Paul Bunyan collection, 1914-1970.

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Paul Bunyan collection, 1914-1970.

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Research materials collected by Daniel Hoffman for his book, Paul Bunyan: last of the frontier demigods (Temple Univ. Press, 1952). Includes correspondence from E. P. Conkle, Max Gartenberg, Herbert Halpert, Walter P. Kueffner, William Laughead, Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, Ill.), Douglas S. Steinberg of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, Oregon State Archives, Julian Lee Rayford, Irving Rusinow, James Stevens to Henry Clepper, Ida Virginia Turney, and Louis Untermeyer; advertising pamphlets for the Red River Lumber Co. written and illustrated by W. B. Laughead; and collections of Paul Bunyan tales by Charles E. Brown published by the Wisconsin Folklore Society, and others. Includes copies of transcribed interviews about Paul Bunyan conducted by Herbert Halpert from 1941-1949 with Fred Ginther, Frank Odell, Albert Peterson, Gabriel Simon, Shock Wormuth, and Irvan Wormuth. Includes 19 color lithograph prints illustrating Paul Bunyan tales, plus one advertisement, issued by the Mead Corporation in 1951. Artists include Herschel Levit, Edward C. Smith, Hutton, Joseph Bolden, S. W. Wilcox, and Henry C. Pitz. Includes material from the WPA Federal Writer's Project in Oregon, "Analytical Notes" by Charles Oluf Olsen (41 pp.); microfilm. Also includes American Graphics poster by Milton Glaser, pamphlets, postcards, a Classic illustrated junior comic book (No. 519 Paul Bunyan), menu, newspaper clippings, and membership card for the Mystic Knights of the Blue Ox (Milwaukee, Wisc.).

2 boxes.

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6887153

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Halpert, Herbert, 1911-2000

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Gartenberg, Max.

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Laughead, William B., 1882-1958

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Rayford, Julian Lee

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Bolden, Joseph.

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Mystic Knights of the Blue Ox.

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Federal Writers' Project (Or.)

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Steinberg, Douglas S.

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Museum of science and industry Chicago, Ill.

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Brown, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1872-1946

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Simon, Gabriel.

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Peterson, Albert J.

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Kueffner, Walter P.

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Turney, Ida Virginia

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Wormuth, Irvan.

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National Lumber Manufacturers Association

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Wormuth, Shock.

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Wisconsin Folklore Society

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Levit, Herschel

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Herschel Levit was born in 1912 in Pennsylvania. He attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and later taught at the Pratt Institute for 30 years. He worked as a painter and printmaker, creating illustrations and advertisements. Levit died in 1986. Biographical Source: http://www.keithsheridan.com/levit.html (Accessed 28 Jan. 2008) From the guide to the Herschel Levit Papers, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc]) Her...

Ginther, Fred K.

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Mead Corporation

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Conkle, E. P. (Ellsworth Prouty)

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Smith, Edward C.

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Richmond, Va., general practicioner. From the description of Journal of Edward C. Smith [manuscript], 1898. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647883164 ...

Wilcox, S. W.

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Red River Lumber Company

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Pitz, Henry C. (Henry Clarence), 1895-1976

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Henry Clarence Pitz was born June 16, 1895 in Philadelphia, PA. He married Molly Wheeler Wood June 10, 1935. From 1914-1918, he studied at the Philadelphia Museum College of Art and Spring Garden Institue. Mr. Pitz pursued a career of artist, illustrator, art editor, lecturer, and instructor. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Mr. Pitz received many awards for his work. He illustrated over 160 books. His artwork is represented in the permanent collections of many museums...

Rusinow, Irving

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Stevens, James, 1892-1971

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Stevens was a free-lance writer particularly interested in the history of logging and the timber industry. He is especially known for his Paul Bunyan stories. From the description of Papers, 1924-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122529904 Author of Paul Bunyan. From the description of James F. Stevens papers, 1924-1965. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29852414 Anthologist. From the description of Reminiscences of James ...

Odell, Franklin D.

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Olsen, Charles Oluf, 1872-1959

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Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977

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Louis Untermeyer was a noted author, editor, and translator. His tastes were eclectic, and his friendships many; he produced more than one hundred books, and volumes of letters. His numerous poetry anthologies have helped introduce verse to generations of schoolchildren. From the description of Heinrich Heine, paradox and poet, 1936. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 56550722 From the description of Louis Untermeyer letter to Judith Wright McKinn...

Glaser, Milton

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Graphic designer, illustrator; New York, N.Y. From the description of Milton Glaser papers, 1974-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122389772 Designer; interviewee b. 1929. From the description of Reminiscences of Milton Glaser : oral history, [197_?]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309742382 ...

Hoffman, Daniel, 1923-

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Daniel Hoffman was a poet and a member of the Department of English Literature at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1965. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 190822116 Daniel Hoffman -- scholar, writer and teacher -- was born in New York and educated at Columbia University, receiving his Ph.D. there in 1956. He pursued a distinguished academic career, producing several scholarly works inc...