Jack Kent Papers 1953-1985

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Jack Kent Papers 1953-1985

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Jack Kent wrote and illustrated about 40 children's books during his career, and illustrated nearly 20 books by other authors. Most of the Kent titles are represented in the Kerlan Collection, although few are represented by a complete set of production materials. The Kent contributions include studies and illustrations with pasteup text and separations, a limited correspondence, some dummies, notes, and a limited amount of research material. This is a collection of an artist's working files and contains little ephemera or extraneous material.

.2 linear feet--manuscript and other material; 22.09 cubic feet--illustrative material

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University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections

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Kent, Jack

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John Wellington (Jack) Kent was born March 10, 1920, in Burlington, Iowa. He began his career as a free lance commercial artist at the age of 15, and worked until he joined the U. S. Army Field Artillery in 1941. His syndicated comic strip, King Aroo, was distributed internationally from 1950-1565, but in 1965 he returned to r\free-lancing as a cartoonist and humorist. He began writing and illustrating children's books in 1968, and continued to do so until he died of leukemia in 1985. He receive...