Finding aid created by: MD
Date: 25 Mar 2009
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| 25 Mar 2009 | converted to EAD (MD) |
| 01 May 2009 | revised (MD) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937 |
| Title: | Frederick Burr Opper Cartoons |
| Dates: | 1931 |
| Quantity: | 2 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | 3 original cartoons from the newspaper comic strip Happy Hooligan and the companion strip And Her Name Was Maud!. |
| 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 |
Frederick Burr Opper (1857-1937) was an American cartoonist and creator of the newspaper comic strips Happy Hooligan, And Her Name Was Maud!, Alphonse and Gaston and many others.
The Frederick Burr Opper Cartoons collection contains 3 original Sunday cartoons from the newspaper comic strip Happy Hooligan and the companion topper strip And Her Name Was Maud! (1931). Sunday cartoon: traces of graphite, blue pencil, pen and ink on illustration board, approx. 21 ½ x 27 ½ in.
Cartoons are in chronological order.
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Persons
Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937.
Associated Titles
And her name was Maud (comic strip)
Happy Hooligan (comic strip)
Subjects
American wit and humor, Pictorial.
Caricatures and cartoons -- United States.
Cartoonists -- United States.
Comic books, strips,
etc. -- United States.
Genres and Forms
Cartoons (humorous images)
Occupations
Cartoonists.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Frederick Burr Opper Cartoons,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Purchased, 1963.
Happy Hooligan/And Her Name Was Maud!
| Happy Hooligan/And Her Name Was Maud! | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Sunday cartoon September 20, 1931 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Sunday cartoon September 27, 1931 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Sunday cartoon October 11, 1931 | ||||||||||