Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Syd Hoff Papers,
- Dates:
- 1960-1972
- Creators:
- Hoff, Syd, 1912-
- Abstract:
- Syd Hoff (1912- ) contributed cartoons to The New Yorker, Esquire, Look, and the Saturday evening post. He also drew the syndicated cartoon, Laugh it off, wrote and illustrated books, and has published compilations of his cartoons. The collection consists of some 600 original drawings by Hoff.
- Extent:
- 3 oversize boxes
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Syd Hoff Papers (Collection 984). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of some 600 original drawings by artist and author Syd Hoff. Includes 45 drawings for Hello, mudder, hello, fadder and I can't dance (both written by Allan Sherman), as well as illustrations for The Homework Caper (1966) by Joan M. Lexau and Lengthy (1963), written by Hoff. Also includes original drawings for Baseball mouse (1969), written and illustrated by Hoff, his drawings for The litter knight (1970) and Ida the bareback rider (1972), and original cartoons for daily newspapers (1964-65).
- Biographical / historical:
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Syd Hoff was born in New York City, New York in 1912; he studied art at the National Academy of Design; contributed cartoons to The New Yorker, Esquire, Look, and the Saturday evening post; he also drew the syndicated cartoon, Laugh it off; illustrated books, some of which he also wrote; most of these were written for children, including Danny and the dinosaur (1958), Sammy the seal (1959), Julius (1958), and Lengthy (1963); he has also published compilations of his cartoons.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Syd Hoff, 1967-72.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2002
- Date Encoded:
- Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, September 2001 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Alight Tsai and Caroline Cubé.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Syd Hoff Papers (Collection 984). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988