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Scope and Contents of the Collection
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| Creator: | O’Neal, Frank E., 1921- |
| Title: | Frank O'Neal Cartoons |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1966-1968 |
| Quantity: | 5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Original daily and Sunday cartoons from the newspaper comic strip Short Ribs. |
| 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
Frank O'Neal (1921-1986) was an American cartoonist and creator of the newspaper comic strip Short Ribs.
Born in Springfield, Missouri, O'Neal did not begin formal art training until after service in World War II, studying for three years with the cartoonist Jefferson Machamer. After an early freelance career that included work as a television story-board artist, O'Neal signed with NEA in 1958 to produce Short Ribs. A Sunday version was added in 1959. O'Neal worked on the strip for many years, eventually leaving it in 1973 to pursue a career in commercial art and advertising. Frank O'Neal was honored by the National Cartoonists Society with its Newspaper Humor Strip award in 1964.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Frank O'Neal Cartoons collection contains original daily and Sunday cartoons from the comic strip Short Ribs (1966-1968). Daily cartoon: brush, pen and ink on illustration board, approx. 5 1/2 x 23 in. Sunday cartoon: opaque white, brush, pen and ink on illustration board, approx. 17 3/4 x 25 1/2 in.
Arrangement of the Collection
Daily and Sunday cartoons are arranged separately in chronological order.
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
Special Collections Research Center has collections of over one hundred 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:
Frank O'Neal Cartoons,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Finding Aid Information
Created by: EF
Date: 29 May 1968
Revision history: 10 Dec 2008 - converted to EAD (MD);
22 May 2017 - 1968 added (MRC)
Inventory
| Short Ribs | |||||||||||
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| Box 1 | Daily cartoons 1966 Jan - 1966 Jul | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Daily cartoons 1966 Aug - 1967 Apr | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Daily cartoons 1967 May - 1967 Dec | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Daily cartoons 1968 Jan-Jun | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | Daily cartoons 1968 Jul-Dec | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Sunday cartoons 1966 Mar - 1968 Dec | ||||||||||