Guide to the Erwin and Alfred Bergdoll Collection of Underground Comics and Original Art, 1969-2008 SPEC.CGA.BERG Finding aid prepared by Ann Lennon Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
1858 Neil Avenue Columbus, OH, 43210
March 2019 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2019-06-21T09:42-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Erwin and Alfred Bergdoll Collection of Underground Comics and Original Art SPEC.CGA.BERG Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 6.0 Linear feet (9 boxes) 1969-2008 English This collection contains the papers of the brothers, Erwin and Alfred Bergdoll. It contains the correspondence they conducted with underground comics artists whose work they collected. It has ephemera related to the artists and to underground comics generally and it contains the comics catalogs they used in their collecting. 3 document storage boxes and 6 flat boxes Bergdoll, Alfred, 192?-1990 Bergdoll, Erwin, 1934-2015 Biographical Note

Erwin and Alfred Bergdoll were brothers whose German-American family made their fortune in brewing in Philadelphia in the second half of the nineteenth century. Their father Grover Cleveland Bergdoll was an early aviator, racing driver and World War I draft dodger. He met their mother Berta Francks, in a German sanitarium in 1926 and the couple went on to have 7 children, 5 of whom, including Erwin and Alfred, were born in Germany.

Berta and the children moved to the US in 1935. Grover returned in 1939 and was sentenced to eight years in Fort Leavenworth for desertion and escape. The children grew up in Philadelphia and Richmond Virgina. Grover was released in 1946 but never recovered from his time in prision and he spent most of his later years under psychiatric supervision with Alfred as one of his guardians.

Erwin and Alfred had a shared interest in comics and underground art. They began collecting after the death of their father. They were skillful stock market investors and had money to spend. They bought from and corresponded with many of the important figures in underground comics in the 1970s and 1980s including Kim Deitch, Justin Green, Bill Griffith, Rory Hayes, Art Spiegelman and Aline Kominsky Crumb. They collected over 1,300 underground comics and zines, and over 1,000 pieces of original art, all of which were donated to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum in 2017.

Alfred died in 1990. Erwin continued to collect and correspond with underground artists but not as actively through the 1990s and early 2000s. Erwin Bergdoll died in 2015.

 Scope and Contents

The bulk of the collection consists of collected ephemera about and correspondence with, the underground artists whose work Erwin and Alfred Bergdoll collected. The correpondence mostly dates from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s and it is notable how much of it is between Kim Deitch and the brothers. Other artists who feature significantly in the correspondence are Justin Green, Bill Griffith, Rory Hayes, Art Spiegelman and Aline Kominsky Crumb.

The collection also contains the many comics catalogs from the 1970s and 1980s that the brothers used in their collecting. There are also reviews, clippings, flyers and information from newspapers and galleries on mainly comics related topics but also on primitive and folk art.

The woodblocks they commissioned for their press, the 'Pray Curser Press' are here as are a collection of postcards by Drew Friedman and Kim Deitch published by Glenn Bray.

 Use of Materials

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright, and are made available for research and educational purposes. In general, the OSU Libraries do not own the copyright for materials from our collections and cannot grant copyright permissions for these materials. The user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status. If copyright protection applies, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exceptions to the law. Works in the public domain are not protected by copyright and do not require permission to use.

 Arrangement of Materials

The collection is arranged in 5 series:

Series 1: Correspondence and collected artist related material Series 2: Pray Curser Press Series 3: Postcards Series 4: Comics and other catalogs Series 5: Comics and art related flyers, notices, photocopies and clippings

 Related Materials

B. N. Duncan Collection and Papers, SPEC.CGA.BND

 Separated Materials

Original art collected by Erwin and Alfred Bergdoll +have been separated and cataloged in the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Original Art Database

 Acquisitions Information

CGA.BERG.2016: Craig Scott Taylor, 2016

 Processing Information

Ann Lennon, March 2019

 Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [Box number/ Folder number], Erwin and Alfred Bergdoll Collection of Underground Comics and Original Art, SPEC.CGA.BERG, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Ohio State University

 Access to Materials

Materials in this collection are available for use, but may be used in the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum reading room only. Audio/visual materials and computer media may need a use copy produced before access is allowed. To request materials in the finding aid, please contact cartoons@osu.edu or call the reading room at 614-292-0538

 Art--Collectors and collecting Underground and independent comics ,comix, and graphic novels Underground press publications Series 1: Correspondence and collected artists related material 1969-2008 Scope and Contents

The following folders mostly corresponcence between the artists and the Bergdoll brothers, plus a mixture of reviews and promotional matieral about publications. Most of the correspondece realtes to the sale of artwork. Some folders are fuller than others and the Bergdolls corresponded most with Kim Deitch, Justin Green, Bill Griffith, Rory Hayes and Aline Kominsky Crumb.

 Notes and letters BERG 3 52 1975-1984 Copies of magazine articles on underground comics, two exhibition invitations and a print out of a conference program BERG 1 31 1970s-2003 Scope and Contents

Articles are: 'Comix of the underground' by Bob Abel from April 1987 'Cavalier' magazine; 'Comic books for grown-ups' by Lloyd Rose The Atlantic? August 1986; 'Running amok by John Strausbaugh New Yrok Press April 11 1990; 'Notes from the underground' Image February 23 1986; 'On underground comix' not credited, 8/1977?; 'The international comix conspiracy' by Jacob Brackman Playboy 1970; 'New Wave cartoonists: a hip laugh a minute' L.A. Life, Daily News, April 1985. Exhibition invitations are : 'Drawn to text. Comix artists as book illustrators' Galerie St. Etienne 1994/1995 (includes information on exhibited art) and 'Grafix' Bess Cutler Gallery Jan-Feb 1993. Also included is a print out of 'Underground(s) conference on comics and graphic novels 2003

 Will Eisner reivew of 'A history of underground comics' by James Estren BERG 1 32 June 1974 Scope and Contents

Reveiw in 'Changes journal of arts and entertainment' #88. Robert Crumb 'Cheap suit serenaders' illustration on front cover

 Photographs of underground cartoonists BERG 1 33 1970s-1980s Scope and Contents

Includes photos of Kim Deitch and Sally Cruickshank; Justin Green; Alfred Bergdoll with Kim Deitch; portrait photographs of Alfred Bergdoll; Joe Coleman; Katharine Gates; and a group photo of S. Clay Wilson, Stanley Mouse, Moscoso, Crumb, Ric Griffin, Robert Williams, Kim Deitch and Spain...Santa Monica, 1985

 Gary Arlington BERG 2 1 1971-1978 Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Alfred Bergdoll

 Robert Armstrong BERG 2 2 1975-1991 Scope and Contents

Includes copies of 'TV and me', 'The Tuber's Voice', 'Mickey Rat in city lights',and 'Jumpin Jimmy Jiz' and correspondence with Erwin Bergdoll

 Edward Barker BERG 2 3 March-April 1975 Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Alfred Bergdoll and examples of 'Pop of the tots' and 'The Skids'

 Nancy Beal BERG 2 4 May 23 1975 Scope and Contents

Thank you notecard

 Ace Backwords BERG 2 5 1991 Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence between Ace Backwords to Erwin Bergdoll. Includes examples of Twisted Image

 Mark Beyer BERG 2 6 1979-1985 Scope and Contents

Tearsheets of 'Amy and Jordan'; postcards; gallery invitations; flyers; Raw mailbook 'Manhattan' and Amy and Jordan zines, 'Death', 'Amy and Jordan at Beach Lake' and 'Tony Target' No. 1. Also 8 Mark Beyer 'City of terror cards' published by Raw. No correspondence

 Leslie Cabarga BERG 2 7 1985 Scope and Contents

Exapmles of printed illustrations. No correspondence

 Tom Christopher BERG 2 8 March 10 1975 Scope and Contents

Letter from Christopher to Alfred Bergdoll.

 The Joe Coleman portfolio BERG 2 9 1976? Scope and Contents

10 prints in a folder. No correspondence. Note: 8 Coleman related publications were removed from the original Coleman Bergdoll file and were added to the OSU book catalog -Muzzlers. guzzlers and good yeggs Fantagraphics 2005 -Juxtapoz #24 Jan/Feb 2000 (Coleman cover) -Zero Zero Sept/October 1995 (Coleman cover) -World Art #18 Jim Jarmusch article 'Why I like Joe Coleman' -Redtape #7 back cover signed by Joe Coleman -Radium #2 Summer 1989 signed Joe Coleman illustration -Chemical imbalance Vol. 2 #1 'Hellhound on my trail' Joe Coleman interview -Toxic horror #1 article 'The exploding man' by Robert Martin on Joe Coleman

 Joe Coleman BERG 2 10 1988-2008 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Erwin Bergdoll. Also promotional leaflets, tearsheet reviews, photograph of Coleman and his house, postcards, holiday photo, signed poster for 'Henry portrait of a serial killer'

 Sally Cruikshank BERG 2 11 1975-1986 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Alfred Bergdoll plus a copy of second draft screenplay for '20th century blues'; a Feb 14 1986 'Christian Science Monitor' article on Cruikshank receiving an American Film Institute award and a MOMA program for 'An evening with Sally Cruikshank'

 Robert Crumb BERG 2 12 1970s-1990s Scope and Contents

Price lists of artwork from Bess Cutler gallery, promotional postcards, invitations, reviews, tearsheets of New Yorker cartoons, copy of Thomas Maremaa article 'Who is this Crumb?' New York Times magazine October 1 1972, 2 Christmas cards from the Crumbs. No correspondence.

 Aline Kominsky-Crumb BERG 2 13 1975-1988 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Alfred Bergdoll

 Jesse Crumb BERG 2 14 Feburary 1988 Scope and Contents

'Son of Crumb' article from 'High Times'. No correspondence

 Sandford Cutler BERG 2 15 1975 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Alfred Bergdoll

 Pat Daley BERG 2 16 1974 Scope and Contents

One photocopy of strips 'Corsican Comics', 'First Empire funnies' and 'Legion of honor laffs'. No correspondence.

 Michael Dougan BERG 2 17 1987-1989 Scope and Contents

Three tearsheets of 'East Texas Liberty motel' strip. No correspondence

 Kim Deitch BERG 2 18 1969-1974 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Alfred Bergdoll, ilillustrated letters, sketches, printed work, flyers, hand colored xerox of a Bijou Funnies #8 1973 'Bufo Boffo' story

 Kim Deitch BERG 2 19 1974-1976 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Alfred Bergdoll, postcards, printed work, skteches, illustrated letters, tearsheets of 'The killer bees'

 Kim Deitch BERG 2 20 1977-1979 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Erwin and Alfred Bergdoll, examples of printed work, postcards, sketches, roughs, tearsheet

 Kim Deitch BERG 2 21 1980-1983 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Alfred Bergdoll, sketchbook, sketches, postcards, printed work, tearsheets and illustrated letters. There are story proofs for 'Beatifica Somnambula', 'The Brindlesteen apparition' and a proposed animation storyboard 'Tales of the midnight demon'. Also included is a sketch and cell for a proposed TV show and proofs for a woodblock comminssioned by the Bergdolls

 Kim Deitch BERG 2 22 1984 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Erwin and Alfred Bergdoll, holiday card, photocopies of work, copies of Hollywoodland including copies of roughs, and Hollywoodland tearsheet

 Kim Deitch BERG 2 23 1985 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Alfred and Erwin Bergdoll, sketches for 'Elaine Wanetka' and 'Kind Hoo Doo!', sketches for Miles Microft story, pencil rough for 'Murder! on the midway!', illustrated letters, hand colored xerox, copy of 'The mystic shrine'. Also includes copies of fonts honoring underground cartoonists created by Trici Venola for use in the software program 'Mac the Ripper'.

 Kim Deitch BERG 2 24 1986-1990 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Erwin and Alfred Bergdoll, sketches, copies of stories, photocopy of 'Get stupid No.11', illustrated letters

 Kim Deitch BERG 2 25 1991-1999 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Erwin Bergdoll, printed copies of work, postcards, photocopies of work, copy of 'The search for smilin Ed!', copy of 'Chasing Melissas!', holiday cards, undated photographs of Richmond VA

 Kim Deitch BERG 3 1 2000-2008 Scope and Contents

Correspondence wtih Erwin Bergdoll, wedding invitation, postcards, holiday cards, copies of comic book pages, copy of 'The stuff of dreams' story, layouts for stories, sketches

 Kim Deitch roughs and sketches BERG 3 2 undated Kim Deitch visual reference material BERG 3 3 undated Kim Deitch visual reference material. Fashion illustration BERG 3 4 undated Letters from others to Kim Deitch BERG 3 5 1986 Scope and Contents

Includes responses to an advert in Weirdo , a letter from Lambeik, and a letter from Glen Head

 Simon Deitch BERG 3 6 1983-1989 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Erwin Bergdoll. Copies of dinosaur sketches. Sketch and information about a blockprint. Letter from the artist's mother

 B.N. Duncan BERG 3 7 1985-1988 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Erwin Bergdoll. Also includes lists of work and prices, photocopies of 'Hank And Hannah', 'Simple and complex', 'An odd couple' and other work

 Mary Fleener BERG 3 8 October 23 1989 Scope and Contents

Copy of 'American bimbos' signed to Erwin 1/13/89 and a postcard note dated 10/16/89

 Franz BERG 3 9 1981 Scope and Contents

2 Robert Crumb cards colored by Kim Deitch. Franz possibly sold pens? in London or the UK?

 Drew Friedman BERG 3 10 1988 Scope and Contents

Postcard and a photocopy of 'Everybody's buddy'

 Katharine Gates BERG 3 11 1994-1995 Scope and Contents

Correspondence. Postcards, 'Gates of Heck' catalog and flyers

 Clay Geerdes BERG 2 12 1973-1977 Scope and Contents

67 Comix World from 1974-1977. Some correspondence from 1974 with Alfred Bergdoll

 Kathy Goodell BERG 3 47 October-November 1975 Scope and Contents

Two letters from Goodell to Alfred Bergdoll and a reply from Bergdoll regarding Robert Crumb originals

 Marc Grabler BERG 3 13 1979-2003 Scope and Contents

Copy of mini comic 'Beagle'; Comic strip 'Alienation' and a proof of a cartoon, one letter to Erwin Bergdoll.

 Justin Green BERG 3 14 1974-2002 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Alfred Bergdoll. Includes letters, postcards, and copies of 'Visulzation & concentration', 'The sage monkey', 'The sign game' sketches, illustrated letters and tearsheets of 'Pulse!' (Tower records magazine) comics page

 Rick Griffen BERG 3 15 1989 Scope and Contents

Tearsheet of a photograph of Griffin from Juxtapoz Fall 1996, copy of a drawing of Easter Island inscribed to Lena July 31, 1988

 Bill Griffith BERG 3 16 1972-1991 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Alfred Bergdoll, postcards, tearsheets, leaflets, flyers, photocopies of comic book stories, San Francisco memories printed drawings, holiday cards, Zippy catalogs

 Rory Hayes BERG 3 17 1975-1980 Scope and Contents

Correspondence wtih Alfred Bergdoll. Includes photocopies of artwork and a posthumous returned letter?

 David Karbonik BERG 3 18 1975 Scope and Contents

One letter listing work for sale

 Jay Kennedy BERG 3 19 1977-1981 Scope and Contents

Letter dated April 1977 with attached 'want list' and a flyer for 'The official underground and newave comix price guide'

 Jay Kinney BERG 3 20 1970 Scope and Contents

No correspondence. Photocopy of a coimcs page

 Stephanie Kulick BERG 3 21 1988 Scope and Contents

Tearsheets and photocopies of 'Typical college comics', ball point pen sketch. No correspondence

 Harvey Kurtzman BERG 3 22 May 1960 Scope and Contents

Tearsheet 'The grasshopper and the ant' story from Esquire May 1960. No correspondence

 Malcolm Livingstone BERG 3 23 1975 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Alfred Bergdoll plus photocopies of comic stories

 Jay Lynch BERG 3 24 1974-1975 Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Alfred Bergdoll

 Two Paul McGehee Visual Vacation postards BERG 3 25 1988 Scope and Contents

Howdy from Hades; Greetings from nowhere in particular

 M.R. McMillan BERG 3 26 1985-1987 Scope and Contents

No correspondence. Copy of 'Otto Comic Strip' No. 4 and No.7. Includes a $100 check for 'Block = Goon #2'

 Madam X BERG 3 27 1980 Scope and Contents

No correspondence. 3 mini comics

 Diane Noomin BERG 3 28 1974-1990 Scope and Contents

Holiday card, postcards, flyers. No correspondence

 Jim Osborne BERG 3 29 1971-1977 Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, some photocopies of work

 Harvey Pekar BERG 3 30 1986-1987 Scope and Contents

No correspondence. Press cuttings

 Harry S. Robbins BERG 3 31 1985 Scope and Contents

One letter, a decorated envelope, photocopies of Robbins' work.

 Don Robinson BERG 3 32 8 Sept. 2009 Scope and Contents

Letter and a mini comic titled 'Attack!'

 Artie Romero BERG 3 33 1978-1981 Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence

 Gilbert Shelton BERG 3 34 September 1971 Scope and Contents

No correspondence. Feds 'n' heads board game leaflet

 Joe Schenkman BERG 3 35 1977-1980 Scope and Contents

Includes correspondece with Alfred Bergdoll, tearsheets and a photocopy of 'The fur frong'

 Spain BERG 3 36 1974-1986 Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence

 John Sparks BERG 3 37 1989-1990 Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence

 Art Spiegelman BERG 3 38 1973-1985 Scope and Contents

Includes some correspondence plus flyers for publications, press cuttings, reviews, postcards, Raw flyers, Streets of Soho map, copy of the 'Soho review of books' and a copy of the mini comic 'Work and turn'

 Jerry Tomasiewicz BERG 3 39 1974-1975 Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence

 Morris Weisenthal BERG 3 40 22 June 1976 Scope and Contents

Memo from Alfred Bergdoll to Morris Weisenthal

 Jerry Weist BERG 3 41 1978 Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence

 Robert Williams BERG 3 42 1987-2001 Scope and Contents

Gallery postcards, flyers, copy of magazine interview. No correspondence.

 Skip Williamson BERG 3 43 September 11 1976 Scope and Contents

One letter

 John Willie BERG 3 44 1974 Scope and Contents

Poster advert for 'The Adventures of Sweet Gwendoline'. No correspondence

 S. Clay Wilson BERG 3 45 1974-1978 Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence and a copy of Kar-ton with a feature on S. Clay Wilson

 Jim Woodring BERG 3 46 13 August 1986 Scope and Contents

Photocopy of 'Jim'. 1st printing. No correspondence

 Photocopies of correspondence BERG 9 1969-2008 Scope and Contents

Photocopies (likely duplicates) of Rory Hayes and Kim Deitch correspondence

 Series 2: Pray Curser Press 1983-1989 Scope and Contents

The Bergdoll's Press

 Correspondence with printers BERG 3 55 1986-1989 Scope and Contents

Erwin Bergdoll correspondence re printing a Bill Griffith etching

 Trial PCP port proofs BERG 3 56 1983-1988 Scope and Contents

See BERG 6-8 for the woodblocks used

 Justin Green instructions and proofs for printing his woodblock BERG 3 57 November 1985 8 Woodblocks BERG 6 1977-1989 Scope and Contents

Woodblocks by: Rory Hayes Dec. 1977; Aline Kominsky Crumb June-July 1984; Simon Deitch January 1987; B.N.Duncan, March 1987; Sally Cruickshank Feb. 17, 1985; Mary Fleener 9/17/89; Robert Armstrong Jan-February 1987; Kim Deitch April 1987

 4 Justin Green woodblocks BERG 7 January 1986 4 Woodblocks BERG 8 1983-1986 Scope and Contents

Woodblocks by: Kim Deitch Nov. 1983; Michael McMillan December 1985 and January 1986 and Rebby Sharp July 1984

 Series 3: Postcards 1985-1989 Freaky Post Cards by Drew Friedman and Glenn Bray BERG 4 1985 Scope and Contents

Includes: Great Freaks of Yesterday The Swedish Angel; Freaks-Laugh at Them; Rondo Hatton in 'Love that Rondo'; She's hot mule bait!'; Fat boys; 2 devilish postcards and 2 adverts/flyers for the postcards

 Freaks! by Kim Deitch and Glen Bray BERG 4 undated Scope and Contents

Includes: King Hoo Doo!; D. Waldo; 2 Face!; Elaine Wanetka and Baby Brain!

 3 Glen Bray postcards BERG 4 1989 Scope and Contents

Two 'Johny Fuckerfaster' cards and a 'Tirefaced Moscovite Hyenagog' card

 Series 4: Comics and other catalogs 1971-1994 Rubber stamp catalogs BERG 1 1 1978-1986 Scope and Contents

Catalogs for Hero Arts, Top Drawer, Bizzaro, Rubber Stamps of America, Fawcett's Rubber Stamps

 Print Mint catalogs BERG 1 2 1971-1976 Krupp mail order catalogs BND 1 3 1976-1982 Scope and Contents

Includes a 1977 'Collector's checklist of comix' by Shelby Kirch

 Kitchen Sink Press, Cartoon Carnival and Last Gasp catalogs BERG 1 4 1981-1994 Rip off press BERG 1 5 1972 Scope and Contents

Poster 'Don't cop out register, then vote' 'It's time to decriminalize marijuana Vote McDope in '72' on verso of one catalog

 Nostalgia Press BERG 1 6 1972 Eric Fromm BERG 1 7 1971-1974 Scope and Contents

Includes flyers for the Nickel Library and'Eric Fromm's comics and stories list' Vol.1 #2 article 'Death of undergrounds exaggerated?'

 Comic book catalogs and flyers BERG 1 8 1971-1991 Scope and Contents

Catalogs for The new Paladin Press; The comix collector; Bud Plant Inc; Futuropolis; San Francisco Comic Book Company; Cozmic comics; E.Gerber Products; Constant cause; Bob Sidebottom

 Comic book catalogs and flyers BERG 1 9 1970s-1990s Scope and Contents

Catalogs for Independent Publications; The New York Comic Art Gallery; Archival Press; Bruce Semans; Bruce Sweeney; San Francisco Comic Book Company; Belier Press; Real Free Press; Chris Duffy; Homestead Communications Empire; L'Atelier; And/Or Press; Don Donahue; Blackthorne; Chris Duffy Graphic Gratification' Anthony F.Smith; Doug Hansen; Miscellania Unlimited Press; ManHunt comix 2 Homestead Dist. Seattle

 Novelty catalogs BERG 1 9 1973-1988 Antique toy catalogs BERG 1 11 1980s Scope and Contents

Forever Fun No. 1 and Toy gun purveyors newsletter Summer 1989

 Radio and record catalogs BERG 1 12 1970s Scope and Contents

The Radiola Co. catalogs, Artifacts records catalog, Yazoo and Blue Goose catalogs

 Publisher flyers BERG 1 13 1970s-1980s Scope and Contents

Includes poster for Center for Book arts exhibition Illustrions from The Patriot's Guide to Silence by Gerard Perichon. Flyer for Freaks a collector's edition of nature's human oddities. Press releases for Tortures & Torments of the Christian martyrs.

 Series 5: Comics and art related flyers, notices, photocopies and clippings Bulk, 1970-1989 1938-1989 The casual casual reader press book and advertising info BERG 1 24 1980s Exhibition and gallery notices BERG 1 14 1970s-1980s Scope and Contents

Includes flyers and postcard notices for exhibitions. Correspondence with galleries showcasing Tribal arts and folk art, and a 1974 letter from a conservator in the MOMA, NYC about framing art work

 Copy of an interview with Sherman Krisher, Curator at the Museum of Cartoon Art BERG 1 15 September 9, 1987 American Humor: an interdisciplinary newsletter Vol.1 No.1 BERG 1 16 Spring 1974 Scope and Contents

Editors: M. Thomas Inge Virginia Commonwealth University and Lawrence E. Mintz, University of Maryland

 Basil Wolverton Mad Magazine No 11 cover BERG 1 17 May 1954 Boys & girls grow up BERG 1 18 1984 Scope and Contents

Submission flyer and a review

 Pages from 'The Gothic blimp works' BERG 1 19 1969 Scope and Contents

Includes R. Crumb cover for No.1 Jive comics and pages by Vaughn Bode, Kim Deitch, Robert Crumb,

 Copies of 2 comic book stories BERG 1 20 1986-1989 Scope and Contents

'The Polar diaries' 1986 by C.Vierow and 1989 'Rob the snowman' by Glen Head

 Photcopies of the Alfred Andriola 'Charlie Chan' strip BERG 1 21 1938-1942 Photocopy of Yummy Fur #9 BERG 1 22 March 1988 Pix picks 86 BERG 1 23 1986 Scope and Contents

Copies of photographs of a European trip. Including Joost & Joan Swarte, Carol Asbroeck, Jose Maria Beringuer, Geradts Gutkowski, Jean Dubout and Edwin Pouncey

 Pointless Number 2 BERG 1 25 1980s Noah Moody-Psychotic Kop BERG 1 26 1986 Berkeley California comics events flyers BERG 1 27 1970s-1980s Scope and Contents

Includes a copy of the Berkeley Con Program Book

 Wanted by the FBI flyer BERG 1 28 September 19, 1974 The comic book. Nickelodeon Magazine poster BERG 1 29 April 2001 Newspaper clippings BERG 1 30 1970s-1980s Scope and Contents

Comics and art related articles

 Tijuana bibles BERG 3 48 undated Scope and Contents

4 items: 1. Winnie Winkle finds a job 2. J. Mortimer Prikeeter presents Hairbreadth Harry in 'The rescue' 3.Oh Doctor! 4. Marie the French maid. Also includes 'Be a Kennedy' matchbook and a copy of a Basil Wolverton cartoon

 Sluggo! flyer and 'The I remember reality revue' BERG 3 49 1979-1981 Close Call Parts 1,2 & 3 tearsheets BERG 3 50 1989 Advertisement confirmations for The Buyer's Guide for Comic Fandom Number 78 BERG 3 51 Feb 18 1975 6 Short stories BERG 3 53 undated Scope and Contents

No author information. Three titled; 'Horror story', 'The lead people', 'Erophobia'. Three untitled.

 Memo notes from A. Bergdoll to J.C. Moody and Edward Barker BERG 3 54 1975 Playboy funnies tearsheet and a postcard to Alfred Bergdoll from 'Rudolf' BERG 3 58 1985