Paul Kenton Conrad's childhood cartooning album (Addition 28) 2023-0197, 1941-1944
Scope and Contents
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").
See moreDates
- Creation: 1941-1944
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Extent
0.26 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: German
From the Collection: French
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States