Edwina Dumm papers, 1924-1978

Series I: General, 1972-1978, undated

Series contains photographs of Edwina and her dog Sinbad, and Christmas cards featuring her artworks on cats and dogs as well as other biographical material, mostly undated, and from 1972 to 1978.

Request Box 1

Box 1 Folder 1 Photographs, undated, 3 items

Box 1 Folder 1 Edwina, sketching with Sinbad on her lap, undated

Box 1 Folder 1 Edwina, studying Sinbad on a chair, undated

Box 1 Folder 1 Edwina, walking in a park with Sinbad in her arms, undated

Box 1 Folder 2 Christmas Cards by Edwina and biographical materials on Edwina, 1972-1978, undated

Include 1 page of biographical on Edwina, photographic reproduction of Edwina's drawing of dogs and cats, Christmas cards by Edwina.

Series II: Cap Stubbs and Tippie, 1930s-1966

Series consists of Edwina's comic strip, Cap Stubbs and Tippie's original art, photocopies of Sunday Pages, daily comic clippings, and reprints, dating from the 1930s to 1966. The strip debuted in 1918 in the Ohio newspaper, The Columbus Monitor. Edwina left Columbus in the fall of 1917 and moved to New York. Cap Stubbs and Tippie was syndicated by the George Matthew Adams Service until it went out of business in 1965, the strip continued in The Washington Star Syndicate until 1966, when Edwina decided to retire. The entire run of the strip lasted 48 years from August 21, 1918, to September 3, 1966. The strip tells the many adventures of Joseph "Cap" Stubbs and his dog, Tippie, along with their relation to Cap's friends and family, especially with Cap's Gran'ma Sara Bailey.

Subseries II.1: Original Art includes the original art of Cap Stubbs and Tippie, dating from the 1930s to 1966. The medium of the original art is mostly ink, pencil, blue pencil on comic strip sized bristol paper and in some cases, with watercolor. Some of which Tippie was cut out and pasted back on the strips.

Subseries II.2: Tippie Sunday Pages include nearly 100 pieces of photocopies and duplicates of the Tippie Sunday Pages, dating from 1930s to 1966, with some pages missing. The Adams service partnered with King Features Syndicate to produce a Tippie Sunday page on November 25, 1934.

Subseries II.3: Daily Clippings and Reprints consists of daily clippings and reprints of Cap Stubbs and Tippie, bulk date from 1924 to 1959. The daily clippings and comic strips run from Monday to Saturday, with some undated or gaps.

Subseries II.1: Original Art, 1930s-1966

Subseries includes the original art of Cap Stubbs and Tippie, dating from the 1930s to 1966. The medium of the original art is mostly ink, pencil, blue pencil on comic strip sized bristol paper and in some cases, with watercolor. Some of which Tippie was cut out and pasted back on the strips.

Request Box 2

Box 2 Folder 26 Tippie: "Gee! It seems a fella spends most of his life just bein' hitched to a post", undated

Ink and watercolor on post card size bristol paper. Glue residue on the back, most likely part of a card.

Request Flatbox 3

Flatbox 3 Folder 1 Untitled ("Gran'ma never wants anybody to bother her..."), 1930s-12-05

Purchased by Karen L. Green on September 18, 2016. Accessioned in October 2016. Tippie Pasted on strip.

Syndicate: George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.

Medium: Ink over graphite and blue pencil with painted white highlights on Bristol board.

Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 16.75" x 5"

Flatbox 3 Folder 1 Untitled ("Jane! Jane! You're snoring!"), 1930s-12-08

Purchased by Karen L. Green on September 18, 2016. Accessioned in October 2016.

Syndicate: George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.

Medium: Ink over graphite and blue pencil with painted white highlights on Bristol board.

Dimension: 16.75" x 5"

Flatbox 3 Folder 1 That's What They'd Do, 1930s-07-14

Purchased by Karen L. Green on September 18, 2016. Accessioned in October 2016.

Syndicate: George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.

Medium: Ink over graphite and blue pencil with painted white highlights on Bristol board

Dimension: 16.5" x 5"

Flatbox 3 Folder 1 Explorin'!, 1944-07-15

Purchased by Karen L. Green on August 21, 2016. Accessioned in September 2016.

Syndicate: George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board

Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 16.75" x 5"

Flatbox 3 Folder 1 Oh, Uncle Ben!, 1944-07-17

Purchased by Karen L. Green on August 21, 2016. Accessioned in September 2016.

Syndicate: George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board

Type: Daily comic strip

Dimension: 16.75" x 5"

Flatbox 3 Folder 1 Details Are Lacking, 1944-07-18

Purchased by Karen L. Green on August 21, 2016. Accessioned in September 2016.

Syndicate: George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board

Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 16.75" x 5"

Flatbox 3 Folder 1 Yeh!??, 1959-05-23

Purchased by Karen L. Green on October 09, 2016. Accessioned in November 2016.

Syndicate: George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board

Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 16" x 5"

Flatbox 3 Folder 2 Yessir, 1956-11-02

Purchased by Karen L. Green on October 23, 2016. Accessioned in November 2016.

Syndicate: George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board with blade-scratched white highlights and Zipatone

Dimension: 16" x 5"

Flatbox 3 Folder 2 "My Land', 1956-11-05

Purchased by Karen L. Green on October 23, 2016. Accessioned in November 2016.

Syndicate: George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board with blade-scratched white highlights and Zipatone

Dimension: 16" x 5"

Flatbox 3 Folder 2 "All Quiet", 1956-12-07

Purchased by Karen L. Green on October 23, 2016. Accessioned in November 2016.

Syndicate: George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board with blade-scratched white highlights and Zipatone

Dimension: 16" x 5"

Flatbox 3 Folder 2 Of All Things!, 1956-11-10

Purchased by Karen L. Green on October 30, 2016. Accessioned in November 2016.

Syndicate: George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board

Type: Daily comic strip

Dimension: 16.5" x 5"

Flatbox 3 Folder 2 Headache and a Dollar, mid-1950s-12-11 to 12-12, 2 items

Purchased by Karen L. Green on October 30, 2016. Accessioned in November 2016.

Syndicate: King Features

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board

Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 16.5" x 5"

Flatbox 3 Folder 3 Christmas Card with Comic strip, "I must be a great thinker!", undated

Tippie Pasted on strip.

Medium: Ink and watercolor over graphite and blue pencil with painted white highlights on Bristol board

Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 16.75" x 5"

Flatbox 3 Folder 3 Untitled ("Whose dog are you??"), 12-04, no year

Syndicate: George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.

Flatbox 3 Folder 3 And All is Forgiven, 05-21, no year

Syndicate: George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.

Flatbox 3 Folder 3 ... Very Idea!!, circa 1961 or 1962-01-14, or 1961-12-12

Syndicate: George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.

Flatbox 3 Folder 3 Untitled ("What're you laughin' at?"), 02-15, no year

Flatbox 3 Folder 3 Untitled ("I'm diggin' a lake, 'cuz..."), 07-07, no year

Syndicate: George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.

Flatbox 3 Folder 3 A Minor Detail, 1954-05-17

Syndicate: George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.

Flatbox 3 Folder 3 Preview, 1957-04-04

Syndicate: George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.

Flatbox 3 Folder 3 Not..., 1962-12-15

Syndicate: George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.

Flatbox 3 Folder 3 Untitled ("Pop, tell Tippie an' Jaspurr what you read 'bout 'em in a book!"), 1964-02-12

Flatbox 3 Folder 3 Yessir--That's What She Thinks!, circa 1965-04-15

Syndicate: George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.

Flatbox 3 Folder 3 Untitled ("How can you make a million dollars, young man??..."), 07-08, no year

Syndicate: George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.

Flatbox 3 Folder 3 Untitled ("We really should entertain th' Joneses..."), 01-25, no year

Flatbox 3 Folder 3 Untitled ("Our T. V. won't work..."), circa 1965 or 1966-05-12

Syndicate: Washington Star Syndicate, Inc.

Flatbox 3 Folder 3 Untitled ("Now don't you go far..."), circa 1965 or 1966-01-01

Syndicate: Washington Star Syndicate, Inc.

Flatbox 3 Folder 3 Untitled ("Now where did I put my apron..."), circa 1965 or 1966-02-22

Syndicate: Washington Star Syndicate, Inc.

Flatbox 3 Folder 3 Happy Valentines Day, 1966-02-14

Syndicate: Washington Star Syndicate, Inc.

Subseries II.2: Tippie Sunday Pages, Photocopies, 1943 December-1946 July

Subseries include nearly 100 pieces of photocopies and duplicates of the Tippie Sunday Pages, dating from 1930s to 1966, with some pages missing. The Adams service partnered with King Features Syndicate to produce a Tippie Sunday page on November 25, 1934.

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1943-12-04, 2 pages

Date is on a Saturday, not Sunday

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1943-12-11

Date is on a Saturday, not Sunday

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1943-12-18

Date is on a Saturday, not Sunday

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1943-12-25, 2 pages

Date is on a Saturday, not Sunday

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-01-01, 2 pages

Date is on a Saturday, not Sunday

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-01-15, 2 pages

Date is on a Saturday, not Sunday

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-01-29, 2 pages

Date is on a Saturday, not Sunday

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-02-05, 2 pages

Date is on a Saturday, not Sunday

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-02-12

Date is on a Saturday, not Sunday

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-02-19

Date is on a Saturday, not Sunday

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-02-26

Date is on a Saturday, not Sunday

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-03-05, 2 pages

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-03-12

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-03-19, 3 pages

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-03-26, 2 pages

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-04-02, 2 pages

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-04-09, 2 pages

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-04-16, 2 pages

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-04-30, 2 pages

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-05-07, 2 pages

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-05-14, 2 pages

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-05-21, 2 pages

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-05-28, 2 pages

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-06-04, 3 pages

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-06-11, 2 pages

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-06-25, 3 pages

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-07-02, 2 pages

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-07-09, 2 pages

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-07-16, 2 pages

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-07-23, 2 pages

Flatbox 3 Folder 4 1944-07-30, 2 pages

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1945-07-22

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1945-08-05

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1945-08-12

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1945-08-19

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1945-08-26

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1945-09-02

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1945-11-25

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1945-12-02

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1945-12-09

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1945-12-16

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1945-12-23

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1945-12-30

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-01-06

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-01-13

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-01-20

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-01-27

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-02-03

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-02-10

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-02-17

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-02-24

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-03-03

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-03-10

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-03-17

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-03-24

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-03-31

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-04-07

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-04-14

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-04-21

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-04-28

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-05-05

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-05-12

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-05-19

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-05-26

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-06-02

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-06-09

Flatbox 3 Folder 5 1946-06-16

Subseries II.3: Daily Clippings and Reprints, 1924-1928, 1942-1944, 1956-1959, undated

Subseries consists of daily clippings and reprints of Cap Stubbs and Tippie, bulk date from 1924 to 1959. The daily clippings and comic strips run from Monday to Saturday, with some undated or gaps.

Daily Clippings, 1924-1928, 1940s

Request Box 5

Box 5 1924, 2 folders

Request Box 6

Box 6 1925, 2 folders

Request Box 7

Box 7 1926, 3 folders

Request Box 8

Box 8 1927, 2 folders

Request Box 9

Box 9 1928, 3 folders

Request Box 10

Box 10 Folder 1-2 undated (circa 1940s?)

Reprints, 1943, 1956-1959

Box 10 Folder 3 1942-1944 (1942-12-29 thru 1943-02-27, 1943-12-27 thru 1944-01-01), 2 folders

Box 10 Folder 4 1943-1944 (1943-01-01 thru 1943-02-12, 1943-12-27 thru 1944-01-01)

Duplicates

Request Box 4

Box 4 Folder 1 1943-03-01 thru 1943-12-25

Box 4 Folder 2 Duplicates, 1943-03-08 thru 1943-12-25

Some issues are missing.

Box 4 Folder 3 1956-1957

Selective dates only, not complete.

Box 4 Folder 4 1959

Selective dates only, not complete.

Series III: Alec the Great, 1933-1940, 1942-1943, 1945, 1958

Series consists of daily single panel strips featuring a shaggy little dog, Alec the Great (1931-1969), dating from 1933-1958. Alec the Great was drawn by Edwina, the verses were composed by Edwina's brother, Robert Dumm (Robert Dennis Dumm, signed as R.D. or R.D.D.). Alec was the cousin of Tippie from Cap Stubbs and Tippie, and a "daily companion of millions". Alec was modeled after Lillie Jane the 11, one of Edwina's dear companions. The daily panels showcased Alec the Great, giving friendly and wise advice to those in need of comfort for times of sorrow and caution for times of celebration. The panels were published by George Matthew Adams Inc. and ran daily from Mondays thru Saturdays, except on Sundays. The syndicated daily panels included in this series are dated from 1933 to 1958, with gaps and some issues missing from certain date ranges. Also included in the series is a drawing of Alec on a framed card and the book, Alec the Great, published in 1933.

Daily comic strips, 1933-1940, 1942-1943, 1945, 1958

Request Box 2

Box 2 Folder 1 1933-01 thru 1933-07

Box 2 Folder 2 1933-07 thru 1933-12

Box 2 Folder 3 1934-01 thru 1934-07

Box 2 Folder 4 1934-07 thru 1935-01

Box 2 Folder 5 Set 1, 1935-01 thru 1935-07

Box 2 Folder 6 Set 1, 1935-07 thru 1936-01

Box 2 Folder 7 Set 2, 1935-01 thru 1935-07

Box 2 Folder 8 Set 2, 1935-07 thru 1936-01

Box 2 Folder 9 Set 1, 1936-01 thru 1936-07

Box 2 Folder 10 Set 1, 1936-07 thru 1936-12

Box 2 Folder 11 Set 2, 1936-01 thru 1936-07

Box 2 Folder 12 Set 2, 1936-07 thru 1936-12

Box 2 Folder 13 1937-01 thru 1937-07

Box 2 Folder 14 1937-07 thru 1938-01

Box 2 Folder 15 1938-01 thru 1938-07

Box 2 Folder 16 1938-07 thru 1938-12

Box 2 Folder 17 1939-01 thru 1939-06

Box 2 Folder 18 1939-06 thru 1939-12

Box 2 Folder 19 1940-01 thru 1940-06

Box 2 Folder 20 1940-07 thru 1940-12

Box 2 Folder 21 1942

Box 2 Folder 22 1943-03 thru 1943-07

Box 2 Folder 23 1943-07 thru 1943-12

Box 2 Folder 24 1945

Request Box 1

Box 1 Folder 6 1958

Box 1 Folder 6 Release notice post card, from George Matthew Adams Service to Edwina Dumm, New York, 1958 March 04

Request Box 2

Box 2 Folder 25 Alec the Great "Happy Hang-up" For a LIFT when you're LOW, Edwina's Dog--R.D's Verse, undated

Ink on Bristol paper with orange cardboard frame and gold rims.

Request Box 1

Box 1 Folder 7 Alec the Great, 1933

Authors: Robert Dennis Dumm, Edwina.

Inscribed by Edwina: "To my wonderful friend Mimi and all my love -Edwina"

Series IV: Books, 1928-1936

Series contains publications with illustrations by Edwina, dating from 1928 to 1936. The books emphasize the connection and publishing collaboration between Edwina and other animal and dog lovers of her time.

Box 1 Folder 7 Verdun Belle : originally published under the title "Two gentlemen and a lady" / by Alexander Woollcott ; illustrated by Edwina., 1928

Publisher: New York : Grosset & Dunlap, c1928.

Inscribed by Edwina "To Eve, a fellow New Yorker. Love, Edwina"

Marked as Discarded from Bellmore Memorial Library, Bellmore, New York

Box 1 Folder 8 Two gentlemen and a lady, by Alexander Woollcott, illustrations by Edwina, 1928

Publisher: Coward-McCann, New York, 1928.

Inscribed by Edwina "To my dear friend, Philip, Love, Edwina".

Include a clipping of "Wynken, Blynken and Nod" from an etching by Morgan Dennis, from New York Times Magazine, January 13, 1935; and a Christmas greetings note glued on the inside of a cover page

Box 1 Folder 8 Flush of Wimpole street and Broadway, by Flora Merrill, Edwina (Illustrator), Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1933

Publisher: R.M. McBride & Company, New York, 1933.

Notes: Illustrated lining-papers.

"First published, September, 1933. Second printing before publication."

Include a loose clipping inside the book about the publication, and a note "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.-Flora, 1933." Also inscribed on the page by Edwina "To my old friend here, Love, Edwina". A news clipping titled "Old Trouper Dies, Associate of Miss Cornell was 7 years old", an obituary about Flush is also glued onto the title page of the book.

Box 1 Folder 7 Sonnets from the Pekinese, and other doggerel, by Burges Johnson with illustrations by Edwina, 1936

Publisher: [New York], Macmillan Co., 1936.

Inscribed by Edwina "To my friends, Mimi and [Hale], with love, Edwina"

Series V: Helen Thomas collaborations, 1944-1950

Series consists of an unpublished photocopy script of Tippie's Circus Fantasy by Edwina and her friend and roommate, Helen Thomas, as well music scores and sheets illustrated by Edwina and composed by Helen, dating from 1944 to 1950.

Box 1 Folder 3 Tippie's Circus Fantasy, by Helen Thomas (105 West 55th St.) and Edwina (101 West 55 St.), circa 1944, 58 pages

Unpublished photocopy script.

Box 1 Folder 4 Tippie's Tunes, Words and Music by Helen Thomas, Drawings by Edwina, 1944

Authors: Helen Thomas (Composer), Edwina (Illustrator), Boston Music Co (Publisher)

Box 1 Folder 5 Tippie's and the Circus, Words and Music by Helen Thomas, Drawings by Edwina, 1944

Authors: Helen Thomas (Composer), Edwina (Illustrator), Boston Music Co (Publisher), G. Schirmer, Inc (Publisher)

Publisher: Boston Music Co. ; G. Schirmer, Boston, Mass., New York

Box 1 Folder 5 Tippie's Christmas Carol, Words and Music by Helen Thomas, Drawings by Edwina, 1946

Authors: Helen Thomas (Composer), Edwina (Illustrator), Boston Music Co (Publisher), G. Schirmer, Inc (Publisher)

Publisher: Boston Music Co. ; G. Schirmer, Boston, Mass., New York

Box 1 Folder 5 Tippie's Love Song, Words and Music by Helen Thomas, Drawings by Edwina, 1947

Authors: Helen Thomas (Composer), Edwina (Illustrator), Boston Music Co (Publisher), G. Schirmer, Inc (Publisher)

Publisher: Boston Music Co. ; G. Schirmer, Boston, Mass., New York

Box 1 Folder 5 Tippie and the Hurdy-Gurdy, Words and Music by Helen Thomas, Drawings by Edwina, 1947

Authors: Helen Thomas (Composer), Edwina (Illustrator), Boston Music Co (Publisher), G. Schirmer, Inc (Publisher)

Publisher: Boston Music Co. ; G. Schirmer, Boston, Mass., New York

Box 1 Folder 5 Tippie's Hallowe'en Serenade, Words and Music by Helen Thomas, Drawings by Edwina, 1950

Authors: Helen Thomas (Composer), Edwina (Illustrator), Boston Music Co (Publisher), G. Schirmer, Inc (Publisher)

Publisher: Boston Music Co. ; G. Schirmer, Boston, Mass., New York

Collection Overview

Collection Contents

Series I: General, 1972-1978, undated

Series II: Cap Stubbs and Tippie, 1930s-1966

Subseries II.1: Original Art, 1930s-1966

Subseries II.2: Tippie Sunday Pages, Photocopies, 1943 December-1946 July

Subseries II.3: Daily Clippings and Reprints, 1924-1928, 1942-1944, 1956-1959, undated

Series III: Alec the Great, 1933-1940, 1942-1943, 1945, 1958

Series IV: Books, 1928-1936

Series V: Helen Thomas collaborations, 1944-1950