Earle B. Winslow papers
name: label: Creator
content: Winslow, Earle (Earle B.), b. 1884
topic: label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Woodstock
label: Topic
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- Woodstock
label: Topic
content: World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Earle B. Winslow papers were donated in 1978 by Mrs. Marsden London, the artist's daughter.
creator: label: Creator
content: Winslow, Earle (Earle B.), b. 1884
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content: Earle B. Winslow papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: This small collection of the papers of illustrator Earle B. Winslow measures 0.6 linear feet and dates from 1898-1977. The papers consist primarily of 9 sketchbooks and printed materials, such as clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and reproductions of Winslow's artwork. Additional scattered materials include biographical material, letters concerning Winslow's art-related activities during World War II, notes and writings, and photographs of art work.
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Earle B. Winslow was born on February 21, 1884 in Northville, Michigan, and several years later his family moved to Grand Rapids. After graduating from Union High School in Grand Rapids, Winslow studied at the Art Institute of Chicago until 1906 when he served a two-year apprenticeship at the Cargills Newspaper Engraving Plant.

In 1909, Winslow married Zenna Pearl, the former model of his Grand Rapids art instructor Mathais J. Alten. He moved his family to Detroit in 1913 where he was employed by the Franklin Press Company, and he attended the Detroit School of Fine Arts.

By 1917, the Winslows had two children, Marshall Ladd and Zenna Mae, and the family moved to Chicago where he continued his studies at the Art Institute of Chicago. The family moved again the following year to New York City, where Winslow studied at the Art Students league with George Bellows and John Sloan. Beginning in 1919, summers were spent in Woodstock where his tutors were John Sloan, Andrew Dasburg, and George Bellows. Classmates in Bellows' classes included Peggy Bacon and Dorothy Varian.

In 1921, Winslow created the "Bingville Bugle" comic strip at the Invisible Ink Studios of Woodstock, New York. It was from this popular publication that singer Bing Crosby took his nickname. When the publication was discontinued in 1924, Winslow was employed at Art Services in New York City. In 1929, he established his own studio at 219 West 14th Street in New York City, and executed the Exide Battery Account for which he won an Art directors Award. He had a solo exhibition at the Macbeth Gallery in April of the same year.

He was a member of the Society of Illustrators, the Artists Guild, the Art Directors Club of New York, and the Salmagundi Club, and did illustrations for The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, Women's Home Companion, Liberty, and Outdoor Life. In 1935, Winslow was honored by the Linweave Paper Company of Springfield, Massachusetts, when they named "Winslow Texture" watercolor paper after him.

During World War II, he was commissioned to do posters and instructional material for the U. S. Marines and the Forestry Service. He also painted 30-minute portraits at the Stage Door Canteen and Seamen's Institute.

In 1948, Winslow became an instructor at Pratt Institute, and at Visual Arts and Cartoon Schools. He gave up his New York City Studio and moved permanently to Woodstock, New York, in 1953.

Earle B. Winslow died on June 21, 1969 in Woodstock, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1898-1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.winsearl
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection has been arranged into 6 series:

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1944-1969 (Box 1; 1 folder)

Series 2: Letters, circa 1943-1977 (Box 1; 2 folders)

Series 3: Sketchbooks, circa 1898-1925 (Box 1; 9 folders)

Series 4: Notes and Writings, circa 1969 (Box 1; 4 folders)

Series 5: Printed Material, circa 1928-1976 (Box 2; 17 folders)

Series 6: Photographs, circa 1959-1964 (Box 2; 5 folders)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The papers were processed by Jean Fitzgerald in 2007.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Content Note
content: This small collection of the papers of illustrator Earle B. Winslow measures 0.6 linear feet and dates from 1898-1977. Most of the collection consists of nine sketchbooks and printed materials, such as clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and reproductions of Winslow's artwork. Additional scattered materials include biographical material, including chronologies and military certificates of appreciation; one folder of letters concerning Winslow's art-related activities during World War II; notes and writings primarily concerning Winslow's views on art and a biographical typescript written by his granddaughter, and photographs of miscellaneous art work.