which was continued by Ed's brother Robert. Maw Green, a spin-off of Annie was published as a topper to Little Orphan Annie. It mixed vaudeville timing with the same deeply conservative attitudes as Annie. Films, radio and merchandising made Gray a multi-millionaire. He died of cancer at the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla on May 9, 1968, at the age of 74. Archives Harold Gray's work is in the Special Collections Department at the Boston University Library. The Gray collection includes artwork, printed material, correspondence, manuscripts and photographs. The collection contains a scrapbook, a short story by Gray titled "Annie", letters, postcards and telegrams from 1937 to 1967, including correspondence with Collier's, Purdue University, Al Capp and Mort Walker. Gray's appointment books with comic strip dialogue and plots are dated 1929, 1931, 1933–1935, 1937, 1944, 1946, 1949, 1950–1959 and 1961. Photographs show Gray drawing and Gray as a U.S. Army officer. References Works cited Becker, Stephen H. Comic Art in America. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1959. Couperie, Pierre and Maurice Horn. A History of the Comic Strip. Crown Publishers. New York, 1968. Translation of a 1967 book published in conjunction with an exhibit of comic strip art at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. External links "Dear Orphan Annie" by Jeet Heer, Boston Globe (September 15, 2002) Lambiek: Harold Gray Susan Houston: Little Orphan Annie: The War Years Lombard Lodge No. 1098 AF&AM 1894 births 1968 deaths American comic strip cartoonists American Freemasons Chicago Tribune people Deaths from cancer in California Little Orphan Annie People from Kankakee, Illinois Purdue University College of Engineering alumni Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame inductees Old Right (United States)