Disney, Walt, 1901-1966

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Walt Disney (born Walter Elias Disney, December 5, 1901, Chicago, Illinois–d. December 15, 1966, Burbank, California), American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. He was a pioneer of the American animation industry, and introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer, Disney holds the record for most Academy Awards earned by an individual.

As a boy in Chicago, Walt Disney took art classes and got work as a commercial illustrator. He moved to California in the early 1920s and set up the Disney Brothers Studio with his brother Roy Disney. With Ub Iwerks, Walt developed the character Mickey Mouse in 1928, his first highly popular success. Disney also provided the voice for Mickey Mouse in the early years. In the 1950s, Disney expanded into the amusement park industry, and in 1955 he opened Disneyland. Disney died of lung cancer in December 1966.

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referencedIn Bass, Robert D. (Robert Duncan). Robert D. Bass papers, 1925-1984 University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
referencedIn American Vaudeville Museum collection, 1845-2007, (bulk 1910-1940) University of Arizona Libraries, Library Special Collections
creatorOf Mildred Moore Collection National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center
creatorOf Fantasia [Multimédia multisupport] : la création d'un grand chef d'oeuvre Walt Disney, Roy Disney, aut. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
referencedIn Kay Kyser and Georgia Carroll Kyser Papers, 1906-2004 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Wallgren, Abian A. Collection, 1917-1947. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
creatorOf Pre-Presidential Papers of Richard M. Nixon. 1946 - 1963. General Correspondence. 1946 - 1963. Disney, Walt. 1946 - 1963. Letter from Walt Disney to Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Records of District Courts of the United States. 1685 - 2009. Civil Case Files. 1938 - 1987. Case #127 - Disney v. Hamilton. 1938 - 1987. Affidavit of Walter E. Disney National Archives at Kansas City
creatorOf Disney, Walt, 1901-1966. [Works on individual filmmakers and animators]. Library of Congress
creatorOf Engel, Albert J. (Albert Joseph), 1888-1959. Albert Joseph Engel papers, 1885-1960. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Walt Disney 1901-1966 biographical file. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn Lodwick, Stephen Danks. Stephen Danks Lodwick collection, 1964-2002. University of Central Florida, UCF
referencedIn Pete Martin papers, 1929-1980 Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
referencedIn Rosengren, Roswell P., 1902-1988. Papers, 1921-1966. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn My Dad Walt Disney National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of District Courts of the United States. 1685 - 2009. Bankruptcy Act of 1898 Case Files. 1898 - 1950. In the Matter of Laugh-O-Gram Films
referencedIn Russel B. Nye Popular Culture Collection. Walt Disney : clipping file. Michigan State University Libraries, Main Library
referencedIn Lewis Gannett correspondence, 1920-1965. Houghton Library
referencedIn Albert Joseph Engel Papers, 1885-1960 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Stephen Danks Lodwick, Collection, 1964-2002 Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries,
referencedIn Records of the American National Red Cross. 1881 - 2008. Historical Personnel Files National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Disney Enterprises (1996- ). Belknap Collection, Popular Performers 1941- : Walt Disney. University of Florida
referencedIn Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. U.S. PACIFIC WAR HEROES DECORATED [ETC.] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Foster, George Harding, 1912-1959. Letter, 1950? : to Harrison B. Kinney. Washington & Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library
referencedIn Parsons, Louella O. (Louella Oettinger), 1881-1972. Letter, 1944 Feb. 22, Los Angeles, to Daniel L. Quirk, Jr., Ypsilanti, Mich. University of Michigan
referencedIn William Ernest Hocking papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Records of the U.S. Marine Corps. 1775 - 9999. Correspondence and Reports of Marine Aviation Units National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of District Courts of the United States. 1685 - 2009. Bankruptcy Act of 1898 Case Files. 1898 - 1950. In the Matter of Laugh-O-Gram Films National Archives at Kansas City
referencedIn United Artists Corporation. Records, 1919-1965. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977. Leopold Stokowski papers, 1916-1994. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Ford Motor Company. Photographic Dept. World's Fair photographs series, 1933-1964 (bulk 1933-1940). The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center
referencedIn New York Times Company records. Arthur Hays Sulzberger papers, 1823-1999 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Collection of Walt Disney Productions and Walt Disney ephemera, 1930s-1950s. University of Southern California, USC Libraries
referencedIn Collection of Walt Disney Productions and Walt Disney ephemera, 1930s-1950s USC Libraries Special Collections
creatorOf Charles Roberts autograph collection Archives of American Art
referencedIn Disney, Walt, PPF 2277 Harry S. Truman Library
referencedIn Records of the U.S. Information Agency. 1900 - 2003. Sound Recordings Relating to "Studio One" Broadcasts. 1955 - 2003. The Fantasy Weaver National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Photographs of Characters and Scenes from Walt Disney Films, 1940 - 1942 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Rosamond B. Loring collection of printed endpapers, 1900-1950 (inclusive), 1920-1941 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Heath, Robert, 19..-...., réalisateur. Fantasia [Multimédia multisupport] : la création d'un grand chef d'oeuvre : de la conception à la réalisation ; Robert Heathe, réal. ; Leonard Maltin, aut. ; H.J. Brown, dir photo ; Carl Falberg, Joe Grant, Frank Thomas, Walt Disney, Roy Disney, aut. / Michael Tucker, comment ; Carl Falberg, Joe Grant, Frank Thomas, Walt Disney, Roy Disney, voix. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
creatorOf Disney, Walt, 1901-1966. Walt Disney letter : 1962. Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library
referencedIn Martin, Pete, 1901-1980. Papers, 1929-1980. Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
referencedIn George and, Anne Millay, Collection, 1959-2006 Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries,
creatorOf Baker, George, 1915-1975. Bernard Meeks Cartoon Collection [manuscript] 1860-1945. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Harrison "Buzz" Price, Papers, 1956-2006 Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries,
referencedIn Ogden Nash Collection TXRC98-A1., 1882-1969, (bulk 1928-1969) Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Robert Durant Feild papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Marmaduke, Virginia L. (Virginia Lee), 1908-. Papers, 1962-1965 (bulk 1964-1965). Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Papers, 1931-2002 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Kenneth J. LaBudde Dept. of Special Collections. Baron Missakian Collection. University of Missouri-Kansas City, Miller Nichols Library; Health Sciences Library; Dental Library
referencedIn Automobile Club of Southern California Collection of Photographs and Negatives, 1898-1982, bulk 1920s-1930s The Huntington Library
referencedIn Biography: Melvyn Douglas, 1972-1980 Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for the Study of History and Memory
referencedIn Dawson, Agnes Balloch Bready. Agnes Dawson Papers 1941-1946. William & Mary Libraries
referencedIn Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Serge Koussevitzky Archive, 1920-1976 (bulk: 1924-1951) Library of Congress. Music Division
referencedIn Norman "Buddy" Baker Collection, ca. 1958-1998 Fales Library & Special Collections
referencedIn Schickel, Richard. Papers, 1953-1986. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Norman "Buddy" Baker Collection, ca. 1958-1998 Fales Library & Special Collections
creatorOf DISNEY, WALT. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
creatorOf Engel, Albert J. (Albert Joseph), 1888-1959. Albert Joseph Engel papers, 1911-1959. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Photograph of Walt Disney with Mickey Mouse National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Lothar and Eva Just Film Stills Collection. Harvard Film Archive, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Miscellaneous art exhibition catalog collection Archives of American Art
referencedIn Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, oversize, ca. 1829-1985 Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Nellie Simmons Meier Papers, 1898-1938 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Hughes, Edith Wakeman. Edith Wakeman Hughes papers, 1894-1948. State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives
referencedIn Smith, Kate, 1907-1986. Kate Smith collection, 1930-1976. Boston University. School of Medicine
referencedIn Milton Caniff Collection, 1805-2007, 1910-1988 The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
referencedIn Disney, Walt, 1901-1966 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Mayo, Katherine, 1868?-1940. Katherine Mayo papers, 1835-1968 (inclusive), 1918-1940 (bulk). Yale University Library
creatorOf Paula Stone papers Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
referencedIn Prominent Personalities: Disney, Walt National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of District Courts of the United States. 1685 - 2009. Bankruptcy Act of 1898 Case Files. 1898 - 1950. In the Matter of Laugh-O-Gram Films. 1898 - 1950. Chattel Mortgage
referencedIn Records of the U.S. Information Agency. 1900 - 2003. Sound Recordings Relating to "Studio One" Broadcasts. 1955 - 2003. A Mouse for All Seasons National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Hardie Gramatky papers, 1945-1972 University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn John Canemaker Animation Collection, Bulk, 1970-2000, 1903-2012 Fales Library & Special Collections
referencedIn Charles G. Wright Collection of Big Little Books, 1933-1943 North Carolina State University. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn San Francisco Academy of Comic Art collection : Newspaper Comic Strips, 1893-1996 The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
referencedIn Katherine Mayo papers, 1835-1968, 1918-1940 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Hearst Metrotone News, Inc., Collection. 1937 - 1942. News of the Day Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1963 - 12/1967. News of the Day (Oct. 5) National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Moores, Richard Arnold, 1909-1986. Papers, 1937-1976. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966. Lewis Gannett correspondence, 1920-1965. Houghton Library
referencedIn Alexander Woollcott correspondence, ca. 1856-1943 (inclusive), 1920-1943 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004 Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Robert N. Giaimo Papers., undated, 1956-1981. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
referencedIn Pre-Presidential Papers of Richard M. Nixon. 1946 - 1963. General Correspondence. 1946 - 1963. Disney, Walt National Archives at Riverside
referencedIn Charles G. Wright Collection of Big Little Books, 1933-1943 North Carolina State University. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn United Artists Corporation. Series 5B : Dr. A. H. Giannini file, 1935-1939. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Ford, J. mss., 1906-1976 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Automobile Club of Southern California,. Automobile Club of Southern California Collection of Photographs and Negatives, 1898-1982 (bulk 1920s-1930s) Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Sir William Rothenstein correspondence and other papers, 1887-1957. Houghton Library
referencedIn Huemer, Dick,. Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel and Don Ott, Nov. 10, 1976 [sound recording]. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Miscellaneous theatrical papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Kruse, Alexander Z., 1888-1972. Papers of Alexander Z. Kruse, 1890-1972 (bulk 1930s-1960s). Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Disney, Walt Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Crisler, Herb. Herb Crisler correspondence, 1952-1984. Jefferson County Historical Society
referencedIn Pleasants, Henry,. Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, May 29, 1976. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Wanger, Walter F., 1894-1968. Papers, 1908-1967. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Nash, Ogden, 1902-1971. Ogden Nash Collection, 1882-1969 (bulk 1928-1969). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn 2201689 - Art of Animation - Walt Disney National Archives at College Park
referencedIn General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. CHRISTENING OF THE NAUTILUS Disneyland, Anaheim, California National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Latah County Historical Society. Walt Disney collection, 1987-1987. University of Idaho Library
referencedIn Canemaker, John. Animation collection. Documentary and graphic materials, 1928-1990. 1970-1980 (bulk). Churchill County Museum
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Birth 1901-12-05

Death 1966-12-15

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