Material is unprocessed. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
This collection is located on-site.
A collection of unparalleled documentation of Golden Age artists and publishers, much of which has not been seen by the public.
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
Material is unprocessed. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
This collection is located on-site.
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Curator of Manuscripts/University Archivist, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML). The RBML approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Hames Ware Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Gift of Hames Ware, 2018.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Hames Ware was one of the pioneers of comics fandom, co-editing the seminal WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN COMIC BOOKS with the late Jerry Bails beginning in 1973. His fascination with non-superhero Golden Age comics, his uncanny eye for identifying artists (he has close to 400 IDs to his credit in the Grand Comics Database), and his undying curiosity enabled him to assemble this resource.
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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| Genre/Form | ||
|---|---|---|
| Comics (Graphic works) | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |
| Place | ||
| Fans (persons) | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |
| Subject | ||
| Caricatures and cartoons | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |