You could also check the Society fro Animation Studies Experts Directory at <http://gertie.animationstudies.org/index.php?option=sasdir&Itemid=183>  for animation scholars specializing in this area or time period.



Richard Leskosky





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>Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 11:11:35 -0400

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>Subject: Re: [SCREEN-L] historical "firsts" concerning preschool children's cartoons  

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>You might try contacting the people at Cartoon Brew (http://www.cartoonbrew.com/) who may be able to put you in touch with animation historians (if there aren't any already on Screen-L).

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>LT

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>>From: Doc Britto <[log in to unmask]>

>>Sent: Aug 6, 2011 5:39 PM

>>To: [log in to unmask]

>>Subject: [SCREEN-L] historical "firsts" concerning preschool children's cartoons

>>

>>Hello,

>>

>>I am trying to find some historical "firsts" concerning young/preschool 

>>children's cartoons (TV and film), both one-time or series, for the US. 

>>I"m defining preschool rather losely as younger than 7.

>>

>>Here is my difficulty so far: books usually employ simply the word 

>>"children" as in "children's program," children's film, etc., but only 

>>in recent decades has the division between older kids and preschoolers 

>>been emphasized. Before the late 60s (in particular with Sesame Street), 

>>I have not found a specific reference to a preschool cartoon, a 

>>preschool animation movie for theater release, or a preschool TV cartoon 

>>series in the US.

>>

>>What is considered to be the first preschool children's television 

>>cartoon series on (American) television?

>>

>>I am specifically looking for a series that was conceived for children 

>>under 7, so not an unspecified children's program that is geared to 

>>include all children (both preschool and elementary school children).

>>

>>The same for an animated movie in theaters-- is there anything in 

>>American film history that is equivalent to the German "Moonbeam Bear 

>>and His Friends," for example? This movie is aimed at younger children 

>>(losely defined).

>>

>>I am also interested in finding any hand-drawn cartoons (even if not 

>>series) or other animation techniques (like marionettes ) before the 

>>late 1960s that were conceived primarily for a preschool audience, or 

>>any articles on the subject.

>>

>>Thank you for any references or tips.

>>

>>Regards,

>>V. Britto

>>

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Richard J. Leskosky                       	

Associate Professor Emeritus 

Department of Media and  Cinema Studies	

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	

810 S. Wright Street 

Urbana, Illinois 61801



		



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