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Container
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Mss 156
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Part 1 (Mss 156, PH 3575 (5), PH 3576 (3), PH 3576 (5), PH 3577 (5), PH 3578 (5), PH 3579 (3), PH 3580 (5), PH 3581 (5), PH 3582 (3), PH 3583, PH 3584, PH 4222 (3)): Original Collection, 1914-19693.0 cubic feet (8 archives boxes) and 0.1 cubic feet (1 oversize folder), 635 drawings, 260 pieces of ephemera, and 2.2 cubic feet of newspaper tear sheets The Donahey papers, 1914-1969, include correspondence, clippings, book and music manuscripts, Donahey's published books, books he illustrated, and business and financial papers. The material is arranged chronologically by date of original publication within these series: Correspondence, Biographical Clippings, Writings, and Books Illustrated by Donahey; also includes the series Visual Materials. The general correspondence concerns the merchandizing of Teenie Weenie toys, the radio and movie use of the cartoon characters, and the publication of Teenie Weenie books. There are also letters concerning patents and the prosecution of unauthorized commercial use of the Teenie Weenies. The fan mail offers praise of the Teenie Weenies from readers of all ages. Newspaper and magazine articles describing Donahey's career and
his cartoons can be found in the folder of biographical clippings. In the writings series is the material on “The Teenie Weenies”,
which forms the bulk of this collection. It includes three typed manuscripts, sixteen published books, contracts and other financial papers, photographs and samples for advertisements featuring the Teenie Weenies, and clippings. Also included in this series are drafts of two unpublished books, miscellaneous drafts of shorter fiction pieces, and music manuscripts for which Donahey contributed the lyrics. Books Illustrated by Donahey series includes three books, published in 1918 and 1921. The Visual Materials series concerns early cartoon strips as well as “The Teenie Weenies” and is comprised of pencil drawings, pen and ink and watercolor sketches, strips, and scrapbooks of newspaper columns.
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Series: Correspondence
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General correspondence
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Box
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Folder
1
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1914 December-1920 December
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Box
1
Folder
2
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1921 January-December
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Box
1
Folder
3
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1922 January-1927 December
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Box
1
Folder
4
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1928 January-1933 October
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Box
1
Folder
5
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1935 September-1942 December
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Box
2
Folder
1
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1943 February-1949 December
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Box
2
Folder
2
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1950 August-1964 September
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Fan mail
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Box
2
Folder
3
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1914 January-1915 November
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Box
2
Folder
4
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1916 January-1919 December
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Box
2
Folder
5
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1920 January-1921 December
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Box
2
Folder
6
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1922 January-1929 March
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Box
2
Folder
7
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1933 October-1943 December
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Box
3
Folder
1
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1944 January-1949 November
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Box
3
Folder
2
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1950 February-1959 November
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Box
3
Folder
3
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1960 January-1964 July, undated
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Box
3
Folder
3a
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Replies, 1963-1966
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Box
3
Folder
4
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Series: Biographical Clippings, 1930s-1967
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Series: Writings
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“The Teenie Weenies”
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Book manuscripts
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Box
3
Folder
5
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Teenie Weenie Neighbors, 1945
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Teenie Weenie Camping, circa 1950s
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Untitled, 1968 March-1969 December
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Published books
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PH 4222 (3)
[Volume
1]
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The Teenie Weenies, 1916
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Mss 156
Box
4
Volume
2
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The Teenie Weenies with Effie E. Baker, 1917
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Box
4
Volume
3
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Adventures of the Teenie Weenies, 1920
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Box
4
Volume
4
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Adventures of the Teenie Weenies (Junior Edition), 1920
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Box
4
Volume
5
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Down the River With the Teenie Weenies, 1921
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Box
4
Volume
6
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Down the River With the Teenie Weenies (Junior Edition), 1940
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Box
5
Volume
7
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The Teenie Weenies Under the Rosebush, 1922
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Box
5
Volume
8
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The Teenie Weenies Under the Rosebush (Junior Edition), 1922
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Box
5
Volume
9
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The Teenie Weenies in the Wildwood, 1923
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Box
5
Volume
10
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The Teenie Weenies in the Wildwood (Junior Edition), 1940
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Box
5
Volume
11
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Teenie Weenies Land with Effie E. Baker, 1923
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Box
5
Volume
12
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Alice and the Teenie Weenies, 1927
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Box
5
Volume
13
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Teenie Weenie Town, 1942
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Box
5
Volume
14
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Teenie Weenie Days, 1944
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Box
5
Volume
15
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Teenie Weenie Neighbors, 1945
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Box
5
Volume
16
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The Teenie Weenies comic book (#10), 1950
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Financial papers
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Box
6
Folder
1
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Contracts, 1915 January-1945 December
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Box
6
Folder
2
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Miscellaneous, 1922 December-1955 February
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Advertising
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Box
6
Folder
3
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Reid-Murdoch and Company, 1925-1929
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Box
6
Folder
4
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Photographs, 1926-1962
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Box
6
Folder
5
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Miscellaneous authorized, 1926
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Box
6
Folder
6
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Unauthorized, 1914-1933
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Clippings
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Box
6
Folder
8
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“Mr. Nickeldick,” 1925 September-1926 August
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Box
6
Folder
9
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“Ruff Stuff,” 1913-1914
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Box
6
Folder
10
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“Teenie Weenies,” 1942 October-1950 May
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Buddy
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Box
6
Folder
8
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First draft, 1938
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Box
7
Folder
1
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Second draft, 1938
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Tales of Puckerbush
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Box
7
Folder
2
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First draft, 1948
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Box
7
Folder
3
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Second draft, 1948
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Box
7
Folder
4
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Miscellaneous drafts, circa 1938, 1953, undated
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Box
7
Folder
5
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Music manuscripts, lyrics by Donahey, undated
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Series: Books Illustrated by Donahey
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Box
7
Folder
6
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Billy and the Major, 1918 (Volume 17)
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Box
8
Folder
1
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The Children's Mother Goose, 1921 (Volume 18)
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Box
8
Folder
2
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The Teenie Weenie Man's Mother Goose, 1921 (Volume 19)
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Series: Visual Materials
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“The Teenie Weenies” cartoon series
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PH 3575 (5)
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Pen and pen and watercolor illustrations, 1914-1970
256 drawings (3 flat boxes)
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PH 3576 (5)
Box
2
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Proofs, 1914-1917
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Box
2
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Duplicate tear sheets, 1914-1970
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Box
2
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Tear sheets, 1914-1917
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Box
1
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Tear sheets, 1918-1923
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Box
1
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1923
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Box
1
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Proofs, 1918-1923
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Oversize Folder
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Tear sheets and 1 drawing, 1914, 1916, circa 1923-1934
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PH 3576 (3)
Box
3
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1933-1934, 1941-1942
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Box
4
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1943-1950
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Box
5
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1951-1960
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Box
6
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1961-1970
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PH 3577 (5)
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Pen and ink drawings, watercolor drawings, and tear sheets for the books Teenie Weenie Town, Teenie Weenie Days, and Teenie Weenie Neighbors, 1942-1945
83 drawings and 56 pieces of ephemera (1 flat box)
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PH 3578 (5)
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Pen and ink drawings, watercolor drawings, pencil sketches, and advertising material
33 drawings and 19 pieces of ephemera (1 flat box)
: Includes the books The Teenie Weenies Music Book for Piano (1921) and The Teenie Weenies Their Book (1927).
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PH 3579 (3)
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Newspaper tear sheets of the cartoon series “The Pixeys,” 1925
24 pieces of ephemera (1 folder)
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PH 3580 (5)
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Drawings, newspaper tearsheets, posters, and proof sheets of illustrations for children's stories published in the Chicago Tribune and Cleveland Plain Dealer, circa 1910-1916
28 drawings and 94 pieces of ephemera (3 flat boxes)
: Included are illustrations for “Mother Goose Tales,” “Jack Sprat,” “Old King Cole,” “Silly Loon,” “Sweet Meats,” “Gatehouse Stories,” “Polly's Prince,” and “Tales from the Arabian Knights.”
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PH 3581 (5)
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Pen and ink drawings, watercolor drawings, sketches, and tear sheets for various projects by Donahey, 1914-circa 1970
60 drawings and 2 pieces of ephemera (1 flat box)
: Includes cartoon characterizations, fairy tales, portraits, fruit, etc.
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PH 3582 (3)
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Newspaper and magazine clippings, page proofs and reproductions of illustrations and stories by Donahey
1 folder
: Includes “Mr. Nickledick” (Chicago Tribune), “Ruff Stuff” (Cleveland Plain Dealer), and stories in Red Book Magazine, Green Book Magazine, and What to Do.
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PH 3583
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Pen and ink drawings and watercolor illustrations for “Mr. Nickledick”
175 drawings
: Includes title blocks and cartoon panels. Some of the panels are in full color.
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Box
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1925 September-December
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Box
1
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1926 January-February
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Box
1
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1926 March-April
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Box
1
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1926 May-August
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Box
1
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1948
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PH 3584
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Political and humorous cartoons by Donahey published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer
65 pieces of ephemera
: Includes commentary on Theodore Roosevelt, William Jennings Bryan, the weather, Mexican Revolution, automobile hazards, Republican Convention of 1912, and Donahey's impressions on a trip West.
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Page proofs, newspaper clippings
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Photocopies of drawings
: Chronological
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