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Kate Osann Cartoons

An inventory of her cartoons at Syracuse University

Finding aid 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)

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).

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.

Arrangement of the Collection

Cartoons are in chronological order.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

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.

Subject Headings

Persons

Osann, Kate.

Corporate Bodies

Newspaper Enterprise Association.

Associated Titles

Tizzy (comic strip)

Subjects

American wit and humor, Pictorial.
Caricatures and cartoons -- United States.
Cartoonists -- United States.
Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States.
Women cartoonists.

Genres and Forms

Cartoons (humorous images)

Occupations

Cartoonists.

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.

Table of Contents

Cartoons

Inventory