The Inventory

of the

Elmer Simms Campbell

Collection

#784

Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center

I, ART WORK

A. By ESC

CAMPBELL, ELMER SIMMS

1906-1971

Outl±ne of Inventory

October 1976

1, Finished cartoon layouts

a. "Cu ties"

b, "Cu tie Pie"

c, "Hoiman" and "Let's Join the Ladies"

d, "Phantom Island" and "Sailor Sam"

e, "Sultan"

f, Other

2, Preliminary sketches

3, Portraits, Landscapes, Caricatures 4. Other

B. By Others

II. MANUSCRIPTS

A, By ESC

B, Poem by Langston Hughes

III, PHOTOGRAPHS

A. Of ESC

B, Of Connie Willis

C. Of Vivian Campbell

D, Of Elizabeth Ann Campbell

E, Of Friends, Family

Campbell, Elmer Simms Outline of Inventory

IV, PRINTED ITEMS

A. By ESC

1. Art Work

a. Cartoons

b. Illustrations

c, Commercial ads

d. Magazine and program covers

e, Posters

2, Articles

B, About ESC

1, Feature Articles

2, Short mentions and/or pictures

V, ACCOUNT BOOK

VI, HONORARY DEGREE AJ:i!D CERTIFICATE

VII. CORRESPONDENCE, 19-23~1970

VIII. ART SUPPLIES

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Box 1

Box 2

Box 3

Box 4

Package Ill

I. ART WORK

A. By ESC

E. Simms Campbell

1906-1971

October 1976

1. Finished cartoon layouts. Each with signature,

a. "Cuties". Syndicated by King Features. Pen and ink with

captions, some with notes to printer. 10" x 1411 or

1211 X 1311

,

i. 1948. 56 cartoons. (Ill)

ii. 1949. 23 cartoons, (#2)

iii,1951. 1 cartoon, (//3

iv. 1954. 8 cartoons. (#4)

v. 1955, 120 cartoonse C/151

vi. 1956. 229 cartoons

Jan, - Nov. (209) Box 2 (#1)

Dec, (20) Box 3 ( // 1)

vii.1957. 42 cartoons. (1/2)

viii.1958. 145 cartoons.

Jan. - June (//3)

July - Dec. Box 4 (111)

ix. 1959. 82 cartoons. (//2)

X, Undated. 5 cartons. (//3)

b. "Cutie Pie". 12 pen and ink cartoons, most 4 panels, on

6 14½" x 22 3/4" sheets.

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Box 4

Box 5

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c. "Hoiman" & "Let's Join the Ladies". Ink and watercolor,

dated 1937. One episode of each contained on 15¾;" x

19" sheet.

d. "Phantom Island" & "Sailor Sam". Ink and watercolor

cartoon strips. Three 16½" x 20" sheets with one episode

of both included on each.

e. "Sultan". Appears in Esquire. Single panel cartoons

in watercolors.

i. 3 13 11 X 16 3/ 411

ii. 1 25½" X 19½"

f. Others. Three single panel watercolor cartoons

i. 2 17 11 X 21 11

ii. 1 1311 X 16 5/8 11

2. Preliminary sketches

a. Sketches for single panel cartoons. Each 8¼" x 11 3/4",

pencil or conte crayon drawing with typed caption. Signed

with initials.

i. "Gags - Xmas - N. Years - Holidays". 15 cartoons. (//4)

ii. "To Send to New Yorker". 3 cartoons. (//5)

iii. "Rough 'Blue Material' Gags •.. " 38 cartoons. (Ill)

iv. 11 Sul tan". 16 cartoons. (1/2)

v. ca. 500 cartoons, undated. (#3)

b. "Cutie Pie". 15 pencil sketches of particular characters,

most 13 3/4" x 16 7/8", incl. sketch of "Esky".

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c. Playboy covers. 7"> 13 3/4" x 16 7/8" crayon and water­

color sketches.

d. Single panel cartoons containing a sequence of pencil

sketches, some with captions. 7; each 13 3/4" x 16 7/8".

e. Holiday sketches. Pencil and watercolor. 13 3/4" x 17".

i. "A Toast to the New Year".

ii. "Dear Santa".

f. Various sketches of figures, interior scenes, landscapes

and format for "Cuties". Most in pencil. (Some appear to

be work by a child). 32 pieces.

3. Portraits, landscapes, caricatures and sketches.

a. Portraits and nudes. Most in pencil. 16 drawings.

Includes:

i. Connie Willis(first wife). 1 drawing.

ii. Louise Logan (second wife). 3 drawings.

iii. Elizabeth Ann Campbell (daughter). 5 drawings. 194O's.

b. Caricatures. Pencil drawings, 14½" x 18½".

i. ESC.

ii. Vivian Campbell (third wife).

c. Oriental women. Pen drawings, some dated "Japan, 1957",

6 drawings, all 13 7/8" x 16 3/4".

d. Outdoor scenes. Includes scenes in Japan, Okinawa, and

Haiti. Drawings in pencil or pen. 4 pieces, 1938, 1957, and lithograph of Port Au Prince, Haiti, [}.933,~

4. Miscellaneous.

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Package 113

Package 114 Box 5

Box 5

a. Christmas greeting to "Martijn", with inscription by

ESC,

b. Check-off list for 1956 "Cuties" strip, Daily and

Sunday panel.

B. By Other Artists (package 114; Box 5 (114))

Pen and pencil drawings, 2 etchings, 15 pieces, Includes

ideas for Sultan cartoons by others and:

Bentley, Fred.

1. Pencil drawing of ESC, 10½" x 13½;", s:i:gned, dated Jan,1, 1960.

2. Drexford, Rants., 1959,

3. Bruges, n,d,

Brown, Paul. 3 horse drawings, 1932 (Package //4).

Graham, Ed, Pen and ink sketch of French or Swiss street

scene, 1966, inscribed,

II. MANUSCRIPTS

A. By ESC

1, Poetry

a. Typescript and carbon typescript.

i, "Child Coming". Carbon typescript, lp,

ii, "Dear Santa". Typescript draft and carbon, lp, each.

iii, "Furniture I've Run Into - and Vice Versa", 2 drafts,

both typescript, 2p.

iv. "Havana Street Corner". 2 drafts, both typescript,

2p,, on the same pages as iii,

v. "A Toast to the New Year", Typescript draft and

carbon, lp. each,

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Box 5 b, Holograph, Preliminary drafts of short poems, 38

pieces on llp,

2, ''A Guide Thru Kenokochee Fails"'. Descriptive narrative.

Holograph, 4p, (ft6)

3, "Broadway Blues", Plot description for ''Cu tie" cartoon

strip, Also includes list of characters and othe:r comic

strip titles. Typescript, Sp, (117)

4, Captions for seir±es for Far Eastern scenes. (//8)

a, "'Geisha House in Japan", Carbon typescript and holograph,

2p, on 1 leaf,

b ~ 11Japanese Baths1', Carbon typescript, lp.

c, "Korean Sketches", Carbon typescript dated Nov,1958, lp.

5, Captions• for cartoon strips, TypescTipt and holograph, 6p, (//9)

B, By Langston Hughes, Poem.

"A Most Important Matter". Typescript, lp,

III, PHOTOGRAPHS, Black and white prints unless otherwise noted,

ESC alone and with others, ca,1940s .,. 1960s, (11101

2

2 3~11 X 5 11

1 4" x 5" negative

2 511 X 711

1 711 x 101' of 1902 Football Team incl. Elmer C, Campbell (father?)

7 8' 1 x 1011 (includes one in color, 1950)

8 contact sheets, each with 12 prints

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Box 5

Package 115

Box 5

Package #5

B. Of Connie Willis (first wife). (#11)

9 / 411 X 511

13 1511 X 711

1 1

6 3 / 4" x 6¼"

2 ) 7!-r," X 9½"

14 8" X 10 11

I

C. Of Vivian Campbell. (#12)

3 2½" x 2½". Same photograph.

6 511 x 7" (2 with Elizabeth Ann Campbell). Three the same.

1 8¼" x 911 (with EAC)

l 811 x 1011 (with EAC)

1 11 11 X 11 11

l 16" x 2011 (with EAC)

D. Of Elizabeth Ann Campbell as a young child. (#13)

2 2½" x 2½". Same photograph, ca.IO years old.

3 5" x 7". 2 ca.12 years old, 1 ca.2 years old.

21 8" x 10". 5 ca. 1 year old, 12 ca.6 years old, 4 ca.12 years old.

E. Photos of friends, family, pets (Scottie dog), and others,

including Marian Anderson. 83 photos, black and white, sizes vary.

5 16" x 20". 1 of Vivian and Liz; 3 same photo of house

originally owned in White Plains, N.Y.; 1 of 5 boys swimming.

Also duplicated among smaller photos.

1935 train wreck: see letter in Correspondence, Oct.12, 1935.

Inscribed photograph from Phil Davis, January 1944.

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Package 117

Box 6

Box 7

Box 8

IV. PRINTED ITEMS

A, By ESC

1. Artwork

a, Cartoons

i, "Cuties 11 , Page proofs for the daily cartoon, syndicated

by King Features,

a) Weekly proofs. Each page contains six cartoons for

use Monday-Saturday. Numbered by week, Each ca. 15"

X 9",

1) No.1 - 500, dated May 27, 1940 - Feb,25, 1950,

2) No,501 - 934, dated Feb.27, 1950 - May 31, 1958.

3) No,935 - 1350, dated June 2, 1958 - May 21, 1966. (l/2)

4) No,1351 - 1548, dated May 23, 1966 - Oct.lo, 1970, (111)

b) Proofs of Sunday cartoons, in color. Numbered by

week. 1 cartoon per page. Each ca. 1 O" x 7½".

1) No,l - 350, dated July 4, 1943 - Nov,20, 1949. (l/2)

2) No,351.,.. 670, dated Nov,27, 1949 - Jan,6, 1957. (//3)

±:t 1 "1Cut±es'-' 1 Appearing ;i:n the following publications:

a), Overseas Comics. Distributed by the Special Services

Division of the United States Army, No,2-5, dated 1944. (//5)

b) P±ctor;i:al Review. Section of the Sunday New York Journal

Amer±can 1 Cartoons are in colo;r, 152 weekly cartoons

dating from Aug,27, 1944 to Feb,19, 1956, (//1)

c) Clips or tearsheets from va:rious publi:cati.ons, 24

cartoons, 1943 ..,. 1960s (some are proofs), (//2)

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iii. "Harlem Sketches", New York Amsterdam Magazine. 65

weekly cartoons, dating from May 25, 1935 to Sept,3,

1938. (113)

iv. "Hooy-Ba-Looy". Magazine section of a New York newspaper.

Tearsheets, 38 weekly cartoon pages; most contain 4

separate one-frame cartoons, dating from Jan.17, 1932

to Oct,16, 1932. (Ill)

v, "Sketches", The Pittsburgh Courier. Clips of 21 single

panel cartoons dating from 1942-1943. (#2)

vi, Untitled cartoons appearing in the following publications:

a) The Afro-American, Clips of 71 single-panel political

cartoons from 1947-1948. (#3)

b) Esquire. Single panel cartoons, many in color, Tearsheets.

i) Autumn, 1933, 4 cartoons, (#4)

ii) 1934, 82 cartoons. (#5)

iii) 1935, 82 cartoons, (116)

iv) 1936, 46 cartoons, (117)

v) 1937, 47 cartoons. (#8)

vi) 1938, 49 cartoons, (119)

vii) 1939, 40 cartoons. (f/10)

viii)l940, 60 cartoons. (fill)

ix) 1941, 27 cartoons, (f/12)

x) 1942, 20 cartoons, (1/13)

xi) 1947-1962, 12 cartoons; includes 4 covers. (#14)

xii) Undated cartoons from the 1940s and 1950s, Tear­

sheets and clips, ca,200, (#15)

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c1 The New York American, Clips of 6 single panel

cartoons dating from Nov,14, 1933 to Jan,20, 1934. (#1)

d) Playboy. Tear sheets, Single panel cartoons in color. ( f/2)

i) Oct.1960-Jan.1964, 24 cartoons.

ii) 16 undated cartoons from the 1960s.

b, Illustrations.

Single panel color illustrations (7) and black and white (1)

for "Young Woman", a serial by Carman Barnes. 8 episodes

from 1935, (f/3)

c, Commercial advertisements. Illustrated or with single

panel cartoons by ESC.

i. Arrow Shirts. 6 ads, Tearsheets from New York

Magazine theatre program, 1934. (#4)

ii, Barbasol, 113 proofs and a few tearsheets, with

some duplicates, dating from 1939-1945. (#5)

iii, Fels-Naptha Soap Chips, 8 proofs and tearsheets

from various newspapers, 1936. (#6)

iv, Gordon's Gin, 6 ads, ca,1935, (#7)

v, Hart Schaffner and Marx. 14 ads, ca.1935-1937. (#8)

vi. Various other ads,

24 proofs and tearsheets, 1930s, (#9)

2 color posters. (package #8)

d, Magazine and programs for which covers were done by ESC.

15 pieces from 1921-1953, (f/10)

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Package 118 Package #9

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Box 11

*Note:

e. 6 posters for various organizations, including several for MrilII

* :e) Co;lor poster Ellington, Feb.

for NAACP d'ance featurinq Duke 11 [no yearJ.ca. 1~30s] b& w neg at

2. Articles. (II 11) BU Photo ser,;ice

a. "An Open Letter to Joe Louis" . .Appeared in "Billy Rowe's

Notebook", a column in The Pittsburgh Courier, Oct.14,

1950, p.14.

b. "Are Black Women Beautiful?" Negro Digest, June 1951,

Vol.9, No.8, p.16.

c. "The Perfect Negro Beauty". Jet, March 13, 1952, Vol.1,

No.20, p.32.

d. "Study in Black and White". The Chicagoan, Jan.1933, p.18.

e. "What Men Notice About Women". Paragraph by ESC. Ebony,

Jan.1950, Vol.5, No.3, p.34.

B. About ESC.

1. Feature articles on ESC. (#12)

a. "Country Gentleman". Ebony, Aug.1947, Vol.2, No.10, p.9,

two copies.

b. "Ein Broadway - Romantiker am Zurichsee". Sie und Er,

July 30, 1959, p.30, two copies.

c. "Op, Bop and Pop ... " by Marcia Hale. Weekly Tribune (Geneva),

Vol.8, No.SO, Dec.17, 1965, p.9.

2. Printed items with mention or picture of ESC. 38 pieces from

the 1930s - 1960s. (//1)

C. Miscellaneous.

NAACP Duke Ellington poster reproduced in catalog: A STRONGER SOUL WITHIN A FINER FRAME YN~ 512.3

~75 1990

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Package 118 "David A. Smart - Esquire". Promotional pamphlet about David.

Box 11

A. Smart, and the inception of Esquire. Inscribed by David A.

Smart and Arnold Gingrich, dated July 5, 1934.

V. ACCOUNT BOOK.

For the Pelican Club. Lists 11 members including ESC, with dues

each paid. Also includes caricatures of some members. 15p. on

9 leaves. (tf 2)

VI. CERTIFICATE AND HONORARY DEGREE

A. Certificate of ESC's membership in the National Cartoonist

Society, n.d. (t/3)

B. Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Wilberforce University,

June 13, 1957.

VII. CORRESPONDENCE

Personal and professional corr. Includes many CTLs from ESC

and Vivian Campbell to Elizabeth (daughter), and some to friends

and relatives. Some letters from Elizabeth to her parents. Some

TLS from Vivian to ESC.

A. Dec.29, 1923 - July 28, 1959. ca.SO pieces. (114) Includes:

Bergman, Bernard A. (Philadelp)ria Dalli.News). TLS, Feb.20,

1956.

Berksom, Seymour (The New .. York Jourilal. AmericaJ:!) . TLS, Sept.

4, 1957, with notarized reference for ESC.

Bunche, Ralph. ALS, May 16, 1938.

Geis, Bernard. TLS, Aug.19, 1958.

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Kelly, Bradley (editor). TLS, Nov.18, 1949. (//4)

Miller, McGowan (cartoonist). 5 ALS, n.d.

South, Eddie (violinist). ANS on concert program, July 24,

1958.

Stokes, Rembert (Pres. Wilberforce U.). TL, signed by sec.,

March 22, 1957, re honorary degree.

Wells, Peter (cartoonist). 3 ALS, April 1958, Nov.14, 1958,

July 2, 1959.

B. 1960-1964. ca.100 pieces. (f/5) Includes:

Bunche, Ralph. TLS, Nov.25, 1960.

Cosgrave, John O'Hara Jr. ALS, n.d.

Geis, Bernard. TLS, March 18, 1963.

Miller, McGowan. 11 ALS, Nov.1, Dec.4, 1960, March 15, 1961,

July 27, 1964, 7 undated.

Parks, Gordon. Signature clipped from return address.

Polley, Howard F. (Mayo Clinic). TLS, July 25, 1961.

Russell, C.D. (cartoonist). TLS, Sept.14, 1961.

Stearns, Marshall (author). TLS, Nov.1, 1963.

Tandy, Vertner (Lagos). 5 TLS, Jan.25, June 12, Oct.17,

Nov.30, 1961, Oct.4, 1962.

Weaver, Robert C. and wife Ella. ALS, Jan.30, 1963.

Wells, Peter (cartoonist). 7 ALS, Aug.3, Aug., n.d., Oct.25,

Nov.1, Dec.1961, n.d.

C. 1965-1969. ca.125 pieces. (//1) Includes:

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Portfolio

Graham, Ed (cartoonist}, 3 TLS, May 4, July 11, 1965, Dec, (#1)

28, 1%5~

Kelly, B1;adley (editor), ALS on postcard, April 10, 1967.

Miller, McGowan (cartoonist). 2 ALS, n,d.

Polley, Howard F. (Mayo Clinic), TLS, April 13, 1967.

Smith, Al (cartoonist), 2 TLS, Aug.IO, Oct,11, 1966.

Wells, Peter, 3 ALS, Oct,1965, 2 n,d,

Wilensky, Harry (St, Louis Post~Dispatch). TLS, Feb, 28, 1966,

D, 1970, ca,100 pieces, (#2) Includes:

Byck, Sylvan (King Features Syndicate), 2 TLS, both May 7, 1970,

Geismar, Max, ANS on photocopy review of his Mark Twain,

Aug,3, 1970,

Gingrich, Arnold (Esquire), TLS, Feb.4, 1970,

Graham, Ed (cartoonist), TLS, Nov.20, 1970.

Harman, Fred (cartoonist). ALS, Nov,24, 1970,

Miller, McGowan, 4 ALS, Aug,8, 1970, 3 n,d,; TLS, n,d.

VIII, ART SUPPLIES

A, Brushes, pens, pencils, crayons, palette knives (3) used by ESC.

42 pieces, (envelope #1)

B, Portfolio case, Black with name in gold letters, 20" x 26",

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Addendum, August, 1986

"Hoiman" Color slide of cartoon strip made from original

hand-colored proof in Package 1. Prepared for

reproduction in catalog of exhibit at Balch Institute

of Ethnic Studies, titled "Ethnic Images in the

Comics", September 1986. (2 slides) (#3)

Addendum, November 1986

"Hoiman" Illustration in.Ethnic Images in the·comics: an exhibition in

the Museum of the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies,

September 15 - December 20, 1986. p. 24 (Also mentioned in text)

(See Package 1 for original) (#4)