Jimmy Swinnerton Collection, 1911-1973.

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Jimmy Swinnerton Collection, 1911-1973.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23055170

The collection contains twenty-two pieces of original art work by Swinnerton, Lou Hanlon, Bugs Baer, Harold H. Knerr, Bob Donn, Jack Callahan, Bill Smith, Duke Wellington, Otto Soglow, Irwin S. Cobb, Dorman H. Smith, Doc Winner, Vic Forsythe, Jimmy Murphy, Clayton Knight, Paul Frame, T.E. Powers, and Clifford McBride; an award to Swinnerton from the American Institure of Fine Arts; and one color photograph of Swinnerton Arch, Arizona.

1 box (1.3 linear ft.)

Ohio State University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7092283

Ohio State University Libraries

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Frame, Paul, 1913-1994

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Paul Frame is the illustrator of over 200 children's books, including some issues of the "Nancy Drew" and the "Hardy Boys" series. The six books he wrote (one with wife, Jean Frame) are self illustrated. Frame has been awarded the Child Study Association of America's Children's Books of the Year award 9 times (4 times in 1971, 1 in 1972, 2 in 1973, 2 in 1975). From the description of Paul Frame papers, 1963-1968. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63280453 ...

Knight, Clayton, 1891-1969

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Clayton Knight was an author and illustrator of children's and young adult literature. He died in 1969. From the guide to the Clayton Knight Papers, undated, (Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries) The Clayton Knight Committee, established by Clayton Knight and Billy Bishop, was a covert and illegal recruitment agency established in 1940 to transport Americans to Canada to train and fight fo...

Powers, Thomas E., 1870-1939

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Knerr, Harold H., 1883-1949.

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Hanlon, Lou, 1882-1955.

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Wellington, Duke, 1884-1942.

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Forsythe, Vic, 1885-1962

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Smith, Dorman H. (Dorman Henry), 1892-1956

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National Cartoonists Society

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The National Cartoonists Society grew out of the so-called "chalk talks" that a number of cartoonists did for the troops during World War II. The Society was officially formed in March of 1946 with Rube Goldberg as its first president. Within two weeks, the society had 32 members. As of 2011, the Society has 16 regional chapters and continues to foster cartoonists' involvement in worthy causes. See the NCS website at http://www.reuben.org for more information. From the guide to the N...

Cobb, Irwin S., 1876-1944.

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Swinnerton, Jimmy, 1875-1974

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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...

Baer, John Miller, 1886-1970

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United States Congressman and political cartoonist. From the description of Cartoons of John Miller Baer [manuscript], ca. 1924 and ca. 1940. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647821587 Baer, a Republican, was elected July 10, 1917, in a special election to fill the unexpired term of Henry Helgesen. He was re-elected in 1918 and defeated in 1920. From the description of John M. Baer speech, 1920. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archive...

McBride, Clifford, 1901-1951.

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Winner, Doc, 1885-1956

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Soglow, Otto, 1900-1975

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Cartoonist; New York, N.Y. From the description of Otto Soglow papers, [undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80153737 American cartoonist and illustrator. From the description of Otto Soglow collection, 1937-1975. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70969777 Although best known for creating the rotund cartoon character Little King, Otto Soglow was never happy as a cartoonist. Born in Yorkville, New York to a house painter and a cook...

Murphy, Jimmy, 1891-1965

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Smith, Bill.

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Dunn, Bob, 1909-1989.

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