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Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 170 items) |
Abstract | Norman Ethre Jennett was a cartoonist for various publications including the Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer, 1895-1898; the New York Herald, 1901-1917; and Flying and its successor, Aerial Age Weekly, 1917-1923. He was also the art editor for McFadden Publications, 1923-1939. The collection includes correspondence, drawings, scrapbooks and other materials by and about Norman E. Jennett. Included are letters from Josephus Daniels, Julian S. Carr, and others about North Carolina and national politics, especially the campaigns of 1898 and 1900, and letters from editors, publishers, and fellow artists about Jennett's work. |
Creator | Jennett, Norman Ethre, 1877-1970. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, May 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Norman Ethre Jennett (1877-1970), native of Wayne County, N.C., was a cartoonist and art editor for various publications. Jennett worked as a cartoonist for the Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer, 1895-1898; the New York Herald, 1901-1917; and Flying and its successor, Aerial Age Weekly, 1917-1923; and as art editor for McFadden Publications, 1923-1939.
Jennett married Helen Mary MacGinness in 1901 and they and their two children lived in Cedar Grove, N.J., until the 1950s when Jennett moved to California.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence, drawings, scrapbooks and other materials by and about Norman Ethre Jennett. Included are letters from Josephus Daniels, Julian S. Carr, and others about North Carolina and national politics, especially the campaigns of 1898 and 1900, and letters from editors, publishers, and fellow artists about Jennett's work. Other notable correspondents include William Griffith, James Gordon Bennett Junior, Walter Hines Page, and William C. Spencer. The scrapbooks contain cartoons and illustrations and clippings about Jennett and his family. The collection also contains about 65 loose cartoons, trademarks designed by Jennett, articles with Jennett's illustrations, and scattered copies of Aerial Age Weekly, Flying, and other magazines in which his work appeared. Also included are the papers and correspondence related to Jennett of H. G. Jones, curator of the North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
Norman Ethre Jennett papers, 1896-1903 |
Folder 2 |
Norman Ethre Jennett papers, 1906-1923 |
Folder 3 |
Norman Ethre Jennett papers, 1926-1952 and undated |
Norman Ethre Jennett autobiographical sketch |
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Folder 4 |
H. G. Jones papers, 1977-1976 |
Folder 5-6
Folder 5Folder 6 |
Issues of Aerial Age Weekly and other magazines |
Folder 7 |
Volume 1: Scrapbook, articles about Jennett and family |
Folder 8 |
Volume 2: Scrapbook of cartoons, New York Herald, 1898 |
Oversize Volume SV-4132/3 |
Volume 3: Scrapbook of cartoons, Brooklyn Eagle, 1901 |
Folder 10 |
Volume 4: Scrapbook of cartoons, New York Herald and Evening Telegram, 1905-1906 |
Folder 11 |
Volume 5: Scrapbook of cartoons, New York Evening Telegram, 1906 |
Folder 12 |
Volume 6: Scrapbook of aviation illustrations, circa 1917-1923 |
Folder 13-14
Folder 13Folder 14 |
Volumes 7-8: Loose leaf scrapbook pages of cartoons and illustrations, undated |
Oversize volume (SV-4132/3).
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