Collection inventory

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Charles H. Kuhn Collection

An inventory of his Collection at Syracuse University

Finding aid created by: EF
Date: 11 June 1968

Revision history:
9 Dec 2008	converted to EAD (MD)
14 Apr 2009	revised (MD)
2 Mar 2012	box numbers revised (MD)

Biographical History

Charles Harris Kuhn (1892-1989) was an American cartoonist and creator of the comic strip Grandma.

Born in 1892 in Prairie City, Illinois, Kuhn attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts before serving in the Navy during World War I. He spent most of his career primarily as an editorial cartoonist, starting his career with the Rocky Mountain News, and spending the bulk of it with the Indianapolis News. In 1947, Kuhn launched his own comic strip feature, Grandma, with the Richardson syndicate. King Features picked-up the strip the following year, and altogether Grandma ran some twenty-two years, until Kuhn's retirement in 1969.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Charles H. Kuhn Collection contains 62 original daily cartoons and 36 original Sunday cartoons from the comic strip Grandma (1961-1962). The collection also includes approximately 20 pieces of incoming reader correspondence (1961-1966). Daily cartoon: traces of graphite, zipatone, pen and ink on illustration board, approx. 7 ½ x 23 ¼ in. Sunday cartoon: traces of graphite, blue pencil, pen and ink on illustration board, approx. 19 x 27 in.

Arrangement of the Collection

Daily and Sunday cartoons are arranged separately in chronological order. Correspondence is foldered.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Use Restrictions:

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

Related Material

Special Collections Research Center has collections of over one hundred cartoonists. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a complete listing.

Subject Headings

Persons

Kuhn, Charles Harris, 1892-1989.

Corporate Bodies

King Features Syndicate.

Associated Titles

Grandma (comic strip)

Subjects

American wit and humor, Pictorial.
Caricatures and cartoons -- United States.
Cartoonists -- United States.
Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States.

Genres and Forms

Cartoons (humorous images)

Occupations

Cartoonists.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Charles H. Kuhn Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of Charles H. Kuhn, 1967.

Table of Contents

Grandma cartoons

Correspondence

Inventory