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Title: George McManus papers
Date (inclusive): 1912-1954
Collection number: 322
Creator:
McManus, George, 1884-1954
Extent:
3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
12 oversize boxes
Abstract: George McManus (1884-1954) was a cartoonist and created the comic strips
Rosie's Beau and his most famous strip,
Bringing up Father.
Bringing up Father became internationally known, appearing in 750 newspapers throughout the world and a play based on the strip toured the country
in the 1920s. The collection contains 16 folio volumes of proof sheets of McManus' comic strip
Bringing up Father (1918-39) and one folio volume of proof sheets of his comic strip
Rosie's Beau (1917-18).
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Leo McManus, 1957.
[Identification of item], George McManus papers (Collection 322). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
2221413
McManus was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on January 23, 1884; at the age of 15 he became a cartoonist first for the
St. Louis Republic, and then for the
Post-Dispatch; moved to the
New York World in 1904, and the
New York American in 1912, where he created the comic strips
Rosie's Beau and his most famous strip,
Bringing up Father, which began in 1913; it became internationally known, appearing in 750 newspapers throughout the world; a play based on
Bringing up Father toured the country in the 1920s, and radio programs were based on the strip; 11 films based on the strip were made, with
McManus appearing in four of them; the first of 28 annual editions of Bringing up father in book form sold more than 1.5 million
copies in 1915; McManus made his home in Southern California after 1929; appeared on radio and television programs and was
in demand as an after-dinner speaker; received many honors, including the American Red Cross meritorious service award; died
in Santa Monica, California, on October 22, 1954.
Collection contains 16 folio volumes of proof sheets of McManus' comic strip
Bringing up Father (1918-39), one folio volume of proof sheets of his comic strip
Rosie's Beau (1917-18). Includes an original drawing of the March 22, 1925 issue of
Bringing up Father and 2 framed proof sheets (1948). Also includes cartoon books and 15 numbers of the periodical titled, Circulation, as well
as scrapbooks, photographs, and ephemera relating to McManus' life and travels.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
McManus, George, 1884-1954--Archives.
Cartoonists--United States--Archival resources.
Comic strips.
- Photographs of Mr. and Mrs. McManus with various notables and celebrities have been removed to Collection 99 . Available at the Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
- A few association publications have been removed to United States Ephemera collection (Collection 609) . Available at the Department of Special Collections, UCLA.