Cathy Guisewite is a cartoonist who gained notoriety for her comic strip Cathy. She holds an honorary doctorate from Rhode Island College.
This cartoon was created to promote Cathy Guisewite’s commencement address at Rhode Island College in 1979. It depicts a student graduating from college who is unsure what to do after the commencement ceremony and is signed by Guisewite.
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Cathy Guisewite cartoon, CA-0020, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
The collection is one item and therefore has no arrangement.
The item was donated to Rhode Island College by Cathy Guisewite in 1979. It was received by Adams Library on Nov. 27, 2017 and transferred to Special Collections in 2024.
This item arrived in Special Collections framed and was removed from the frame. Attached to the back of the frame was contact information for Ed Bzowski, who taught at Rhode Island College for 30 years. The collection was described by Rebecca Docter, Special Collections Intern, under the supervision of Veronica Denison, Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, in 2024.
Works used in preparation of inventory: Guisewite, C. (2024) About Me. Retrieved from https://www.cathyguisewite.com/about.
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