19th Century Prints: Richmond historical print collection
Find It As the capital of the Confederacy, national and international attention were focused on Richmond, Va., throughout the mid-19th century. In a period when photography was still a new medium, news magazines relied on drawings and paintings for visual coverage of these scenes and events. The Richmond Nineteenth-Century Print Collection includes more than 140 […]
Chick Larsen Papers: Samples of clippings, pieces and tools
The Chick Larsen Papers give a local perspective to VCU Libraries’ expansive Comic Arts Collection with a look at the life and methods of an award-winning cartoonist. From 1950 to 1954, Carl E. “Chick” Larsen (1923-1991) studied commercial art at Richmond Professional Institute (RPI), the forerunner of VCU. He later became an editorial cartoonist for the […]
Billy DeBeck’s Office Door: Cultural stereotypes of Appalachia
VCU Libraries has an extensive Comic Arts Collection. But it also has a few items that are not in the book or comic book format — like the office door of pioneering cartoonist Billy DeBeck, featuring an oil painting of one of his most beloved characters. William Morgan DeBeck, 1890-1942, was a giant in the […]
Poictesme: VCU student literary publications
Find It VCU has a long history of student publications, many of which are available through VCU Libraries. Now you can access the full archives of Poictesme, a student literary journal, through VCU Libraries’ digital collections. Poictesme publishes undergraduate students’ prose, poetry and artwork once a year. The journal was started in 1980 by the […]
