Charles H. Kuhn collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0792
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a color landscape drawing by Herman Davis (undated); a drawing of a small street scene by Gaar Williams the appeared in the Chicago Daily News (ca. 1908); a drawing of WWI "doughboy" by Gaar Williams (1918); and a photograph of Gaar Williams (undated). The collection also includes twenty lessons created by Charles Kuhn for an Indianapolis News cartoon course (1934).
There are also oversize cartoons created by Charles Kuhn, Franklin Booth, Gaar Williams, and John T. McCutcheon (OB048; OBC072).
There are also oversize cartoons created by Charles Kuhn, Franklin Booth, Gaar Williams, and John T. McCutcheon (OB048; OBC072).
Dates
- circa 1908-1934, undated
Creator
- Kuhn, Charles Harris (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Charles Harris Kuhn was born March 20, 1892 at Prairie City, Illinois to James and Minnie Kuhn and spent his childhood in Bushnell, Illinois. He studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and published his first cartoon in 1915. He worked as a cartoonist for the Chicago Journal and the Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) before joining the Indianapolis News in 1922. He began drawing the comic strip, Grandma, in 1947 and it was distributed by King Features until 1969. Kuhn was a navy veteran of World War I and was married to his wife, Lois, from 1922 until his death at the age of 96 on January 16, 1989.
Sources:
Ancestry.com. "Charles H Kuhn." 1900 United States Federal Census. Accessed February 17, 2017. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Charles H Kuhn." Cook County, Illinois Marriage Indexes, 1912-1942. Accessed February 17, 2017. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com.
Banta, Ray. Indiana's Laughmakers: The Story of Over 400 Hoosiers: Actors, Cartoonists, Writers, and Others. Indianapolis, IN: Pennultimate Press, 1990.
"Charles Kuhn rites Saturday; ex-cartoonist." Indianapolis Star, January 19, 1989.
Sources:
Ancestry.com. "Charles H Kuhn." 1900 United States Federal Census. Accessed February 17, 2017. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Charles H Kuhn." Cook County, Illinois Marriage Indexes, 1912-1942. Accessed February 17, 2017. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com.
Banta, Ray. Indiana's Laughmakers: The Story of Over 400 Hoosiers: Actors, Cartoonists, Writers, and Others. Indianapolis, IN: Pennultimate Press, 1990.
"Charles Kuhn rites Saturday; ex-cartoonist." Indianapolis Star, January 19, 1989.
Extent
0.16 Cubic Feet (2 folders, 3 oversize folders)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Charles Kuhn on 1979/04/12, Ray Banta in 1978/04, and Lois S. Kuhn in 1989/05/26.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2017/02/17 by Laura Eliason. EAD finding aid created 2017/02/17 by Laura Eliason. EAD finding aid updated 2021/09/02 by Lauren Patton.
Creator
- Kuhn, Charles Harris (Person)
- Williams, Gaar, 1880-1935 (Person)
- Title
- Charles H. Kuhn collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
