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Military Review magazine, 1987

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

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: 1987

Creator

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

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