Christy, Howard Chandler, Papers, 1873-2001

Format: Web Page

Finding aid URL: http://sites.lafayette.edu/christypapers/

The papers document Christy’s career as a book and magazine illustrator, portraitist, poster and program artist, and painter of large-scale historic murals. Christy is best known as the creator of the “Christy Girl” in American illustration, a WWI and II poster artist, and a portrait painter of the American elite. Other topics of interest include the social lives of Christy and his second wife, Nancy Palmer Christy; their travels across the United States and abroad; and their patriotic, humanitarian and philanthropic activities.