Guide to the Cathy Guisewite cartoon, 1979
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library.
Rhode Island College
600 Mount Pleasant Ave
Providence, RI, 02908
Tel: 401-456-8380
email:digitalcommons@ric.edu
Published in 2024
Collection Overview
| Title: | Cathy Guisewite cartoon |
| Date range: | 1979 May 26 |
| Creator: | Guisewite, Cathy |
| Extent: | 0.1 cubic feet |
| Abstract: | This cartoon depicts a student graduating from Rhode Island College. It was created by cartoonist Cathy Guisewite to advertise her commencement address on campus in 1979. |
| Language of materials: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections, James P. Adams Library. |
| Collection number: | CA-0020 |
Scope & content
This cartoon was created to promote Cathy Guisewite’s commencement address at Rhode Island College in 1979. It depicts a student graduating from college who is unsure what to do after the commencement ceremony and is signed by Guisewite.Access Points
Subject Names Subject Topics Document TypesArrangement
The collection is one item and therefore has no arrangement.
Biographical/Historical Note
Cathy Guisewite is a cartoonist who gained notoriety for her comic strip Cathy. She holds an honorary doctorate from Rhode Island College.Access & Use
| Access to the collection: | The collection is open for research. |
| Use of the materials: | Researchers are advised to contact Rhode Island College Special Collections for questions regarding permissions to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise publish material from this collection. Although Rhode Island College has physical ownership of the collection, it does not necessarily hold literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them. |
| Alternate form: | This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact the Rhode Island College Special Collections. |
| Preferred citation: | Cathy Guisewite cartoon, CA-0020, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College. |
| Contact information: | Special Collections, James P. Adams Library. Rhode Island College 600 Mount Pleasant Ave Providence, RI, 02908 Tel: 401-456-8380 email:digitalcommons@ric.edu |
Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION | |
| Acquisition: | The item was donated to Rhode Island College by Cathy Guisewite in 1979. It was received by Adams Library on Nov. 27, 2017 and transferred to Special Collections in 2024. |
| Processing information: | This item arrived in Special Collections framed and was removed from the frame. Attached to the back of the frame was contact information for Ed Bzowski, who taught at Rhode Island College for 30 years. The collection was described by Rebecca Docter, Special Collections Intern, under the supervision of Veronica Denison, Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, in 2024. |
| ABOUT THE FINDING AID | |
| Author: | Finding aid prepared by Rebecca Docter. |
| Encoding: | This finding aid was encoded by Veronica L. Denison, 2024. |
| Descriptive rules: | Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) |
Additional Information
| Related material: | Rhode Island College Special Collections also holds an issue of The Anchor (1979, Volume 63 Issue 28), the Rhode Island College student newspaper, which documents Cathy Guisewite’s address to graduating students at the 1979 commencement. The Special Collections also contains a recording of Guisewite’s commencement address, which is available for listening via DigitalCommons@RIC. |
| Location/Existence of copies: | This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact the Rhode Island College Special Collections. |
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