Paule Stetson Loring Papers (Mss. Gr. 67)

Series 1. Loring Editorial Cartoons
Original editorial cartoons by Loring, Drawn for Providence Journal Bulletin and Evening Bulletin, circa 1957-1967. Frequent subjects include the overtaxed citizen, the war in Viet Nam and U.S. – U.S.S.R. relations. The cartoons are individually numbered within each portfolio box.

Series 2. Wartime Sketches and Articles
Original sketches and copies of published articles from Loring’s experiences as a war correspondent in London and with the Navy in the North Atlantic during World War II.

Series 3. Dud Sinker-Original Sketches
Original “Dud Sinker” cartoons that appeared in the Maine Coast Fisherman from 1956 and continued until 1971(?), three years after Loring’s death. Series also includes and incomplete set of original cartoons from the 1964 book “Dud Sinker, Lobsterman.” Also included are newspaper and magazine clippings of the Dud Sinker series. Box one contains 66 folders. Six sketches are not in folders. Box two contains 11 folders.

Series 4. Book Illustrations
Original drawings for the Loring books “Lancelot the Swordfish,” “The Little Flora,” “So You Want To Be a Marine Artist?,” “The Sacred Cod,” “Loring’s Marine Sketchbook,” and “The Adventures of Tom Cod.” Also includes reprint sketches from the 1937 book “These Plantations,” and original sketches from the 1956 book about Sakonnet, Rhode Island, “Three Sides to the Sea.”

This series also includes original sketches done for Skipper Magazine and sketches of steamships and of Wickford, Rhode Island.

Series 5. Miscellaneous New Clippings
Various clippings of Loring cartoons, many from World War II. Also includes three scrap books of clippings and reprints of Journal-Bulletin articles.

Series 6. Original Illustrations for Journal-Bulletin Articles
The series mostly contains travel articles about Loring’s road trips to Maine and New York. Loring both wrote and illustrated these articles.

Series 7. Miscellaneous Sketches
Original, printed and advertising sketches of Lighthouses, and of Rhode Island and Maine. Series also includes printed covers from Sunday Journal-Bulletin Magazine.

Series 8. Loring Watercolors
Original watercolor seascapes by Loring. Sixteen items are in the portfolio box. One oversize item rests on top of the portfolio box.

Series 9. Loring Watercolors
Also includes oversize original sketches and miscellaneous original sketches.

Series 10. Envelope
Original drawings by Loring done on the outsides of envelopes he used to send his work to the Journal-Bulletin. A frequent characature was J-B editor James Doyle. Perhaps the most humorous of all Loring’s work.

Series 11. Guess Who??
Original sketches of famous people done as part of WJAR-TV’s Jay Kroll program. Includes sketches of JFK, FDR, Truman, and Hollywood stars. Total of 26 items within one portfolio box. Items are not in folders.

Series 12. Oversized Sketchbooks
7 oversized sketchbooks.

Series 13. Works By Artists/Cartoonists Other Than Loring
Includes some political cartoons by Enright, Ted Brown, Morris, and Roccin Kirby.

Series 14. Published Drawings
Drawings published for sale by Loring’s Shanty in Wickford, Rhode Island.

Series 15. Printing Plates
Forty-five printing plates, primarily of ships and sea scenes.

Series 16. Correspondence, Photographs and Miscellaneous
Loring, Loring family, and Loring’s Shanty correspondence, photos, articles and miscellaneous material from 1940s - 1970s. Arranged alphabetically.

Series 17. Articles with Loring Art
This series contains newspaper and magazine articles, event programs, and advertisements from which Paule Loring contributed cartoons, illustrations, and other art work. He provided cartoons and other illustrations for the Providence Sunday Journal and the Providence Evening Bulletin, for both of which he served as an editorial cartoonist. His work was also represented in such magazines as Yachting, Popular Boating, Motor Boating, Rhode Islander, and The Skipper. He also provided Illustrations for the programs of such events as the America’s Cup Yacht races and advertisements for magazines and other products. The illustrations are arranged chronologically by date of publication and identified by the most descriptive line of text accompanying the illustration.

Series 18. Yankee Magazine
Paule Loring was a longtime contributor of cartoons, illustrations and other art work to Yankee Magazine. His cartoons and illustrations were used both to accompany specific articles in the magazine and as “stand alone” illustrations or cartoons.

There are forty-eight folders of the original artwork for these Yankee Magazine illustrations which were part of the original gift of the Paule Loring papers by his widow, Virginia Loring, in 1989. They are arranged chronologically by the date of the issue in which they appeared and are identified either by the title of the article they accompanied or by a significant line of text from the illustration.

An addendum to this series was made in the summer of 1999 when Judson Hale, editor emeritus of Yankee Magazine donated 128 “drawing board” pages of Loring cartoons to Special collections. There are multiple cartoons on each of the 17’’x11’’ drawing boards. These cartoons were apparently based on unusual and/or humorous events described in various New England newspapers. Loring depicted these events in a series of humorous cartoons which appeared in Yankee Magazine under the collective title of “Yankee Tintinnabulations.”

These latter cartoons are undated and have been arranged numerically by the number assigned to them by Special Collections staff. They are identified by the title or the most significant line of text from the cartoon in the upper left corner of the drawing board.

Series 19. This Week
This Week was published weekly, then bi-weekly in South County during the summer months. It served as a guide to visitors to South County and as a vehicle for local advertisers. Paule Loring’s work frequently graced the cover of this publication, as well as accompanying advertisements for local businesses including his own Loring’s Shanty in Wickford. The publication continued to feature Loring’s work on its cover for nearly thirty years after his death in 1968.

The Illustrations are arranged chronologically by year.

Series 20. Small Sketches and Sketchbooks
This series consists of original and printed sketches and sketchbooks of a wide variety of Paule Loring’s artwork. The sketches included in this series were done for a number of purposes, including advertising, Christmas cards, book illustrations, and illustrations to accompany newspaper and magazine articles. The individual sketches are arranged alphabetically by the title of the sketch.

These individual sketches are followed by several small sketchbooks in which Loring did many drafts of cartoons and illustrations. Some of the sketchbooks have a central theme such as “Cape Cod” or “boats” and are so identified. Others simply contain miscellaneous sketches with no unifying theme. The sketchbooks are grouped together at the end of the series.

Series 21. Christmas Cards and Ephemera
This series contains examples of illustrations for Christmas cards and other greeting cards which were sold in Loring’s Shanty in Wickford, as well as illustrations on ephemera such as stationary, tablecloths, handkerchiefs, and dish towels.

The series also contains some personal items belonging to Loring such as insignia patches, an engraved cigarette lighter, and a British red ensign, or flag, which apparently flew outside Loring’s Shanty.

Series 22. Tapes and Films
This series contains reel-to-reel audio tapes and audio cassettes and reel-to-reel film of interviews of Paule Loring and radio and television programs featuring Loring and his work. There is also a videotape of a Loring television interview which was shown in conjunction with an exhibit of Loring’s work at the University of Rhode Island Library in 1990.

Many of the audio tapes are unidentified and the contents of them unknown. The quality of those that are identified is uncertain. Efforts are underway to transfer the reel-to-reel audio tapes to cassette and the reel-to-reel film to videotape.

Series 23. Books and Magazines
This series contains published copies of Loring’s books Lancelot the Swordfish, Loring’s Marine Sketchbook, and Never Argue With the Tape, and Dud Sinker, Lobsterman. Also included is a run of The Skipper, a magazine for which Loring served as art director in the early 1960’s. The series also includes copies of the American Artist containing a profile of Loring and samples of this cartoon.

The materials are arranged alphabetically by the title of the book or magazine.

Series 24. Oversized Photographs and Posters
This series contains 24 oversize advertising posters for Loring’s book, Dud Sinker, Lobsterman, and oversized photographs of Paule Loring. Also includes mounted copies of Journal-Bulletin article on “Character Boats.”

Series 25. In Perspective
This series contains cartoons, which Paule Loring created for a regular column appearing in The Providence Journal. The column, entitles “In Perspective,” was written by David M. Cameron. The series includes Loring’s original cartoons on drawing board and photocopies of the columns which they accompanied.

The cartoons and columns are arranged alphabetically by the title of the column.