William Henry Walker papers
name: label: Creator
content: Walker, William Henry, 1871-1938
label: Names
content: Dutch Treat Club
topic: label: Occupation
content: Caricaturists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Cartoonists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Graphic artists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Caricatures and cartoons
label: Topic
content: Magazine illustration
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 4386 lent for microfilming and unmicrofilmed materials donated, 1989 by Walker's daughter-in-law, Alice Smith (Mrs. Robert Miller) Walker. Her husband had collected and annotated his father's papers.
creator: label: Creator
content: Walker, William Henry, 1871-1938
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Cartoonist, illustrator; New York, N.Y. His professional career was as a hospital administrator. Contributed political and satirical cartoons to LIFE, HARPER'S, NEW YORK EVENING POST, and NEW YORK HERALD. He was the first to use the lithographer's crayon for cartoons.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 1 reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1892-1937
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.walkwill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 4386: Originals at the New York Historical Society, New York, N.Y.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Printed material; art works; and portrait sketches.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 4386: 226 portrait sketches and caricatures, 1919-1937, of members of the Dutch Treat Club, Walker's friends, notable artists, musicians, actors, politicians, and writers of the day. Sketches are signed by the sitters.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Proofs, offprints, clippings of cartoons, and illustrations made primarily for LIFE magazine; and two pen and ink drawings, 1892.