Fonds consists of many examples of Szyk's illustrations in the form of prints, commercially-reproduced illustrations, and drawing studies, as well as printed ephemera. Examples of Szyk's illustrations reproduced on commercial products or other items include postage stamps, posters, book jackets, and calendars. The fonds contains ephemera related to or containing Szyk illustrations, including newspaper clippings and issues of magazines featuring articles on Szyk or reproducing one of his designs. Box 10 contains original drawing studies, mostly for the Book of Esther. The fonds also contains materials related to an exhibition on Szyk at McGill University Library held in 1954.

Printed in Vienna by Max Joffe.

Subjects include battle scenes.

Published by K. Bileski, Winnipeg, MB;
Lithographed by Herman Jaffee, New York, 1947-49

NYC: 1 - Booklet Stamp Co.; 1 - Parke-Bernet Galleries;
1 - City Book; 2 - Philip C. Duschnes; 1 - Swann Galleries,
1 - New Canaan Art Publishing Co.; 1 - Chiswick Book Shop.
Newsletters: 7 - Heritage Club; 6 - Limited Editions Club

1 – Arthur Szyk Society brochure, Burlingame, CA. approximately 1991
1 – Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, annual report, 1950, 12 pages
1 – New York Times article, July 16, 2000 copy of article.
1 – World Medical Assoc., Dec. 1, 1949 press release, re.
exhibition of Szyk’s illuminated ‘doctor’s oath’, 2 pages
1 – handwritten draft notes of obituary for Szyk, on hotel
stationery Warwick hotel, Philadelphia, PA, 1 page
Not signed or dated.
1 – Notes on ‘Miniature Painting’ derived from
Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 page, 3 copies total
1 – Typed draft of bibliography titled ‘Szyk Sources’, some entries handwritten. Not signed or dated. 1939-1951, 4 pages

Items from Philip C. Eisman a Szyk collector:
1 – Eisman correspondence with Leon Walters Society of
Israeli Philatelists, president and Dr. Winkelstein, with
Bibliography titled ‘Szykiana’, 1960, 6 pages
1 – typed bibliographic listings of Szyk illustrations
published in Coronet and Collier’s magazines, 1942-49,
3 pages

1 – Szyk cartoon, The Polish Review, page 1 April 19, 1943.
1 – “Thoughts on Hebrew Freedom,” by Arthur Szyk, 1 page
Source and publication date unknown. However, included on same page is a small announcement advertising the ‘Four Freedoms’ series, in progress 1941-43. Article is accompanied by a photograph of Szyk with Jabotinsky and continuation of a related story, ‘The Stoning of a Prophet’.
1 – Temple bulletin, Forest Hills Jewish Center, 1952, 2 pages
1 – National Jewish Monthly, Dr. Ben Zion Bokser 1953, 6 pages

Includes 20 caption display cards, stamped envelope with price information, 2 authenticating statement cards signed by a book dealer.

Features 8 war cartoons including: ‘The New Orderlies’, ‘The Map Maker’, ‘Detour on the Glory Road’, ‘Some Necks…!’, ‘Il Duce…’, ‘December 7, 1941’, ‘MacArthur in Australia’, ‘Washington Crossing the Delaware’.

Issue includes story on Szyk featuring reprint of ‘Madness’cartoon, and accompanied by caricatures of important Nazi officials: Hans Frank, Alfred Rosenberg, Artur Seyss-Inquart, Heinrich Otto Abetz, Reinhard Heydrich, and Terboven.

Includes 2 issues featuring cover art with Szyk facsimile:
November 23 issue Vol. 39, No. 28 – Jewish Book Month design.
November 5 issue Vol. 42, No. 25 - Maimonides portrait.