Collection, 1917-1947.

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Collection, 1917-1947.

The bulk of the collection is made up of scrapbooks of cartoons and comic strips. There are also clippings pertaining to his activities, and letters to him from prominent persons including Walt Disney, Herbert Hoover, and John J. Pershing.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6723751

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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...

Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948

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Career Army officer who served in the Philippines as an adjutant general and engineer officer, collector of customs, and cavalry squadron commander, participating in actions against the Tausug (Moros), 1899-1903; later apppointed governor of Moro Province and commander, Department of Mindanao, 1909-1913. Well-known for his command of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, 1917-1919. From the description of General John J. Pershing photograph collection [pictu...

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...

Wallgren, Abian A. (Abian Anders), 1891?-1948

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Wallgren drew cartoons for "The Stars and Stripes," the official newspaper of the American troops in France during World War I, for the American Legion magazine, and for several syndicated comic strips. From the description of Collection, 1917-1947. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122465036 Abian A. Wallgren was an enlisted soldier in the Marine Corps. He was a cartoonist for the Stars and Stripes newspaper for the American Expeditionary Forces (A.E...