Child scroll of cartoons

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. This item is very long and requires reference staff oversight to handle.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16740, Child's scroll of cartoons, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.12 Cubic Feet One flip-top print box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

MSS 16740, Child's scroll of cartoons, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains a scroll of cartoon characters drawn by an unknown child, likely from sometime in the 1940s to the 1950s. The manila paper scroll is 3.25 inches in width and approximately 70 feet long. The outward-facing side of the scroll has about 250 individual illustrations depicting mid-century characters like Elmer Fudd, Dick Tracey, Archie, Popeye, and Donald Duck, as well as other characters from comic books, Sunday strips, television, and movies. The reverse is blank. The majority of the drawings are completed in graphite and colored pencils

Acquisition information:
This collection was purchased from Type Punch Matrix by the Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia on January 24, 2023.
Physical description:
Good
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Children
cartoons (humorous images)