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Newspaper Ad

Description: Copy negative of a newspaper ad from J.D. Moore Transfer and Storage in Abilene, Texas. The advertisement addresses the Hilton Hotel and the moving service provided by the company. There is a drawing of a J. D. Moore Storage truck and an image of a hotel.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of East Vs. West Football Art]

Description: Photograph of a chalkboard drawing promoting a Hardin-Simmons University football game, showing a West Texas football player with an “East Texas” knife in his back. The text reads, “East Texas vs. West Texas -- Memorial Stadium 8:00m 2 Aug. -- *Oxygen Furnished -- ‘Entertainment’ By: Homer Leonard.”
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Art Forum Record Book, 1950]

Description: Record book highlighting the activities of American Art Week in communities throughout Texas, with an emphasis on Abilene, in 1950. Includes newspaper clippings, photographs, and memorabilia documenting statewide activities promoted by different clubs.
Date: 1950
Creator: Carpenter, Allie Mae
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Clippings about Cartoon Artist Roy Crane]

Description: Two clippings of articles about cartoon artist Roy Crane, Jr., his background, career, and a story about a sea storm he experienced. Both articles include a photograph of Crane and the clipping on the left has small cartoon drawings by Crane.
Date: April 11, 1924
Creator: Newspaper Enterprise Association
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Landon School of Illustrating and Cartooning - Lesson on Lettering

Description: A copy of the Landon School of Illustrating and Cartooning lesson on lettering. The course was taught by Charles Landon, who was an editor and illustrator at both Cosmopolitan Magazine and The Newspaper Enterprise Association (now a part of E. W. Scripps Company), and was taken by noted cartoonist Roy Crane at the age of 14.
Date: unknown
Creator: Roy, Crane, Jr.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Anatomy and Architectural Sketches]

Description: A collection of human anatomy and architectural sketches, each dated and signed by the artist.
Date: {1920-07-29,1920-08-06,1920-08-11,1920-08-13,1920-10-18,1920-10-20,1920-10-21,1920-10-24,1920-11-05,1920-11-08,1920-11-10,1920-11-17,1920-11-22,1920-12-06}
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[The Leader Tablet with Drawings]

Description: A Leader writing tablet with a maroon cardboard cover, containing drawings and writings by Roy Crane, including illustrations of buildings, houses, battles, ships, trains, and automobiles. There are a few school exercises among the illustrations.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Comic Anatomy with Criticisms]

Description: Ink drawings of male figures, mostly naked or wearing loincloths, depicting action in the human form. There are handwritten notes in pencil around the drawings, with arrows pointing to different parts of each drawing.
Date: [1915,1916]
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane Jr.]

Description: Letter from cartoonist Mr. Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr., returning caricatures of people in active poses, including a German military man and a dancing skeleton, that Crane sent to him, with Landon's criticisms handwritten around the drawings.
Date: [1915,1916]
Creator: Landon, Charles N. & Crane, Roy, Jr.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

At the Athletic Club

Description: Newspaper clipping of a political cartoon by Herbert Johnson depicting two men in the dressing room of an athletic club, getting dressed in clothes held together by safety pins and nails. The man on the left asks the other man, "Your Wife Doing Any Knitting For Soldiers?" The other man answers, "Yep!"
Date: [1900..]
Creator: Johnson, Herbert
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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