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Henry Martin Papers

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Martin

Henry Martin (July 15, 1925 – June 30, 2020) was an American cartoonist. He graduated from Princeton University in 1948 with a degree in Art History, and studied art at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. He worked as a cartoonist and illustrator for more than 50 years, publishing in The New Yorker, Punch, Ladies' Home Journal, The Saturday Evening Post, the Princeton Alumni Weekly and many other magazines. His single-panel comic strip, "Good News/Bad News," was nationally syndicated, and he wrote and/or illustrated more than 35 books.

Consists of scrapbooks of tearsheets and clippings, original artwork in pencil and in pen and ink, matted artwork, correspondence, financial documents, periodicals, newsletters, greeting cards, exhibition materials, permission agreements, and contracts documenting Henry Martin's career as a cartoonist and illustrator. The majority of the collection consists of Martin's original artwork in pencil and in pen and ink, along with 24 scrapbooks containing tearsheets and clippings of Martin's cartoons and art from various publications, and two scrapbooks documenting his correspondence with cartoonist George Booth.

Materials were not arranged by the archivist during initial processing, but were housed by size where appropriate.

Donated by Jane Martin McGrath in 2021 (AM 2022-051).

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This collection was processed by Amy C. Vo in November 2021. The archivist supplied titles for untitled folders and groupings of materials. Finding aid written by Amy C. Vo in November 2021.

In 2022, materials that were initially separated from the 2021 donation were incorporated and described.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Author
Amy C. Vo
Finding Aid Date
2021
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Collection Inventory

Notebook – Business Income, 1995-2015. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

Notebook – Ideas Sold to the New Yorker Drawn By Other Cartoonists, 1964-1988. 1 item.
Scope and Contents

Other cartoonists listed include: Chas Addams, Whit Darrow, O'Brian, Price, Chron Day, B. Tobey, and Booth.

Physical Description

1 item

My Last Cartoon in the New Yorker, 1999 January 11. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

My First Published Work, 1949 September 3. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

Where Have All the Dinosaurs Gone?, 2003. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

Punch: Then and Now, 1970. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

"The Golden Years" Compilation, 2000. 3 items.
Physical Description

3 items

New Yorker Clippings, circa 1970s-1990s. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

Philadelphia Inquirer and Harvard Business Review Clippings, 1983-1996. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

Punch Clippings, 1977-1988. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

Book Contracts, 1969. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

The New Yorker, 1994. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

Tribune Media Services, 1978-1988. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

New Yorker Contracts and Plans, 1966-1994. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

Princeton Alumni Weekly, 1987-2003. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Arts Council of Princeton Show, 1995 December 14. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Sidney Harris, 1972-1980. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Original Art for "It's a Sure Thing", 1988-1992. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Location of New Yorker Cartoons, 1991-1992. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Exhibitions, 1987-1998. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Pennswood Show, 1999. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Inquirer, 1984-1991. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Audobon, 1975-1991. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Tribune Media Services, 1978. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

New Yorker Clippings, 2000. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

The Cortlandt Group, Inc., 1994-1995. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Cartoon Bank, 1998-1999. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Cartoon Book, Pennswood, 2000. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

The New Yorker Contracts, 1994-2006. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Cartoon Talk, 1980-1992. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Good News Bad News, the Book, 1980. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

John Bidwell Project, 1996-1999. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

George Booth, 2004-2007. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Reprint Info Current, 1997-1998. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Misc. Permissions, 1997-2008. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Gift to Princeton of Original Art, 2010. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Princeton Donation, 2006. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Sam Gross, 1995-2006. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Contract and Spot Art, 1994. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Spectator, 1996-1998. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Assorted Letters, 1996. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Princeton Planned Giving, 1995-2009. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Princeton Thanksgiving Cards, circa 1990s-2000s. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Income, 1950-1954. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Various Contracts, 1991-1994. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Cartoons Lists, 2000. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Cartoon Book – Roughs and Gag Lines, 2000. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1.0 folder

Cartoon Book – Finishes, circa 2000. 3 folders.
Physical Description

3.0 folders

Cartoon Book, circa 2000. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1.0 folder

Fantasy and Science Fiction, 1981-1997. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1.0 folder

CTNYN Originals, 1979 January-July. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2.0 folders

CTNYN Originals, 1979. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1.0 folder

CTNYN and Good News/Bad News Published Originals, 1978. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2.0 folders

Scrapbooks – Good News Bad News, 1978-1993. 6 items.
Physical Description

6 items

Scrapbooks – Good News Bad News, 1978-1993. 6 items.
Physical Description

6 items

Scrapbook – Spot Art, 1950s-1983. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

Scrapbook – Early Work, 1937-1950. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

Scrapbooks – General, 1994-1996. 2 items.
Physical Description

2 items

Scrapbook – The Saturday Evening Post, 1964-1969. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

Scrapbooks – Punch, 1976-1992. 3 items.
Physical Description

3 items

Scrapbook – Miscellaneous Publications, 1977-1979. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

Scrapbooks – New Yorker Spot Art, 1958-1977. 2 items.
Physical Description

2 items

Scrapbooks – New Yorker, 1964-1995. 7 items.
Physical Description

7 items

Scrapbooks – George Booth Correspondence, 1965-2003. 2 items.
Physical Description

2 items

Matted Cartoons, 1977-1993. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Self-Portrait, undated.
Series, 1978-2000. 11 folders.
Physical Description

11.0 folders

Print, Suggest