The Brian Campbell Collection contains original editorial cartoons and tear sheets from The Lantern unless noted) and Nantucket original comic strips and tear sheets.

Original art works in this collection may be found by searching the library's original art database.

The primary holdings are extensive collections of original drawings, proofs, and tear sheets of Milton Caniff's comic strips and illustrations, audio/visual materials, correspondence files, business accounts, research files, awards, scrapbooks, and realia. The collection has significant holdings of original art and reproductions of Mister Gilfeather, The Gay Thirties, Dickie Dare, Terry and the Pirates, Male Call, Steve Canyon, and illustrations done for the Columbus Dispatch and the Associated Press.

The Correspondence series includes letters to and from Milton Caniff from fans, cartoonists, business associates, family members, and friends. Also included are correspondence and materials regarding organizations and clubs with which Milton Caniff was associated, publicity materials, and articles by and about Milton Caniff.

The Research Material series includes clipping files from magazines and newspapers, film stills and programs, model airplanes, informational publications, and military items used as reference by Caniff for his comic strips and other projects he undertook such as United States armed forces insignia designs.

The Business Records series contains bank statements, syndicate statements, income tax information, cancelled checks, check stubs, ledgers, bills, expense lists, drafts of wills, subscription notices, and household inventories.

The Photographs series includes photographs of Milton Caniff at chalk talks, in his studio, at personal appearances, at his home, and with organizations, family members, and cartoonists.

The Awards series includes awards, citations, proclamations, and certificates given to Milton Caniff from various organizations.

The Memorabilia and Merchandise series contains personal effects of Milton Caniff, Esther Parsons Caniff, and John Caniff, Milton Caniff's father; merchandise for comic strips Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon, and art and office supplies.

The Audio/Visual Material series includes promotion and personal film reels, Steve Canyon television show reels, Terry and the Pirates radio broadcasts, slides, and audio casette tapes.

The Scrapbook series contains scrapbooks with material and artwork for Milton Caniff's 75th birthday, newspaper clippings and publicity, awards and citations, personal photographs, and original artwork by Milton Caniff and Noel Sickles.

This collection includes correspondence, photographs, canceled checks and other documents related to Oliver Herford. It also includes original works of art by Herford and others, including notable cartoonists such as James Montgomery Flagg, Rea Irvin, Ellison Hoover, and T. S. Sullivant.

Original art works in this collection may be found by searching the library's original art database.

Series One includes business and reader correspondence including requests for original cartoons and copies of cartoons, positive and negative responses from readers (fan mail and hate mail), correspondence regarding reprints and syndicate business, and correspondence from cartoonist colleagues. Series Two contains more than 3600 original cartoons by Ray Osrin (For access, see the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Database).

Original art works in this collection may be found by searching the library's original art database.

This finding aid is a list of early 20th century cartoon ARTISTS whose work was specifically selected and separated by the collector from the entire SFACA collection.

The finding aid contains selected examples of their work, including editorial cartoons, cartoon panels, daily black and white comic strips and full page color Sunday comic strip pages.

It is worth noting that it represents only a fraction of the work by these particular artists in the whole collection. It is necessary to check the THREE finding aids that describe the collection to successfully see what the entire collection contains of their work, or of the work of any given artist. This finding aid is not a complete list of the names of all of the artists whose work can be found in the collection.

Look for more examples of these and other artists work in:

San Francisco Academy of Comic Art Collection: Part 1, Newspaper comic strips

and

San Francisco Academy of Comic Art Collection: Part 2, Newspaper ns2:titles

Series one, Billy Jo Jive animated films, contains storyboards, handwritten production notes, memos, clearance forms, financial information, and agreements from John and Ted's company Shearer Visuals as they produced Billy Jo Jive animated cartoon films for Children's Television Workshop, which premiered on Sesame Street.

The second series, Comic strips and other works, includes scrapbooks with clippings of Shearer's other comic strips, The Hills, Next Door, and the Penny Power Club. There are also syndicate proof sheet of Quincy daily comic strips and a booklet with information about the strip to sell to newspapers.

Series three, Early work and family, is notable for a scrapbook with clippings of Shearer's High School newspaper comic strip, as well as other cartoon works he created as young man. Also included are family photographs of Shearer's friends and family, although the people are not identified.