Tyler Solon Williams Animation Collection

Collection

Identifier: MsC1251

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Scope and Contents

The Tyler Solon Williams Animation Collection comprises one box of professional- and fan-made materials relating to animation, used by Williams to complete his dissertation "Understanding the Early Television Cartoon." The collection series include an incomplete run of Animation Journal, the complete volumes 1-10 of the fan-published zine The Frostbite Falls Far-Flung Flyer, programs from the Annual Annite Awards presented by the International Animated Film Society, and other miscellanious materials.

Dates

Creation: 1975-2013

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials may be unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility and potential liability based on copyright infringement for any use rests exclusively and solely with the user. Users must properly acknowledge University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections & Archives as the source of the material. For further information, visit https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/services/rights/.

Biographical / Historical

Tyler Solon Williams is a researcher and higher-education instructor with a research interests in animation and the television cartoon, media theory and media history, film and comparative media studies, and American media culture. He received a PhD in Communication Studies in 2021 from the University of Iowa. Understanding the Early Television Cartoon, his dissertation, "proposes a theoretical model explaining how animation was made for television in the early years of the medium."As of 2024 he is a Faculty Lecturer of Media Studies at the University of Virginia. Information pulled from Williams' website, https://www.tylersolonwilliams.com/.