Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Hanan, Harry |
| Title: | Harry Hanan Papers |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1947-1966 |
| Quantity: | 2 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Original daily cartoons and proofs from the newspaper comic strip Louie, correspondence, photographs, and clippings. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
Cartoonist Harry Hanan (1916-1982) was born in Liverpool, England on December 14, 1916. He was educated in England and from 1936-1940 was employed as an editorial cartoonist for the Liverpool Evening Express. His syndicated newspaper comic strip Louie ran from 1947 until Hanan's retirement in 1976. Harry Hanan died in 1982.
The Harry Hanan Papers consists of the following types of materials:
Cartoons: 128 original daily cartoons from the comic strip Louie (1953-1964). Daily cartoon: traces of graphite, zipatone, pen and ink on illustration board, approx. 4 ¾ x 17 ½ in.
Clippings: approximately 12 newspaper and magazine clippings about Hanan and his work (includes family pictures) (1947-1950).
Correspondence: several pieces of incoming reader correspondence (1947-1963).
Photographs: 1 portrait of Hanan (undated) and 1 family picture (1948).
Proofs: 27 proof sheets from the comic strip Louie (1964-1966). Proof sheet: 6 daily comic strips per newsprint sheet, 9 x 16 ½ in.
Materials are sorted by type and arranged in chronological order.
There are no access restrictions on this material
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Special Collections Research Center has collections of over one hundred cartoonists. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a complete listing.
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Harry Hanan Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Gift of Harry Hanan, 1966 and 1970.
Created by: --
Date: Jan 1967
Revision history: 20 Mar 2007 - converted to EAD (MRC);
17 Apr 2009 - revised (MD)
| Louie daily comic strips (284) | |||||||||||
| Click here for detailed inventory. | |||||||||||
| Original cartoons (128) | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1953 Sep - 1964 Dec | ||||||||||
| Proofs - (27 proof sheets x 6 comic strips per sheet) (156) | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1964 Nov - 1966 Sep | ||||||||||
| Clippings (approximately 12) | |||||||||||
| newspaper and magazine clippings about Hanan and his work (includes family pictures) | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1947-1950 | ||||||||||
| Correspondence (approximately 12) | |||||||||||
| incoming correspondence from readers | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1947-1963 | ||||||||||
| Photographs (2) | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Hanan family 1948 Nov | ||||||||||
| handwritten note on back: "the Hanan's arrive in the States" | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Portrait of Hanan undated | ||||||||||
