"Wot kind of voices--Brooklyn or guttural?" [original pen-and-ink cartoon], undated
Scope and Contents
Copies of cartoons, original drawings, and assorted publications by or about Bill Mauldin, with original portrait painted by Henry Koerner for Time Magazine, approximately 1940s-approximately 1980s.
Includes reproductions of some of Mauldin’s WWII-era cartoons, along with two original pen-and-ink drawings and several original sketches made during the 1961 inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. Publications by or about Mauldin include magazine articles, newspaper clippings, a traveling exhibition catalog, and a small bound volume. In addition to Koerner’s portrait of Mauldin, the collection also features a handwritten note from him to Ralph Newman taken from a copy of the book Mud and Guts. One of the pen-and-ink drawings, along with a print, a photocopy, and a sheet of biographical information, were interfiled from the Anthony Mourek collection.
Dates
- Creation: undated
Creator
- From the Collection: Mauldin, Bill, 1921-2003 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The Bill Mauldin collection is open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
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