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Gardner Advertising Company Collection

Collection

Identifier: MGHL-00029

Scope and Contents This collection contains two scrapbooks created by the Gardner Advertising agency. The first scrapbook, labeled "Gardner Organization and Methods", contains photographs, letters, records, tear sheets, advertisements, and other materials related to the business. The scrapbook is in very fragile condition, with most items "loose" in the pages due to old, unstable adhesive. The second scrapbook contains letters of support in recognition of Gardner Advertising's 40th anniversary (1942). This...

Found in: Dowd Illustration Research Archive

Steve Gerber Collection

Collection

Identifier: MGHL-00028

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of 20 Howard the Duck comics from 1976-1978 and two Howard the Duck-related comics from 1996. There is also a letter from author Steve Gerber to the donor. Steve Gerber was the writer for the Howard the Duck comics included in this collection.

Found in: Dowd Illustration Research Archive

Gustav F. Goetsch Collection

Collection

Identifier: MGHL-00011

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of items about Gustav F. Goetsch which were collected by other individuals. For further information, see also the Gustav F. Goestch Papers, held by the Modern Graphic History Library.

Found in: Dowd Illustration Research Archive

Gustav F. Goetsch Papers

Collection

Identifier: MGHL-00010

Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of bound volumes of catalogues of Gustav's work, biographical information, and original artwork featuring sublime views of Washington University. For further supporting information, see also the Gustav Goetsch Collection, held by the Modern Graphic History Library.

Found in: Dowd Illustration Research Archive

John Held, Jr. Collection

Collection

Identifier: MGHL-00043

Scope and Contents John Held Jr. (1889-1958) was one of the best-known magazine illustrators of the 1920s. He chronicled the spirit of the Roaring Twenties, also known as the Jazz Age, with cheerful cartoons of flappers, fast cars, parties, and dancing. Held’s humorous work appeared in many U.S. magazines, including Judge, Life, Collier’s, and The New Yorker. The materials in this collection range in date from 1929 to 1938, when Held was involved with and married to Gladys Moore Held, Miss New Orleans...

Found in: Dowd Illustration Research Archive

The Ink Tank Archive

Collection

Identifier: MGHL-00038

Scope and Contents

This collection includes original artwork in various formats and published materials by the artists of The Ink Tank Archive, founded in 1978 by R. O. Blechman. The collection includes original animation cells, correspondence, publications, scripts, shot lists, and audio visual materials.

Found in: Dowd Illustration Research Archive

John Ezell Collection

Collection

Identifier: MGHL-00023

Scope and Contents

This collection includes original artwork (paintings, collages, renderings and theatre maquettes) made by John Ezell dating between the 1960s and the present.

Found in: Dowd Illustration Research Archive

Charles Johnson Original Artwork Collection

Collection

Identifier: MGHL-00049

Scope and Contents This collection contains 18 original illustrations by Charles Johnson. Johnson had aspirations of becoming a cartoonist from a young age and ended up publishing comic strips in his college newspaper, the Daily Egyptian. After college, Johnson continued making editorial cartoons that focused on Black life and civil rights. At the age of 22, Johnson created a collection of gag cartoons published in his book Black Humor (1970) in a style similar to those found in New...

Found in: Dowd Illustration Research Archive

Howard Jones Collection

Collection — Box: 001

Identifier: MGHL-00013

Scope and Contents

The collection is comprised of press materials, exhibition brochures, and publications about Howard Jones’s art.

Found in: Dowd Illustration Research Archive

Karl S. Kaltenthaler Comic Books and Zines Collection

Collection

Identifier: MGHL-00015

Scope and Contents The Karl S. Kaltenthaler Collection is comprised of comic books, zines, magazines, graphic novels, and miscellaneous materials. Comic books make up the bulk of the collection with approximately 1,500 items, spanning many genres and styles including superhero comics, war comics, horror comics, and alternative and underground titles. Featured prominently in the collection are some of the most revered and influential comic book artists and writers of the late twentieth century, including Alan...

Found in: Dowd Illustration Research Archive

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