A Guidebook to the Carl Barks Universe

The Carl Barks Library - Set I (USA): (page 01B-376); Transcription. Large portion.
The Carl Barks Library - Set VII (USA): (page 07B-298); Transcription. Large portion.

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Date: [circa late 1942]
Type: Memo, undated
Sender: Dorothy Strebe
Receiver: Carl Barks

References:

W WDC 31-05 victory garden

Publications:

The Carl Barks Library - Set III (USA): (page 3B-517); Transcription. Small portion. (footnote 2)

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Date: 1953, December 18
Sender: Carl Buettner
Receiver: Carl Barks

Publications:

The Carl Barks Library - Set III (USA): (page 3B-524); Transcription. Small portion. (footnote 36)

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Date: 1955, January 4
Sender: Ken Peterson
Receiver: Carl Barks

Description: Written after a phonecall from Ken Peterson to Barks. In this letter, Ken Peterson inquired if Barks was at liberty to do outside work under the terms of his contract with Whitman (the division of Western Publishing that produced the comic books) and requested "a story idea for Scrooge McDuck, which would be suitable for an animated short."

The Disney Archives has preserved a file of correspondence between Peterson and Barks on this (rejected) cartoon.

Publications:

The Carl Barks Library - Set IV (USA. Arizona, Scottsdale): (page 4B-459); Transcription. Small portion.
The Carl Barks Library of Uncle Scrooge Comics One Pagers in Color No. 2 (USA): Transcription. Small portion. (footnote 3)

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Date: 1955, Januari 10
Sender: Carl Barks
Receiver: Ken Peterson

Description: Nine-page synopsis, with a condensed version in an accompanying letter. The synopsis is lost.

References:

W US 10-00 money-sorting machine

Publications:

The Carl Barks Library - Set IV (USA. Arizona, Scottsdale): (page 4B-460); Transcription of the letter. Large portion or complete.
The Carl Barks Library of Uncle Scrooge Comics One Pagers in Color No. 2 (USA): Transcription of the letter. Large portion or complete.
Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book (USA. New York): by Michael Barrier (MBAC-220).; Transcription of the letter. Large portion.

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Date: 1955, February 14
Sender: Ken Peterson
Receiver: Carl Barks

Description: Written after a visit from Barks to the Studio, a few weeks after his 1955, January 10. Letter to Ken Peterson.

Publications:

The Carl Barks Library - Set IV (USA. Arizona, Scottsdale): (page 4B-461); Transcription. Small portion.
The Carl Barks Library of Uncle Scrooge Comics One Pagers in Color No. 2 (USA): Transcription. Small portion. (footnote 4)

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Date: 1955, May 6
Sender: Ken Peterson
Receiver: Carl Barks

Description: Returning of script, with a letter explaining that the Studio was heavily involved in television production, and that the chance of producing a Scrooge cartoon was remote.

Publications:

The Carl Barks Library - Set IV (USA. Arizona, Scottsdale): (page 4B-463); Mentioned.
The Carl Barks Library of Uncle Scrooge Comics One Pagers in Color No. 2 (USA): Mentioned.

Sources

Date: 1956, June 4
Sender: Alice Cobb
Receiver: Carl Barks

References:

W WDC 186-02 ice taxi business

Publications:

Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book (USA. New York): by Michael Barrier (MBAC-114).; Transcription. Small portion. Slightly different than in The Carl Barks Library - Set III, page 3B-519.; ("a letter from a mother, which we feel is fair criticism.")
The Carl Barks Library - Set III (USA): (page 3B-519); Transcription. Small portion. (footnote 15.) Slightly different than in mybibliotitle,, page 114.; ("We feel it is a fair criticism. We should all watch for this sort of thing, we think--and avoid it as much as possible.")

Sources

Date: 1956, June 22
Sender: Chase Craig
Receiver: Carl Barks

References:

W DD 52-02 and the Lost Peg Leg Mine

Publications:

Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book (USA. New York): by Michael Barrier (MBAC-114).; Mentioned.

Sources

Date: [1956, circa mid-June]
Type: Undated draft, handwritten
Sender: Carl Barks
Receiver: Alice Cobb

Description: Draft version of typescript.

References:

W WDC 186-02 ice taxi business

Publications:

Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book (USA. New York): by Michael Barrier (MBAC-082).; Transcription. Large portion.
The Carl Barks Library - Set III (USA): (3B-520); Transcription. Large portion. (footnote 18)

Status: On file at the Walt Disney Archives.

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Date: [1956, circa mid-June]
Type: Letter, typescript.
Sender: Carl Barks
Receiver: Alice Cobb

Description: Finished version of handwritten draft.

Status: Apparently, this version is lost. Thomas Andrae article "The Expurgated Barks" seems to suggest that it still exists, for example by mentioning that it is a typescript, but this information may be based on Michael Barrier's mybibliotitle, which mentions that Barks "says that the typed version that was actually mailed was identical to the draft, or nearly so." (page 82)

Sources

Date: 1958, November 20
Sender: Donald T. MacLaughlin
Receiver: Carl Barks

Additional credits: See note under December 15, 1958 letter from Thomas Goldberg to Carl Barks.

References:

scrooge walking past shop-window [pencil drawing]
lonely scrooge walking through snowy street [pencil drawing]
and the Christmas Carol
uncle scrooge and the christmas carol

Publications:

The Carl Barks Library - Set IV (USA. Arizona, Scottsdale): (04B-418); Transcription. Small portion. (footnote 3)
The Carl Barks Library - Set V (USA): (05B-368); Transcription. Small portion. (footnote 3, 4, and 7)

Sources

Date: 1958, December 15
Sender: Thomas Goldberg
Receiver: Carl Barks

References:

and the Christmas Carol
uncle scrooge and the christmas carol
scrooge follows disguised nephew [pencil drawing]

Publications:

Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book (USA. New York): by Michael Barrier (MBAC-197).; Description. The sender is mentioned as being Donald T. MacLaughlin.
The Carl Barks Library - Set IV (USA. Arizona, Scottsdale): (04B-418); Short description. (footnote 5)
The Carl Barks Library - Set V (USA): (05B-368); Transcription. Small portion. (footnote 5, and 7)

Questions: In Barrier's mybibliotitle, (page 197), the sender is mentioned as being Donald T. MacLaughlin. Maybe this is a mix-up with a November 20, 1958 letter from Donald T. MacLaughlin to Carl Barks?

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