Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Saxon, Charles, 1920-1988
- Extent:
- 19 linear feet and 30 mapcase drawers, 10 boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Charles Saxon papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Sketches, sketchbooks, scrapbooks, tearsheets, photographs and printed material. The collection includes more than 900 drawings and watercolors. The material covers much of Charles Saxon's professional career
- Biographical / Historical:
Noted illustrator and cartoonist. Charles David Saxon (1920-1988) graduated with a B.A. from Columbia in 1940. While still in his teens, Saxon joined the staff of Dell Publishing Company as an editor before becoming a pilot in the Army Air Corps. He continued his work at Dell after the war until he joined the staff of "The New Yorker." His drawings were used in advertisements for a number of corporations. His cartoons and illustrations appeared in such magazines as "Architectural Record" "McCall's Magazine" "Sports Illustrated" "Newsweek" "Town and Country" "Woman's Day" and "Gourmet Magazine." His work was collected in three volumes, OH, HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY! (1960), ONE MAN'S FANCY (1970), AND HONESTY IS ONE OF THE BEST POLICIES (1984).
- Acquisition information:
Source of acquisition--Saxon, Charles. Method of acquisition--Bequest; Date of acquisition--1989. Accession number--M-1989.
Cartoons drawings: Source of acquisition--Saxon, Nancy. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1993. Accession number--M-1993.
- Custodial history:
Bequest of Charles Saxon, 1989.
Gift of Nancy Saxon, 1993.
- Processing information:
Entered in AMC MJT 02/06/91.
Cartoons & drawings Processed RE 02/10/94.
- Arrangement:
The bulk of the collection is arranged alphabetically by the title of the magazine in which the cartoon or cover illustration appeared or was proposed for, and within titles chronologically.
- Accruals:
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Caricatures and cartoons
Commercial art
Illustrated books
Magazine covers
Magazine illustration
Catalogs
Illustrators
Cartoonists
Artists
Political cartoons
Artists' proofs
Caricatures
Cartoons (working drawings)
Cartoons (humorous images)
Charcoal drawings
Lithographs
Periodical illustrations
Drawings (visual works)
Sketches
Sketchbooks
watercolors (painting)
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Charles Saxon papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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6th Floor East Butler Library535 West 114th St.New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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(212) 854-5590rbml@library.columbia.edu