Charlie Brown autobiography files, 1910-1989.

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Charlie Brown autobiography files, 1910-1989.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/711787998

Includes manuscript paste-ups for "Me and Charlie Brown," an autobiography of Charlie Brown that chronicles his family, childhood, coming of age, religious quest, and his acquaintance with Charles M. Schulz and its subsequent effect on his life. Miscellaneous art, clippings, photographs, and other items, many of which were used to illustrate the book, are also included with the collection.

1.5 cubic feet (2 boxes).

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8078112

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Brown family.

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Schulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe), 1922-2000

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Charles Schulz was born November 26, 1922, in Minneapolis, MN, and died February 13, 2000, in Santa Rosa, CA. He was an award-winning cartoonist and illustrator, famous for his cartoon strip, 'Peanuts.' Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vols. 10, 118. From the description of Charles Schulz Papers 1962. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 432980498 Charles Schulz was born November 26, 1922, in Minneapolis, MN, and died February 13, 2000,...

Brown, Charlie, 1926-1983.

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Charlie Brown was born in 1926 to Mattie Laughnan and Harry Joseph Brown. In 1947 he began working as an instructor of commercial art at the Minneapolis Arts Instruction School. It was there that Charlie Brown met Charles M. "Sparky" Schulz and others who would inspire characters in Schulz's Peanuts comic strip, such as Frieda Mae Rich and Linus Maurer. He later worked for the Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Center where he eventually became the director. Charlie Brown died of cancer on Decem...