Fred Ellis papers
name: label: Creator
content: Ellis, Fred, 1885-1965
topic: label: Occupation
content: Cartoonists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Caricatures and cartoons
label: Topic
content: Political cartoons
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 1094 lent for microfilming and unfilmed material donated by Ethel Ellis 1976. Ten political cartoons donated by Bernard Grossman, 1981.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ellis, Fred, 1885-1965
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Cartoonist; New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Linear Feet ((Ca. 2000 items on one microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca.1920-1970]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ellifred
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 1094 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 1094 Originals returned to the lender, Ethel Ellis, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1094: Typewritten copy of a short essay entitled, "Cartooning and the Search for Ideas"; handwritten list of words Ellis used to get ideas; a sketchbook; ca. 1000 small sketches; and pages from "The Life and Work of Daumier" by Henri Franz with sketches Ellis did of Daumier's work.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Ten political cartoons, ca. 1930, correspondence, clippings, reproductions of Ellis' political cartoons, catalogs, photographs, and a typescript "Memories as told to his wife Ethel."