Don Freeman sketches of William Saroyan and illustrations for some Saroyan books, 1940-1943.

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Don Freeman sketches of William Saroyan and illustrations for some Saroyan books, 1940-1943.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/754864905

Illustrations for Saroyan's HUMAN COMEDY, 1943; ME AND ARAM AND THE ARMENIANS AND THE WORLD, undated; and MY NAME IS ARAM, circa 1940. There are also eight sketches of Saroyan, clippings about Freeman's illustrations for Saroyan's work, and some correspondence.

2 linear feet (2 print boxes and 1 manuscript box)

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8131238

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Saroyan, William, 1908-1981

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Frances Ring was Editor at WESTWAYS in Los Angeles. From the description of Letters (and manuscripts and photos) to Frances Ring, 1970-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863419 Goldie Weisberg was a fellow writer whose work Saroyan had discovered in a literary magzine. Saroyan initiated the correspondence, which focuses on their respective reading, writing, and work lives. From the description of Correspondence with Goldie Weisberg, 1930-1938. (Unknown). Wor...

Freeman, Don, 1908-1978

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Don Freeman was born August 11, 1908, in San Diego, CA. He attended the Art Students League in New York City for two years. In 1931 he married Lydia Cooley, an art student, and the couple had one son. Don Freeman worked as a freelance artist and as a graphic artist for the New York Times and New York Herald Tribune before beginning to illustrate books in the 1940s. In 1940 he illustrated William Saroyan's My Name is Aram . During his career, Don Freeman illustrated children's books by other well...