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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Collection Scope and Contents
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: David Kunzle papers
    Date (inclusive): circa 1830-2021
    Date (bulk): 1960-2021
    Collection Number: MS 172
    Creator: Kunzle, David
    Extent: 12.04 linear feet (12 boxes)
    Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
    Riverside, CA 92517-5900
    Abstract: The collection consists of photographs, prints, fashion plates, notes and other materials related to David Kunzle's research and publications on early comic art in Europe produced in the 15th-19th centuries. Materials in the collection were used for multiple books authored by Kunzle, including The Early Comic Strip: Narrative Strips and Picture Stories in the European Broadsheet from c.1450 to 1825, History of the Comic Strip: The Nineteenth Century, Rebirth of the English Comic Strip: A Kaleidoscope, 1847-1870, and From Criminal to Courtier: The Soldier in Netherlandish Art, 1550-1672.
    Languages: The collection is mainly in English, with some materials in French, German, and Dutch.

    Access

    This collection is unprocessed. Please contact Special Collections & University Archives regarding the availability of materials for research use.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.

    Preferred Citation

    [identification of item], [date if possible]. David Kunzle papers (MS 172). Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of David Kunzle, 2023.

    Collection Scope and Contents

    The collection consists of photographs, prints, fashion plates, notes and other materials related to David Kunzle's research and publications on early comic art in Europe produced in the 15th-19th centuries. Materials in the collection were used for multiple books authored by Kunzle, including The Early Comic Strip: Narrative Strips and Picture Stories in the European Broadsheet from c.1450 to 1825, History of the Comic Strip: The Nineteenth Century, Rebirth of the English Comic Strip: A Kaleidoscope, 1847-1870, and From Criminal to Courtier: The Soldier in Netherlandish Art, 1550-1672.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

    Subjects

    Comic books, strips, etc
    Comic books, strips, etc. -- History and criticism
    Fashion prints
    Soldiers in art

    Genres and Forms of Materials

    Engravings (prints)
    Photographs
    Plates (illustrations)