Scope and Content Note
The Reg Manning Collection houses original cartoons, cartoon newsclippings, and correspondence ranging from 1936 to 1981. The bulk of the collection consists of original cartoons published in the Arizona Republic from 1964 to 1981. The collection has been divided into three series.
Series I: Arizona Republic Cartoon Newsclippings consists of newsclippings of Manning cartoons as they originally appeared in the Arizona Republic. The clippings are filed by date of publication and extended from 1936 to 1978.
Series II: Correspondence extends from 1941 to 1945 and is filed alphabetically by the correspondent's last name. The bulk of these files are letters from American servicemen in the United States and overseas during World War II. The Newsclippings file includes substantial biographical information published from 1940 to 1968.
Series III: Original Cartoons dates from 1964 to 1981. Other than the individual cartoons located in box 21, the cartoons are filed chronologically by the date they appeared in the Arizona Republic.
Dates
- Creation: 1936-1981
Language of Materials
Material in English
Access Restrictions
To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or calling (480) 965-4932. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Monday through Friday. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.
Copyright
The copyrights to this collection are retained by the Manning Family. Information regarding requests for permissions to publish, display, or redistribute information from this collection may be submitted to the Head, Distinctive Collections, Arizona State University Library.
Biographical Note
Editorial cartoonist Reginald West Manning was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1905. He moved with his widowed mother to Phoenix in 1919 and began work with the Arizona Republic in 1926, handling all their photography and art work. Manning became an editorial cartoonist on July 17, 1934.
Manning was initially known for his feature cartoon page, The Big Parade
, in the Arizona Republic. His cartoons began national distribution in 1948 when he signed on with the McNaught Syndicate. In 1951, Manning won the Pulitzer Prize for Hats
, which juxtaposed numerous silk top hats belonging to Korean War peace negotiators hung on a hat rack at the Lake Success peace talks with a soldier's helmet pierced by a bullet and hanging from a cross. Manning published over 15,000 cartoons that were distributed to as many as 179 newspapers through syndication. He was also the author of a number of books, including What Kinda Cactus Izzat? (1941) and What is Arizona Really Like? (1938).
Manning continued to submit cartoons for publication after he reduced his work schedule in 1980. He passed away in Scottsdale, Arizona on March 10, 1986.
Full extent
376 Box(es)
Full extent
70 Linear Feet
Abstract
The Reg Manning Collection houses original cartoons, cartoon newsclippings, and correspondence ranging from 1936 to 1981. The bulk of the collection consists of original cartoons published in the Arizona Republic from 1964 to 1981. The collection has been divided into three series.
Arrangement
This collection consists of three hundred and seventy-six boxes divided into three series:
- Series I: Arizona Republic Cartoon Newsclippings
- Series II: Correspondence
- Series III: Original Cartoons
Provenance
The Reg Manning Collection was established with a gift of four original cartoons (now located in box 21) received from Reg Manning that were intended to serve as part of the Carl T. Hayden Papers.
The Arizona Republic cartoon newsclippings and correspondence were received from Mr. Manning in 1978 (ACC# 1978-00051).
The balance of the original cartoons were received from Mrs. Ruth E. Manning (Reg Manning's wife) in 1987.
Genre / Form
Occupation
Uniform Title
- Title
- Reg Manning Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Re-processed by Robert P. Spindler in May of 1993; machine-readable finding guide created by Michael Lotstein in July of 2004.
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding guide encoded in English.
Repository details
Part of the Greater Arizona Collection Repository
Contact
Arizona State UniversityP.O. Box 871006
Tempe AZ 85287-1006 United States
(480) 965-4932
archives@asu.edu