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William Crook Jr. Prints and Papers, 1977-2004
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William Crook Jr. Prints and Papers, 1977-2004
.16 cu ft & oversize
Series I: Gift of 1982
In oversize drawer:
Folder 1
Wolfpack / Earthmother wood cut, 3” x 7”
Fish cartoon
“Candidates’ Corner” cartoon clipped from Prairie Star
“Modern Living Section” cartoon clipped from Prairie Star
Fenton cartoon
“Springtime Views of SSU” cartoon clipped form Prairie Star
Hot stove cartoon
Animal crossing creek cartoon, 5/23/77
Folder 2
Corner of MacArthur Boulevard and Outer Park Drive looking south (2), 1977
600 block of East Capitol Avenue (2), 1977
Corner of Sixth and Monroe Streets
Corner of Ninth and Madison Streets (3), 1975
Old State Capitol, from the 10th floor of the First National Bank Building, Fifth and Adams Streets (2), 1976
Hough Street looking West, 1977
House numbered 1241, 1978
Illinois Route 29, north of the Sangamon River (2), 1976
Folder 3
“The Adventures of Vachel Lindsay Vagabond Poet” comic book published by the Eyeball Sign Co., 15pp., 3/75, 4” x 5”
“Kino Eye” underground comic book #1 (3½” x 8½”), #2 (5½” x 8½”)
Folder 4
Sketch of King Harvest Food Co-op, 8½” x 11”
Sketch of Illinois Rte. 97 near Deer Park Campground, Petersburg, 11” x 17”
Folder 5
Sketches used on advertising materials
Community Energy Systems brochure, 3½” x 8½”
“No Baloney” sandwich shop menu, 5½” x 7”
SSU student handbook, 5½” x 8½”
Sojourn Solstice Celebration invitation, 7½” x 8½”
SSU on-campus student housing dedication ceremony, 8/28/80, 7” x 10”
State Capitol on cover of “Professional Insurance Agents Smoke Signals,” 11/79, 8½” x 11”
Folder 6
Reproductions of sketches drawn for First National Bank open house, 1976, 10” x 12½”
Lincoln’s Home
Old State Capitol
Illinois State Capitol
First National Bank
Folder 7
Sketches from SSU Prairie Star
Shah of Iran
Jazz musician Dexter Gordon
Judge J. Waldo Ackerman
Bruce Springsteen
Illinois Student Senators, 9/15/80
Folder 8
Advertising posters
Rudolph’s Bean, 2/77, 15” x 22½”
Music, Movement, Munchies, 15” x 22 ½”
Black Thumb Printing/King Harvest Food/Spoon River Book Co-ops, 1978, 14 ½” x 22 ½”
Stretching calendar for Dana Griffith, 1983, 14 ½” x 19 ½”
Crows Mill School Halloween Party, 1978, 11” x 17”
Crows Mill School art show, 1981, 8 ½” x 14”
Poetry reading photocopy collages for Crows Mill School 8 ½” x 14”
First annual Illinois Printmakers competition, 3/17/80-4/11/80, 8 ½” x 11”
Folder 9
Sketches from the Illinois State Journal-Register “Weekend Journal” section honoring William Crook, Jr. for 13 years drawing homes, cityscapes and memories, 10/15/82
1100 block of South Grand Avenue East, 4/15/78
Springfield North Revisited…Coal Mining, 6/17/79
Springfield North Revisited…Manufacturing, 7/22/79
Springfield North Revisited…Reisch Brewery, 6/24/79
Springfield North Revisited…The Parks, 7/1/79
Springfield North Revisited…Education, 7/15/79
Springfield North Revisited…Memorial Pool, 7/8/79
Springfield North Revisited…King Daughters Home, 7/29/79
Folder 10
Sketches from the Illinois Times:
Capitol building rotunda, 5/15-21/81
The Springfield Symphony (2), 3/17-23/78
A Victorian house on corner of Douglas and Lawrence, 3/24-30/78
A Springfield restaurant, 1/18-24/80
Pianist Hans Boepple, 3/17-23/78
Lincoln Library, 3/4-10/77
The Springfield Jaycees
Sixth Street looking south from Adams/700 block of North Sixth Street/Rokker Building Fifth and Monroe/Pasfield Street looking south from Jefferson Street, 5/13-19/84
GM&O crossing and Union and Third/Third and Black/petro-complex on West Jefferson/Illinois Route 29, north of the Sangamon River, 4/8-14/77
Kumler United Methodist Church at Carpenter and Fifth/view of the Old State Capitol from inside the Feed Store restaurant/Allen’s Cigar Corner at Monroe and Sixth, 4/14-20/78
700 block of North Sixth Street/Rokker Building Fifth and Monroe/Pasfield Street looking south from Jefferson Street, 5/13-19/82
Main Street Athens/Lincoln Park/Illinois Route 97 near Deer Park Campground, Petersburg/200 block of South Fifth Street, 11/17-23/78
Series II: Gift of 2005
In Oversize Drawer
(numbers are those used by the artist):
Folder 1: Prints, Small Illinois State Capitol Series
102 Small Grand Staircase, 1981 7 ½” x 9 ¼”
104 Small Interior from 4th Floor, 1987 7 ½” x 12”
105 The Rail, 1987 10 ¾” x 14”
106 House Chamber, 1987 19” x 14 ½”
107 Senate Chamber, 1988 18 ¾” x 13 ¾”
108 Illinois State Library, 1990 18 ½” x 13”
113 Small Interior from 3rd Floor Rail, 1992 9 ½” x 15 ½”
122 Upright Capitol, 1985 14 ½” x 18”
124 Secretary of State’s Office, 2001 16” x 13”
128 Comptroller’s Office (small), 1993 5” x 7”
129 Lt. Governor’s Office, 2003 7” x 9”
Folder 2: Prints, Illinois State Capitol Series
109 Illinois State Capitol from Lincoln Tower, 1989 27” x 22”
110 Rotunda, 1990 17” x 22”
111 Senate Hearing Room 212, 1990 22” x 18”
115 House Chamber from Democratic Side, 1994 27” x 20 ¾”
116 Large State Capitol from 3rd and Capitol, 1996 29” x 22”
117 Looking South on 2nd Street, 2000 27” x 17”
118 Senate Chamber 92 General Assembly, 2001 22” x 17 ½”
119 Capitol from corner of 2nd and Monroe 25 ¾” x 20”
120 Large Capitol from Northeast , 1989 27” x 22”
121 Large Capitol with Lincoln Statue, 1993 22” x 30”
Folder 3: Prints, Springfield Buildings and Streets
202 Union Station, 1988 18 ½” x 11”
209 Norfolk and Western Underpass, 1986 13” x 9 ½”
210 On Tap – Office Tavern, 1986 9 ½” x 13”
211 Illinois Supreme Court Building, 1988 19” x 13 ½”
212 Looking North on 6th Street, 1989 24” x 19 ½”
214 Old State Capitol and Plaza, 1990 27 ¾” x 21”
215 Frank Lloyd Wright’s Dana House, 1993 19 ½” x 13 ½”
216 First Presbyterian Church, 1997 17 ½” x 14 ¾”
217 Mel-O-Cream, 1997 22 ½” x 17 ¼”
218 200 Block of South 6th, 1997 24” x 18 ¾”
219 Hay-Edwards School, 1998 17 ¾” x 12 ½”
220 Springfield High School, 1998 19” x 12 ½”
221 Old Journal Register Building, 1998 18” x 14 ½”
222 Governor’s Mansion, 1999 22 ½” x 17 ½”
223 Pillsbury Mills, 2000 27 ½” x 16 ½”
224 Dana House #2, 2001 22 ½” x 16”
225 Northeast Corner of 6th and Monroe, 2002 22 ½” x 18”
226 Orpheum Theater (Lost Springfield #1) 23 ¾” x 17 ½”
227 Looking South on 5th Street as it looked
in 1953, 2003 28” x 21”
228 Jack Harmon’s Standard Station, 2004 19” x 13”
229 9th and North Grand Looking West, 2004 18” x 12 ½”
230 Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum
and Library, 2004 27 ¾” x 11 ½”
Folder 4: Prints, Lincoln Series
301 Old State Capitol, 1988 18” x 14 ½”
302 Lincoln’s Home, 1989 18 ½” x 14 ½”
303 Hall of Representatives, 1995 23 ½” x 19 ½”
304 Old State Capitol #2, 1999 18” x 13 ½”
305 Lincoln’s Tomb, 1999 19” x 14 ½”
306 Lincoln Law Office, 2000 18 ¼” x 14 ½”
307 Lincoln Portrait, 2000 11” x 14”
Folder 5: Prints, Illinois Landscape Series
402 Along Rt. 97, South of New Salem
State Park, 1979 14” x 11”
403 Cows and Farmhouse, 1979 19 ½” x 14 ½”
404 Illinois Landscape #1: North of Petersburg, 1986 20” x 14”
405 Illinois Landscape #2: Between New Berlin
and Jacksonville, 1995 30” x 22”
407 Illinois – The Prairie State, 1998 26 ¼” x 12 ¼”
408 Illinois – The Prairie State (small), 1998 9 ¾” x 15”
411 Looking Through Old Barn Doors, 2004 18” x 25”
Folder 6: Prints, Parks of Springfield Series
501 Upright Oak, Lincoln Park, 1979 13” x 19 ½”
502 Two Oaks, Lincoln Park, 1979 13 ½” x 19 ¼”
503 White Oak Grove, Washington Park #1, 1987 19” x 14 ½”
504 White Oak Trees, near Playground
Washington Park #2, 1990 14 ½” x 19”
505 Washington Park #3, near Tennis Courts, 1998 14 ½” x 20”
506 Gazebo, Washington Park, 2004 17 ¼” x 13”
Folder 7: Prints, Sangamon River Series
601 Sangamon River Bluffs at Carpenter Park, 1991 26” x 18”
602 Sangamon River at Allerton Park, 1992 25” x 19 ½”
603 March Snow, Sangamon River near
Buckhart, 1992 29” x 22”
604 Giant Sycamore between Cantrall and
Salisbury, 1992 25” x 19 ½”
605 Chandlerville Cemetery, 1992 29 ¾” x 22 ½”
606 Sangamon River Silver Maples in May, 1996 30” x 22 ¼”
Folder 8: Prints, Miscellaneous Prints and Offset Printed Posters
1 SIU Medical Museum #2, 1992 14” x 10”
2 St. John’s School of Nursing, 1988 13” x 11”
3 Illinois Banker’s Association Montage, 2003 12” x 15”
4 WWII Memorial, 2000 14 ¼” x 18 ¼”
5 1123 S. 2nd Street, 1981 11 ¼” x 11 ¼”
6 1037 W. Edwards “Home”, 2001 17” x 13 ½”
7 1201 S. Douglas, 2003 15” x 11 ½”
8 Union Station, 1988 18 ½” x 11 ¼”
9 Pike County Court House, 1994 26 ½” x 22”
10 Trails of Illinois, 1996 18 ½” x 25 ½”
11 People’s Sangamon River Eco Fest, 1998 8 ½” x 14”
12 Illinois Times 25th Anniversary, 2000 18” x 22”
Folder 9: Newspaper Articles
“Cartooning with Conviction,” Illinois Times, 10/15/1982.
Springfield, Illinois: A Collection of Pen and Ink Drawings by William Crook, Jr., 1982 (incomplete copy).*
Vinegar Hill Mall Supplement, Illinois Times, 1983.
“Familiar Forms,” Illinois Times, 12/19/91.
Illinois Times Visitor’s Guide, 5/14/1992.
“Crook drawing Capitol,” State Journal Register, 5/20/1993.
“First of America Credit Card and Article,” State Journal Register, 1993.
“Paper Trails,” Illinois Times, 3/3/1994.
“Springfield Exhibit Honors two Artists,” 1994.
“Tour Takes in Artist’s Creative Retreats,” State Journal Register, 1995.
“Citizen Crook,” Illinois Times, 10/9/1997.
Illinois Times Visitor’s Guide Map, 4/1998.
“Folk Artist Paints the Way,” Chicago Sun Times, 4/26/1998.
“Backstage Pass, Review of Eco-Fest,” Illinois Times, 10/15/1998.
“Crook and Crumb,” State Journal Register, 11/29/1998.
“Picture of the Arts,” Illinois Times, 12/20/1998.
“Hay-Edwards School Print Article,” State Journal Register, 1999.
Illinois Times Cover, 4/20/2000.
“Marching for May Day,” State Journal Register, 5/2/2000.
“Best Artist,” Illinois Times, 7/20/2000.
“Prairie Visionary,” Illinois Times, 9/14/2000.
Illinois Times Cover, 9/28/2000.
“Couple’s Walkabout Views on Downtown Springfield,” Illinois Times, 8/2/2001.
Box 1:
Folder 1: Miscellaneous Items: Flyers, Calendar, Etc.
William Crook, Jr. and John Overaker Exhibit Flyer
William Crook, Jr.’s Prairie Press Flyer
William Crook, Jr. Biography
“About the Contributors” Page with William Crook, Jr. Biography
“The Farmer’s Prayer”
“Faculty Highlight: William Crook, Jr.”
“Historic Springfield 1996 Calendar Featuring Artwork by Local Artists”
Folder 2: Carpenter Park Material
“Listen to the Trees” Flier, 1998
“Carpenter Park Trail Map,” 1995
“People’s Sangamon River Eco-Fest,” 1998
“Carpenter Park Appreciation Day,” 1992
“Route 66 as Nature Preserve,” Route 66 Federation News, 1999.
Folder 3: Route 66 Postcards (8” x 5”)
“Old 66 Visitor Center,” Hackberry, Arizona
“The Blue Whale,” Catoosa, Oklahoma
“Lucille’s,” Hydro, Oklahoma
“Chain of Rocks Bridge,” St. Louis, Missouri
“Soulsby’s Shell Station,” Mt. Olive, Illinois
“Cozy Drive In,” Springfield, Illinois
“Abraham Lincoln Motel,” Springfield, Illinois
Folder 4: White Oak Portraits (notecards, 7” x 5”)
“Ancient White Oak” Berlin Cemetery, Berlin, Illinois
“White Oak Trees Near Playground”
“White Oak Tree in Spring”
“White Oak Tree with Squirrel”
“White Oak Trees and Hillsides”
“White Oak Tree in Autumn”
“Set of Two Oak Trees”
Folder 5: Nine Miscellaneous Cards (6 ¾” x 5”)
“Plum Creek,” Wisconsin #1
“Plum Creek,” Wisconsin #2
“Washington Park Duck Pond”
“Along Route 36,” between Jacksonville and New Berlin
Fourth District Appellate Court, 201 West Monroe Street, Springfield Illinois”
“Cows and Farmhouse”
Unidentified Houses (3 cards)
Folder 6: Sangamon River Series Cards (7” x 5”)
“Chandlerville Cemetery, Looking West”
“Giant Sycamore between Salisbury and Cantrall”
“Bluffs at Carpenter Park,” Springfield, Illinois
“March Snow North of Buckhart”
“Forest at Robert Allerton Park,” Monticello, Illinois
“Sangamon River, One Mile North of Buckhart, Illinois”
Folder 7: Historic Springfield Cards (7” x 5”)
“Frank Lloyd Wright’s Dana House”
“Illinois Governor’s Mansion”
“Orpheum Theater”
“Old State Capitol”
“East Side of the 200 Block of 6th Street”
“Looking North from the 200 Block of South 6th”
“Looking North on 6th from the Capitol”
“Governor Yates Home”
“Frank Lloyd Wright’s Dana House #2”
Folder 8: Historic Lincoln Sites Cards (6 ¾” x 5”)
“Lincoln’s Home”
“Lincoln-Herndon Law Office”
“Old State Capitol”
“Hall of Representatives (Old State Capitol)”
“Lincoln’s Tomb”
“Statue of Lincoln”
Folder 9: Illinois Capitol Views Cards (6 ¾” x 5”)
“Capitol with Lincoln Statue”
“Grand Staircase”
“Dome Interior”
“House Chamber from Democrat Side”
“Senate Chamber”
“Senate Hearing Room 212”
“House Chamber”
“Illinois State Capitol from 3rd Street”
“Capitol from 4th Floor of Lincoln Tower”
“Third Floor Rail”
“Comptroller’s Office”
“Rotunda”
“Lt. Governor’s Office”
Folder 10: Color Xeroxes of Mexican Watercolors (8 ½” x 11”)
“Pacific Ocean from Oaxacan Hillside,” 1997
“San Agustinillo Beach,” Puerto Angel, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1997
“In the Hills Above Couatla, Morelos,” Dec. 1996
“Tepoztlan, Morelos, Turtle Island Bio-Regional Gathering,” 1996.
“Mari in San Miguel de Allende,” July 1999.
* See also Springfield Illinois, A Collection of Pen and Ink Drawings by William Crook, Jr.,
Special Collections (Oversize), F S49.S7C74 1982
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