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Scope and Contents of the Collection
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| Creator: | Formhals, Henry Martin, 1908-1981 |
| Title: | Henry Formhals Cartoons |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1966-1968 |
| Quantity: | 5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Original daily and Sunday cartoons from the newspaper comic strip Freckles and His Friends. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Biographical History
Henry Martin Formhals (1908-1981) was an American cartoonist. Beginning in 1935, he served as assistant on Merrill Blosser's newspaper comic strip Freckles and His Friends. Formhals' name officially appeared on the strip in the mid 1960s (March 21, 1966), and he continued to work on it until the end of its run in 1971. Over the course of his career, Formhals also worked on the Joe Jinks strip (1946-1953) and assisted on Charlie Plumb's Ella Cinders.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Henry Formhals Cartoons collection contains original daily (1966-1967) and Sunday (1967-1968) cartoons from the newspaper comic strip Freckles and His Friends. Sunday versions of the strip include the companion title Hector. Daily cartoon: blue pencil, traces of graphite, brush, pen and ink on illustration board, approx. 6 x 17 ΒΌ in. Sunday cartoon: blue pencil, traces of graphite, brush, pen and ink on illustration board, approx. 19 x 26 in.
Arrangement of the Collection
Daily and Sunday strips are housed separately in chronological order.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
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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
See the Merrill Blosser Cartoons for additional material related to Freckles and His Friends. Special Collections Research Center has collections of over one hundred other cartoonists. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a complete listing.
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Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Henry Formhals Cartoons,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Finding Aid Information
Created by: --
Date: 1967
Revision history: 8 Dec 2008 - converted to EAD (MD);
20 Mar 2009 - revised (MD);
22 May 2017 - 1968 added (MRC)
Inventory
| Freckles and His Friends | |||||||||||
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| Box 1 | Daily cartoons 1966 Mar - 1967 Feb | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Daily cartoons 1967 Mar - 1967 Dec | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Daily cartoons 1968 Jan-Jun | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Daily cartoons 1968 Jul-Dec | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Sunday cartoons 1967 Jan - 1968 Dec | ||||||||||