Collection inventory

Overview of the Collection
Creator:	Osann, Kate
Title:	Kate Osann Cartoons
Inclusive Dates:	1966-1968
Quantity:	3.5 linear ft.
Abstract:	Original cartoons from the comic strip Tizzy.
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

Kate Osann is an American cartoonist and creator of the comic strip Tizzy. Born in St. Louis, Osann grew up in New York City and was a graduate of Hunter College. She spent the early part of her career doing ads and illustrations for popular magazines like Collier's Weekly and the Saturday Evening Post. Osann was a regular contributor to Collier's, and it was here that her teen humor panel Tizzy first appeared. With the demise of Collier's in 1957, the strip was picked-up by NEA where it ran until 1970. Numerous Tizzy books were published during the late 1950s and 1960s, including Tizzy: That Loveable, Laughable, Teen-Ager (Berkeley, 1958), Tizzy (Scholastic Book Services, 1967) and Baby-Sitter's Guide (Scholastic Book Services, 1969).

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Kate Osann Cartoons collection contains more than 600 original cartoon panels from the comic strip Tizzy (1966-1968). Cartoon panels are pen and ink on illustration board; most are 8 ½ x 11 in.

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Arrangement of the Collection

Cartoons are in chronological order.

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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.

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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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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Kate Osann Cartoons,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of Newspaper Enterprise Association, 1968-1969.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: MM
Date: 28 May 1968
Revision history: 23 Sept 1970 - revised (MB); 10 Dec 2008 - converted to EAD (MD); 26 Jan 2009 - revised (MD); 26 Apr 2017 - 1968 added (MRC)

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Inventory

	Cartoons
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Box 1		Tizzy 1966, Jan-Apr (96 items)
Box 2		Tizzy 1966, May-Sep (111 items)
Box 3		Tizzy 1966, Oct-Dec; 1967, Jan (98 items)
Box 4		Tizzy 1967, Feb-Jun (123 items)
Box 5		Tizzy 1967, Aug-Dec (102 items)
Box 6		Tizzy 1968, Jan-Sep (197 items)
Box 7		Tizzy 1968, Oct-Dec (77 items)

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