Child scroll of cartoons
Content Description
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
Dates
- Creation: undated, c. 1940-1950
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. This item is very long and requires reference staff oversight to handle.
Extent
0.12 Cubic Feet (One flip-top print box)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was purchased from Type Punch Matrix by the Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia on January 24, 2023.
Condition Description
Good
- Title
- Guide to the Child scroll of cartoons
- Author
- Rose Oliveira, Accessioning Archivist
- Date
- February 16,2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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