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Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Eve Ganson Manuscript Pages and Drawings
Creator:
Ganson, Eve
Identifier/Call Number: MS.643
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date: before 1928, 1961
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.
Language of Material:
English
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Bequest by Eve Ganson through her brother George Van Campen for the Munk Library of Arizoniana, 1961.
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).
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].
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.
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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.
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.
Kept in the original order created by Eve Ganson.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Manuscripts
Horn, Thorn, Tooth and Claw: Who's Who on the Arizona Desert
Desert Mavericks: Caught and Branded
Desert animals
Southwest, New -- Humor
Ink drawings
Poetry