Al Parker Collection (MGHL00002), 1920-1985 | MGHL Modern Graphic History Library

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Collection Overview

Title: Al Parker Collection (MGHL00002), 1920-1985

Predominant Dates:(bulk 1930 - 1975)

ID: MGHL/mghl00002

Primary Creator: Parker, Alfred, 1906-1985

Extent: 40.0 Linear Feet

Arrangement:

The collection is divided into eleven series as follows:

Series 1: Personal and Professional Development (arranged alphabetically by subject)

Series 2: Artist Model Photographs (arranged alphabetically by subject

Series 3: Artist Model and Parker Family Negatives, Slides, and Transparencies (arranged by material type, some arranged chronologically)

Series 4: Personal and Professional Development (unusual and variously sized formats) (arranged arbitrarily)

Series 5: Famous Artist School Lesson Books (arranged chronologically)

Series 6: Art work reproduced from Magazines (Includes cut issues, complete issues, and proofs) (arranged alphabetically by magazine title, then chronologically)

Series 7: Small-sized works of art (not exceeding 11 x 14 inches) (arranged alphabetically by magazine title, then chronologically)

Series 8: Medium-sized works of art (not exceeding 16 x 20 inches) (arranged alphabetically by magazine title, then chronologically)

Series 9: Large-Sized works of art (not exceeding 20 x 24 inches) (arranged alphabetically by magazine title, then chronologically)

Series 10: 1X Large-sized works of art (not exceeding 24 x 31 inches), (arranged alphabetically by magazine title, then chronologically)

Series 11: 2X Large-sized works of art (not exceeding 38 x 50 inches) (arranged alphabetically by magazine title, then chronologically)

Date Acquired: 00/00/2003. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Magazine illustration--20th century, Parker, Alfred, 1906-1985, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection includes material relating to Al Parker's personal and professional development, photographs of artist models, original artwork, and artwork reproduced from magazines.

Collection Historical Note

Alfred Charles Parker was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1906 and studied at Washington University’s School of Fine Arts from 1923 to 1928. After opening a fledgling advertising agency with fellow students and beginning to work for national magazines, Parker moved to New York City in 1935. A cover illustration for House Beautiful won a national competition and garnered Parker jobs producing illustrations and covers for Chatelaine, Collier’s, Women’s Home Companion, and Ladies’ Home Journal.

In December of 1938, Parker began a thirteen-year stint of illustrating a series of fifty hugely popular “Mother and Daughter” covers for the Ladies Home Journal: dressed alike and paired in an evocatively designed action scene, the first cover created an overnight fashion sensation. Successive covers enjoyed unrivaled appeal, chronicling the evolution of an idealized American family as it prepared for war, homecoming, and rebirth (i.e., the baby boom). Parker was soon illustrating for countless magazines including Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, McCall’s, The Saturday Evening Post, Sports Illustrated, Pictorial Review, Town and County, and Vogue, constantly reinventing his endlessly snappy style and thematic approach, while experimenting with new media in order to keep his throngs of imitators stymied. In cooperation with the art director, he secretly illustrated an entire issue of Cosmopolitan employing different pseudonyms, styles, and media for each story.

Parker is one of the select few illustrators whose personal touch immediately jumps out at the viewer, through crisp rendering and compositions not only bold, but positively idiosyncratic. Known as the Dean of Illustrators, Parker was one of the founding faculty members for the Famous Artists School and was elected to the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame in 1965.

For additional information see The Illustrator in America 1860-2000, by Walt Reed, New York: The Society of Illustrators, 2001.

Subject/Index Terms

Magazine illustration--20th century
Parker, Alfred, 1906-1985
Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts

Administrative Information

Repository: MGHL Modern Graphic History Library

Accruals: There are no accruals.

Access Restrictions: There are no restrictions to access.

Use Restrictions:

Some restrictions, please contact the Modern Graphic History Library Curator at (314) 935-7741 or spec@wumail.wustl.edu.

Users of the collection must read and abide by the Rules for the use of Modern Graphic History Library materials.

Users of the collections who wish to use items from this collection, in whole or in part, in any form of publication (as defined in the form) must sign and submit to the Washington University Department of Special Collections a hard copy of the Notification of intent to publish Modern Graphic History Library materials form.

All publication not covered by fair use restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder.

Acquisition Method: The collection was donated to the University Archives by Kit Parker, Al Parker's son, in 2003. It was later transferred to the Modern Graphic History Library.

Related Materials: The Charles Craver Collection: contains tear sheets of Al Parker's work. For more information please see http://archon2.wulib.wustl.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=308&q=craver.

Preferred Citation: Name of the Collection, Washington University Libraries, Department of Special Collections

Processing Information: This collection was processed by Jay Kempen and revised by University Archives staff in September 2006 and June 2007.

Finding Aid Revision History: This finding aid was entered into Archon by Jolie Braun in July 2012.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Personal and Professional Development],
[Series 2: Artist Model Photographs],
[Series 3: Artist Model and Parker Family Negatives, Slides, and Transparencies],
[Series 4: Personal and Professional Development (Unusual and Variously Sized Formats)],
[Series 5: Famous Artist School Lesson Books],
[Series 6: Art Work Reproduced from Magazines (includes cut issues, complete issues, and proofs)],
[Series 7: Small-Sized Works of Art (not to exceed 11 x 14 inches)],
[Series 8: Medium-Sized Works of Art (not to exceed 16 x 20 inches)],
[Series 9: Large-Sized Works of Art (not to exceed 20 x 24 inches)],
[Series 10: 1X: Large-Sized Works of Art (not to exceed 24 x 31 inches).],
[Series 11: 2X Large-Sized Works of Art (not to exceed 38 x 50 inches).],
[All]

Series 1: Personal and Professional Development

Box 1

Folder 1: American Red Cross (Correspondence), 1944
Folder 2: Artists Guild Inc. (Correspondence [Geo. Baker Controversy and the Art Center])., 1942-1943
Folder 3: Artist Models (Rosters).
Folder 4: Associated Magazine Contributors (Correspondence)., 1947-1948
Folder 5: Auction Catalogues (Featuring Parker, Al)., 1977-1997
Folder 6: Autobiographical Accounts and Profiles (Anecdotal)., undated
Folder 7: Autobiographical Accounts and Profiles (CV)., undated.
Folder 8: Autographs and Pseudonyms., undated.
Folder 9: Awards and Certificates., undated.
Folder 10: Biographical Accounts and Profiles (Death of Parker, Al)., 1985.
Folder 11: Biographical Accounts and Profiles (MA Dissertation w/ Parker, Al Interviewed)., 1963.
Folder 12: Biographical Accounts and Profiles (Essays)., undated.
Folder 13: Biographical Accounts and Profiles (Magazine Articles)., 1946-1970.
Folder 14: Biographical Accounts and Profiles (Newspaper Clippings)., 1944-1985.
Folder 15: Biographical Accounts and Profiles (Other Artists)., undated.
Folder 16: Book Jacket Designs (Correspondence)., 1938-1951.
Folder 17: Book Publishers (Correspondence)., 1944-1953
Folder 18: Buck, Pearl S. ("American Legend" [Parker, Al Artist Proofs])., undated.
Folder 19: Colliers (Correspondence)., 1952-1962.
Folder 20: Coronet Magazine (Correspondence)., 1946.
Folder 21: Cosmopolitan (Correspondence)., 1942-1969.
Folder 22: Cromwell-Collier Publishing Company (Correspondence)., 1939-1947.
Folder 23: Elle (Correspondence)., 1948.
Folder 24: Esquire (Correspondence)., 1947-1951.
Folder 25: Exhibit Announcements (Other Artists)., undated.
Folder 26: Exhibit Announcements (Parker, Al)., undated.
Folder 27: Exhibit Announcements (Parker, Al ["Fiesta Fantastica"])., undated.
Folder 28: Exhibits and Symposiums (Correspondence)., 1949-1952.
Folder 29: Famous Artist Schools (Correspondence)., 1960-1973.
Folder 30: Famous Artist Schools (Prospectuses and Annual Reports)., 1950; 1963; 1968.
Folder 31: Famous Artist Schools (Publications [Famous Artist Magazine])., 1953; 1968.
Folder 32: Institute of Commercial Art, Inc. (Assignment and Lesson Plan Drafts)., undated.
Folder 33: Institute of Commercial Art, Inc. (Correspondence)., 1948-1952.
Folder 34: Institute of Commercial Art, Inc. (Financial Reports)., 1948.
Folder 35: Institute of Commercial Art, Inc. (Survey Gathered from Art Editors)., 1950.
Folder 36: Institute of Commercial Art, Inc. (Student Critiques, A-K)., undated.

Box 2

Folder 1: Institute of Commercial Art, Inc. (Student Critiques, M-W)., undated.
Folder 2: Institute of Commercial Art, Inc. (Student Rosters)., undated.
Folder 3: Kit Parker Films (Catalogues)., 1971; 1974-1975; 1978-1979; 1987.
Folder 4: Kit Parker Films (Catalogue)., 1980.
Folder 5: Kit Parker Films (Catalogue)., 1984.
Folder 6: Letters from Admiring Authors., 1941-1945.
Folder 7: Letters from Admirers, 1940-1968.
Folder 8: Life (Indices Used by Parker, Al for Research)., 1941-1942.
Folder 9: Parker, Al (Correspondence [Friends, A-G])., 1934-1984.
Folder 10: Parker, Al (Correspondence [Friends, H-R])., 1934-1984.
Folder 11: Parker, Al (Correspondence [Friends, S-Y])., 1934-1984.
Folder 12: Parker, Al (Correspondence [Original Art Greeting Cards from Friends and Colleagues])., undated.
Folder 13: Parker, Al (Correspondence [from Parker, Evelyn])., 1965.

Box 3

Folder 1: Parker, Evelyn (Correspondence [Friends and Family])., 1953-1980.
Folder 2: Parker, Evelyn (Correspondence [from Parker, Al])., 1934-1972.
Folder 3: Parker Family (Correspondence [from Friends and Family])., 1950-1980.
Folder 4: Parker Family (Holiday Greeting Cards Designed by Parker Family)., undated.
Folder 5: Personal Ephemera (Passports, Military Classification Cards, Membership Cards, etc.)., undated.
Folder 6: Photographs (Parker, Al [Artwork of {Misc.}])., undated.
Folder 7: Photographs (Parker, Al [Artwork of {at Washington University}])., undated.
Folder 8: Photographs (Parker, Al [Award Ceremonies {California College of Arts and Crafts, Ph.D.}])., undated.
Folder 9: Photographs (Parker, Al [Award Ceremonies {Misc.}])., undated.
Folder 10: Photographs (Parker, Al [Award Ceremonies {New York Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame}])., undated.
Folder 11: Photographs (Parker, Al [Award Ceremonies {Washington University Alumni Award Citation}])., undated.
Folder 12: Photographs (Parker, Al [at Drums])., undated.
Folder 13: Photographs (Parker, Al [with Family and Friends])., undated.
Folder 14: Photographs (Parker, Al [while Fishing])., undated.
Folder 15: Photographs (Parker, Al [Formal])., undated.
Folder 16: Photographs (Parker, Al [at Leisure])., undated.
Folder 17: Photographs (Parker, Al [Life Mask Preparation])., undated.
Folder 18: Photographs (Parker, Al [at Work {Contact Sheets}])., undated.
Folder 19: Photographs (Parker, Al [at Work {Instructing Students}])., undated.
Folder 20: Photographs (Parker, Al [at Work {as a Model}])., undated.
Folder 21: Photographs (Parker, Al [at Work {with Models}])., undated.
Folder 22: Photographs (Parker, Al [at Work {in Studio}])., undated.
Folder 23: Photographs (Parker, Evelyn [Misc.])., undated.
Folder 24: Publicity, Media Interviews, Guest Lecturer (Correspondence)., 1949-1957.
Folder 25: Rockwell, Norman (Correspondence)., 1948.
Folder 26: Society of Illustrators (Correspondence)., 1936-1951.
Folder 27: Society of Illustrators (Exhibits and Membership Information)., undated.
Folder 28: United Service Organizations (Camp Shows [Correspondence])., 1944.
Folder 29: United States Army (Including Air Corps [Correspondence])., 1945-1951.
Folder 30: United States Department of State (Correspondence)., 1948.
Folder 31: United States Postmaster General (Parker, Al Stamp Design)., 1961.
Folder 32: United States War Department and Office of War Information (Correspondence)., 1941-1945.
Folder 33: Written Works (Parker, Al ["An Open Letter to Open Spaces"])., undated.
Folder 34: Written Works (Parker, Al ["Illustration 1940-1950: The Innovators"])., undated.
Folder 35: Written Works (Parker, Al ["Lorelei on the Levee" {Drafts}])., undated.
Folder 36: Written Works (Parker, Al ["Lorelei on the Levee" {Notes}])., undated.

Box 3a

Item 1: Home movies by Al Parker (7 - ¾” videos and 7 - DVDs)., 1938-1961.

Box 3b

Item 1: Home movies by Al Parker (27 - 8MM reel-to-reels)., 1938-1961.

Series 2: Artist Model Photographs

Box 4

Folder 1: Animals and Animals with Children.
Folder 2: Airplanes (Interiors, Stewardess, Captain, and Passenger Role Playing)
Folder 3: Automobiles, Trucks, and Buses.
Folder 4: Automobiles (Monaco [France] Grand Prix Racing).

Box 4a

Folder 1: Automobiles (Monaco [France] Grand Prix Racing).
Folder 2: Boy Scout Troops.
Folder 3: Boys.

Box 5

Folder 1: Boys.
Folder 2: Children.
Folder 3: Contact Sheets (Misc. [Highly Varied]).
Folder 4: Exteriors and Interiors (Misc.), New England, and Sculpture by Manship, Paul.

Box 5a

Folder 1: Family.
Folder 2: Fragments of Photos and Damaged Photos (Misc. [Highly Varied]).
Folder 3: Girls.

Box 6

Folder 1: Girls.
Folder 2: Groups (Misc.).
Folder 3: Hospitals and Emergency Role Playing.
Folder 4: Lompac, California (Mission La Purisima).

Box 6a

Folder 1: Men.

Box 7

Folder 1: Men.

Box 7a

Folder 1: Men (with Children).
Folder 2: Romantic Couples and Couples.

Box 8

Folder 1: Romantic Couples and Couples.

Box 8a

Folder 1: Romantic Couples and Couples.
Folder 2: Sporting Events.
Folder 3: Teenagers (Frolicking with Soda Pop Bottles, Bowling Balls, and Hand Puppets).

Box 9

Folder 1: Women.

Box 9a

Folder 1: Women.

Box 10

Folder 1: Women.

Box 11

Folder 1: Women.
Folder 2: Women (with Children).
Folder 3: Women (in Groups).
Folder 4: Women (as Nudes).

Box 11a

Folder 1: Various subjects.

Series 3: Artist Model and Parker Family Negatives, Slides, and Transparencies

This is arranged by material type, some arranged chronologically.

Box 12

Item 1: Artist Models, undated.
Item 2: Artist Models, 1949.
Item 3: Artist Models, 1950.
Item 4: Artist Models, undated.
Item 5: Still Lifes (Misc.), undated.
Item 6: Monaco Grand Prix, undated.
Item 7: Parker (Artwork), undated.
Item 8: Parker Family (as Models), undated.
Item 9: Parker Family [at Wedding], undated.
Item 10: Parker Family (Misc.), undated.
Item 11: Parker Family (Europe), undated.
Item 12: Parker Family (on Vacation), undated.
Item 13: Parker Family (on Vacation), undated.

Box 13

Item 1: Artist Models, (Unidentified), undated.
Item 3: Artist Models, (Unidentified), 1942-1952.
Item 2: Artist Models, (Identified), undated.

Box 14

Item 1: Parker Family (as Models), undated.
Item 2: Artist Models, (Identified), undated.

Box 15

Item 1: Artist Models, (January - June 1950).
Item 2: Artist Models, (July - December 1950).
Item 3: Artist Models, (January - March 1951).
Item 4: Artist Models, (March - May 1951).
Item 5: Artist Models, (June - July 1951).
Item 6: Artist Models, (August - October 1951).
Item 7: Artist Models, (November - December 1951).
Item 8: Artist Models, (January - May 1952).
Item 9: Artist Models, (June - September 1952).
Item 10: Artist Models, (October - December 1952).
Item 11: Artist Models, (January - February 1953).
Item 12: Artist Models, (March 1953).
Item 13: Artist Models, (April - May 1953).
Item 14: Artist Models, (June 1953).
Item 15: Artist Models, (July - August 1953).
Item 16: Artist Models, (September - October 1953).
Item 17: Artist Models, (November - December 1953).
Item 18: Artist Models, (January - February 1954).
Item 19: Artist Models, (May - June 1954).
Item 20: Artist Models, (July - December 1954).
Item 21: Artist Models, (January - May 1955).
Item 22: Artist Models, (June - December 1955).
Item 23: Artist Models, (January - July 1956).
Item 24: Artist Models, (August - December 1956).
Item 25: Artist Models, (January - December 1957 A).
Item 26: Artist Models, (January - April 1957).
Item 27: Artist Models, (May - June 1957).
Item 28: Artist Models, (August 1957).
Item 29: Artist Models, (September - November 1957).
Item 30: Artist Models, (January - February 1958).
Item 31: Artist Models, (March - June 1958).
Item 32: Artist Models, (July - August 1958).
Item 33: Artist Models, (September - December 1958).
Item 34: Artist Models, (January - March 1959).
Item 35: Artist Models, (April - May 1959).
Item 36: Artist Models, (June - July 1959).
Item 37: Artist Models, (September - October 1959).
Item 38: Artist Models, (November - December 1959).
Item 39: Artist Models, (January - April 1960).
Item 40: Artist Models, (May - December 1960).
Item 41: Artist Models, undated.
Item 42: American Airlines, May 1957.
Item 43: Animals, undated.
Item 44: Boy Scouts, undated.
Item 45: Famous Artist Series, undated.
Item 46: Lompac, California, undated.
Item 47: Manship, Paul (Sculpture, NY), undated.
Item 48: Mexico, undated.
Item 49: Monaco Grand Prix, undated.
Item 50: Parker, Al (at Work), undated.
Item 51: Parker Family (Misc.), undated.
Item 52: Parker Family (Vacations), undated.
Item 53: Shore, Dinah, undated.
Item 54: Ritz-Carlton Hotel, undated.
Item 55: Still Life, undated.
Item 56: Sport Car Show, undated.
Item 57: Artist Models (Misc.), undated.
Item 58: Artwork (Misc.), undated.
Item 59: Artwork (Misc.), undated.
Item 60: Parker Biographical Exhibit, undated.

Series 4: Personal and Professional Development (Unusual and Variously Sized Formats)

This is arranged arbitrarily.

Box 16

Item 1: PSGNWP Award Medal, undated.
Item 2: Saint Louis Art Directors Club Award Medal, 1963.
Item 3: [New York] Art Directors Club Award Medal, 1945.

Box 17

Item 1: [New York] Art Directors Club Award Medal, 1953.
Item 2: [New York] Art Directors Club Award Medal, 1954.
Item 3: [New York] Art Directors Club Award Medal, undated.

Box 18

Item 1: Society of Illustrators Award Medal, 1965.
Item 2: Curiosities (Crayons and Chalks), undated.

Box 19

Item 1: Advertisements (Chase and Sanborn Coffee), undated.
Item 2: Advertisements (Chrysler), 1957.
Item 3: Advertisements (Communication Arts), undated.
Item 4: Advertisements (Ford Motor Cars), 1924.
Item 5: Advertisements (General Electric), undated.
Item 6: Advertisements (Howard Paper Mills, N.D. [Maxwell Paper]), undated.
Item 7: Advertisements (Jantzen Swimwear), 1947.
Item 8: Advertisements (Pacific Telephone), undated.
Item 9: Advertisements (Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, [Roerig's Geopen]), undated.
Item 10: Advertisements (Whitman's Chocolates), undated.
Item 11: Photographs 01 (Parker, Al), undated.
Item 12: Photographs 02 (Parker, Al), undated.
Item 13: Photographs 03 (Parker, Al), undated.
Item 14: Photographs 04 (Parker, Al), undated.
Item 15: Photographs 05 (Parker, Al), undated.

Box 20

Item 1: Advertisements (Seven-Up), undated.
Item 2: Advertisements (Woman's Home Companion), undated.
Item 3: Awards and Certificates (Art Directors Club [Chicago]), 1951 and 1954.
Item 4: Awards and Certificates (Art Directors Club [New York]), 1945-1954.
Item 5: Awards and Certificates (Art Directors Club [Philadelphia]), 1941-1962.
Item 6: Awards and Certificates (Art Directors Club, [San Francisco]), undated.
Item 7: Awards and Certificates (Rhoda Island School of Design [Honorary Doctorate])., 1978.
Item 8: Awards and Certificates (Society of Illustrators [New York]), 1960-1966.
Item 9: Awards and Certificates (Society of Illustrators [Los Angeles]), 1980.
Item 10: Exhibit Posters (for Al Parker's Work), undated.
Item 11: Record Album Cover (Julie Andrews and Giorgio Tozzi]), 1954 or 1956.

Box 21

Item 1: Advertisements (Janzten Swimwear), undated.
Item 2: Advertisements (Office of War Information), 1943.
Item 3: Advertisements (Seven-Up), undated.
Item 4: Artist Impressions of Al Parker, undated.
Item 5: Exhibit Poster by Al Parker (Society of Illustrators), undated.
Item 6: Advertisement Poster (Ladies Home Journal) [MOTHER/DAUGHTER GENRE] ; [Saturday Evening Post insert]., August 13, 1949.
Item 7: Greeting Card, undated.
Item 8: Photographs (Famous Artist School Colleagues), undated.

Box 22

Item 1: Academic Hoods, undated.
Item 2: Academic Cap, undated.

Box 23

Item 1: Rolled Greeting Banner [from Students and/or Admirers], undated.

Box 24

Item 1: Exhibit Poster (for Arriola, Dedini; Ketcham [Autographed]), undated.
Item 2: Exhibit Posters by Al Parker, undated.
Item 3: Photographs (Parker, Al and Evelyn [Buchroeder] in Youth), undated.

Series 5: Famous Artist School Lesson Books

Box 25

Item 1: Lesson Plan Book (Atherton, John), 1949.
Item 2: Lesson Plan Book (Fawcett, Robert), 1949.
Item 3: Lesson Plan Book (Helck, Peter), 1949.

Box 26

Item 1: Lesson Plan Book (Parker, Al), 1949
Item 2: Lesson Plan Book (Rockwell, Norman), 1949
Item 3: Lesson Plan Book (Von Schmidt, Harold), 1949.

Box 27

Item 1: Whitcomb, Jon
Item 2: Dohanos, Stevan, 1950.
Item 3: Lesson Plan Book (Stahl, Ben), 1950.

Box 28

Item 1: Lesson Plan Book (Ludekens, Fred), 1951.
Item 2: Lesson Plan Book (Briggs, Austin)

Box 29

Item 1: Lesson Plan Book (Lessons 1-10), 1953.

Box 30

Item 1: Lesson Plan Book (Lessons 1-12), 1954.

Box 31

Item 1: Lesson PLan Book (Lessons 13-24), 1954.

Box 32

Item 1: Lesson Plan Book (Lessons 9-24 [Lessons 1-8 Wanting]), 1960.

Box 33

Item 1: Lesson Plan Book (Incomplete), 1966.
Item 2: Lesson Plan Book (Lessons 1-13), 1967.

Box 34

Item 1: Lesson Plan Book (Lessons 14-24), 1967.

Box 35

Item 1: Lesson Plan Book (Famous Artist Cartoon Course), 1956.

Box 36

Item 1: Famous Artist School Film Strips and Phonograph Records, 1964.

Series 6: Art Work Reproduced from Magazines (includes cut issues, complete issues, and proofs)

This is arranged alphabetically by magazine title, then chronologically.

Box 37

Folder 1: American Airlines (Cut Issues), various dates.
Folder 2: American Airlines (Cut Issues), various dates.
Folder 3: American Airlines (Cut Issues), various dates.

Box 38

Folder 1: American Magazine (Cut Issues), September 1935 - July 1936.
Folder 2: American Magazine (Cut Issues), September 1937 and undated.

Box 39

Folder 1: Good Housekeeping (Cut Issues), July 1947 - September 1955.
Folder 2: Good Housekeeping (Cut Issues), November 1955 - September 1956.
Folder 3: Good Housekeeping (Cut Issues), November 1956 - October 1959.
Folder 4: Good Housekeeping (Cut Issues), undated.

Box 40

Folder 1: Ladies Home Journal (Cut Issues), 1933-1936.
Folder 2: Ladies Home Journal (Cut Issues), 1937-1938.

Box 41

Folder 1: Ladies Home Journal (Cut Issues and Includes AL PARKER'S FIRST MOTHER/DAUTHER GENRE COVER), 1939.
Folder 2: Ladies Home Journal (Cut Issues), 1940.
Folder 3: Ladies Home Journal (Cut Issues), 1941.

Box 42

Folder 1: Ladies Home Journal (Cut Issues), 1942.
Folder 2: Ladies Home Journal (Cut Issues), 1943.
Folder 3: Ladies Home Journal (Cut Issues), 1944.

Box 43

Folder 1: Ladies Home Journal (Cut Issues), 1945.
Folder 2: Ladies Home Journal (Cut Issues), 1946.
Folder 3: Ladies Home Journal (Cut Issues)., 1947-1949.

Box 44

Folder 1: Ladies Home Journal (Cut Issues), 1950.
Folder 2: Ladies Home Journal (Cut Issues), 1951.
Folder 3: Ladies Home Journal (Cut Issues), 1952-1954.
Folder 4: Ladies Home Journal (Cut Issues), 1956-1959.
Folder 5: Ladies Home Journal (Cut Issues)., 1960-1961;1965.

Box 45

Folder 1: McCall's (Cut Issues), 1933-1938.
Folder 2: McCall's (Cut Issues), 1939-1952.
Folder 3: McCall's (Cut Issues)., 1953 - June 1958.
Folder 4: McCall's (Cut Issues), July 1958 - 1961; undated.

Box 46

Folder 1: Pictorial Review (Cut Issues), undated.

Box 47

Folder 1: Saturday Evening Post (Cut Issues), circa 1930; 1944-1946; 1950-1952; undated.

Box 48

Folder 1: Woman's Home Companion (Cut Issues), 1935-1938.
Folder 2: Woman's Home Companion (Cut Issues), 1939-1941.
Folder 3: Woman's Home Companion (Cut Issues), undated.

Box 49

Folder 1: American Weekly (Cut Issues), 1959-1960.
Folder 2: Chatelaine (Cut Issues), 1933-1934.
Folder 3: Collier's (Cut Issues), 1933; 1935-1937.
Folder 4: Cosmopolitan (Cut Issues), 1948-1949; 1952 -1955; 1959; 1967-1968.
Folder 5: Country Home Magazine (Cut Issues), 1938.
Folder 6: House Beautiful (Cut Issue and FIRST AL PARKER COVER), 1930.
Folder 7: Household Magazine (Cut Issues), 1934-1935.
Folder 8: Maclean's Magazine (Cut Issues)., 1933.
Folder 9: Medical Times (Cut Issue), 1966.
Folder 10: Redbook (Cut Issues), 1960; [1968]; 1969; undated.
Folder 11: Seventeen (Cut Issue), undated.
Folder 12: Town and Country (Cut Issue), 1950; 1952; 1954.
Folder 13: Vogue (Cut Issue), 1936; undated.
Folder 14: Misc. Magazine Advertisements (Cut Issue), 1920s-1930s.

Box 50

Folder 1: Proofs (American Airlines [Associated with Saturday Evening Post]), various dates.
Folder 2: Proofs (Chase and Sanborn Coffee]), undated.
Folder 3: Proofs (Cosmopolitan), various dates.
Folder 4: Proofs (Ladies Home Journal), various dates.
Folder 5: Proofs (McCall's), various dates.
Folder 6: Proofs (Saturday Evening Post), various dates.
Folder 7: Proofs (Town and Country), undated.
Folder 8: Proofs (Woman's Home Companion [with Campbell’s Soup]), undated.
Folder 9: Proofs (Unidentified), undated.

Box 51

Folder 1: Boys' Life (Cover), November 1965.
Folder 2: Boys' Life (Complete Issue, pages 32+), April 1968.
Folder 3: Boys' Life (Complete Issue, pages 30+), November 1968.
Folder 4: Boys' Life (Complete Issue, cover and pages 8+), February 1973.
Folder 5: Boys' Life (Complete Issue, pages 30+), December 1973.
Folder 6: Boys' Life (Complete Issue, pages 32+), May 1974.
Folder 7: Boys' Life (Complete Issue, pages 34+), October 1974.
Folder 8: Boys' Life (Complete Issue, pages 26+), June 1975.
Folder 9: Boys' Life (Complete Issue, pages 26+), October 1975.
Folder 10: Boys' Life (Complete Issue, pages 34+), November 1975.
Folder 11: Boys' Life (Complete Issue, pages 30+), December 1975.
Folder 12: Boys' Life (Complete Issue, cover), July 1977.
Folder 13: Boys' Life (Complete Issue, pages 30+), December 1978.
Folder 14: Boys' Life (Complete Issue, pages 30+), February 1979.
Folder 15: Boys' Life (Complete Issue, cover), February 1980.
Folder 16: Boys' Life (Complete Issue, cover), December 1980.
Folder 17: Boys' Life (Complete Issue, pages 36+), September 1982.
Folder 18: Boys' Life (Complete Issue, pages 38+), December 1982.
Folder 19: Boys' Life (Complete Issue, cover), July 1983.
Folder 20: Boys' Life (Complete Issue, cover), September 1983.
Folder 21: Boys' Life (Complete Issue, pages 26+), December 1984.
Folder 22: Boys' Life (Complete Issue, cover), February 1985.

Box 52

Folder 1: Communication Arts (Complete Issue, cover), May/June 1977.
Folder 2: Cosmopolitan (Complete Issue, cover), January 1949.
Folder 3: Cosmopolitan (Complete Issue, cover and pages 48+), October 1953.
Folder 4: Cosmopolitan (Complete Issue, pages 98+), November 1962.
Folder 5: Cosmopolitan (Complete Issue, pages 96+), January 1964.
Folder 6: Cosmopolitan (Complete Issue, pages 100+), December 1964.
Folder 7: Cosmopolitan (Complete Issue, pages 112+), September 1966.
Folder 8: Cosmopolitan (Complete Issue, pages 110+), February 1967.

Box 53

Folder 1: Household Magazine (Complete Issue, pages 56-30 sic), February 1936.
Folder 2: Lithopinion 4 (Complete Issue, cover and pages 74+), 1966.
Folder 3: Lithopinion 8 (Complete Issue, pages 13-35 AL PARKER EXHIBIT), 1967.
Folder 4: Lithopinion 20 (Complete Issue, pages 50+), 1970.
Folder 5: Saturday Evening Post (Complete Issue, pages 76-83). October 23, 1965.
Folder 6: Sports Illustrated (Complete Issue, pages 44-53), May 11, 1964.
Folder 7: Women's Day (Complete Issue, pages 34-38 and 78), December 1966.
Folder 8: TV Guide (Complete Issue, cover), April 1964.
Folder 9: TV Guide (Complete Issue, cover), July 1965.
Folder 10: TV Guide (Complete Issue, cover), March 1971.
Folder 11: TV Guide (Complete Issue, cover). June 1971.
Folder 12: TV Guide (Cut covers), undated.

Series 7: Small-Sized Works of Art (not to exceed 11 x 14 inches)

This is arranged alphabetically by magazine title, then chronologically.

Box 54

Item 1: Artwork Other Than Al Parker (Todd Lovell), undated.
Item 2: Artwork Other Than Al Parker (Wickstrom), undated.
Item 3: Boys' Life, undated.
Item 4: Cosmopolitan, undated.
Item 5: Lithopinion 15 (Jazz: A Portfolio), 1970.

Box 54a

Item 1: Ladies Home Journal, March 1943; undated.
Item 2: Unidentified Project (Man and woman with hand on her throat), undated.

Box 55

Item 1: Unidentified Projects 01 (Earlier Works), undated.
Item 2: Unidentified Projects 02 (Earlier Works), undated.
Item 3: Unidentified Projects 03 (Later Works), undated.
Item 4: Unidentified Projects 04 (Self Portraits), undated.
Item 5: Unidentified Projects 05 (Sketch Book), undated.

Box 55a

Item 1: Unidentified Projects 01 (Earlier Works), undated.
Item 2: Unidentified Projects 05 (Sketch Book), undated.

Series 8: Medium-Sized Works of Art (not to exceed 16 x 20 inches)

Box 56

Folder 1: Artwork by Artists Other Than Al Parker: (Japanese Print marked Momoyama Period [1573-1615]; more likely ukiyo-e[esque] genre scene, surmised in part by the application of an elaborate color process known only after circa 1740)
Folder 2: Boy's Life, undated.
Folder 3: Boy's Life, undated.
Folder 4: Boy's Life, undated.
Folder 5: Boy's Life, undated.
Folder 6: Boy's Life, undated.
Folder 7: Boy's Life, undated.
Folder 8: Cosmopolitan, undated.

Box 56a

Item 1: American Magazine, undated.
Item 2: American Magazine, undated.
Item 3: Unidentified Project (Seated man and woman in red dress with yellow polka dots), undated.

Box 57

Folder 1: Good Housekeeping, November 1946.
Folder 2: Jane's Blanket.undated., undated.
Folder 3: Kit Parker Films. undated.
Folder 4: Ladies Home Journal, July 1949.
Folder 5: [Ladies Home Journal], undated.

Box 57a

Item 1: Good Housekeeping, March 1941.
Item 2: Good Housekeeping, July 1941.
Item 3: Good Housekeeping, February 1956; January 1958.
Item 4: [Good Housekeeping], undated.
Item 5: Ladies' Home Journal, July 1941; undated.

Box 57b

Item 1: Ladies Home Journal, December 1950; undated.

Box 58

Item 1: Lithopinion, Folder 01 (Jazz Festival, Transparencies and Mock-Ups), undated.
Item 2: Lithopinion, Folder 02 (Jazz Festival, Transparencies and Mock-Ups)., undated.
Item 3: Lithopinion, Folder 03 (Jazz Festival), undated.
Item 4: Pacific Telephone, undated.
Item 5: [Pictorial Review], undated.
Item 6: TV Guide [Dinah Shore], undated.
Item 7: Unidentified Projects, undated.
Item 8: Unidentified Projects, undated.
Item 9: Unidentified Projects, undated.
Item 10: Unidentified Projects, undated.
Item 11: Unidentified Projects, undated.
Item 12: Unidentified Projects, undated.
Item 13: Vogue, undated.
Item 14: Woman's Day, undated.
Item 15: Woman's Home Companion, undated.

Box 58A

Item 1: Woman's Home Companion, undated.

Series 9: Large-Sized Works of Art (not to exceed 20 x 24 inches)

Box 59

Folder 1: American Magazine, undated.
Folder 2: American Magazine, undated.
Folder 3: American Weekly, undated.
Folder 4: Artwork by Artists Other Than Al Parker (Michel [Alaire]), undated.
Folder 5: Chase and Sanborn Coffee, undated.
Folder 6: Cosmopolitan, January 1953.
Folder 7: Cosmopolitan, undated.
Folder 8: [Famous Artist School Instructional Illustration], undated.

Box 60

Folder 1: Boys' Life, August 1968.
Folder 2: Boys' Life, September 1979.
Folder 3: Boys' Life, undated.
Folder 4: Boys' Life, undated.
Folder 5: Boys' Life, undated.
Folder 6: Boys' Life, undated.
Folder 7: Boys' Life, undated.
Folder 8: Boys' Life, undated.
Folder 9: Boys' Life, undated.
Folder 10: Boys' Life, undated.
Folder 11: Boys' Life, undated.

Box 61

Folder 1: Good Housekeeping, January 1939.
Folder 2: Good Housekeeping, March 1939.
Folder 3: Good Housekeeping, November 1939.
Folder 4: Good Housekeeping, February 1940.
Folder 5: Good Housekeeping, September 1941; October 1945.
Folder 6: Good Housekeeping, March 1956; April 1956.
Folder 7: Good Housekeeping, May 1956; November 1956.
Folder 8: Good Housekeeping, March 1957.
Folder 9: Good Housekeeping, November 1959 (also dated December 1958).

Box 62

Item 1: Good Housekeeping, October 31, 1942.
Item 2: Jane's Blanket
Item 3: Ladies Home Journal, November 1940; January 1965.
Item 4: Ladies Home Journal, February 1947.
Item 5: Lithopinion (Jazz: A Portfolio), 1970.
Item 6: McCall's, October 1957; February 1959; May 1959.
Item 7: McCall's, December 1961; undated.
Item 8: New York Times Magazine, undated.
Item 9: New York Times (Newspaper), undated.
Item 10: Pictorial Review, August 1937; March 1939.
Item 11: Redbook, undated.

Box 63

Folder 1: Saturday Evening Post, undated.
Folder 2: [Sports Illustrated], undated.
Folder 3: Unidentified Project, undated.
Folder 4: Unidentified Project, undated.
Folder 5: Unidentified Project, undated.
Folder 6: Unidentified Project, undated.
Folder 7: Unidentified Project, undated.
Folder 8: Unidentified Project, undated.
Folder 9: Unidentified Project, undated.
Folder 10: Unidentified Project, undated.
Folder 11: Woman's Day, undated.
Folder 12: Woman's Home Companion, undated.

Series 10: 1X: Large-Sized Works of Art (not to exceed 24 x 31 inches).

Box 64

Item 1: American Magazine, undated.
Item 2: Cosmopolitan, September 1966.
Item 3: Cosmopolitan, April 1967.
Item 4: [Famous Artist School Illustration for Demonstration], undated.
Item 5: Jane's Blanket, undated.
Item 6: Ladies Day, undated.
Item 7: Lithopinion 15 (Jazz: A Portfolio), undated.
Item 8: National Geographic [VERY FRAGILE], undated.
Item 9: Pacific Bell Telephone, undated.

Box 65

Folder 1: Boy's Life, undated.
Folder 2: Boy's Life, undated.
Folder 3: Boy's Life, undated.
Folder 4: Boy's Life, undated.
Folder 5: Boy's Life, undated.
Folder 6: Boy's Life, undated.

Box 66

Item 1: Good Housekeeping, April 17, 1939.
Item 2: Good Housekeeping, October 6, 1944.

Box 67

Item 1: Good Housekeeping., October 1, 1946.
Item 2: Good Housekeeping., June 3, 1947.
Item 3: Good Housekeeping, March 1956.
Item 4: Good Housekeeping, September 1956.
Item 5: [Good Housekeeping], undated.

Box 68

Item 1: Ladies Home Journal, November 1939.
Item 3: Ladies Home Journal, March 1943.
Item 4: Ladies Home Journal, November 1943.
Item 2: Ladies Home Journal, January 1941.

Box 69

Item 1: Ladies Home Journal, October 1946.
Item 2: Ladies Home Journal, February 1949
Item 3: Ladies Home Journal, undated.
Item 4: Ladies Home Journal, undated.

Box 70

Item 1: McCall's, [August 20, 1951].
Item 2: McCall's, January 4, 1956.
Item 3: McCall's, March 1958.

Box 71

Folder 1: Saturday Evening Post, undated.
Folder 2: Saturday Evening Post, undated.
Folder 3: Saturday Evening Post, undated.

Box 72

Item 1: Poster Art ("Examine"), undated.
Item 2: Poster Art ("Excite"), undated.
Item 3: Poster Art (John Wayne/"Chisum"), undated.
Item 4: Poster Art ("Performing Arts"), undated.
Item 5: Poster Art ("Workshop"), undated.
Item 6: Poster Art (Unidentified), undated.

Box 73

Folder 1: Unidentified, undated: [VERY FRAGILE-- ARTWORK RENDERED ON PLASTER AND BROKEN ]
Folder 2: Unidentified, undated.
Folder 3: Unidentified, undated.
Folder 4: Unidentified, undated.
Folder 5: Unidentified, undated.

Series 11: 2X Large-Sized Works of Art (not to exceed 38 x 50 inches).

This is arranged alphabetically by magazine title, then chronologically.

Drawer 15.8

Item 1: Personal and Professional Development (Autographed Parchment Jazz Drum Head).
Item 2: Personal and Professional Development (Photograph of Washington University of Fine Art Students)., October 14, 1925.
Item 3: Exhibit Poster (Society of Illustrators)., undated.
Item 4: Poster (Seven-Up). undated., undated.
Item 5: Proofs (Lithopinion). undated., undated.

Drawer 15.9

Item 1: Artwork (Boys' Life)., undated.
Item 2: Artwork (Boys' Life)., undated.
Item 3: Artwork (Cosmopolitan)., February 1967.
Item 4: Artwork (Cosmopolitan "Money")., April 1967.

Drawer 15.10

Item 1: Artwork (Good Housekeeping)., undated.
Item 2: Artwork (Good Housekeeping)., November 10, 1944.
Item 3: Artwork (Good Housekeeping)., July 25, 1945.
Item 4: Artwork (Jane's Blanket "Book by Arthur Miller")., 1963.

Drawer 15.11

Item 1: Artwork (Ladies Home Journal)., October 1946.
Item 3: Artwork (Ladies Home Journal "Kinfolk")., February 1949
Item 2: Artwork (Ladies Home Journal)., November 1947.
Item 4: Artwork (Ladies Home Journal)., 1962.

Drawer 15.12

Item 1: Artwork (Ladies Home Journal)., undated.
Item 2: Artwork (Ladies Home Journal)., undated.

Drawer 15.13

Item 1: Artwork (McCall's)., January 19, 1956.
Item 2: Artwork (McCall's "The Thirtieth Birthday of Clara Hakins")., February, 1965.
Item 4: Artwork (Saturday Evening Post)., undated.
Item 3: Artwork (McCall's"The Reluctant Father")., January, 1958.
Item 5: Artwork (Poster Art of M. Monroe "Musical")., undated.
Item 6: Artwork (Unidentified)., undated.