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Rossoll, Harry
Person
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
I Grow Trees - and It's a Good Business! It Brings Us Business Too! Let's Pull Together..., undated
Item — Folder 0039-0004: Series I [Barcode: 1023157799]
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series consists of posters promoting wildfire prevention, the bulk of which were produced for the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention (CFFP) campaign.Some of the early posters in this series use World War II resource conservation themes from an American point of view, and a few portray negative racial and ethnic stereotypes. Most of the CFFP posters produced after 1944 feature Smokey Bear and variations of his slogan, “Only you can prevent forest fires.” The collection also...
Dates:
Publication: undated
I'm bitter about litter--A litterbug may be a firebug!, 1957
Item — Box 0005: Series II [Barcode: 1023158298], Folder: 0068
Identifier: II.B
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This subseries contains original art for the "Smokey Says" cartoon series, which promoted fire prevention and was published in newspapers and magazines. The artworks are mostly single-panel, pen-and-ink cartoon illustrations with hand-written captions. The bulk of the cartoons in this subseries were drawn by Rudy Wendelin, with a few of the earlier pieces drawn by Harry Rossoll.
Dates:
1957
Prevent Woods Fires. Greater Danger Than Ever!, 1944
Item — Folder 0040-0008: Series I [Barcode: 1023157821]
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series consists of posters promoting wildfire prevention, the bulk of which were produced for the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention (CFFP) campaign.Some of the early posters in this series use World War II resource conservation themes from an American point of view, and a few portray negative racial and ethnic stereotypes. Most of the CFFP posters produced after 1944 feature Smokey Bear and variations of his slogan, “Only you can prevent forest fires.” The collection also...
Dates:
Publication: 1944
Smokey Bear's Story of the Forest - book, Braille edition, 1965
File — Box 0030: Series IV [Barcode: 1023158323], Folder: 0004
Identifier: IV.A
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The United States Forest Service Smokey Bear Collection spans the years 1902 to 2019, with the bulk of materials dating from 1944 to the 1990s. The collection preserves the history of the public service advertising activities of the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention (CFFP) program, which began in 1942. The collection also includes fire prevention promotional materials that pre-date the CFFP.Materials in the Smokey Bear Collection document how public service advertising and...
Dates:
1965
Smokey Says: "Help to Remind Canadians to Prevent Forest Fires", 1969
Item — Folder 0038-0015: Series I [Barcode: 1023157783]
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
Consists of 16 "Smokey Says" cartoons by Harry Rossoll and other artists. 2 copies.
Dates:
Publication: 1969
Various Smokey Bear cartoon and advertising artwork, 1966-1968
File — Folder 0045-0009: Series II [Barcode: 1023158293]
Identifier: II.A
Scope and Contents
Consists of a few complete and incomplete "Smokey Says" cartoons and a mechanical for a print advertisement of "Smokey's Animated 'Little Boy' Cartoons", Public Service Series #5, Forest Fire Prevention Films.
Dates:
1966-1968