Jack Knox 1910-1985 biographical file.

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Jack Knox 1910-1985 biographical file.

Biographical file may contain one or more of the following: "Biographical Registry" form filled out by the cartoonist including information about education, career history, awards, signature example, and family information; biographical essays or sketches of the cartoonist; articles by or about the cartoonist; examples of the cartoonist's work in the form of clippings or photocopies.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7707745

Ohio State University Libraries

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Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.

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Knox, Jack, 1910-1985

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John Gill Knox, Jr. was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on August 18, 1910. After completing a cartoon correspondence course in the early 1930s, he joined the staff of the Nashville Evening Tennessean in 1933. In 1934 he succeeded J.P. Alley as cartoonist at the Memphis Commercial Appeal, where he worked for the next 11 years. Because of an alcohol problem, Knox worked as a cowboy in Texas in 1945-1946, and he became active in Alcoholics Anonymous. He became editorial cartoonist for the Nashville ...