892, he landed his first job at the San Francisco Examiner and by 1896 became the paper's political cartoonist. He later moved to New York wher he worked as a comic Strip artist for the New York Journal. After 1920, Swinnerton began to use the American southwest desert as the subject of his work creating the Canyon Kiddies series for Good Housekeeping magazine. He eventually became one of the most famous desert landscape artists in the world.

From the description of Jimmy Swinnerton Collection, 1911-1973. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23055170

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Swinnerton, Jimmy, 1875-1974,. Jimmy Swinnerton Collection, 1911-1973. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937. [Editorial cartoon scrapbooks], 1900-1917 Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn National Cartoonists Society Interviews, 1959-1962 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Lovell, Tom, 1909-1997. Tom Lovell papers, circa 1845-1997. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
referencedIn Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Jimmy Swinnerton 1875-1974 biographical file. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn Culver, Richard Keith, 1873-1939. Drawings, ca.1888-1905. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf National Cartoonists Society. Record, 1946-1990. Ohio State University Libraries
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Oral history interview with Ray Strong Archives of American Art
Relation Name
associatedWith Baer, John Miller, 1886-1970. person
associatedWith Cobb, Irwin S., 1876-1944. person
associatedWith Culver, Richard Keith, 1873-1939. person
associatedWith Dunn, Bob, 1909-1989. person
associatedWith Forsythe, Vic, 1885-1962. person
associatedWith Frame, Paul, 1913-1994. person
associatedWith Hanlon, Lou, 1882-1955. person
associatedWith Knerr, Harold H., 1883-1949. person
associatedWith Knight, Clayton, 1891-1969. person
associatedWith Lovell, Tom, 1909-1997. person
associatedWith McBride, Clifford, 1901-1951. person
associatedWith Murphy, Jimmy, 1891-1965. person
associatedWith National Cartoonists Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Powers, Thomas E., 1870-1939. person
associatedWith Smith, Bill. person
associatedWith Smith, Dorman H., 1893-1956. person
associatedWith Soglow, Otto, 1900-1975. person
associatedWith Strong, Ray, 1905- person
associatedWith Wellington, Duke, 1884-1942. person
associatedWith Winner, Doc, 1885-1956. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
Subject
Cartoonists
Occupation
Collector
Activity

Person

Birth 1875-11-13

Death 1974-09-08

Americans

Information

Permalink: http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6959nd0

Ark ID: w6959nd0

SNAC ID: 11457593