Military Review magazine, 1987
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: 1987
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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