The Inventory. of the. Harold Gray. Collection #100

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1 The Inventory of the Harold Gray Collection #100 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center

2 Gray, Harold #100 Gifts of Mrs. Harold Gray and others, Box 1 Folder 1 I. Correspondence. Folder 2 Folder 3 Folder 4 Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8 A. Reader mail. 1. Fan mail re: Little Orphan Annie. a b c d. Undated (1930s). e f g h i j k

3 2 Box 1 cont d. Folder 9 l. Undated (1940s). Folder 10 m Folder 11 n Folder 12 o Folder 13 p Folder 14 q Folder 15 r. Undated (1950s). Folder 16 s Folder 17 t Folder 18 u Folder 19 v

4 3 Box 1 cont d. Folder 20 w Folder 21 x Folder 22 y Folder 23 z Folder 24 aa Folder 25 bb. Undated (1960s). Folder Reader comments, criticisms and complaints. a. TLS re: depiction of social work in Annie, Mar. 3, Folder 27 b. Letters re: Annie character names, Folder 28 c. Re: Annie s dress and appearance, Folder 29 d. Protests re: African-American character in Annie, 1942; includes: (i) Maw Green comic strip.

5 4 Box 1 cont d. (ii) TL from HG to R. B. Chandler, publisher of the Mobile Press Register, explaining his choice to draw a black character, asking for understanding, and stating his personal stance on issue of the color barrier, Aug. 8, Folder 30 e. Re: Mayor Spike Spangler character in Annie, Folder 31 f. Re: Annie Junior Commandos (group urging child participation with homefront support on the World War II), Folder 32 g. Re: Daddy Warbucks death in Annie, Folder 33 h. Criticism by public watchdog groups and Annie response, Folder 34 i. Criticism re: Annie comics, addressing banning offensive comic books, Folder 35 j. Legal opinion prepared by attorney Wallace Nance re: Annie discovering hidden treasure (humorous piece sent to HG discussing taxes and legal income issues facing Annie as result of her windfall, and HG s discussion of topics in comic strip), Jan Folder 36 k. Crazy Episode responses and several magazine tearsheets, Feb

6 5 Box 1 cont d. Folder 37 l. Response re: Annie strip pulled from Los Angeles Times newspaper, Folder 38 m. General criticism and responses. (i) Folder 39 (ii) 1947 and Folder 40 (iii) Beefs and Answers, 10 letters of reader responses along with CTS responses by HG, 1947 and Folder 41 (iv) 1952, 1953, Folder 42 (v) Folder 43 (vi) Undated complaints. Folder 44 B. Business and legal letters TLS re: Collier s magazine offer for HG to contribute to a series of hand-drawn cartoonist selfprofiles, 1949; includes magazine tearsheets and copies of submissions by Ernie Bushmiller (tearsheet), Ham Fisher (tearsheet), Chester Gould (photocopy) and Milton Caniff (photocopy).

7 6 Box 1 cont d. Folder TLS from various organizations and companies, re: requests for HG to contribute Annie artwork, money, and personal appearances, 1950s. Folder TLS from Kinball V. Root of Metropolitan Sunday Newspapers, Inc., Jan. 16, TLS from Richard Clarke, President of Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate, Inc., May 2, Walker, Mort. TLS Asking Gray to contribute article to Cartoonist magazine, Apr. 10, TL from Dale Hale (assistant to Charles M. Schulz), on Peanuts stationery, Jan. 16, Folder TLS from Dr. Howard B. Gotlieb, Jan. 13, Mar. 9, and Mar. 17, Folder Requests for HG s papers/archive. a. Kansas State University, Nov. 18, b. Syracuse University, Aug. 23, Folder 49 C. Personal. 1. TL from HG to Clare Boothe Luce, Oct. 8, 1943; with Luce s response.

8 7 Box 1 cont d. Folder TLS from Perdue University re: alumni events; requests for monetary contribution; Class of th reunion; response to HG s inquiries regarding former classmates. Box 2 II. Printed Material. A. Proofs of Little Orphan Annie comic strips. 1. Bound dailies, newsprint (black and white), 31 volumes total. a , ; 15 volumes. Box 3 b ; 6 volumes; and original covers for the proof books. Box 4 c ; 6 volumes. Box 5 d ; 4 volumes. Box 6 Folder 1 2. Newsprint copies of Little Orphan Annie ; each sheet features one week s 6 daily strips. a. 1959; week of May 4 - week of Dec. 28. Folder 2 b. 1960; week of Jan. 4 - week of Dec. 26.

9 8 Box 6 cont d. Folder 3 c. 1961; week of Jan. 2 - week of Oct. 9. Folder 4 d. 1965; week of Oct week of Dec. 27. Folder 5 e. 1966; week of Jan. 3 - week of Dec. 26. Folder 6 f. 1967; week of Jan. 2 - week of Dec. 25. Folder 7 g. 1968; week of Jan. 1 - week of June 17. Box 7 3. Bound Sunday pages, newsprint, color; all post-1955 Sundays include a Maw Green comic. a ; 6 volumes. Box 8 b , 1949, ; 7 volumes. Box 9 c ; 6 volumes. Box 10 d , , 1968; 5 volumes. Box Loose, Sunday pages, Jan.-July 1967; 11 items. B. Various large-sized items.

10 9 Box 11 cont d. 1. Fortune magazine, Apr [ Little Orphan Annie mentioned in poll about comics popularity.] 2. What Motivates the Comic Strip Artist, booklet; includes profile of HG; undated. 3. Sunday newspaper panels, Little Orphan Annie and Maw Green, Jan.-July, Folder 1 4. Little Orphan Annie Dacron advertisement; full page, New York Times Magazine. 5. Little Orphan Annie, full-page ad for Christmas promotion sponsored by Horne s department store, Pittsburg Post-Gazette, Nov. 25, Some Combinations Can t Be Beaten, ad for Little Orphan Annie circulation; full-page ad, Women s Wear Daily, Sep. 19, Gasoline Alley promotion; full-page ad sponsored by the CT-NYN Syndicate. 8. Little Orphan Annie daily printing template: pressed paperboard, June 26 - July 1, Folder 2 Folder 3 C. Christmas card proofs; oversize pages; 1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, III. Artwork. A. Christmas cards a. Pen and ink draft of cover image. b. Hand colored draft of cover image.

11 10 Box 11 cont d. Folder ; pen and ink, watercolor draft of cover image with notes for printing colors ; ink and watercolor draft of cover image a. Watercolor draft of inner text. b. Pen and ink draft of cover image. c. Pen and ink and watercolor draft of cover image. a. Pen and ink draft of cover image. b. Ink and color draft of cover image. 6. Undated; pen and ink and watercolor image of Annie, Sandy and Star of Bethlehem. B. Miscellaneous; unidentified sketches, unsigned. [Possibly work of Robert Leffingwell, assistant to HG and creator/illustrator of Little Joe & Ze Gen ral comic strips.] C. Characters Past, Present and Future. 1. Maw Green - type character with clerk/teller; ink on small board. 2. Man in turban with scimitar; ink; 2 pencil sketches of characters are on the same board. 3. Portraits of little girl and man wearing tuxedo; ink on board. 4. Red Madigan and gang of boys; Byron Bolo ; ink on paper. 5. Myrna May portrait; Bert and Bessie Slagg ; Bill Slagg as Peter La Plata ; ink on paper. 6. Reverend Meek ; Mayor George Gull ; Ken Kettle, Druggist ; Mrs. Bostle, Civic Leader ; Doc C.C. Jones ;

12 11 Box 11 cont d. Guy Gulp ; Dan Dandelion ; Dick Demijohn ; Ben Berry, Undertaker ; 3 farmers; ink on paper. 7. Zaney, 3 sketches of old man; 2 sketches of swarthy man, similar to Ze Gen ral ; ink on paper. 8. Annie and Sandy portrait; Pete El Paso ; Buck ; Gregory Itchkovitch ; ink on paper. 9. U.S. Army jeep; pencil sketch. Box 12 IV. Printed Material (continued). A. Maw Green, bound dailies, , 6 volumes. Box 13 Folder 1 Folder 2 Folder 3 Folder 4 Folder 5 B. Little Orphan Annie and Maw Green Sunday panels, all photostat copies (Dec. 10 not present). 3. Jan. 14; Feb. 11; March 4 and 11; April 1, 8 and 22, March 9, May 5; June 9 and 16, Jan. 3 - Nov. 6, 1960.

13 12 Box 13 cont d. Folder 6 7. Aug. 6, 13, 20 and 27; Sep. 3, Folder 7 8. Aug. 25; Sep. 1, 8 and 29; Dec. 22 and 29, Jan. 5, 12, 19 and 26, Apr. 18; Nov. 14, 21 and 28; Dec. 5, 12, 19 and 26, Folder (the Maw Green comic for Mar. 3 is not present). Folder Folder Jan. 7 - July 21, Box 14 Folder 1 Folder 2 Folder 3 C. Christmas cards printed from designs by HG, for HG and Mildred Gray s personal use (not mass-produced) , 1922, 1926, 1928 (special telegram) (2 cards, including one sent to Mrs. H. J. Leffingwell), 1935, (2 cards), 1942 (2 cards), 1945, 1947.

14 13 Box 14 cont d. Folder , 1951 (11 cards), 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 (7 cards). Folder (2 cards), 1961, 1962 (11 cards), 1963 (8 cards). Folder (18 cards), 1966, 1967 (6 cards), Folder 7 7. Undated cards. a. Annie and Sandy reading a map in a yellow car (3 cards). b. Annie and Sandy with Christmas star; 1 card and 3 oversize proof pages. c. Annie and Sandy explaining that HG is buying a new house. d. Letter from Annie. e. Annie and Sandy singing Merry Christmas. Folder 8 f. Annie saying Happy Holiday to You (15 cards). g. Annie saying Leapin Lizards! (22 cards). Folder 9 D. Little Orphan Annie advertisements and memorabilia. 1. Little Orphan Annie s Song sheet music, Folder Little Orphan Annie feature book #7, Folder Comic books, Dell Publishing Co.

15 14 Box 14 cont d. a ; June-Aug Folder 12 b. Sep.-Nov Folder Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate advertising fliers, recommending Annie and other cartoons to newspaper publishers, all ca. 1940s. a. It does one s heart good- advertisement (1 copy). b. Comics, list of daily and Sunday, Sunday only, and single-panel cartoons available for syndication (2 copies). c. Recommended: A Sentimental Journey with Annie! (12 copies). Folder My Folks, dust jacket for book by Little Orphan Annie as told to Winifred Gray. Folder Little Orphan Annie Junior Commando poster, ca (3 posters). Folder New York Times ad, Sep Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate ads. a. Welcome Hal Rasmusson, featuring various cartoonists including HG. b. Annie does it again! (3 copies of ad). c. Promo ad sample for Annie and Terry and the Pirates. d. The Comics Behind the Country s LARGEST Circulation Figures! ; Annie included among characters on page.

16 15 Box 14 cont d. e. Best Sellers - The Top Twelve Comics and Select Panels ( Annie is number one). f. Comics At Their Best - The Top Twelve ( Annie is number one). g. What Chicago Tribune Comics Mean to Advertisers! poster, featuring photo of HG, Mar. 21, h. Advertisement designed as letter from Mollie Slott, Vice-President of Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate, May 12, i. How Come Little Orphan Annie Got Left Out of the Paper This Morning? foldout ad with six Annie daily strips on inner page, j. Attention! For Your Product, magazine ad (2 tearsheets), Oct Good News, Charlie Brown: Peanuts Wins, article on comic sales, Editor & Publisher tearsheet, July 9, National Observer article on cartoonists, Sep. 12, a. Front page blowup. b. The Titans of the Funnies, poster-size foldout version of article. 11. Ad for Gains Burgers dog food, featuring Sandy. Folder Be a Better Neighbor, pamphlet for Greater Boston s 1939 Community Fund Campaign. Folder Composing Room Proofs, June 30 and July 1, 1961 (2 items). Folder 19 E. Newspaper clippings. 1. Little Orphan Annie cartoon strips, miscellaneous comics.

17 16 Box 14 cont d. Folders Articles re: Little Orphan Annie and HG. a. General, 1940s-1960s. Folder 23 b. Little Orphan Annie pulled from Los Angeles Times, Apr.-May Folder 24 c. Complaints about comics. Folder 25 d. Miscellaneous comics. Folder 26 e. Assorted clippings assembled by HG. Folder 27 f. Miscellaneous clippings. Folder 28 Folder 29 Folder 30 F. Magazines, pamphlets, etc. 1. New Yorker article on cartoonist Milton Caniff with mention of HG, Jan. 8, Fourth Annual Perdue Circus; program for Circus and May Day Exercises, th Annual Dinner of the Indiana Society of Chicago, featuring celebration of cartoonist John T. McCutcheon s 70 th birthday, Dec. 14, 1940; signed to HG by McCutcheon.

18 17 Box 14 cont d. Folder New Republic with Little Orphan Annie mentioned in a story, Jan. 8, Folder th Annual Reuben Awards of the National Cartoonists Society, program, Apr. 23, 1962; HG contributed a 1-page Little Orphan Annie cartoon tribute. Folder Album of the National Cartoonists Society, Folder Metropolitan Group Comics Calendar, featuring Little Orphan Annie panels; 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 (two), Folder IN, Magazine of History, June Folder Anti-animal-testing pamphlets and fliers. 10. Political and religious pamphlets. Folder Nemo, magazine of the Classic Comics Library. a. 5 issues, June June Folder 38 b. 4 issues, Aug Dec

19 18 Box 15 Folder 1 V. Manuscripts. Folder 2 Folder 3 Folder 4 Folder 5 A. Little Orphan Annie: Looking Backward, by Winifred Gray. 1. Draft, holograph, 5 p. 2. Draft, TS with holograph corrections, 4 p. B. Outline for Little Orphan Annie story, by Winifred Gray, holograph, 9 p. C. Little Orphan Annie, outline of story featuring Annie, Mr. and Mrs. Bleek, and Daddy Warbucks, TS, 3 p. D. Little Orphan Annie story, beginning: Didn t I ever have folks? 1. Draft, holograph, 3 p. 2. Draft, TS with holograph corrections, 6 p. 3. Draft, TS, 6 p. 4. Transcript of the Robert Q. Lewis Show, Sunday, Nov. 7, 1948, 1 p.; includes TN to HG from Robert Q. Lewis, Nov. 9, VI. Photographs. A. HG. 1. Personal. a. Portrait in U.S. Army uniform, 1918.

20 19 Box 15 cont d. b. 2 portrait snapshots, ca. 1960s; photos are torn up. Folder 6 2. Publicity for Little Orphan Annie. a. HG with Mitzi Green (actress who played Annie in the first Annie film), b. HG drawing Annie in front of a group of children, ca c. HG at Metro Sunday Comics Party, Dec (i) HG sitting behind group of children. (ii) Little Orphan Annie poster. d. HG with other cartoonists on Ed Sullivan program for WPIX-TV, ca. 1950s; 7 photos. e. HG working on Little Orphan Annie daily strip, ca. 1950s. Envelope 1 B. Miscellaneous. 1. Little Orphan Annie red dress; 3 color snapshots. 2. Little Orphan Annie Golden Whistle toy; color negative. [For the actual toy, see memorabilia below.] 3. Gen. George S. Patton urinating into Rhine River, Mar. 1945; notation by HG on back of photo. 4. Carlton Buttrick and Mrs. Coffin of the Animal Rescue League snapshots from The Pershalls. a. Ethel, Dorothy and Buck sitting on a fence. b. Ethel and Buck standing in front of house. c. Roadside billboard. 6. Little Orphan Annie panel and others made in honor of Star News 60 th birthday.

21 20 Package 7. Sidney Smith cartoonist of The Gumps, framed black and white portrait; inscribed: To Harold from Sid, n.d. Box 15 Folder 7 VII. Legal and Financial Material. Folder 8 Folder 9 Folder 10 Envelope A. Professional. 1. Gray and Gray royalty statement, TS, Chicago Tribune payment stub for HG, June 28, Agreement between Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate, Inc. and Hallar, Inc., re: Little Orphan Annie world-wide television, motion picture, dramatic and musico-dramatic rights; Jan. 12, 1966 (photocopy) and TLS to HG from Willis D. Nance, Jan. 14, Resolution No. 165: Thank You, from town of Hot Springs, AR for a plug of the town in Apr. 1, 1951 Maw Green comic. B. Personal receipts for Winifred Gray s hospital care, Jan. 23, receipts for automotive work on HG s car, VIII. Personal Memorabilia. A. Memberships and licenses. 1. American Legion, Fairfield, CT.

22 21 Box 15 cont d. 2. Special Deputy Sheriff, Westport, CT. a. Apr. 3, b. June 19, International Association of Chiefs of Police (2 cards: 1963, 1964). 4. Purdue Pusher; Alumni Scholarship Foundation. 5. Veterans of World War I of the USA. 6. Prescription Drug Eligibilitycard. 7. Key Club of Sigma Delta Chi, Professional Journalistic Society. 8. National Cartoonists Society (2 cards: 1967, 1968). 9. Indiana Historical Society. 10. The News: Twenty-Five Year Club (2 cards). 11. New York State Driver s License, 1930s. 12. U.S. Immigration Service card (2 cards). 13. Freemasons of Illinois membership card, National Council on Crime and Delinquency, Fairfield- Bridgeport Committee, Indiana Society of Chicago (2 cards: 1967, 1968). 16. Life Subscriber card: The Royal Arch Mason. Folder 11 B. Awards and certificates. 1. Freemason membership certificate, Aug. 25, Certificate of Merit: Art Director s Club of New York, with cover letter, June 16, 1967.

23 22 Box 15 cont d. 3. Purdue University 35 year graduation testimonial, May 4, National Sheriffs Association Honorary Life Membership, June 22, Westport, CT Special Deputy Sheriff certificate. a. Dec. 23, b. June 1, c. June 19, Purdue Memorial Union Certificate of Life Membership. 7. Kankakee, IL Honorary Citizen proclamation, Mar. 25, [Kankakee, IL was HG s birthplace.] 8. United States Flag Association, Life Membership, Mar. 28, Honorary Citizenship certificate for Little Orphan Annie from The Boy Government of The Junior Republic, Litchfield, CT, Dec. 6, Freedoms Foundation, Inc. Valley Forge, PA award. a. Telegram informing HG he has won $750 prize, Nov. 11, b. TS response from HG, Nov. 16, c. TLS to HG from Richard Clarke of Chicago Tribune-NY News Syndicate re: Freedoms Foundation, Nov. 17, d. Clipping re: 1949 Freedoms Foundation Editorial Prize (won by George Coe; HG won cash prize in cartoon category). Envelope C. Fairfield County, CT Special Deputy Sheriff badges; 2 total.

24 23 Package D. Diplomas. 1. HG s eighth grade graduation certificate, ca Package 2. HG s West Lafayette Public Schools diploma, May 24, Folder 12 IX. Miscellaneous. Folder 13 Folder 14 Loose A. Lists of newspapers carrying Little Orphan Annie. 1. Feb. 17, Jan. 9, B. Name and Address list, holograph. C. Fact sheet for editors re: 1949 Freedom Awards program. D. Yearbooks; Purdue University Debris, , 4 total. [Note: covers are fragile and in poor condition.] Box 17 E. Wood and metal engraving plates for Christmas cards plates for 1949 card plates for 1952 card plates for 1955 card various plates, includes 1956 and 1957 cards.

25 24 Box 18 Scrapbook 1 X. Journals, Diaries and Notebooks. A. Daily planners used by HG to draft out Little Orphan Annie dialogue and plots for daily comic strips; 1929, 1931, , 1947, 1944, 1946, 1949, ; 10 items total. B. Appointment book, C diary, amended for Jan D. Address book for Christmas cards sent to GH s friends and fans, XI. Scrapbooks. A. The Gumps, photostatic blow-up copies of cartoon by Sidney Smith, Chicago Sunday Tribune. 1. Nov. 6, May 21, Sep. 4, Sep. 11, Sep. 18, Sep. 25, Oct. 2, Oct. 23, Oct. 30, Scrapbook 2 B. Newspapers. 1. The Chatsworth Plain Dealer, Tuesday, Mar. 10, Chicago Daily Tribune, Monday, Nov. 2, 1925 (3 copies of one page). 3. New York Herald Tribune, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 1932 (one page). C. 22 advertisements for Little Orphan Annie, from Sep. and Oct

26 25 Packages XII. Artwork (continued). A. Little Orphan Annie daily strips a. Jan.-June, 115 strips. b. July-Dec., 128 strips. a. Jan.-July, 123 strips. b. Aug.-Dec., 103 strips. a. Jan.-July, 127 strips. b. Aug.-Dec., 126 strips ; July-Dec., 137 strips

27 ; Jan.-July, 163 strips a. Jan.-July, 131 strips. b. Aug.-Dec., 116 strips. a. Jan.-June, 150 strips. b. July-Dec., 160 strips. a. Jan.-July, 131 strips. b. Aug.-Dec., 127 strips. a. Jan.-July, 153 strips. b. Aug.-Dec. a. Jan.-July, 142 strips. b. Aug.-Dec., 129 strips.

28 B. Little Orphan Annie Sunday strips, 1931; 63 strips. C. Maw Green Sunday strips. D. The Private Life of ; 44 strips ; 39 strips.

29 Gray, Harold #100 March 13, 2009 Addenda Gift of Dean Mullaney Box 11 I. Personal Memorabilia. A. Little Orphan Annie board game and playing pieces, made by Milton Bradley Co., 1927; board is in fair condition; cover of original box remains and features printed instructions for game play. B. Little Orphan Annie jig saw puzzle, over 250 color pieces and original box; manufactured by Stephens Kindred and Co., New York, ca

30 Gray, Harold #100 Addendum Added to Box 17 I. Memorabilia. [Loose] A. Little Orphan Annie jigsaw puzzle, by Jaymar Specialty Co., N.Y., n.d. B. Little Orphan Annie wrist watch, New Haven Clock & Watch Co., n.d. Gray, Harold (Addendum) Page 1 of 1