Guide to the Pogo Collection
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Title: |
Pogo Collection |
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Repository: |
The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
Phone: 614-292-0538
http://cartoons.osu.edu/
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Creator: |
Selby Kelly |
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Dates: |
1949-1989 |
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Bulk dates: |
1949-1989 |
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Quantity: |
17 boxes |
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Abstract: |
The Pogo Collection includes correspondence with newspaper editors, publisher Simon and Schuster, and the Hall Syndicate,
which syndicated the Pogo strip; correspondence relating to the National Cartoonists Society and with other cartoonists; extensive files of fan correspondence,
requests to reprint Pogo artwork, requests from charities for special drawings, correspondence related to military insignia designed by Kelly,and proposals
to commercialize Pogo characters; articles authored by Kelly, manuscripts from his many Pogo books, some promotional materials, photographs of Kelly taken for publicity purposes, and photographs of Kelly with well
known persons; newspaper and periodical articles about Kelly and his extensive public appearances; and Kelly's business and
personal financial records. Assorted artifacts are also included, such as Kelly's pencils and Pogo merchandise.
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Identification: |
SPEC.CGA.POGO |
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Location: |
CGA |
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Language: |
The records are in English |
Biography of Walt Kelly
Biography of Walt Kelly b. Walter Crawford Kelly, 1913-1973. Comic strip artist, editorial cartoonist, animator. Kelly's only
formal art training was in high school. His early employment included work as an animator with the Disney Studio (1935-1941)
and freelance comic book work. He worked as art director and editorial cartoonist for the short-lived N.Y. Star (1948-1949). He is best known for the comic strip, Pogo, which first appeared in newspapers in The Star on October 4, 1948. The character of Pogo had appeared earlier in Animal Comics, a comic book series, in the December/January 1941/1942 issue. The comic strip, Pogo, was published until July 1975. Kelly received several awards, including the Heywood Broun Award for his editorial cartoons
and the National Cartoonists Society Reuben award in 1951. In 1954 Kelly became the first comic strip artist to have his
work represented in the Library of Congress.
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William Crawford Kelly born August 25, 1913. |
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Walt attended Hall Elementary School. |
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Walt attended Warren Harding High School. |
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Kelly held several short-term laboring positions. |
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Worked at the Bridgeport Post as a reporter. Make a comic strip featuring P.T. Barnum. |
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Kelly began free-lance comic book work. |
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Kelly worked for Walt Disney Studios. Involved in making "Snow White", "Fantasia", "Dumbo", etc. |
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Walt Kelly and Helen Delacy married. |
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Kelly began his association with Western and Dell. |
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First appearance of the Pogo character in "Animal Comics". Strip featured Albert and Bumbazine. |
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Kelly worked on the Dell comic book series, "Animal Comics". |
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Birth of Cathleen, daughter of Walt Kelly and Helen Delacy. |
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Kelly illustrated guides for various branches of the U.S. Army. |
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Birth of Carolyn, daughter of Walt Kelly and Helen Delacy. |
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Birth of Peter, son of Walt Kelly and Helen Delacy. |
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Kelly worked at the New York Star. "Pogo" made its first appearance in the Oct. 4th, 1948 issue. |
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"Pogo" was syndicated by the Post-Hall Syndicate. |
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Kelly received the Heywood Broun Award from the American Newspaper Guild for 1948 campaign coverage. |
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First book based on "Pogo" comic strips published by Simon and Shuster. |
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Walt Kelly and Stephanie Waggony married. |
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Birth of Steven, son of Walt Kelly and Stephanie Waggony. |
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Kelly received the Reuben Award for "Pogo" from the National Cartoonists Society. |
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Birth of Andrew, son of Walt Kelly and Stephanie Waggony. |
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Birth of Nancy, daughter of Walt Kelly and Stephanie Waggony, who died shortly after birth. |
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Kelly served as president of the National Cartoonists Society. |
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Kelly honored by Library of Congress. First comic artist to have work represented in the library. |
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Birth of Kathryn Barbara, daughter of Walt Kelly and Stephanie Waggony, who died shortly after birth |
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Birth of John Lardner, son of Walt Kelly and Stephanie Waggony. |
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Walt Kelly and Chuck Jones produced the T.V. presentation: "The Pogo Special Birthday Special". |
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Walt Kelly and Selby Daley married. |
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Walt Kelly died at the Motion Picture Country Home in Hollywood. |
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After Kelly's death, "Pogo" continued by Selby Kelly, and later by Steven Kelly and Henry Shikuma. |
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Last date the "Pogo" strip was published. |
Scope and Content
The Pogo Collection includes correspondence with newspaper editors, publisher Simon and Schuster, and the Hall Syndicate,
which syndicated the Pogo strip; correspondence relating to the National Cartoonists Society and with other cartoonists; extensive files of fan correspondence,
requests to reprint Pogo artwork, requests from charities for special drawings, correspondence related to military insignia designed by Kelly,and proposals
to commercialize Pogo characters; articles authored by Kelly, manuscripts from his many Pogo books, some promotional materials, photographs of Kelly taken for publicity purposes, and photographs of Kelly with well
known persons; newspaper and periodical articles about Kelly and his extensive public appearances; and Kelly's business and
personal financial records. Assorted artifacts are also included, such as Kelly's pencils and Pogo merchandise.
Statement of Arrangement
Statement of Arrangement
In organizing a collection of papers, a standard archival practice is to keep the order of the original files as the files
were kept by the collector. With the Pogo papers, the original order was maintained in those sections where the order of the
collection was evident. However, at times it was difficult to ascertain what the original order had been, so a logical order
was imposed. It should also be noted that, in many cases, the materials in the Pogo Collection overlap with materials found
in the Walt Kelly Collection, which has a separate finding aid. These two collections were acquired at different times and
have been kept separate.
The Pogo Collection has been organized into four series: Professional and General Correspondence and Papers; Fan Correspondence;
Business Accounts and Papers, and Artifacts. The first series, Professional and General Correspondence and Papers, constitutes
the bulk of the collection and is composed of several subseries. The second series, Fan Correspondence, has been organized
chronologically by year. This is in variance with the original organization as Kelly kept fan mail in alphabetical order,
starting new files from time to time, probably as the earlier files became too large. Business accounts and papers have been
organized chronologically by year. Artifacts consists of personal and promotional items.
Restrictions on Use
All copyright laws pertain to any use or reproduction of published materials in the collection.
Restrictions on Access
There are no access restrictions for materials in this collection.
Related Material: Related Material
The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum also contains the Walt Kelly Collection, which includes a portion of Kelly's papers
and related material. A separate finding aid for this collection is available at the OhioLink EAD Repository. Materials related
to Kelly can also be found in the National Cartoonists Society Collection. Original art by Kelly can be found in the Billy
Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Art Database. Reprint books of Pogo comic strips and other books by and about Kelly can be found in the OSU Library Catalog.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects:
American wit and humor, Pictorial
Comic books, strips, etc.--United States
Persons:
Caniff, Milton
Kelly, Walt
Lardner, John
McCarthy, Joseph
Organizations/Corporations:
Hall Syndicate
National Cartoonists Society
Titles:
Papers of Walt Kelly
Pogo (comic strip)
Preferred Citation
Pogo Collection , The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.
Acquisition Information
Acquired from Selby Kelly, 1986-2000
Processing Information
The Pogo Collection was processed by Barry A. Mentser
Detailed Description of The Collection
Statement of Arrangement The Pogo Collection has been organized into four series: Professional and General Correspondence
and Papers; Fan Correspondence; Business Accounts and Papers, and Artifacts. The first series, Professional and General Correspondence
and Papers, constitutes the bulk of the collection and is composed of the following subseries: Publicity, General Correspondence
and Papers, and Professional Correspondence and Papers. The second series, Fan Correspondence, has been organized chronologically
by year. This is in variance with the original organization as Kelly kept fan mail in alphabetical order, starting new files
from time to time, probably as the earlier files became too large. Business accounts and papers have been organized chronologically
by year. Artifacts consists of personal and promotional items.
Professional and General Correspondence and Papers, 1949-1989 This series has been organized into three subseries: Publicity; General Papers and Correspondence; and Professional Correspondence
and Papers.
Scope and Content This subseries consists of news clippings, scrapbooks, photos, press releases and miscellaneous publicity materials concerning
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Pogo strip and books and the activities of Walt Kelly.
Box POGO 10 / Folder 1
[Publicity], [1988-1989]
Scope and Content: Articles concerning the brief return of the Pogo strip; Walt Kelly retrospective at the Ohio State University Library; 75th
birthday party for Kelly at Ohio State University; "Pogo for President 1988" materials
Box POGO 10 / Folder 2
Post Hall Syndicate publicity photos of Walt Kelly, [undated]
Scope and Content: Post-Hall Syndicate publicity photographs of Walt Kelly; biographical sketch and notes describing pictures; Walt Kelly pictured
with Mort Walker, Marge Devine at National Cartoonists Society event
Box POGO 10 / Folder 3
[Publicity Photographs- E. Roosevelt; Eisenhower; cartoonists; candids for Newsweek], [undated]
Scope and Content: Photographs of Walt Kelly with: Pres. Eisenhower and Secy. Treasury Humphrey for Savings Bond campaign; Eleanor Roosevelt
for voting campaign; photographs of Walt Kelly for Newsweek article; photograph of Walt Kelly with: Rube Goldberg; photograph of Walt Kelly at National Cartoonists Society event with:
Marge Devine, Alfred Andriola, Irwin Hasen
Box POGO 10 / Folder 4
[L.A. Times obituary of W. Kelly], 1973
Scope and Content: Copies of Los Angeles Times October 19, 1973 with Walt Kelly obituary
Box POGO 10 / Folder 5
[Publicity ], 1967
Scope and Content: Articles concerning Walt Kelly appearance at Okoloosa-Walton Jr. College Arts Festival
Box POGO 10 / Folder 6
[Publicity ], 1957
Scope and Content: Newspaper and periodical articles concerning Walt Kelly and Pogo; letter from Kelly's secretary detailing status of Pogo in 1956-1957
Box POGO 10 / Folder 7
[Publicity ], 1956
Scope and Content: Newspaper articles concerning Walt Kelly and Pogo; examples of military unit insignia designed by Kelly
Box POGO 10 / Folder 8
[Radio and television appearances ], 1953-1954
Scope and Content: Transcripts of Walt Kelly appearances on radio and television, including Person To Person hosted by Edward R. Murrow
Box POGO 10 / Folder 9
[Newsweek 1955 Christmas issue cover and Pogo Christmas sheet music], 1955
Scope and Content: Newsweek Christmas cover 1955 and Pogo Christmas sheet music
Box POGO 10 / Folder 10
[Publicity ], 1954-1955
Scope and Content: Newspaper and periodical articles concerning Walt Kelly and Pogo, including appearance of Pogo on the cover of Newsweek June 21, 1954
Box POGO 10 / Folder 11
[Publicity ], 1953-1955
Scope and Content: Newspaper articles concerning Walt Kelly and Pogo
Box POGO 10 / Folder 12
[Publicity ], 1951, 1954
Scope and Content: Newspaper articles concerning Walt Kelly and Pogo
General Correspondence and Papers, 1949-1973 Scope and Content Kelly maintained extensive correspondence files on his lecture engagements, requests to reproduce strips and requests for
special drawings. Kelly was generous with his time and talents for several charities. Kelly was particularly fond of doing
special drawings for the armed services. Also included in this subseries are critiques of the strip. Scattered throughout
the subseries are articles about the strip and miscellaneous manuscripts. The researcher should refer to the inventory index
to gain access to these files. Also available are papers and correspondence from individual projects for magazines, radio
and television, and organizations, including papers from Kelly's many trips abroad.
Box POGO 1 / Folder 1
[Walt Kelly's Berlin Articles and Press Release], [1961]
Scope and Content: Manuscripts for a series of columns on the Berlin Crisis authored by Kelly; press release from Hall Syndicate introducing
series and highlighting Kelly's journalism experience; copies of the text of the columns.
Box POGO 1 / Folder 2
[Misc. sketches and notes], [undated]
Scope and Content: Misc. notes and sketches, including Kelly margin notes to advertisement by scholars and writers concerning lack of intellectual
freedom during McCarthy era
Box POGO 1 / Folder 3
[Notes and sketches], [1950-1951]
Scope and Content: "Herblock Looks at Communism" booklet; notes and sketches entitled "No Comment", including other notes about McCarthy era
issues
Box POGO 1 / Folder 4
[Pogo fifth anniversary and misc. papers], [1950s-1961]
Scope and Content: Kelly introduction at Vanderbilt; Notes on trip to Europe; letter to Ward Kimball from State Department; notes and correspondence
concerning 1961 National Cartoonists Society awards dinner; manuscript discussing future of the world in "the ten years that
follow"; manuscript on the fifth anniversary of the Pogo strip
Box POGO 1 / Folder 5
[Screen Cartoonists Guild newsletters and history], [1967-1969]
Scope and Content: Screen Cartoonists Guild and Southern California Teamster newletters; history of Screen Cartoonists Guild
Box POGO 1 / Folder 6
[Misc. publications], [1955-1956]
Scope and Content: Keep America Beautiful brochure ; New York University Journalism Department's News Workshop and Newspaper Reporters' Association of New York City's By-Line.
Box POGO 1 / Folder 7
[Georgia college yearbook proposal ], [1953]
Scope and Content: 1953 Armstrong College of Savannah yearbook and request for permission (with sketches) for Pogo theme 1954 yearbook
Box POGO 1 / Folder 8
[Loyola High School Pogo theme yearbook], [1957]
Scope and Content: 1957 Loyola High School (Missoula, Montana) Pogo theme yearbook
Box POGO 1 / Folder 9
[Misc. College and High School publications], [1953-1955]
Scope and Content: Includes Kelly Pogo art reproduced in Harvard Crimson and Harvard Alumni Bulletin
Box POGO 1 / Folder 10
[Washington Star, New York Times, New Yorker], [September 1954]
Scope and Content: September 14, 1954 editions of Washington Star and New York Times with articles on McCarthy censure hearings; September 11, 1954 New Yorker.
Box POGO 1 / Folder 11
[Canadian Pogo calenders], [1976]
Box POGO 1 / Folder 12
[Time-Life Martin Luther King tribute and McNally cartoon book], [1968]
Scope and Content: "Cartoons by McNally of The Montreal Star" and "I Have a Dream: The Story of Martin Luther King in Text and Pictures"
Box POGO 1 / Folder 13
[Name/address labels], [undated]
Scope and Content: Name and address labels for newspaper editors
Box POGO 1 / Folder 14
[New York Times and New York Herald Tribune], [1965]
Box POGO 2 / Folder 1
[Upward Ho sketches and notes and Prehysterical Pogo sketches], [undated]
Box POGO 2 / Folder 2
[Reproduced artwork], [1954, 1960]
Scope and Content: Pogo artwork in Georgia Forestry and Air Force
Box POGO 2 / Folder 3
[Manuscripts and Correspondence], [undated]
Scope and Content: Prehysterical Pogo cover; partial Pogo book; James Thurber sketches; notes for "Flu Story" drawings; "Over the Shoulder is a Home Run" manuscript;
Kelly artist's release with sketch; handwriting analysis of Stephanie Kelly; statement of Kelly's religious beliefs; Kelly
manuscript on the role of satire and cartoonists; manuscript "In the Land of the Calabash"; introduction to the "Sons of Pogo"
Box POGO 2 / Folder 4
[Wall To Wall War sketches and notes], [undated]
Box POGO 2 / Folder 5
Working Papers, [undated]
Scope and Content: Notepad notes and drawings on political and misc. issues
Box POGO 2 / Folder 6
[McCarthy censure transcript and Kelly notes], [1954]
Box POGO 2 / Folder 7
[McCarthy censure transcript and Newsweek/Saturday Review], [1954]
Box POGO 2 / Folder 8
[McCarthy censure transcript], [1954]
Box POGO 2 / Folder 9
[McCarthy censure transcript and Kelly notes], [1954]
Box POGO 2 / Folder 10
[McCarthy censure transcripts], [1954]
Box POGO 2 / Folder 11
[McCarthy censure transcript and Kelly notes], [1954]
Box POGO 2 / Folder 12
[McCarthy censure transcript and Kelly notes], [1954]
Box POGO 2 / Folder 13
[John Mitchell transcript and Agnew clippings], [1969]
Box POGO 2 / Folder 14
[McCarthy censure hearings notes and sketches], [1954]
Box POGO 2 / Folder 15
[Sketches re: labor trouble at "Morning Star" newpaper], [undated]
Box POGO 2 / Folder 16
[Misc. manuscripts and correspondence], [undated]
Box POGO 2 / Folder 17
[Misc. certificates], [1953-1975]
Box POGO 2 / Folder 18
[Misc. manuscripts and publications], [undated]
Box POGO 2 / Folder 19
[Pogo Peek-A-Boo publicity and advertisement], [undated]
Box POGO 2 / Folder 20
[Misc. manuscripts], [undated]
Scope and Content: "Who Stole the Tarts" drawings; "Stepmother Goose" afterword; Pogo song lyrics
Box POGO 3
[General papers], [undated]
Scope and Content: Photos of Robert Wagner and Hubert Humphrey; index cards of personal and business contacts; sheet music; periodicals; 1956,
1958, 1960 desk calenders; Pogo Christmas cards; article on British attitudes toward Americans
Box POGO 4 / Folder 1
[Siemens drawing], [1968]
Box POGO 4 / Folder 2
[Holiday greeting cards], [1968]
Box POGO 4 / Folder 3
[Holiday greeting cards], [1968]
Box POGO 4 / Folder 4
[Correspondence with military], [1956]
Box POGO 4 / Folder 5
[General correspondence and travel records], [1958]
Box POGO 4 / Folder 6
[General correspondence], [1950-1953]
Scope and Content: Correspondence with: Percy Crosby ; Judith Crist (film critic); Ward Kimball; Jack Kent
Box POGO 4 / Folder 7
[General correspondence], [1954-1957]
Scope and Content: Correspondence with Ward Kimball; Al Capp; William L. Shirer (author); Bill Gaines (editor/publisher of EC Comic and Mad magazine); John J. McCloy (prominent banker, lawyer and government official)
Box POGO 4 / Folder 8
[Travel records- World trip], [1956]
Box POGO 4 / Folder 9
[Travel records- World trip], [1957]
Box POGO 4 / Folder 10
[Misc. Papers], [1952, 1954]
Scope and Content: Includes plane ticket stubs for 1954
Box POGO 4 / Folder 11
[John Lardner materials], [1958-1962]
Scope and Content: Materials relating to the death of John Lardner and his estate
Box POGO 4 / Folder 12
[Personal correspondence], [1960-1965]
Box POGO 5
[General materials], [undated]
Scope and Content: Publicity chart for Pogo T.V. debut; sketches for "The Inside Dope"; book layout for Equal Time for Pogo
Box POGO 6
[Plaques], [undated]
Scope and Content: Plaque to Kelly from Milwaukee Journal; framed certificate ("President's Prayer") to Kelly from Treasury Department
Professional Correspondence and Papers, 1949-1973 Scope and Content The papers and correspondence of the professional organizations with which Kelly was affiliated, such as his publisher, Simon
and Schuster, the Hall Syndicate, the National Cartoonists Society (NCS), the Newspaper Comics Council, the Library of Congress,
and the Western Printing Company, have been filed in this subseries. The National Cartoonists Society papers include general
NCS correspondence as well as the correspondence and papers from Kelly's tenure in 1954-1955 as president. The correspondence
in this subseries also contains consistent refusals to commercialize, exploit and/or license the Pogo characters. Also contained
are the conditions for granting permission for a reprint: 1) the drawings must be done by Kelly or an assistant, or photostatically
reproduced from a book or strip (no outside artists); 2) a copyright notice ("Copyright 1956 by Walt Kelly) must be prominently
placed.
Box POGO 7 / Folder 1
Letters From Newspapers, 1950-1955
Box POGO 7 / Folder 2
[Professional correspondence], [1971-1973]
Scope and Content: Includes letter from Garry Trudeau
Box POGO 7 / Folder 3
[Professional correspondence], [1968]
Scope and Content: Includes letters from: Playboy magazine; Sen. Mark Hatfield; staff of Sen. Vance Hartke; Jimmy Breslin; Charles Schulz
Box POGO 7 / Folder 4
[National Cartoonists Society], [1954]
Box POGO 7 / Folder 5
Request For Originals, 1950
Box POGO 7 / Folder 6
[Kinney-Adelquist correspondence], [1958]
Box POGO 7 / Folder 7
[Professional correspondence], [1960]
Scope and Content: Includes correspondence with Bil Keane and Milton Caniff; Photograph of , and cartoon by, Kelly at age 17; 1960 Cerebral
Palsy Pogo theme dinner program
Box POGO 7 / Folder 8
[Professional correspondence], [1961-1962]
Scope and Content: Includes correspondence with: Hank Ketcham; John Pierotti; Harry Devlin; Pearl S. Buck
Box POGO 7 / Folder 9
[Out of town speaking engagements], [1952]
Box POGO 7 / Folder 10
[Newspaper comics advisory council], [1955]
Box POGO 7 / Folder 11
[W. Kelly calendar], [1958]
Box POGO 7 / Folder 12
Permission For Reproduction That Was Not Granted, 1954-1955
Box POGO 7 / Folder 13
Requests For Reproduction, 1952-1953
Box POGO 7 / Folder 14
[Treasury of Great Comics book proposal], [1952]
Scope and Content: Treasury of Great Comics proposal including correspondence with: Chic Young; George McManus; Harold Gray; Milton Caniff; Wally Carlson; Jimmy Murphy;
Frank Willard; Milt Gross; Arthur Carter; Vincent Hamlin
Box POGO 7 / Folder 15
[NBC television proposal], [1956]
Box POGO 7 / Folder 16
[Professional correspondence], [1953]
Scope and Content: Much of the correspondence reflects Kelly's negative opinion on the issue of "commercialization" of Pogo (i.e. any use other
than as a comic strip or for charitable purposes)
Box POGO 8 / Folder 1
[Royalty statements], [1953-1954]
Box POGO 8 / Folder 2
[Royalty statements], [1954-1955]
Box POGO 8 / Folder 3
[Royalty statements], [1958]
Box POGO 8 / Folder 4
[Royalty statements], [1960-1961]
Box POGO 8 / Folder 5
[Correspondence with newspapers], [1956-1957]
Box POGO 8 / Folder 6
["I Go Pogo" pin specifications], [1952]
Box POGO 8 / Folder 7
[Professional correspondence], [1950-1952]
Scope and Content: Charity work; "I Go Pogo" campaign; letters declining commercialization
Box POGO 8 / Folder 8.1
[Professional correspondence], [January-June 1954]
Scope and Content: Requests for use of Pogo; requests for drawings by charities and educational institutions; requests for military insignia
Separated Material: Note: Due to the size of this file, it has physically been separated into two files, numbered 8.1 and 8.2.
Box POGO 8 / Folder 8.2
[Professional correspondence], [July - December 1954]
Scope and Content: Requests for special drawings; letters declining commercialization
Separated Material: Due to the size of this file, it has been physically separated into two files, numbered 8.1 and 8.2
Box POGO 8 / Folder 9.1
[Professional correspondence], [January-June 1955]
Separated Material: Due to the size of this file, it has been physically separated into two files, numbered 9.1and 9.2
Box POGO 8 / Folder 9.2
[Professional correspondence], [July-December 1955]
Separated Material: Due to the size of this file, it has been physically separated into two files, numbered 9.1 and 9.2
Box POGO 8 / Folder 10.1
[Professional correspondence], [January-March1956]
Scope and Content: Requests to use Pogo; requests for special drawings; requests for speaking engagements; correspondence with Milton Caniff, Hank Ketcham
Separated Material: Due to the size of this file, it has been physically separated into four files, numbered 10.1 through 10.4
Box POGO 8 / Folder 10.2
[Professional correspondence], [April-June 1956]
Scope and Content: Requests for speaking engagements; requests for use of Pogo by schools; correspondence Al Capp re: President Eisenhower's "People to People" cartoonist committee; letter declining offer
of advertising design work for O.M. Scott lawn products (Marysville, Ohio)
Separated Material: Due to the size of this file, it has been physically separated into four files, numbered 10.1 through 10.4
Box POGO 8 / Folder 10.3
[Professional correspondence], [July-September 1956]
Scope and Content: Correspondence with Milton Caniff; notification that Kelly is an official press representative of the U.S. Olympic Committee
to the 1956 Melbourne Games; correspondence relating to Kelly's Olympic uniform
Separated Material: Due to the size of this file, it has been physically separated into four files, numbered 10.1 through 10.4
Box POGO 8 / Folder 10.4
[Professional correspondence], [October-December 1956]
Scope and Content: Requests for use of Pogo; letters declining commercialization; NCS business; correspondence with: Milton Caniff, Hank Ketcham, Carl Rose
Separated Material: Due to the size of this file, it has been physically separated into four files, numbered 10.1 through 10.4
Box POGO 13 / Folder 15
[Professional correspondence], [1965-1967]
Scope and Content: Letter from Carl Sagan requesting permission to use quotes from Pogo in a book
Box POGO 13 / Folder 16
[Professional correspondence], [January-June 1969]
Scope and Content: Letter from Joe Shuster (co-creator of Superman); requests for Pogo reprints; handwritten tribute to Daniel Fitzpatrick
Box POGO 13 / Folder 17
[Professional correspondence], [July-December 1969]
Scope and Content: Letter from David Frost Show
Scope and Content Fan mail has been organized chronologically to allow the researcher to examine the response by fans to a particular strip
or series of strips. Kelly kept fan correspondence in alphabetical order, in all likelihood so that he could check whether
a previous request has been received from a fan. Many of the fan letters were request for strips or books which Kelly sent
whenever the requested strip or book was available. If the requested strip was not available, Kelly would sometimes provide
a different strip or a photostat of the strip. Kelly frequently drafted a reply in long-hand or on the typewriter on the verso
of the fan letter which was later typed by one of his assistants. Fan correspondents wrote general letters of admiration,
but would also write in response to a particular strip or series of strips. Fan mail in 1952 and 1953 consisted substantially
of requests for "I Go Pogo" pins.
Box POGO 9 / Folder 1
[Fan Mail], [1949-1950]
Box POGO 9 / Folder 2
[Fan Mail], [1950]
Box POGO 9 / Folder 3
[Fan Mail], [1949-1952]
Box POGO 9 / Folder 4
[Fan Mail], [1951]
Box POGO 9 / Folder 5
[Fan Mail], [1951]
Box POGO 9 / Folder 6
[Fan Mail], [1951]
Box POGO 9 / Folder 7
[Fan Mail], [1952]
Box POGO 9 / Folder 8
[Fan Mail], [1952]
Box POGO 9 / Folder 9
[Fan Mail], [1952]
Box POGO 9 / Folder 10
[Fan Mail], [1952]
Box POGO 9 / Folder 11
[Fan Mail], [1952]
Box POGO 9 / Folder 12
[Fan Mail], [1952]
Box POGO 9 / Folder 13
[Fan Mail], [1952]
Box POGO 11 / Folder 1
[Fan Mail], [1952]
Box POGO 11 / Folder 1
[Fan Mail], [1952]
Box POGO 11 / Folder 2
[Fan Mail], [1952]
Box POGO 11 / Folder 3
[Fan Mail], [1952]
Box POGO 11 / Folder 4
[Fan Mail], [1952]
Box POGO 11 / Folder 5
[Fan Mail], [1952]
Box POGO 11 / Folder 6
[Fan Mail], [1952]
Box POGO 11 / Folder 7
[Fan Mail], [1952]
Box POGO 11 / Folder 8
[Fan Mail], [1952]
Box POGO 11 / Folder 9
[Fan Mail], [1952]
Box POGO 11 / Folder 10
[Fan Mail], [1952]
Box POGO 12 / Folder 1
[Fan Mail], [1953]
Box POGO 12 / Folder 2
[Fan Mail], [1953]
Box POGO 12 / Folder 3
[Fan Mail], [1953]
Box POGO 12 / Folder 4
[Fan Mail], [1953]
Box POGO 12 / Folder 5
[Fan Mail], [1953]
Box POGO 12 / Folder 6
[Fan Mail], [1953]
Box POGO 12 / Folder 7
[Fan Mail], [1953]
Box POGO 12 / Folder 8
[Fan Mail], [1954]
Box POGO 12 / Folder 9
[Fan Mail], [1954]
Box POGO 12 / Folder 10
[Fan Mail], [1954]
Box POGO 12 / Folder 11
[Fan Mail], [1954]
Box POGO 13 / Folder 1
[Fan Mail], [1955]
Box POGO 13 / Folder 2
[Fan Mail], [1955]
Box POGO 13 / Folder 3
[Fan Mail], [1955]
Box POGO 13 / Folder 4
[Fan Mail], [1955-1956]
Box POGO 13 / Folder 5
[Fan Mail], [1955-1956]
Box POGO 13 / Folder 6
[Fan Mail], [1960]
Box POGO 13 / Folder 7
[Fan Mail], [1961]
Box POGO 13 / Folder 8
[Fan Mail], [1961]
Box POGO 13 / Folder 9
[Fan Mail], [1967]
Box POGO 13 / Folder 10
[Fan Mail], [1969]
Box POGO 13 / Folder 11
[Fan Mail], [1972]
Box POGO 13 / Folder 12
[Fan Mail], [1972]
Box POGO 13 / Folder 13
[Fan Mail], [1973]
Box POGO 13 / Folder 14
[Fan Mail], [1973]
Business Accounts and Papers, 1949-1969 Scope and Content This series has been organized chronologically. Ledgers, check stubs, miscellaneous bills and receipts comprise most of the
materials. Legal correspondence is incorporated, including copies of contracts, although both legal correspondence and copies
of contracts may also be attached to correspondence in other sections of the papers. Insurance papers are included and miscellaneous
family papers, such as house descriptions sent to Mrs. Kelly by real estate agents.
Box POGO 14-16
[Business Accounts and Papers], [1949-1969]
Scope and Content Consists mostly of promotional items, some personal items.
Box Pogo 17 / Piece 1
I Go Pogo pin and Pan Am name tag, [undated]
Box Pogo 17 / Piece 2
Pogo pens and boxes, [undated]
Box Pogo 17 / Piece 3
Drawing pencils, [undated]
Box Pogo 17 / Piece 4
Snake skin blanket, [undated]
Box Pogo 17 / Piece 5
Biz (Proctor & Gamble) laundry detergent box with Pogo character doll offer, [1969]
Box Pogo 17 / Piece 6
Irish porcelain Pogo figure, [undated]
Box Pogo 17 / Piece 7
Pogo cut-out mobile figures, [undated]
Box Pogo 17 / Piece 8
Pogo cut-out mobile frames, [undated]
Box Pogo 17 / Piece 9a-l
Proctor & Gamble Pogo plastic figure promotion, [1969]
Scope and Content: 2 each of plastic figures: Pogo Possum; Howland Owl; Albert Alligator; Porky Pine; Beauregard Hound; Churchy LaFemme