Martin M. Branner Collection of the "Winnie Winkle" Comic Strip
name: label: Creator
content: Branner, Martin M.
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Graphic Arts
topic: label: Occupation
content: Cartoonists
label: Topic
content: Caricatures and cartoons -- 1920-1970
label: Topic
content: Cartoon characters -- 1920-1970
label: Topic
content: Comic books, strips, etc. -- 1920-1970
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was donated by Martin M. Branner,  October 1967.
creator: label: Creator
content: Branner, Martin M.
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content: Martin M. Branner Collection of the "Winnie Winkle" Comic Strip
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: "Winnie Winkle, the Breadwinner" was a comic strip written and drawn by Martin M. Branner. The main character is Winnie Winkle, "a poor, but pretty working goil, [who] is struggling to support her little family." The concept was an untraditional one at the time of the strip's first appearance in 1920. The strip lasted in daily and Sunday newspapers until 1961.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8 Cubic feet (20 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920-1961
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: This collection was transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Graphic Arts (now Division of Work and Industry), June 7, 1987. Four original pen drawings of the Winnie Winkle strip (also donated by Mr. Branner in 1967) remain in the Division of Graphic Arts.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0265
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Reproductions
label: Type
content: Comics
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Craig Orr, 1993
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: English.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Reproductions
label: Genre/Form
content: Comics -- 1920-1970
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: 28 scrapbooks containing proofs and newspaper clippings (i.e., reproductions) of the comic strip "Winnie Winkle" from 37 complete years (1920, 1922-45, 1950-61) of daily black-and-white strips and color Sunday editions. Evidently, the clippings from 1946 1949 were lost at some point prior to the acquisition of this collection by the Smithsonian. This material is of significance as the cartoonist's own collection of his work.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Archival Materials
content: Original pen drawings by Branner form part of same accession in Graphic Arts collections (now Division of Work and Industry).