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Gluyas Williams Papers
An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University
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| Creator: | Williams, Gluyas, 1888- |
| Title: | Gluyas Williams Papers |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1918-1950 |
| Quantity: | 1.0 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Papers of the American cartoonist, illustrator. Original book illustrations for books by Robert Benchley, Edward Streeter, William Freeman, and Corey Ford, magazine cartoons for Cosmopolitan, Life and The New Yorker, and newspaper cartoons (1922-1947); correspondence, 1918-1949, and manuscript of a poem about Williams by Kenneth Bird and prefaces to Fellow Citizens (1941) and The Gluyas Williams Book, both by Robert Benchley (1929). Correspondents include Randolph G. Adams, Robert Benchley, Kenneth Bird, Charles Dana Gibson, G.S. Lobrano, Christopher Morley, D. Nassau, H.W. Ross, Frank Sullivan, and K.S. White. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
Biographical History
Gluyas Williams (1888-1982) was an American cartoonis. Born in San Francisco, California, he received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1911 and, in 1915, married Margaret Kempton.
Mr. William's drawings include book illustrations, magazine cartoons and daily newspaper cartoons. He has illustrated many of Robert Benchley's books, William Freeman's "Hear! Hear!", Corey Ford's "How to Guess Your Age", and Edward Streeter's "Father of the Bride", He has also done many drawings for magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Life, and the New Yorker, contributing to the latter his famous "Wedding Series". From 1922 to 1947, Williams drew daily newspaper cartoons that were published through the Bell Syndicate in various newspapers in the United States, England, Australia and other nations.
Williams is also the author of several books- The Gluyas Williams Book, (1929); Fellow Citizens, (1940); and the Gluyas Williams Gallery, (1957).
At the present time, Mr. Williams resides in West Newton, Massachusetts.
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Scope and Contents of the Collection
The papers of Gluyas Williams consist of Biographical material, Correspondence, Manuscripts, Drawings (Book illustrations, Magazine cartoons, Daily newspaper cartoons), and Published material. The materials are divided into four series, Correspondence, Manuscripts, Drawings and Published material.
Correspondence consists of thirty-two letters of incoming correspondence arranged alphabetically by the sender. Dates: 1918-1949 and undated, 11 folders
Manuscripts includes a poem written by Kenneth Bird (Fougasse) about Gluyas Williams for the Christian Science Monitor and two prefaces written by Robert Benchley for Williams books, Fellow Citizens (1940) and The Gluyas Williams Book (1929). Dates: 1929, 1941 and undated, 5 folders
Drawings has three subdivisions: (A) Magazine cartoons, (B) Book illustrations and (C) Daily newspaper cartoons. Book illustrations are arranged alphabetically by book title; magazine cartoons chronologically by magazine; daily newspaper cartoons, alphabetically by cartoon title. Dates: 1922-1950 and undated, 22 folders
Published material consists of two of Gluyas Williams books, Fellow Citizens, (1940); and The Gluyas Williams Book, (1929). Both copies are autographed. Dates: 1929, 1940, 2 folders
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Restrictions
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on this material.
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.
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Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Gluyas Williams Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Acquisition Information
Gift of Gluyas Williams.
Finding Aid Information
Created by: -
Date: Jun 1967
Revision history: 14 Oct 2006 - converted to EAD (AMCon);
30 Sep 2008 - adds, xfers (MRC)
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Inventory
| Biographical material | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Biographical material | ||||||||||
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Incoming | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Adams, Randolph G. 1933 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Benchley, Robert 1934, 1937 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Bird, Kenneth, ("Fougasse" of Punch) 1925, 1936, 1944 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Der Qyerschnitt" 1936 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Gibson, Charles Dana 1918, 1921, undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Lobrano, G.S. undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Morley, Christopher 1929-1930, undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Nassau, D. 1929 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Ross, H.W. 1929, 1934, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1948, undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Sullivan, Frank 1949 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | White, K.S. 1935 | ||||||||||
| Manuscripts | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | About Gluyas Williams by Kenneth Bird ("Fougasse") for Christian Science Monitor | ||||||||||
| Of others | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Fellow Citizens 1941 - Preface by Robert Benchley, 3 pp. | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Gluyas Williams Book 1929 - Preface by Robert Benchley, 2 pp. | ||||||||||
| Drawings | |||||||||||
| Book illustrations | |||||||||||
| From | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | "After 1903, What?" by Robert Benchley 1938 - pub. (4 items) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Benchley Roundup" by Robert Benchley undated (2 items) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Chips Off the Old Benchley" by Robert Benchley undated (11 items) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Father of the Bride" by Edward Streeter undated (30 items) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "From Bed to Worse" by Robert Benchley 1934 - pub. (7 items) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Hear! Hear!" by William Freeman undated (6 items) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "How to Guess Your Age" by Corey Ford 1950 - pub. (18 items) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "My Ten Years in a Quandary", by Robert Benchley 1932 - pub. (21 items) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "No Poems", by Robert Benchley 1932 - pub. (17 items) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "The Treasurer's Report", by Robert Benchley 1938 - pub. (4 items) | ||||||||||
| Magazine cartoons | |||||||||||
| From | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Cosmopolitan 1928, 1929 (8 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Life c.1926, 1927 (5 items) | ||||||||||
| The New Yorker | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Industrial Crisis Series" 1928, 1929, 1933, undated (7 items) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "The Inner Man Series" 1940 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Raconteurs Series" 1938, 1939, undated (15 items) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "The Reading Public Series" 1942, 1943, undated (6 items) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "The Visiting Public Series" undated (1 item) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "The Wedding Series" June 5, 1948 (14 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | "The Wedding Series" (oversize) (1 item) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Williams' first drawing for The New Yorker 1926 (1 item) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "The Writing Public Series" 1945 (1 item) | ||||||||||
| Daily newspaper cartoons | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | B-N 1922-1947 (18 items) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | P-W 1922-1947 (18 items) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Clipping circa 1970 - from London newspaper (1 item) | ||||||||||
| Published material | |||||||||||
| Fellow Citizens (with autograph) 1940 - 1 copy | |||||||||||
| Transferred to Rare Books for cataloging. | |||||||||||
| The Gluyas Williams Book (with autograph) 1929 - 1 copy | |||||||||||
| Transferred to Rare Books for cataloging. | |||||||||||
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