Browne Popular Culture Library
PCL MS-48: Allen and John Saunders Collection
Introduction | Biographical Sketch | Scope and Content | Restricted Materials | Series Description | Inventory (Boxes 1-20) | Inventory (Boxes 21-92)
Inventory (Boxes 21-92)
| Folder | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | correspondence concerning Saturday Eveninq Post article by Saunders on continuity in comics [it is unclear if this article was ever published in the Post, although it was published in Esquire] | May 1942 - Jan 1943 |
| 2 | returned questionnaires, photographs, artwork, from the following comic creators: | 1942 |
| Ted Ashby, Ned Bryant comic strip | ||
| Monte Barrett, Jane Arden | ||
| Alfred Brewerton, Pam | ||
| Bill Braucher, Our Boarding House | ||
| Milton Caniff, Terry and the Pirates | ||
| Glenn Chaffin, Flyin' Jenny | ||
| Harold Gray, Little Orphan Annie | ||
| Weare Holbrook, Clarence | ||
| Renny McEvoy, Dixie Dugan | ||
| Tarpe Mills, Miss Fury | ||
| Charlie Plumb, Cinders | ||
| Dude Proebsting, Buckskin Lad | ||
| Lieutenant Wilson Starbuck, U.S.N., Navy Bob Steele | ||
| John J. Welch, The Red Kniqht | ||
| 3 | correspondence, questionnaire, artwork, from Betsy and Stanley Baer, The Toodle Family and The Nebs | May 1942 |
| 4 | clippings, photographs, cut-outs, questionnaire from Dick Calkins and John Dille, Buck Rogers | May 1942 |
| 5 | correspondence, photograph, publicity material for Sadie Hawkins Day, from Al Capp, Li'l Abner | 1942 |
| 6 | questionnaire, from Paul photograph, dailies of strip, Fogarty, Draftie | March 1942 |
| 7 | Questionnaire from Chester Gould, Dick Tracy | June 1942 |
| 8 | questionnaire, correspondence, photographs from Frank Martinek, Don Winslow of the Navy ** | May 1942 |
| 9 | photographs, correspondence, questionnaire, from Drew Pearson, Robert S. Allen, and Jack Sparling, Hap - Hopper | May 1942 |
| 10 | correspondence, photograph, magazine article, questionnaire from Frank Rentfrow, Sergeant Stony Craig | 1942 |
| 11 | photographs, publicity material from Jerry Siegal and Joe Shuster, Superman ** | April 1942 |
| 12 | correspondence, questionnaire, copied artwork, photo from Raeburn Vanburen, Abbie an' Slats | Sept. 1942 |
| 13 | handwritten research notes, charts | n.d. |
| magazine articles | 1942 | |
| manuscript of article: "Writing Comics Business" is a Serious Business" | n.d. | |
| 14 | correspondence from Esquire, final draft: "Writing Comics is a Serious business" | 1945 |
| Folder | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | correspondence with Whitman Publishing Company [regarding "Good Neighbors Game" publication rights]; legal document between Whitman and Saunders and John b. Carson, creators of "Democracy" game [See also: Series X, Subseries B] | 1944, 11/1940 |
| 2 | miscellaneous clippings, articles on comics in advertising | 1948 - 1964 |
| 3 | correspondence with Toni Mendez (regarding Kerry Drake and Mary Worth film/television/radio tie-ins); contract for Mary Worth television rights | 1949 - 1953 |
| 4 | general correspondence with Toni Mendez | 1950 - 1951 |
| 5 | publicity material: "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet" from Toni Mendez | 1951 |
| 6 | Metro agency correspondence (advertising agency) [Metro was Saunders' agent for freelance work; majority of correspondence is with Carl Schmidt, advertising director] | March 1956 - Dec 1957 |
| 7 | correspondence with Metro; research notes on Pillsbury advertising campaign; Pillsbury advertisements from magazines; cookbook: Pillsbury's Best Butter Cookie Cookbook,Vol. 2 [The Pillsbury Playhouse comic advertising strip was done by Saunders] | 1957 - 1958 |
| 8 | correspondence; notes; advertisments from magazines [Doctor Dave comic strip advertisement for Chevrolet was done by Saunders | 1958 |
| 9 | original watercolor and ink sketches of faces and figures by Heilman for strip [for Chevrolet advertisement] | |
| 10 | correspondence regarding The Five of Us, comic strip advertisement [Jell-O/General Foods] by Saunders | |
| 11 | correspondence from "H.H. Anderson regarding Squeekie and Charlie Wild, Wildroot Shampoo and Hair Tonic comic strip advertisements [not by Saunders] | |
| 12 | correspondence with Louis Weintraub [public relations firm] | 4-5/1959 |
| 13 | correspondence between Saunders and Louis Weintraub; letter from Weintraub | 1/59-7/60, 3/24/69 |
| 14 | publicity material on Saunders by Weintraub agency; Steve Roper pamphlet by Saunders: Steve Roper Discovers Toledo Means Business; excerpts of speech given by Saunders [all connected to Weintraub]; article on Weintraub | [1959 - 1960], 3/2/1959 |
| 15 | correspondence; publicity page proof and news clipping of advertisements of Mrs. Butterworth [General Foods, not by Saunders] ** | 1962 |
| 16 | correspondence; page proofs for Vicks Cough Drops comic strip advertisements; sketch [not by Saunders] ** | 1962 |
| 17 | Metro agency correspondence | 3/1958 - 12/1959 |
| 18 | 1/1960 - 8/1961 | |
| 19 | 5/1962 - 12/1962 | |
| 20 | 1/1963 - 4/1964 | |
| 21 | correspondence between Saunders and Monroe B. Scharff [public relations firm]; RCA News release on comic artists at New York World's Fair; correspondence with The Rotarian; manuscript of article "The Encourager" that appeared in The Rotarian about Saunders [all material connected to Scharff agency] [NOTE: See scrapbook of Series X, Subseries D for a copy of "The Encourager" article] | Oct. 1963-April 1965 |
| Folder | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | typed manuscript: "A Review of Chuck Carson Comic Strip and Recommendations for the Future" [Metro Comics] | 6/25/1946 |
| 2 | correspondence concerning Philip Morris campaign; contract between Ad-Art, Inc. and Philip Morris [Saunders first comics creator to write a week-to-week continued story strip for a national advertiser] booklet: Strengthen America's Peace Power | 1957 - 1958 |
| 3 | correspondence regarding A. Armando strip Chuck Carson [legal battle, Armando claimed Duke Handy infringed on his original creation] | 1958 |
| 4 | original color newsprint of Duke Handy strips | July 20, July 27, Aug 17, 1958 |
| 5 | Duke Handy publicity material: publicity clippings of articles about strip; publicity photographs of Saunders, Kotsky and of Handy character; memos; correspondence; publicity spread sheet | 1958 |
| 6 | Letter from Alex [Kotsky, artist]; one original color newsprint of Duke Handy strip | n.d., 1958 |
| 7 | Duke Handy (Philip Morris comic strip character) correspondence | 6/5/1972 |
| 8 | research notes, files for Duke Handy comic strip | n.d. |
| 9 | Duke Handy story synopses | n.d. |
| Series VIII (con't.) Subseries D: Cliff Merritt/United Transportation Union Material | ||
| Note: Some materials in the series are badly water-damaged and stained | ||
| 10 | correspondence with Lou Corsi and "Irv", United Transportation Union [used to be Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen]; clippings on World War I "Sitting Ducks" and book review on history of railroads | 1970, n.d. |
| 11 | notecards, typed: information on history of railroads | [1970] |
| 12 | notecards, typed: script for captions to "Cliff Merritt's Scrapbook of Man on the Move", nos. 1-100 | |
| 13 | notecards, (con't.), nos. 101-end | |
| 14 | handwritten manuscript notes for captions | |
| 15 | typed manuscript: "Cliff Merritt's Scrapbook…" [moisture has cemented pages together] | |
| 16 | hand sketched and pasted rough layout of booklet; layout for publicity sheet, ASR[?] Releases [badly water-stained] | |
| 17 | printed booklet: Cliff Merritt's Scrapbook of Man on Move, United Transportation Union, ASR [by Saunders] comic books [not by Saunders]: Cliff Merritt Sets the Record Straight (two copies); Cliff Merritt and the Very Candidate coloring book: The Cliff Merritt Railroad Coloring Book [not by Saunders] | [1970?], n.d. |
| Folder | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | professional [Allen was a first action and reader mail correspondence consultant to John Saunders for the strip; strip to have a black lead character] | April 1968 - July 1969 |
| 2 | professional correspondence and reader mail; list of newspapers carrying comic strip | 8/62 - 12/68, [1968] |
| 3 | comic booklet: This is Your Warwick School | n.d. |
| article: "Charlie Brown's New Pal" Newsweek [on black comic strip characters] | 7/29/68 | |
| article: "The Black Cop... " | 7/17/69 | |
| original b/w newsprint dailies of strip | 11/11&15/68 | |
| Series VIII (con't.) Subseries F: Golf is a Funny Game Material | ||
| 4 | correspondence concerning book by Saunders, Golf is a Funny Game (includes correspondence with various publishers and Saunders, Ad-Art, Inc.) | 7/20/68 - 9/14/73 |
| 5 | correspondence concerning Golf is A Funny Game, with Metro Comics promotional presentation by Jerry Brown, "A Down the-middle-of-the-fairway-Promotion for Shakespeare" | 8/4/72 - 9/11/73 |
| 6 | handwritten notes, sketches, clippings of golf jokes, comic strips on golf, article on copyright legalities, Editor and Publisher | 1972, 3/25/72 |
| 7 | Statement, invoice, contract agreement, Ad-Art and Spencer D. Stone | 4/1972 |
| Series VIII (con't.) Subseries G: Other Publications | ||
| 8 | typed manuscripts: "A Driver's Dictionary"; brochure of reprint. of article; original pages of article from Public Safety [illustrations by Saunders] | n.d., Jan 1939 |
| 9 | handwritten notes, correspondence with publishers, page proofs to booklet Memory Magic by A. Saunders | 1949 - 1950 |
| 10 | magazine, contains article "No Pictorial Cliches" by A. Saunders, Library Journal | 1/15/1954 |
| 11 | manuscript, typewritten articles by A. Saunders: [Mary Worth article]; "You Can't Do That In the Comics!"; "A Career for Your Child in the Comics?"; "Comics Are A Serious Business"; "They Write the Strangest Letters to Mary Worth!"; clipping: "A Career in the Comics Requires Mostly Persistence," Cincinnati Enquirer; article, "How A Good Editor Selects His Comics" by Ray Erwin, Editor and Publisher | n.d., 9/26/1959, 7/8/67 |
| 12 | booklets: A Career For Your Child in the Comics? by Allen Saunders; research notes | 1959 |
| 13 | publicity release; b/w proof sheet: Everyday… a Date with Destiny comic strip for American Newspaper Publisher's Association | 1962 |
| 14 | Hero Haggity comic strip typed story ideas; small black and white glossies of characters [by William Overgard] | [1960s?] |
| 15 | article: "Quick on the Draw" The Blade Sunday Magazine by Saunders | 4/21/63 |
| 16 | handwritten notes and pencil sketches; sketches for a book on how to draw cartoons; handwritten notes for article for Reader's Digest on story comic strip writing and reader reactions; original ink of figures | n.d., [1975] |
| 17 | printed artwork by Saunders for "Patients of 8 North" newsletter [The Toledo Hospital]; booklet: Add Color to Your Life! A Promotion Primer The Toledo Museum of Art, Membership Campaign [includes letter from membership coordinator, Saunders did artwork for the booklet] | 1979 |
| 18 | typed manuscript: "How the Mad Hatter Got That Way" | n.d. |
| 19 | typewritten manuscripts: "The Changing World of the Comic Page" [by A. Saunders with Elmer F. Woggon]; "A Fortune From Filling Balloons" [by Saunders]; "Mary Worth" (Washington Post promotional story); publicity information on Ken Ernst | |
| 20 | miscellaneous writing files; manuscript of article about Kerry Drake; gag ideas; manuscript: "When You Speak French Beware" | |
| NOTE: Folders 21-24 concern the unpublished [?] novel Assaults on the Mind written by Chuck Schmitt in collaboration with Allen Saunders | ||
| 21 | photocopies: typewritten outlines, plot ideas, notes on story line | 1980 - 1981 |
| 22 | photocopies: typewritten manuscript of various chapters of novel (incomplete) by Schmitt | 1981 |
| 23 | photocopies: correspondence; typewritten manuscript for two chapters of book | 1980-81 |
| 24 | miscellaneous photocopied, typewritten notes by Schmitt on arson | 1981 |
| 25 | typewritten manuscript of memoir by Saunders on the Toledo Repertoire Theatre | [1980s] |
| Folder | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | correspondence with various publishers | 1974 - 1977 |
| 2 | general book notes; miscellaneous articles and clippings; correspondence; handwritten drafts [introduction?] and handwritten draft on creation of Chief Wahoo | 1977 |
| 3 | correspondence from Rick Marschall to A. Saunders concerning manuscript Playwright for Paper Actors [Saunders' autobiography] | [1980s?] |
| 4 | chapter outlines, Playwright for Paper Actors | n.d. |
| 5 | outline for chapter on News-Bee; clipping of "Stage and and Offstage" column by Saunders for News-Bee | [193-?] |
| NOTE: Folders 6-26 contain typed manuscripts for various sections of the autobiography | ||
| 6 | "Cartoonist on Campus" | n.d. |
| 7 | "Mornings at the Blackboard, Afternoons and Evenings at the Drawing Board" | |
| 8 | "A Story Mill Starts to Grind" | |
| 9 | "'Talent' in Tents" | |
| 10 | "The Scoop" | |
| 11 | "The Scoop that Saved the Scooper's Job" | |
| 12 | "Reviewing and Interviewing" [Hollywood experiences] | |
| 13 | "Hilarity in the Newsroom" | |
| 14 | "Playwright for Paper Actors" | |
| 15 | "A Postscript on Plotting" | |
| 16 | "When the Readers Write" | |
| 17 | "Any Resemblance to Persons Living or Dead " | |
| 18 | "From A Slum Child's Philosophy to America's Favorite Fiction" | |
| 19 | "Everybody Can Draw" | |
| 20 | first draft: "The Anatomy of Humor" | [1981?] |
| 21 | "The Anatomy of Humor"; rejection letters from various publishers | June-July 1981 |
| 22 | "From Doodler to Dean" | n.d. |
| 23 | "A New Hand on the Helm" | |
| 24 | "The Social Impact of Comics" rejection letter from Quill magazine | n.d., 8/11/1981 |
| 25 | "Looking Back… and Ahead" | n.d. |
| 26 | handwritten manuscript: "Plotting Can Be Play" | |
| 27 | miscellaneous unmatched pages from the manuscript | |
| 28 | typist receipt; hand drawn sketch by Saunders for book cover; list of alternative titles | 1981 |
| 29 | five (5) Nemo: The Classic Comics Library magazines nos. 5-9, contain published chapters of Saunders' autobiography [These were sent to A. Saunders by Richard Marschall] | Feb. - Oct. 1984 |
| Chapter 3: "Mornings At the Blackboard, Evenings at the Drawing Board" | Feb. 1984 | |
| Chapter 4: "A Story Mill Starts to Grind" | April 1984 | |
| Chapter 5: "'Talent' in Tents" | ||
| Chapter 6: "The Scoop That Saved the Scooper's Job" | June 1984 | |
| [the August issue does not seem to contain any chapters] | August 1984 | |
| Chapter 8: "Hilarity in the Newsroom" | October 1984 | |
| Chapter 9: "The Foot in the Door Wore A Moccasin" | ||
| Series VIII (con't.) Subseries I: Speech Files | ||
| 30 | Booklet: Chalk Talkers Portfolio; flyer advertising Saunders at Family Theater [n.p.]; order form for "Their Best Stunts" | 1920, 6/21/1916, 1928 |
| 31 | clippings, notes on theory of humor | 1924 - 1956 |
| 32 | Theory of humor (con't.) Little Blue Books: | |
| No. 475 "How to Develop Your Sense of Humor" | 1928 | |
| No. 1063 "The Psychology of Laughter" | 1926 | |
| 33 | typed manuscript: "Trends in Modern Drama" [unclear if this was a speech or a publication] | [6/1933] |
| 34 | notecards, typed manuscript of radio talk: "Why Do We Laugh?" | 3/24/38 |
| 35 | typed drafts for "Why Do We Laugh?" radio talk; transcript of radio interview between Leonard L. Levinson, writer of NBC's "Hall of Fun" and Hugh Doddridge, radio columnist and commentator | 3/24/38, n.d. |
| 36 | misc. clippings, notes for speech material | 1938 - 64 |
| 37 | correspondence regarding speaking engagements | 1939 - 1966 |
| 38 | typed manuscript: "Modern Drama" [unclear if this was a speech or a publication, but originally filed among speaking material] | [1930's?] |
| 39 | typed manuscript: "Let Him Talk! Getting Interest Into the Interview" [may have been a column for the Toledo News Bee] | |
| 40 | typed manuscript: "One Cent Magazines" | |
| 41 | hand and typewritten notes, note cards for speech: "Shattered Illusions--Or the Low Down on Higher Ups" (on Hollywood stars) | |
| 42 | notecards, speech: "Hollywood Highlights" | |
| 43 | misc. speech research notes; clippings, files on public speaking; humorous stories; partial manuscript for "The Writing Racket" | 1930s - 50s, [1930s?] |
| 44 | comics in advertising; correspondence with Metro Comics | 1959 |
| clippings | 1939 - 1964 | |
| manuscripts of speeches: for American Public Relations Association | 8/13/60 | |
| "Comics in Advertising" | 196-? | |
| Toledo Advertising Club/Duke Handy[Metro Comics] | ||
| 45 | comics in advertising: samples [including Terry and the Pirates and Blondie]; articles | 1943 - 1960 |
| booklet: The ABC's of Comics Magazines | 1948 | |
| 46 | Notecards, graduation commencement speaker [n.p.] | 1943 |
| 47 | typed manuscript: speech on salesmanship for Toledo Community Chest | [1944?] |
| 48 | Handwritten notes, ideas for speech on comics | 1949 - 56 |
| 49 | comics speaking material: fan mail and professional correspondence; notes | 1949 - 1970s |
| manuscripts for speeches, including "Playwright for Paper Dolls" & "Blue Chip Comics…" | n.d. | |
| 50 | comics research files: notes; miscellaneous clippings | 1950s - 1970s |
| National Cartoonist's Society Newsletter ** | 9/1965 | |
| Newspaper Comics Council Grapevine | 7/70, 11/70 | |
| Gary Trudeau address [speech] | 11/14/72 | |
| Metro comics booklet | [195-?] | |
| catalog: Classic American Comic Strips, Hyperion Press | 1977 | |
| 51 | Comics: news clippings | 1940s - 1970s |
| 52 | booklet: Speaker's Guide, National Reference Library, Cleveland, Ohio [samples of speeches to present on various topics, many Cold War oriented] | Fall 1950 |
| 53 | misc. clippings, correspondence, notes on youth and effects of media [especially comics and television] | 1950 - 1954 |
| 54 | clippings, brochures on fundraising, Community Chest, etc. | 1951 |
| 55 | misc. notes on role of a board member (for a speech?) | 1951 |
| 56 | typed manuscript, speech (for radio?) regarding United World Federalists | 12/6/52 |
| 57 | speech research clippings, quotes, political analysis of comics | 1952 - 62 |
| 58 | typed speech "Hobbies" given at Toledo Rotary Club | 11/14/[?] |
| typed speech "Vocational Service, Toledo Rotary | 11/22/54 | |
| transcript of speech by William S. Carlson, President, University of Toledo, "What's the Matter With Kids Today" given at Toledo Rotary | 10/24/66 | |
| 59 | Research notes, pamphlets, articles on comics | 1954 |
| 60 | Handwritten notes for speech on Boy's Club | |
| 61 | Humorous pieces, quotes for speeches, Toledo Public Library newsletters | |
| 62 | Notecards, notes for speech "Target for Tomorrow" Dennison University, Granville, Ohio | 1955 |
| 63 | typed manuscript: "All in the Family"; misc. clippings; card with "Rules for Television Guests" Byers Associates, Toledo, Ohio | [1950s?] |
| 64 | "Speech Sparker" packets on Health; Marriage and Married Life; Success; Work; Youth | |
| 65 | memorial speech for Carl Spitzer; correspondence from Carl [Spitzer?] | |
| 66 | typed speeches: address to American Public Relations Association [APRA] at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia; speech at APRA "How to Live With a PR Man" | 4/13/60, [4/1960] |
| 67 | typed speech for Governor's Committee on Handicapped, Harrisburg, PA; publicity artwork (not original); | 9/7/60 |
| journal: Performance: The Story of the Handicapped | 7/1961 | |
| 68 | publicity flyers for Saunders' speaking engagements on comics in advertising; Rotary appearances | 1960 - 1969 |
| 69 | typed speech: "Museums and Me" Toledo Museum of Art | [196-?] |
| 70 | handwritten notes and sketch on speech regarding the history of fund raising | |
| 71 | photocopies of typed speeches by William J. Colihan, Senior Vice President, Young and Rubicam [advertising agency]: | |
| "Some Secrets We Know About Men" | 10/26/62 | |
| "Some Secrets We Know About Women" | 10/10/61 | |
| [sent to Saunders by Schmidt, Metro Comics as research material] | 12/11/62 | |
| 72 | outline: handwritten notes for comics presentation to summer NAEA [?] meeting [professional advertising organization?] | 7/11/62 |
| 73 | copies of clippings, transcript of National Cartoonist's Society appearance before Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, by Jerry Robinson, Secretary, NCS [gives good history of comic strip] | 7/17/62 |
| 74 | typed speech: "Toledo Hospital Graduation" | 9/6/1962 |
| 75 | background information on concept advertising: articles | 1962,1965 |
| 76 | research notes: clippings on Mary Worth; articles on cultural analysis of comics | 1962 - 72 |
| 77 | speech on comics as "clean" entertainment | 4/18/64 |
| 78 | misc. sketches for speeches; correspondence from readers | 1965 - 69 |
| 79 | typed speech, biography, drawings, notes for "Comics Are A Serious Business" Defiance College, [Ohio]; press release for presentation at Ohio University | 12/11/1966, 6/23/[?] |
| 80 | short typed speeches: "What's New on the Comic Page"; Metro Comics Presentation | n.d., 1/6/68 |
| 81 | flyer and typed introduction for Saunders' appearance at "The Calvacade of Comics" exhibit, Oklahoma State Fair | 1969 |
| 82 | clippings, correspondence, itinerary, flyer for Saunders and Milton Caniff presentation, Milwaukee Advertising Club | 6/1966 |
| 83 | hand and typewritten drafts: "The Philosophy of Humor" | n.d. |
| 84 | notecards for speech as toastmaster for Toledo Chamber of Commerce | |
| 85 | notecards for speech to the Country Garden Club, Perrysburg, Ohio (sesquicentennial year) | |
| 86 | typed notecards and manuscript of speech: "Let's Gather Goat Feathers" [on types of organizations] | |
| 87 | handwritten notes for speech: "Blue Chip Comics-And How to Pick Them" | |
| 88 | typed speech: "Comics As a Social Force"; outline for "Newspapers in the Classroom, Sunday Comics Packet" | |
| 89 | notes and sketches: "Anyone Can Draw" lecture ** | |
| 90 | copies of Mary Worth sketch with blank balloon; handwritten and typed notes and sketches for "Chalk Talks" and "Comics Are a Serious Business" ** | |
| 91 | clippings, notecards: "Bridge to Drawing Demonstration"; Xeroxed and original sketches by Saunders; hand and typed notes; carbon: "Is This Strip Necessary?" speech | |
| 92 | typed speech [?]: "How Democracy Works" | |
| Folder | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | significant legal correspondence with Publisher's Syndicate | 1939 - 1954 |
| carbon copy of Mary Worth legal agreement with Publisher's Syndicate | 1949 | |
| 2 | miscellaneous professional correspondence including from Glenn Chaffin, Franz Polger, Carl Hammond, Charlie Plumb (United Feature Syndicate) | 1940 - 1947 |
| 3 | from Edward A. Tamm, FBI | 1942 - 1944 |
| 4 | correspondence with August Derleth [Arkham House publisher and renowned comic collector] | 1943 - 1944 |
| 5 | from Lawrence Michelson, advertising agency [Saunders' endorsement for Dr. Grabow pipes] | 1945 |
| 6 | reader mail; correspondence regarding client paper relations | 1947 - 1964 |
| 7 | reader and fan mail (including from Jules Feiffer, Ann Landers, Earl Wilson, Shel Dorf, Dani Aguila] | 1947 - 1973, 1981 |
| 8 | "Deals" correspondence with Phillip Steitz, Publisher's Syndicate; letter from Robert Reed, Publishers Hall regarding cartoon gallery proposal | 1954 - 1956, 5/5/1970 |
| 9 | reader mail: "critical fan mail" [most are catches of mistakes in strips] | 1954 - 1973 |
| 10 | miscellaneous correspondece, including from Alexander Toth [comic artist]; Jerry DeFuccio, Mad Magazine; R.G. Cowles | 1956 - 1964 |
| 11 | fan mail (including carbon copies of replies from Saunders] | 1956 - 1975 |
| 12 | miscellaneous professional correspondence; notes | 1958 - 1968 |
| 13 | address list: "Artists and Individuals"; correspondence with various comic artists | n.d., 1958 - 1972 |
| 14 | miscellaneous professional correspondence; notes; clippings | 1959 |
| 15 | reader mail: artist "boners" [mistakes caught by readers] | 1964 - 1971 |
| 16 | correspondence, booklets, pamphlets from Famous Artists School, Inc. [Saunders was shareholder?] | 1965 |
| 17 | correspondence with Publisher's Hall [regarding contracts] | 9/67 - 12/68 |
| 18 | reader mail: special interest groups, cause advocates | 1968 - 1975 |
| 19 | correspondence with Bill Williams, artist; | Dec. 1970 |
| comic books by Williams: | ||
| Jose Rojas | May 1970 | |
| Hot Shoppes (2) | n.d. | |
| Folder | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | correspondence with artists/writers [most are requests for jobs, assistance, leads, etc.] ** | 1940s - 1960s |
| 2 | correspondence with Wayne Boring, artist; page proofs of Superman comic strip by Boring | 1958 5 - 6/1958 |
| 3 | correspondence with Elmer Woggon and Charles Plumb | April 1954 |
| 4 | correspondence with Jim Lawrence, comic writer; story sample for Kerry Drake | 1954 - 1957 |
| 5 | correspondence between Frank Thorne and H.H. Anderson, Publisher's Syndicate; | 1955 |
| comic book: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea [artwork by Thorne] | n.d. | |
| 6 | carbons of responses from comic writers to continuity ad for writers in Editor and Publisher | 1952, 9/6/52 |
| 7 | responses to ad, (con't.) [includes previous job request letters received by Publisher's Syndicate and forwarded to Saunders] | 1951 - 1952 |
| 8 | correspondence with Al Capp, Li'l Abner | 1957 |
| 9 | clippings, articles on other comic artists and writers | 1955 - 1957 |
| 10 | sample comic artwork from other artists, including Will Anderson, P. Pinson, DeeShuck, Jack Sparling (Rumbles), W.A. Smith, Jim McArdle (Davy Crockett, Frontiersman), L.D. Warren, Bill Lignante (Layton Prince) and others | 1950s - 1960s |
| 11 | publicity release: "Meet William Overgard!" | May 1954 |
| glossy page proofs of Steve Roper characters by Overgard | [1954 ] | |
| carbon: from Saunders to Ken [Ernst] about Overgard | "Sat. p.m." | |
| correspondence between Andy [H.H. Anderson] and William Overgard regarding Hero Haggity[action comic strip by Overgard] | 5 - 6/1958 | |
| to Elmer [Woggon] from William Overgard | 2/13/76 | |
| to Elmer [Woggon] from Saunders [pay dispute] | 2/16/76 | |
| 12 | miscellaneous correspondence, clippings from other artists [including Dale [Conner] Ulrey] | 1952 - 1965 |
| 13 | from Ray Bailey [artist, Space Cadet and Miss X: with Saunders, never done?]; publicity material for Peter Scratch (by Lou Fine) ** | 1952 |
| 14 | original artwork: ink panel by Dale McFeatters | 12/27/1954 |
| ink and pencil rough sketches of faces, characters [by Ken Ernst?] | n.d. | |
| color marker Sunday strip of Judge Parker by Harold Doux | 12/1/1968 |
| Folder | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| NOTE: Folders 1-15 are confidential and closed to public access. | ||
| 1 | four appointment books with expense records | 1965 - 1968 |
| 2 | three appointment books with expense records | 1969 - 1971 |
| 3 | three appointment books with expense records | 1972, 73, 78 |
| 4 | business receipts for Allen Saunders | 1971 - 1972 |
| 5 | business receipts for Allen Saunders | 1973 |
| Folders 6-13 include expenses and payment amounts from Publishers Syndicate to Saunders and others involved with the strip. The folders may also contain lists of newspapers carrying the strip. | ||
| 6 | Kerry Drake billings | 1944 - 47 |
| 7 | 1948 - 55 | |
| 8 | 1956 - 60 | |
| 9 | 1961 - 65 | |
| 10 | Mary Worth billings | [1939], 1945 - 1953 |
| 11 | 1954 - 60 | |
| 12 | 1961 - 65 | |
| 13 | "Billings on Steve Roper from August 1954" | 1954 - 65 |
| 14 | Steve Roper, Mary Worth revenue share statements for, Ken Ernst, John and Allen Saunders, from Field Newspaper Syndicate; check receipt for "Plotting Can Be Play" article publication | 1978, 1979, n.d. |
| 15 | office equipment and supplies bills and receipts; manuals, warranties, office leases | 1945, 1965 - 1972 |
| Folder | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| "Comics Code" | ||
| 1 | correspondence: Pros and Cons; Dan Flagg and Kerry Drake legal dispute | 1946 - 1963 |
| 2 | articles, pamphlets | 1942 - 1954 |
| 3 | newspaper clippings | 1948 - 1956 |
| 4 | typed: "Remarks from Committee on Motion Pictures, Radio Broadcasting, and Comic Strips in Relation to the Administration of Justice, American Bar Association," by Arthur J. Freund, Chair, Bar Assn. | 9/24/1947 |
| 5 | information on censorship policies and pressure groups [Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (from Dan Pfoutz) and Mt. Lebanon Public Library, PA] | 1953 - 1954 |
| 6 | newsletters: Intellectual Freedom, Intellectual Freedom Committee of the American Library Association | |
| Vol. 3, No. 3 | 3/1955 | |
| No. 4 | 6/1955 | |
| Vol. 4, No. 1 | 9/1955 | |
| No. 2 | 1/1956 | |
| Vol. 5, No. 2 | 12/1956 | |
| carbon: House Bill No. 277, Ohio ["to provide for the establishment of a board to censor magazines and the power and duties thereof"] | 3/17/55 | |
| 7 | clippings; correspondence from Saunders on comic book and comic strip censorship | 1947 - 1954 |
| 8 | information on history of comics; clippings on comic book censorship | 1954 - 1975 |
| 9 | correspondence from Phil [Steitz], Publisher's Syndicate | Nov 1955 |
| typed manuscript: "Chapter XIII: The Structural Elements of Sunday Comics" for Puck: The Comic Weekly [by Puck staff?] | 9/22/55 | |
| 10 | [slide show] script on Sunday comics, by Metropolitan Sunday Newspapers, Inc. | n.d. |
| 11 | final script: "Odyssey: The Comics" by Henry Walsh, Columbia Broadcasting Company [live animation documentary on comics, Saunders has part in script] | March 1957 |
| NOTE: Folders 12-18 contain information on the comic strip industry and on other comic strip artists | ||
| 12 | information on comic readership, articles, charts | 1946 - 1955 |
| 13 | articles on history of comics; business aspects of comics | 1940 - 1963 |
| 14 | articles on social and cultural aspects of comics | 1955,1970, 1980 |
| 15 | articles on other comic strip artists and writers | 1943 - 1950 |
| 16 | articles on other comic strips and artists | 1966 - 1985 |
| 17 | article on Alfred Andriola; photocopy: speech by Andriola | 1957 |
| publicity photo | Feb. 1965 | |
| article by Andriola | 1965 | |
| art exhibition booklet (Andriola exhibit chair) | ||
| 18 | miscellaneous comic publications | 1953 - 1958 |
| 19 | comic books: Steve Canyon by Milton Caniff; Kasco Comics by Bill Woggon, Toledo, Ohio | 1953, 1945 |
| 20 | journal: Inklings [Museum of Cartoon Art] No.9 | Fall 1977 |
| Series IX (con't.) Subseries D: Foreign Comics | ||
| 21 | three (3) original color newsprints of Maria de Oro [Mary Worth in Spanish] | 1941 - 1974 |
| 22 | Kerry Drake: one original newspaper comic in Portugese | 1946 |
| five daily original newsprint comics in Spanish | 1950 | |
| two booklets of the strip in Russian | n.d. | |
| one original color newsprint of strip in French | 1968 | |
| Vol. 3, No. 28 (contains various comics in Italian, including "Kerry Drake"] | "Luglio", 1967 | |
| 23 | comic book: Grandes Detectives, vol. 1, no. 2 "Kerry Drake; Guardian de la Ley y el Orden" [from Mexico] (Added to Saunders Collection from Browne Popular Culture Library duplicate comic books on 6/7/1989] | 8/1/1956 |
| 24 | Steve Roper: one Sunday proof sheet and one color Sunday newsprint of strip in Spanish; one daily newsprint of strip in Russian | 1966 |
| Series IX (con't.) Subseries E: Biographical Clippings, Interviews | ||
| 25 | booklets (3): The Sugar Crick School of Art, by Arnold Nicholson; reprint of article from Country Gentleman | 1938 4/1938 |
| Note: Folders 26-30 contain material labeled by Saunders to be included in a scrapbook. Excellent resource material is contained for interviews with him, comics in general, and Saunders' public life, including personal/society coverage and his involvement in community organizations. | ||
| 26 | misc. newsletters, booklets, articles, photos, letters, flyers, awards, speaking engagement material, etc. ** | 1968 - 1975 |
| 27 | misc. newspaper clippings ** | 1968 - 1975 |
| 28 | misc. magazines, pamphlets, newsletters, articles, flyers photographs, etc. ** | 1960 - 1975 |
| 29 | misc. articles, magazines, programs, interview, pamphlets, photographs, etc. ** | 1968 - 1975 |
| 30 | misc. newspaper clippings for scrapbook ** | 1971 - 1975 |
| 31 | clippings, articles on Saunders | 1956 - 1980 |
| 32 | "Winchell Column Notes Bio" (handwritten notes by Saunders) | n.d. |
| 33 | misc. clippings on education, handwritten notes on comics in education | 1980 |
| 34 | typewritten drafts of Allen Saunders biography for Publisher's Newspaper Syndicate and for Publisher's Hall Syndicate | n.d. |
| 35 | carbon copies: suggested interview questions | |
| 36 | handwritten notes; typewritten draft of A. Saunders' bios; speaker introductions; draft of "How I Started" Booklet | |
| 37 | Handwritten and typed draft of biography information | |
| 38 | Newspaper and magazine clippings of articles about Saunders | 1948 - 1979 |
| 39 | Miscellaneous publicity articles on A. Saunders | 1950 - 1960 |
| 40 | printed magazine articles on A. Saunders; miscellaneous publicity releases from Publisher's Syndicate | 1948 - 1976 |
| 41 | "Personal Publicity": biography from Defiance College | 12/1/66 |
| "Creativity in Comic Strip Authors" article by Dr. Jerry Higgins (interviewed Saunders]; carbon: "Who's Who in America" 41st ed., entry for Saunders; clipping | Fall 1967, n.d. | |
| Toledo Advertising World newsletter (contains interview of Saunders by Chuck Schmitt, author of Assaults on the mind] | [1981?] | |
| 42 | journal: Journal of Popular Culture, Vol. 5, No.2 (contains interview of Allen Saunders by Ann N. Ridgeway starting on p. 385] (NOTE: Added to collection in Feb. 1988) | April 1971 |
| 43 | test scores: Strong Vocational Interest Blank (for article by Higgins?) | [1966?] |
| 44 | various copies of Allen Saunders obituary, columns on his death, The Blade and The Sentinel Tribune (Allen Saunders died on January 28, 1986) | 1/29/1986 |
| Folder | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | clippings, notes on writing theory | 1930s - 1960s |
| 2 | "Gags" hand and typewritten | n.d. |
| 3 | "Gags" clippings | 1930s - 1960s |
| 4 | "Gags" clippings, photos [sexual] | 1940s - 1950s |
| 5 | "Gags" clippings | 1950s |
| 6 | "Gags" clippings 6 clippings, information on writing profession | 1940s |
| booklet: Doctor, Nurse and Hospital Story Writer's Guide | 1936 | |
| 7 | Poetry clippings | 1940s - 1950s |
| 8 | "Names and Characters-Female": handwritten and typed notes; article clippings; photocopied sketches of female characters by Andriola | 1940s - 1960s, 1954 |
| 9 | correspondence and booklet: Powers School [of beautyJ [Saunders had speaking engagement there?] | [1950] |
| 10 | carbon copies: transcripts of interviews with comic strip readers conducted by the Editorial Research Department [Phil Steitz, Publisher's SyndicateJ [Excellent resource for "reader response" of comic strips in the 1950s, especially of housewives] | 1955 |
| 11 | "Books to Check": notes, correspondence, clippings [for research on story lines] | 1950s |
| 12 | plot ideas: correspondence and clippings; clippings on "Coincidences" [including clippings on Kerry Drake story line and real life crime] | 1950s - 1960s |
| 13 | Foreign Language, Slang research: clippings, booklets, postcards, correspondence, and notes ** | 1929, 1950s - 1960s |
| 14 | "Story Ideas" clippings; typed note on cult racket story | 1950s - 1970s |
| 15 | "A Christmas Holiday": correspondence, clippings, and booklets for ideas for Christmas and other holiday strips | 1950s - 1970s |
| 16 | miscellaneous newspaper clippings | 1950s - 1970s |
| 17 | clippings on Field Newspaper Syndicate [Field Enterprise's acquisition of Publisher's Syndicate] | Oct. 1962 |
| 18 | clippings on women and humor | 1973 - 1976 |
| 19 | photocopies: Stick/Figs comic strip by Eason, Toledo Journal | 1981 - 1982 |
| 20 | miscellaneous notes on story angles and characters [Mary Worth?] | n.d. |
| 21 | "Comic Ad 'Recipes' " [handouts ?]: "Strip Creation" and "Essentials for Readership" charts | |
| 22 | artwork [not original] by Frank Robbins and Ken Ernst of Saunders; copies of a self-portrait caricature by Saunders |
| Folder | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Note: This series contains personal and professional correspondence from the last years of Saunders' life. Similar material may be found in Series I, Subseries C and Series IX, Subseries A. The following material was arranged alphabetically by folder by Saunders. | ||
| 1 | address book, belonged to Saunders | [1980s] |
| 2 | correspondence; addresses filed inside front of address book; map of Toledo and Northwest Ohio | 1981 - 1984 |
| 3 | correspondence from friends [several from publishers regarding Saunders' autobiography, including Ray Browne, Bowling Green State University Popular Press] | 1980 - 1984 |
| 4 | from friends, literary agents, from Mary Ellen Kazmark attached: undergraduate term paper, University of Michigan: "The Fabled Mary Worth" | 1973 — 1982, 11/12/1973 |
| 5 | from friends | 1983 |
| 6 | from friends, admirers | 1979 - 1983 |
| 7 | from friends, admirers [includes photographs of Saunders with a group of unidentified men at a luncheon and of a model train] | 1979 - 1983 |
| 8 | from friends, associates | 1965 - 1984 |
| 9 | from friends, associates, admirers | 1980 - 1983 |
| 10 | from friends, associates, Writer's Digest [concerning publication of Saunders' article: "Plotting Can Can Be Play"] | 1980 — 1984, 1981 |
| 11 | from Bill Woggon and others; draft of letter from Saunders to "Mr. Z" regarding Saunders' autobiography | 1982, n.d. |
| Folder | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | metal printing plates of photographs of Saunders; of Allen and John Saunders [from the Toledo News-Bee] | 1931 — 1936, 6/1938 |
| 2 | negatives: 8x10 and 4x6 b/w [from the Toledo News-Bee] of Saunders in Hollywood and others; leather photograph case [empty] | 1936 - 1937 |
| 3 | Saunders in sailor costume "for Wright Stock Co. Play" | n.d. |
| 4 | Toledo News-Bee gag photographs of Saunders; pasted layouts for Saunders' column; Saunders in Hollywood makeup (separated by acid-free paper) | 1928, 1929, 7/22/36 |
| 5 | Toledo News-Bee studio portraits; individual shots of Saunders and with others; group photographs [newspaper staff? with Joe E. Brown] (separated by acid-free paper) | 1930 — 1937, n.d. |
| 6 | Hollywood photographs: Saunders with movie stars, directors, etc. [some include Elmer Woggon as well]; 4x6 negative of Saunders with Gary Cooper; photos include Una Merkel, Spanky McFarland, Jane Withers, Betty Grable, Humphrey Bogart, Olivia De Havilland, Robert Taylor, Fredric March, Alice Faye, Jack Benny and Gracie Allen, Jean Arthur, Hugh Herbert, Tod Browning [director], Freddie Bartholomew, Errol Flynn, etc. (separated by acid-free paper) | 1936 |
| 7 | autographs; autographed photographs--stage and film stars to Saunders [including Orson Welles, Toto, Theda Gray] (separated by acid-free paper) | 1927 - 1946 |
| Folder | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hollywood movie production stills, including scenes from This is My Dance, The Gorgeous Hussy [both Joan CrawfordJ, It's Love I'm After [Leslie Howard, Bette DavisJ, The Devil is a Sissy [Freddie Bartholemew, Mickey RooneyJ, My American Wife [Francis Lederer, Ann Sothern], Public Nuisance No.1 [Jane Withers], Big Broadcast of 1937 [Jack Benny, Martha Raye] (separated by acid-free paper) | 1936 |
| 2 | publicity photographs of stars: Bob Burns, Fred MacMurray (separated by acid-free paper) | 1937 |
| 3 | Chief Wahoo and Steve Roper publicity photographs with Saunders and Woggon (separated by acid-free paper) | [1940] |
| 4 | 1940 World's Fair: Saunders giving "Chalk Talk" in Westinghouse building (separated by acid-free paper) | 1940 |
| 5 | publicity photograph portraits of Saunders (separated by acid-free paper) | [1940s?], 1953, 1957 |
| 6 | photographs of Saunders at work on his comic strips (separated by acid-free paper) | 1951 - 1973 |
| 7 | photo essay: Saunders on location [research for strips] (separated by acid-free paper) | n.d. |
| 8 | publicity photographs for Mary Worth [some include Ken ErnstJ; photo essay of Ernst and Saunders with Jane Russell; Saunders with Dr. Nick Dallis [author of Rex Morgan, MD and Judge Parker] [includes early photographs of "Apple Mary" live productions] (separated by acid-free paper) | |
| 9 | photo essay for Wabash College article on Saunders at work (separated by acid-free paper) | [196-?] |
| 10 | publicity photo essay of Allen and John Saunders at work (separated by acid-free paper) | |
| 11 | photo essay of Allen at home with Lois [his wife], in his office, and with John [includes exterior shots of Saunders home in Maumee] (separated by acid-free paper) | [197-?] |
| 12 | photographs of Saunders giving various speeches and "Chalk Talks" (separated by acid-free paper) | 1966 - 1969 |
| 13 | Publisher's Syndicate publicity photographs of Saunders at "Calvacade of Comics" exhibition, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma City Rotary chalk talk (separated by acid-free paper) | [1969] |
| 14 | community service photographs of Saunders: AAA, Red Cross, dinner programs, Toledo Board of Education, President's Committee on the Employment of the Handicapped, at graduation ceremony (separated by acid-free paper) | [1930s - 1960s] |
| 15 | publicity photographs of "Pentagon Luncheon for the News-paper Comics Council" [various comic artists pictured] (separated by acid-free paper) | 11/6/67 |
| Folder | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Good Neighbor" Whitman Publishing Co., Racine, WI [invented by Saunders and John B. Carson] | [1940?] |
| 2 | "Chief Wahoo's Tepee Town" Leister Game Co., Toledo, OH copyright by R.S. Leister "Characters from comic strip 'Chief Wahoo' by Saunders and Woggon, Publisher's Syndicate" | 1944 |
| Series X (con't.) Subseries C: Plaques, Awards, Photographs, Taped Interview | ||
| 3 | framed award: Distinguished Citizen Award, The American Hearing Society | 5/27/1960 |
| 4 | framed: Certificate of Appointment" Chairman, Cartoonists Committee, President's Committee on the Employment of the Physically Handicapped | 12/15/59 |
| 5 | plaque: "In Appreciation u AAA Toledo Automobile Club Trustee [from May 1948 to October 1977] | 10/26/77 |
| 6 | plaque: poem "On Giving U from Art White | 11/1/? |
| 7 | framed photograph of woman with boy and girl [unidentified] | n.d. |
| 8 | framed photograph of stage scene [A. Saunders' daughter?] | |
| 9 | framed photograph, football player [A. Saunders' son?] | |
| 10 | framed clipping: "Get Involved, Like Mary Worth" | |
| 11 | cassette: contains taped interview of Saunders by the Popular Press and WTOL-TV Toledo (master for these interviews is located in the Music Library, 4th floor, Jerome Library, BGSU) | 7/17/70, 8/02/70 |
| Folder | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | framed certificate:, Wabash College Alumni Award of Merit | 6/4/1955 |
| 2 | Allen Saunders' college diplomas from Wabash College [Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, in Latin] | [1920], [1924] |
| 3 | Phi Gamma Delta certificate [in Greek] [men's social fraternity, Saunders was inducted as an honorary member while his son was in college] | n.d. |
| 4 | photographs, dinner banquets: | |
| 9th Annual Dinner, National Cartoonist's Society | 4/26/1955 | |
| 10th Annual Dinner, National Cartoonist's Society | 4/24/1956 | |
| 54th Annual Dinner, The Explorer's Club | 3/14/1958 | |
| Folder | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | scrapbook containing clippings from newspapers about Saunders, Mary Worth, Steve Roper, Kerry Drake, Cliff Merrit, and other comics, as well as story-related items, including publicity spread sheets for Saunders' comics, especially for Mary Worth. There are also programs from conferences, graduations, and dinners, and publications by Phi Gamma Delta, Psi Chapter at Wabash College. (photocopies of some of these materials, especially those dealing with Saunders and the comic business, are located in the folder just behind the scrapbook) | 1950 - 1971 |
| 2 | clippings of the original Apple Mary comic strip [precursor to Mary Worth] by Martha Orr, [Apple Mary was created by Ms. Orr in 1932 and was taken over by Saunders in 1937.] | 12/1934 - 12/1936, 11/1937 |
| Folder | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | two sheets, b/w glossy proofs, Mike Nomad strip | 9-10/[1970s?] |
| 2 | original strip, Li'l Abner, from Al Capp to Toledo Club | 1962 |
| 3 | original artwork caricatures of Saunders: ink caricature by Ernst; ink caricature by Woggon [for magazine article] | n.d. |
| 4 | original ink and pencil cartoon of Saunders and Rickerd by Rickerd [friend of Saunders] | |
| 5 | daily proof sheet of untitled comic strip by Ed Mann | |
| 6 | "Fantastic Faces" copied proof sheet of sketches by Basil Wolvedon | 1/1946 |
| 7 | award from Ohio Commodores to A. Saunders | 6/20/1969 |
| 8 | copy artwork samples (4) from C.N. Landon correspondence art school [from General How to Draw folder] | 1909 |
| 9 | five (5) sample artwork plates [from Outdoor Detail folder] | n.d. |
| 10 | three (3) "Anatomy Lesson" plates, sample artwork, C.N. Landon School [from People-Drawings folder] | 1918 |
| 11 | one (1) sample adwork page "Symbolic Figures of Nations" Federal School of Applied Cartooning | 1917 |
| 12 | one (1) sample artwork [from Portraits folder] | n.d. |
| 13 | original artwork of Saunders [from the Toledo News-Bee]: charcoal portrait, unsigned ink caricature by Clarence Gray color chalk caricature by Clarence Gray ink portrait by George Scarbo four small ink caricatures of Saunders [one signed by Wygren, dated 1932] | [1930s] |
| 14 | various oversize publicity flyers by Publisher's Syndicate for Chief Wahoo comic strip; Rotomagazine, Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio [photo essay on Saunders and Woggon contained] | 1937 - 1940s, 12/7/41 |
| 15 | Publisher's Syndicate publicity flyers for Steve Roper and Mike Nomad characters | 1954 - 1969 |
| 16 | photocopy of rough sketch of daily strip by Saunders [Mary Worth] | 8/2/[?] |
| 17 | promotional insert [?] of complete story line of Mary Worth, The Wisconsin State Journal | 1945 |
| promotional insert [?] of complete story line of Mary Worth (Elissa Lake story, "Extra--Mary Worth Comes to Oklahoma") The Daily Oklahoman | Sept - Nov 1947 | |
| 18 | publicity spread sheet: "National Media Give Big Coverage to 'First of Its Kind' Mary Worth Story" | [1976] |
| 19 | Publishers-Hall Syndicate Mary Worth publicity flyers; one sheet glossy dailies of Mary Worth strip | [1960s - 70s] |
| 20 | publicity spread sheet: "Mary Worth--Comic Strip of the Intellectuals" [regarding This Month article] | [1962] |
| 21 | publicity posters for Sadie Hawkins Day from Al Capp | 1942 |
| 22 | publicity booklet for Draftie by Paul Fogarty, National Newspaper Service | [1942] |
| 23 | original ink artwork of daily comic strip Dick Tracy by Chester GouJd "Silenced" [never ran] | 7/6/42 |
| 24 | correspondence, artwork of Don Winslow of the Navy, from Red Pennington | 5/19/42 |
| 25 | publicity poster "Superman Joins the 'Stars and Stripes' of the A.E.F." McClure Newspaper Syndicate | 1942 |
| 26 | The Pillsbury Playhouse b/w page proof of strip; glossy page proof: Al Capp's Corner With Reddy; three Pillsbury contest ad page proofs | [n.d.?] |
| 27 | ten original color newsstrips of Squeekie and Charlie Wild comics for Wildroot shampoo and hair tonic comic ads | 1952 |
| 28 | Doctor Dave page proofs; original artwork for strip: panel for Doctor Dave, ink artwork [by Dale Heilman]; pencil sketch of Doctor Dave by Saunders | n.d. |
| 29 | glossy page proofs of Jell-O advertisements; one pencil sketch for The Five of Us strip by Saunders | n.d. |
| 30 | original color newsstrips Secret on the Set [Vicks] | 1962 |
| 31 | original color newsprint of Stripey advertisement strip for Stripe toothpaste | 1962 |
| 32 | three (3) photocopied rough layouts of Duke Handy by Alex Kotsky; one (1) original color newsprint comics page, includes Mary Worth, Steve Roper, and Duke Handy | [1958] |
| 33 | b/w page proof Chuck Carson comic strip by Arnando | 1958 |
| 34 | one (1) b/w glossy proof page of Sunday strip Dateline: Danqer! | 12/8/1968 |
| 35 | glossy page proofs of strip, Hero Haggity [by William Overgard] | [1960s?] |
| 36 | two original strip drawings by A. Saunders | 4/25/? , 12/26/? |
| Three copies of sample character poses by Ernst | n.d. | |
| 37 | color watercolor ink drawing of Mary Worth characters [from speech?] | [196-?] |
| 38 | three (3) publicity sheets for Steve Roper and Mike Nomad characters | [1950s] |
| 39 | original artwork by Alexander Toth | 4/30/58 |
| 40 | glossy proofs of strips by Milton Caniff [untitled strip] | 1944 |
| 41 | b/w glossy, Sunday strip Peter Scratch | 7/3/66 |
| two Roy Rogers daily sheets of strip by Al McKimson | 1956 | |
| 42 | pencil sketch of woman's face by Dale Conner Ulrey | n.d. |
| 43 | original sketch of daily by Saunders for "Miss X" | n.d. |
| daily proof sheets of Space Cadet by Ray Bailey | 2 - 3/1952 | |
| daily proof sheets of Peter Scratch by Lou Fine | 9 - 10/1965 | |
| 44 | page proofs of daily strips from Editors Press Service, NY: | |
| six (6) pages in Spanish of Kerry Drake | [1940s?] | |
| three (3) pages in Spanish of Maria de Oro (Mary Worth) | ||
| two The Daily Pratap Jullundur [Arabic newspaper, with Kerry Drake] | 1/9/67, 4/9/67 | |
| Supplement Illustre Le Soleil [French Sunday comics insert, with Mary Worth] | 12/31/64 | |
| 45 | oversize items to be included in scrapbook: publicity flyers, posters, awards for Mary Worth and others | 1960s |
| 46 | Steve Roper daily strip original artwork [with polish words] | 10/30/46 |
| 47 | Skye character [Mary Worth] daily sketch by Saunders | 3/21/7 |
| Box | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Chief Wahoo [Saunders and Woggon] | ||
| 38a | clay coated "galleys" [cemented together by moisture] | 1936 - 40 |
| 38b | black and white glossy ink pages | 1937 - 40 |
| 39 | black and white glossy ink pages | June 1942 - 1943 |
| Chief Wahoo and Steve Roper | ||
| 40 | weekdays: black and white glossy ink paper Sundays: genuine newspaper color | 1944, 1945 |
| 41 | weekdays: black and white glossy ink paper Sundays: genuine newspaper color | 1946 |
| 42a | weekdays: black and white glossy ink paper Sundays: genuine newspaper color | 1947 |
| 42b | weekdays: black and white glossy ink pages Sundays: genuine newspaper color [cemented together by moisture] | 1948 |
| Steve Roper [Saunders and Woggon] | ||
| 43 | black and white glossy ink paper | May 1949 - 1950 |
| 44 | 1951, 1952 | |
| 45 | 1953, 1954 | |
| 46 | 1955, 1956 | |
| 47 | black and white glossy ink paper Saunders and Woggon (1/1/57-4/12/58) Saunders and Overgard (4/13/58-12/31/58) | 1957, 1958 |
| Steve Roper [Saunders and Overgard] | ||
| 48 | black and white glossy ink paper/pages | 1959 |
| 49 | 1960, 1961 | |
| 50 | 1962, 1963 | |
| 51 | 1964, 1965 | |
| 52 | 1966, 1967 | |
| 53 | 1968, 1969 | |
| Steve Roper and Mike Nomad [Saunders and Overgard] | ||
| 54 | black and white glossy ink pages | 1970, 1971 |
| 55 | black and white glossy ink pages [Saunders and Woggon] | 1973 |
| 56 | black and white glossy ink pages | 1974, 1975 |
| 57 | black and white glossy ink pages | 1976, 1977 |
| 58 | black and white cardboard panels | 1968, 1969, 1970 |
| 59 | Steve Roper [Saunders and Overgard] | |
| black and white cardboard panels | 1968, 1969 | |
| Steve Roper and Mike Nomad [Saunders and Overgard] | ||
| black and white cardboard panels | 1970, 1979 | |
| Steve Roper and Mike Nomad [Saunders and Overgard] | ||
| 60 | black and white cardboard panels | 1979 |
| 61 | 1982, 1983 | |
| 62 | Xerox copies w/colored-pencil tracing paper overlays | 1979 |
| 63 | 1981, 1982 | |
| Box | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Mary and Dennie | ||
| 64 | weekdays: black and white glossy ink pages Sundays: genuine newspaper color Martha Orr | Sept. 1936 - 1937 |
| 65 | weekdays: black and white glossy ink pages Sundays: genuine newspaper color Martha Orr (1938-5/28/39) Martha Orr and Dale Allen (5/29/39 -9/30/39) Dale Allen (9/31/39 -12/31/39) (Dale Allen was the pen name for Saunders and Dale Conner) | 1938, 1939 |
| 66 | weekdays: black and white glossy ink pages Sundays: genuine newspaper color | 1/1/40 - 1/7/40 |
| Mary Worth's Family | ||
| weekdays: black and white glossy ink pages Sundays: genuine newspaper color, Dale Allen | 1/8/40 - 12/31/40 | |
| 67 | weekdays: black and white glossy ink pages Sundays: genuine newspaper color | 1941 - June 1942 |
| Mary Worth | ||
| weekdays: black and white glossy ink pages Sundays: genuine newspaper color, Dale Allen | July 1942 - Dec. 1942 | |
| Mary Worth | ||
| 68 | weekdays: black and white glossy ink pages Sundays: genuine newspaper color Dale Allen | 1943, 1944 |
| 69 | weekdays: black and white glossy ink pages Sundays: genuine newspaper color Dale Allen (1/1/45 -8/11/46) Ken Allen (8/12/46 -12/31/46) (Ken Allen was the pen name for Saunders and Ken Ernst) | 1945, 1946 |
| 70 | weekdays: black and white glossy Sundays: genuine newspaper color Ken Allen ink pages | 1947, 1948 |
| 71 | weekdays: black and white glossy Sundays: genuine newspaper color Ken Allen ink pages | 1949, 1950 |
| 72 | black and white glossy ink pages Ken Allen | 1951, 1952 |
| 73 | black and white glossy ink pages Ken Allen (1/24/53-10/24/54) Allen Saunders and Ken Ernst (10/25/54-12/31/55) | 1953, 1955 |
| 74 | black and white glossy ink pages Allen Saunders and Ken Ernst | 1956, 1957 |
| 75 | 1958 | |
| 76 | 1966, 1967, 1969 | |
| 77 | 1971, 1972 | |
| 78 | 1974, 1975 | |
| 79 | 1976, 1977 - Sept. 1978 | |
| 80 | black and white cardboard panels Allen Saunders and Ken Ernst | 1964, 1966 - 1968, 1974 |
| 81 | 1969, 1970 | |
| 82 | black and white cardboard panels with color schemes Allen Saunders and Ken Ernst | 1959 - 1971 (inc.) |
| 83 | black and white cardboard panels Allen Saunders and Ken Ernst | 1978 - 1979 |
| 84 | colored cardboard panels (covered with tissue paper) Allen Saunders and Ken Ernst | 12/78 - 9/79 |
| 85 | black and white cardboard panels Allen Saunders and Ken Ernst | 1981 |
| 86a | black and white colored cardboard panels Allen Saunders and Ken Ernst | 1981 |
| 86b | Sunday Editions Allen Saunders and Ken Ernst | July 1981 - Dec. 1981 |
| Box | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Dateline Danger! | ||
| 87 | Black and white glossy ink pages John Saunders | 11/68 - 1969 |
| 88 | Black and white glossy ink pages Alden McWilliams | 1970 - 2/71 |
| Box | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Kerry Drake | ||
| 89 | black and white glossy ink Alfred Andriola | 1962, 1963 |
| 90 | 1964, 1965 | |
| 91a | 1966, 1969, 1970 | |
| 91b | 1969 (cemented together by moisture) | |
| 92 | 1971, 1972 | |
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