Eve Ganson Manuscript Pages and Drawings, before 1928, 1961

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Summary

Creators:
Ganson, Eve
Abstract:
Eve Ganson was an artist, author, and poet who was a resident of Los Angeles, California circa 1930. This collections contains ink drawings and manuscript pages for Desert Mavericks: Caught and Branded illustrated and written by Eve Ganson and published in 1928.
Extent:
0.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Eve Ganson Manuscript Pages and Drawings, 1928, 1961, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.643, [item title][date].

Background

Scope and content:

This collections contains ink drawings and manuscript pages for Desert Mavericks: Caught and Branded, alternate title Who's Who on the Arizona Desert, drawn and written by Eve Ganson some time before the book publication date of 1928.

Included are the sixty-two animals drawings, poems or "rhymes", frontispiece, title page, index, dedication page, and forward that appears in the published version of the book. In addition are three unpublished drawings and the letter of donation from Ganson's brother, George Van Campen, dated 1961 July 5.

Most of the drawings are titled and signed by Ganson; include Ganson's editorial notes in the margin; and are stamped on the back by American Engraving and Electroype, Los Angeles, California.

Biographical / historical:

Eve Ganson was an artist, author, and poet who was a resident of Los Angeles, California circa 1930. Articles she wrote about French fashion were published in Vogue magazine in 1914. She illustrated French Heels to Spurs, a book by Loraine Hornaday Fielding, published in 1930. Ganson also authored and illustrated the books, Horn, thorn, tooth and claw; who's who on the Arizona desert, rhymes and caricatures and Desert mavericks, caught and branded. Both books were published in 1928 and feature Ganson's humorous depictions of Arizona wildlife.

Acquisition information:
Bequest by Eve Ganson through her brother George Van Campen for the Munk Library of Arizoniana, 1961.
Processing information:

Initial inventory created by Michelle Bourdin, 2011. Finding aid completed by Anna Liza Posas, 2013. Final processing of collection and publication of finding aid made possible by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Arrangement:

Kept in the original order created by Eve Ganson.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Appointments to view materials are required. To make an appointment please visit https://theautry.org/research-collections/library-and-archives and fill out the Researcher Application Form.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

Eve Ganson Manuscript Pages and Drawings, 1928, 1961, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.643, [item title][date].

Location of this collection:
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027, US
Contact:
(747) 201-8448
rroom@theautry.org
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