Bill Johnson Cartoon collection
Scope and Contents
A collection of 25 cartoons created by Bill Johnson. These are dated between 1965 and 1969 and are part of a series titled "Letters from the Twins", referring to the Minnesota Twins.
Dates
- 1965-1969
Creator
- Johnson, Bill (William R.), 1922-2005 (Donor, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions but viewing materials does require an appointment. Please contact the Giamatti Research Center, research@baseballhall.org, 607-547-0330.
Conditions Governing Use
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum provides use copies of materials to facilitate private study, scholarship, and research. The Museum welcomes you to use materials in our collections that are in the public domain and to make fair use of copyrighted materials as defined by copyright law and with proper citation. Permission to publish materials must be obtained from: Giamatti Research Center, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, 25 Main St., Cooperstown, NY 13326 Phone: 607.547.0330 E-mail: research@baseballhall.org
Biographical / Historical
William was born on January 29, 1922, in Minneapolis. He lived in Chicago, Seattle and California before graduating from Minneapolis' Roosevelt High School in 1940. He joined the Navy in 1941, serving as a signalman in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean. After his ship was sunk by a German U-boat, he was accepted for Officer Training School at Dartmouth College. He met Pauline at a USO and married her in 1946. They moved to New York where he attended art school and then worked for 15 years as a commercial artist and writer. In 1965, they moved to the Twin Cities, where he worked for Art Instruction Schools, Trend Enterprises and part-time as a sports cartoonist for the St. Paul Dispatch. Bill and Polly started their own company, Blip Productions, producing educational materials for schools. Bill was a member of the National Cartoonists' Society. In 2004, he published a novel based on his childhood experiences during the Depression, "Fool's Gold".--startribune.com/obituaries
Extent
1.75 Linear Feet (in 1 flat document box)
.62 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A collection of twenty-five cartoons donated in 1984 by the artist. This series is titled “Letters from the Twins”, referring to a publication.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in chronological order by creation date.
Physical Location
Manuscript Archives, Aisle 20, Range a, Shelf 2
Creator
- Johnson, Bill (William R.), 1922-2005 (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Bill Johnson Cartoon collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Claudette Scrafford, Manuscript Archivist
- Date
- August 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Archives Repository