GRA 0099. Graphic Materials - Miscellaneous Literary & Historical Manuscripts

An untitled pen and ink self-portrait of American author and illustrartor Djuna Barnes.

Aluminum sign advertising Bengal Paper Mill Company’s “Well Known Quality Tiger Brand Paper,” and available stock, undated, with 1904 certificate included for one share of stock in the company.

Includes one original drawing by American painter, illustrator, and author Joe Brainard (1942-1994).

In 1924, Republican presidential candidate Calvin Coolidge organized The Lincoln Tour, a 56-day, cross-country road rally of 100,000 automobiles that was designed to be a continuous political parade along the Lincoln Highway, the first transcontinental road for automobiles in the country. This is a photograph of a truck from the Calvin Coolidge and Charles Dawes campaign's Lincoln Tour.

This collection comprises two original hand-colored etchings by British caricaturist George Cruikshank, the companion pieces A Nice Lady or an Incomparable!!!! (1813) and An Exquisite Dandy-Prodigious!!! A Nice Gentleman (1818). Both etchings were published by S. W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly.

Includes one framed copper printing plate etched by American painter, illustrator, and etcher Philip Kappel in 1929.

One paper dress produced by Waste Basket Boutique by Mars of Asheville. The dress has "Nixon" printed several times in red along with blue stars.

Set of 6 Peanuts election posters illustrated by Charles M. Schulz and manufactured by Hallmark Cards, Inc. during the 1968 presidential election.

One portrait of American salesman, author, publisher, and editor Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915), engraved on board by American artist Otto J. Schneider (1875-1946). The portrait is inscribed by Hubbard “To Dr. J. L. Bower, with all kind wishes from his friend Elbert Hubbard.”

Drawing by William Makepeace Thackeray of Francis Mahony (also known as "Father Prout") at "The Haunt" in 1847. Presented to the Yorick Club, Melbourne, Vic.

Black-and-white photograph portrait of poet, novelist, playwright, and educator Owen Dodsen taken by photographer Carl Van Vechten in New York on June 18, 1942.

Black-and-white photograph portrait of novelist and film translator William Demby (1922-2013) taken by photographer Carl Van Vechten in New York on March 13, 1956.

Includes one original collage, titled "Death of a City / Kurt Vonnegut."