Finding aid created by: MD
Date: 2 Dec 2008
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| 2 Dec 2008 | converted to EAD (MD) |
| 6 Jan 2010 | added bio, scope and detailed inventory (SK) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Munson, Walt. |
| Title: | Walt Munson Cartoons |
| Dates: | 1965-1970 |
| Quantity: | 1.67 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | 27 original sports cartoons and 7 proofs. |
| 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 |
Walt Munson was an American sports cartoonist and illustrator.
Munson worked as a cartoonist for the New Haven Register from approximately the early 1940s through 1974. Prior to this, he drew the single panel cartoon, Such is Life and illustrated comic postcards.
The Walt Munson Cartoons are divided into two series. Cartoons (1965-1970, undated) contains 27 original sports cartoons produced for the New Haven Register. A variety of sports are caricatured, however Munson's attention is frequently on college sports played by Yale University and other Ivy League teams.
Sixteen cartoons have dates stamped on the back. The cartoons vary in size with the largest measuring approximately 11 1/2" x 17 1/2". The cartoons were drawn primarily with ink on illustration board and Graphix paper. Some were drawn with crayon and traces of pencil are visible.
Proofs and Tearsheet (1970, undated) contains 7 items. Several are about the interruption of college sporting events by campus protests and demonstrations.
Dated items are arranged in chronological order and undated items are arranged in alphabetical order.
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Persons
Munson, Walt.
Subjects
American wit and humor, Pictorial.
Baseball -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Basketball -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Boxing -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Caricatures and cartoons --
Connecticut.
Caricatures and cartoons --
United States.
Cartoonists -- Connecticut.
Cartoonists -- United States.
College sports -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Demonstrations -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Football -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Golf -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Hockey -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Horse racing -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Ivy League (Athletic conference) -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Sports -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Student protesters -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Yale University -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Places
United States -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Genres and Forms
Cartoons (humorous images)
Proofs (printed matter)
Tear sheets.
Occupations
Cartoonists.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Walt Munson Cartoons,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of Walt Munson, 1967, 1969, 1971 and 1972.
Cartoons
Proofs and Tearsheet
| Cartoons | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | 1965 | ||||||||||
| Feb 5: Will You Be My Valentine: horse racing, track and field, Yale University, wrestling,
Brown University, Ivy League Oct 9: Sportsnotes Scientist to Spend $63,000 to Learn Why Birds Warble |
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| Oversize 1 | 1967 | ||||||||||
| Apr 8: The Greeks had a word for it "Go man go!": baseball, chariot racing, Yale University,
basketball,
Muhammad Ali
Jul 8: Box Office Draw: baseball Oct 14: Sports Love in Bloom: New York Mets, Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox, hockey |
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| Oversize 1 | 1968 | ||||||||||
| Jan 13: [Superbowl]: Oakland Raiders, Green Bay Packers
Feb 3: Chef's Special: Yale University, Ivy League Mar 1: Back to the Drawing Board: sports stadiums and arenas Oct 8: What Is Your Favorite Sport? Oct 12: PenPost Mortem: World Series, football, Columbia, Mickey Lolich |
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| Oversize 1 | 1969 | ||||||||||
| Oct 11: It's the new sports compact made isn't it?: football, basketball, hockey, baseball, New York Mets | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | 1970 | ||||||||||
| Jan 17: National Collegiate Athletic Association Puts Yale University Athletes on
two-year probation: NCAA,
Yale University
Feb 28: Speaking of Air Pollution- Around the Sportspark...we are: sports heroes Apr 13: Ivy League Completes Budget Talks May 9: Oh! Somewhere in this favored landed the sun is shining bright... May 25: Book Review: Jim Bouton, horse racing, New York Mets, Boston Patriots |
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| Oversize 1 | Undated | ||||||||||
| Ah Yes, Sweet smell of flowers in spring sportstime!: baseball, hockey, basketball,
boxing
Along sportslines: golf, sportswriters Coming Attractions at Home and Away: football, Harvard, Yale University, Michigan State, Notre Dame Let's not disappoint dear old mother: Yale University, Ivy League Our National Pastime: football Picket Lines: boxing, golf, Navy, cheerleaders (Jan. 8) Seasonal Greeting Cards are in the mail: Leo Durocher, Eddie Stanky, Boston Red Sox, boxing, NCAA, Yale University, Al Dark Stop the press- stop your kidding: Princeton, Yale University, football State of the Union Sports Report to Congress Trick or Treat...shall we dance?: Dartmouth, Yale University, football Vote the Straight sports ticket: Boston Red Sox, boxing, golf, New York City |
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| Proofs and Tearsheet | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | 1970 | ||||||||||
| [Yale University's Two Year Suspension by the NCAA] (2 copies)
Sep 13: Sportslines...Love and Tears: demonstrations by football players in favor of a coaching change (photocopy of the original, note about Syracuse University written at top) |
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| Oversize 1 | Undated | ||||||||||
| Go Ahead. Read me the Funnies. I could use a laugh: college student demonstrations
Oh! Somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright:...: college student demonstrations Where Have all the fans gone?: baseball, horse racing To Have and to Hold- for better and worse: National League baseball expansion |
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