Scope and Contents of the Collection
Correspondence (1966 inventory)
Subject files (1966 inventory)
Published material (1966 inventory)
Original cartoons (1966 inventory)
Correspondence (1979 inventory)
Biographical data (1979 inventory)
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| Creator: | Key, Ted. |
| Title: | Ted Key Papers |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1942-1977 |
| Quantity: | 23.0 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Papers of the American cartoonist, screenwriter. Born 1912. Includes correspondence, composed chiefly of fan mail (1943-74), manuscripts of screenplays and books (1954-1977), original drawings of Hazel and other cartoons (1942-1968), published materials (1947-1965), and memorabilia. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
Ted Key was an American cartoonist. Born Theodore Keyser in 1912, he attended the University of California-Berkeley where he was art editor of the student newspaper and associate editor of the college magazine. After graduating he moved to New York City where he worked as a radio writer for an ad agency, wrote radio plays for networks, and did freelance cartooning. In 1943 he created the long-running comic strip Hazel for The Saturday Evening Post. In 1961 he created Diz and Liz for Jack and Jill magazine and shortly thereafter created the television show Hazel, starring Shirley Booth, which ran for five years. He sold three story ideas to Disney -- The Cat from Outer Space (for which he also wrote the screenplay), Million Dollar Duck, and Gus -- and wrote several books including the children's classic Phyllis. He received the National Cartoonist Society Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award for 1977 for his work on Hazel.
The Ted Key Papers consist of several accessions, inventoried in two groups, which have not been integrated.
1966 inventory
The set of material inventoried in 1966 consists of correspondence, subject files, manuscripts, published materials, and original cartoons. Correspondence, arranged alphabetically, contains incoming letters and fan mail to Key; one correspondent of note is Betty MacDonald, author of the Mrs Piggle-Wiggle books. Subject files consists of mementos of Key's. Manuscripts, arranged alphabetically by type, includes a negative, no. 258 of a cartoon by Key, and a dummy for a children's book written by Key and illustrated by Frank Owen entitled Me Too (So'm I). Published materials, arranged alphabetically by type, consists of cartoons which appeared in magazines abroad, newspaper clippings about Key, and Hazel tear sheets. Original cartoons, arranged by year and within that numerically by the number on the back, contains original cartoons drawn by Key, mostly on paperboard, of Hazel and other subjects.
1979 inventory
The set of material inventoried in 1979 consists of correspondence, cartoons, writings, and biographical data. Correspondence, arranged chronologically, is mostly fan mail, arranged chronologically. Cartoons, subdivided by magazine in which they appeared, contains original drawings which have been reproduced and run in several leading magazines. Writings, arranged alphabetically by type, contains two movies, The Cat from Outer Space and Mr. Webfoot Waddle, and two books of Hazel cartoons. Biographical data provides a synopsis of Key's career, how it developed and where it has led him.
See Scope and content above. Note that since the accessions have not been integrated, box numbers are not unique. When requesting material, please specify the accession and series information as well as the box number to ensure retrieval of the correct container.
A detailed list of the original cartoons in the 1966 inventory, giving for each the caption, the publication in which it appeared, and the date of publication, follows the hard copy version of this finding aid. (Distance researchers accessing this finding aid over the internet please contact the repository listed above for more information.)
No form of reproduction permitted.
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 the papers of a number of cartoonists. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a complete listing.
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Ted Key Papers
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Gift of Ted Key.
Created by: DMW
Date: 10 Oct 1979
Revision history: 5 Sep 2007 - converted to EAD (MRC);
3 Jun 2008 - corrections to bio (MRC)
| Correspondence (1966 inventory) | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | A, C | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Baldwin, Faith | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Fan mail | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Fan mail (children) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Kaltenborn, H. V. | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | MacDonald, Betty | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Unidentified | ||||||||||
| Subject files (1966 inventory) | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Mementos | ||||||||||
| Manuscripts (1966 inventory) | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Cartoon negative, no. 258 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Me Too (So'm I), by Ted Key and illustrated by Frank Owen - dummy of children's book | ||||||||||
| Published material (1966 inventory) | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Cartoon which appeared abroad | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Newspaper clippings about Key | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Hazel tear sheets | ||||||||||
| Original cartoons (1966 inventory) | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1942 - no's 92, 324, 325 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1943 - no's 69-613 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1944 - no's 77-490 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1945 - no's 39-353 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1946 - no's 57-159, 163-324, 325-648 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1947 - no's 15-40, 43-143 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1947 - no's 145-298, 401-560, 578-639 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1948 - no's 4-53, 54-143, 144-263, 289-315, 453-561 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | 1948 - no's 565-637 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | 1949 - no's 6-73, 75-146, 150-173, 143-267, 346-580, 583-647 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | 1950 - no's 3-79, 83-156, 159-273, 287-343, 371-558 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | 1951 - no's 24-115, 117-170, 171-207 | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | 1951 - no's 208-345, 436-521, 562-633 | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | 1952 - no's 35-151, 162-218, 218-252 | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | 1952 - no's 257-326, 327-445, 446-596 | ||||||||||
| Oversize | 1952 (oversize) - no 518 | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | 1953 - no's 1-123, 145-184, 185-211, 213-236 | ||||||||||
| Box 7 | 1953 - no's 239-278, 301-310, 329-480, 512-599 | ||||||||||
| Box 7 | 1954 - no's 13-108, 110-189, 196-222, 224-241 | ||||||||||
| Box 8 | 1955 - no's 1-114, 133-246, 247-328 | ||||||||||
| Box 9 | 1955 - no's 339-398 | ||||||||||
| Box 9 | 1956 - no's 2-131, 136-334, 335-355, 358-391, 356-369 | ||||||||||
| Box 10 | 1956 - no's 405-600 | ||||||||||
| Box 10 | 1957 - no's 1-179, 250-354, 354-367, 373-385, 416-620 | ||||||||||
| Box 10 | 1958 - no's 4-96, 113-286 | ||||||||||
| Box 11 | 1959 - no's 64-110, 111-269, 270-309, 344-531 | ||||||||||
| Box 11 | 1960 - no's 3-70, 74-120, 261-345 | ||||||||||
| Box 11 | 1963 - no 177 | ||||||||||
| Box 11 | Undated - no's 2, 61 | ||||||||||
| Correspondence (1979 inventory) | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Fan letters 1965-1974 | ||||||||||
| Cartoons (1979 inventory) | |||||||||||
| Oversize 9 | The American Magazine 1947 (1 item) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Jack and Jill 1961-1968 (6 folders, 144 items) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | This Week Magazine 1946, 1955 (6 items) | ||||||||||
| Saturday Evening Post | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1953 (11 items) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1959, 1960 (20 items) | ||||||||||
| Saturday Evening Post (oversize) | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | 1943, 1946, 1947 (23 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | 1948-1950 (19 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3 | 1950, 1952, 1953, 1956-1958 (21 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 4 | 1958-1959 (20 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 5 | 1959 (13 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 6 | 1960-1963 (22 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 7 | 1962-1964 (20 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 8 | 1965-1968 (25 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 9 | 1950, 1952, 1957, 1960 (5 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 9 | 1953, 1962 (2 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 13 | Miscellaneous Hazel cartoons (1979 addition) various dates, ca. 1948-1968 (38 items) | ||||||||||
| Collier's 1954-1956 (3 folders, 24 items) | |||||||||||
| Oversize 9 | Collier's (oversize) 1949 (3 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 9 | Hazel book 1947 (1 item) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 9 | If You Like Hazel 1952 (1 item) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 9 | Many Happy Returns 1951 (1 item) | ||||||||||
| Writings (1979 inventory) | |||||||||||
| Screenplays | |||||||||||
| The Cat from Outer Space | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | Outlines and rough draft 1975, 1976 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Outline for revised screenplay 1976 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | First submission 1976 (1 vol) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | First revision 1976 (1 vol) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Working copies 1976 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Work script 1977 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Shooting script 1977 (2 vols) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Mr. Webfoot Waddle (1 vol) | ||||||||||
| Books | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | The Cat from Outer Space - typescript (3 vols) | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Hazel Power | ||||||||||
| Oversize 10 | Hazel Time (64 items) | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | If You Like Hazel 1952 - dummy | ||||||||||
| Oversize 11 | Life With Hazel (62 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 10 | Squirrels in the Family (2 folders, 1 envelope; 107 items) | ||||||||||
| Pamphlets | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | Hazel's Household Hints | ||||||||||
| Biographical data (1979 inventory) | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Writer's Yearbook 1970 (1 vol) | ||||||||||
