Paul Kenton Conrad's childhood cartooning album (Addition 28) 2023-0197

Containers:
Flat_Box 4
Extent:
0.26 Cubic Feet
Scope and content:

This addition to MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building, contains Paul Kenton Conrad's childhood cartooning album and scrapbook. The sketchbook, a string-tied leatherette album, documents a young boy's self-guided attempts to develop cartooning skills. Cut-out tutorials from Frank Webb's "How to Make Faces" are mounted on the album's early pages, with attempts in pencil to follow their instructions. Midway through, Conrad branches out from these copies into creating his original subject matter, including army airplanes, sheriffs, pistols, cowboy hats, and a series of one-panel strips titled "Stuff that's funny." The artist, a Pittsburgh native who settled in Honolulu, would later become a successful lounge pianist and musician of some note in the 'Exotica' genre, releasing one well-received album ("Exotic Paradise").

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
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Parent restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
Parent terms of access:
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Preferred citation:

MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building Addition 28, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.