Index for The Origins of Walt Disney

Alice Comedies, 196-99, 204-11, 213-22, 225

Alice Chops the Suey, 221
Alice’s Circus Daze, 221
Alice’s Day at Sea, 208-09, 216
Alice’s Egg Plant, 216
Alice Gets In Dutch, 215
Alice Hunting in Africa, 209-10, 216
Alice In the Big League, 221
Alice Loses Out, 217
Alice Solves the Puzzle, 217
Alice’s Spooky Adventure, 210
Alice’s Wonderland, 196-99, 204-06
American Red Cross, 105, 117-26, 130-54
Camp King, 132-34, 141
Camp Scott, 117, 119-23, 130-32
Canteen Service, 138, 146, 150-54
driver training, 121-22
fundraising, 112, 117-18, 137, 139
wartime relief, 130, 135-40, 146-47
women, 105, 118, 139, 151
animation
see also Felix the Cat
see also Koko the Clown
see also Laugh-O-gram Films, Incorporated
see also Out-of-the-Inkwell Films, Inc.
technical improvements, 170-75, 179-80, 193-97, 214-15, 217, 224
animation, early
Blackton, J. Stuart, 173, 193
Bray, John Randolph, 193-95
Cohl, Émile, 173, 193
Edison, Thomas, 172
Hurd, Earl, 193
Kinetoscope, 172
Lumiere Brothers, 172
Marey, Étienne-Jules, 171
McCay, Winsor, 173, 193-94
Muybridge, Eadweard, 171-73, 179
Reynaud, Émile, 172-73
Praxinoscope, 172
Zoopraxiscope, 172
Battle of Hastings, 4
Barré, Raoul, 194
Beck, Daisy, 90-1
Bellefontaine Avenue, 89, 93, 97, 103, 162, 167, 175, 178-81, 183, 185-86, 229, 233
Benton Grammar School, 85-6, 90-1, 178, 191
Bootleg Pete/Putrid Pete, 217, 225
Burnham, Daniel, 16, 24-6, 120

California Gold Rush, 7, 11, 13

Call, Charles, 13-4, 17
Car Barn Bandits, 39-43
Cauger, A.V., 169-70, 174-75, 177, 180, 185
Chateau de Monfreville, 3-4
Chicago (Illinois)
Corruptioncorruption, 38, 49
crime, 38-43, 47, 49, 67, 104, 113
Federal Building bombing, 111-15
First World War, 105-06, 109, 113, 116-26, 130-32
Industryindustry, 17, 37-8, 96-7, 104
Suburbssuburbs, 24, 27-9, 37
Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, 103-04
Chicago Tribune, The, 42, 47, 104, 113, 155, 175
City Beautiful Movement, 82, 160
Clara Cleans Her Teeth, 220
Clark, Les, 224, 226
Cottingham, James, 90
County Kilkenny (Ireland), 5
Cowles, Dr John, 183, 185
Crane, William, 51, 54-5, 68
Cromwell, Oliver, 5
Cuban Revolution, 14

Davis, Virginia, 192, 196, 208, 210, 216-17

break with Disney Bros., 216-17
Kansas City Film Ad Company, 192, 196, 206,
move to California, 208, 214
Debs, Eugene V., 22-3, 69-70
D’Isigny, Robert, 4
Disney Bros. Studio, The, 209-10, 213-17
Hyperion Studio, 217-19
Renamingrenaming, 219
Disney, Dorothy, 97, 180
Disney, Edna Francis, 91, 103, 156, 181, 190, 199, 211-12
Marriagemarriage, 212
Disney, Edward, 4-5
Disney, Elias Charles
cConstruction, 12, 21, 24, 26-8, 30-1, 34-6, 84, 93, 97
discipline, 36, 60, 84, 93-4
education
farming, 9-11, 13-15, 17, 29, 47, 51-5, 58-9, 64, 70-1, 74, 76-8,
fiddle, 7, 13, 53, 93
illnesses, 15-6, 76, 87
marriage, 14
military, 14-5
move to Portland (Oregon), 181-82
O-Zell, 96-7, 104-05, 155, 168, 175, 181
paper route, 83-9, 92-7, 229
politics, 59, 70, 95
religion, 7, 9, 31-4, 43, 57, 67
socialism, 59, 69-70, 95
vice, 9, 36-8, 47, 67, 92, 96
Disney Farm (Marceline), 51-5, 59-61, 64-5, 70, 76
Descriptiondescription, 52-4, 64-5, 72
selling Ofof, 76-7
Disney, Flora Call
and Elias, 24, 27, 38, 76, 88, 124
and Walt, 35-6, 57-8, 65-7, 74, 85-7, 115-16, 119-20, 124-25, 132, 167-68, 180
bButter, 72-3, 87
Chicago (Illinois), 21, 103, 117
designer, 24, 27-8, 30
Ellis (Kansas), 13
St. Paul’s Congregational Church, 31-4, 42
Kansas City (Missouri), 83, 85-7, 89, 92, 97, 175
Kismet (Florida), 14-15, 17
Marceline (Missouri), 51-3, 65, 67-8, 72-3, 76, 78
marriage, 14
move to Portland, 181-82, 189, 218
pregnancies, 14-5, 21, 27-9, 34-5
Disney, Francis Frances Best, 5
Disney, Herbert Arthur, 15, 21, 42-3, 51-3, 55-6, 60, 70, 73-4, 97, 103, 162, 165, 175, 181
Birthbirth, 15
move to Portland (Oregon), 181-2
running away from home, 73-74
Disney, Kepple, 5
Disney, Kepple (1832), 6-14, 25, 69
Disney, Lillian Bounds
at Disney Bros. Studio, 210, 218, 220
courting, 211-3
 marriage, 218, 226
trips with Walt, 218, 226, 228-30
Disney, Margaret, 29, 48, 50, 59, 64, 76, 165
illness and death, 165, 203
Disney, Maria Swan, 5-7
Disney, Mary Richardson, 6, 56-8
Disney, Raymond Arnold, 21, 28, 36, 42-3, 51-3, 55-6, 58, 60, 70, 73, 103, 106, 115, 124
bBirth, 21
running away from home, 73-74
Disney, Robert Samuel, 7, 29, 50, 76, 83
Captain Streeter, 48-9
Chicago, 17, 47-9
Kansas City, 83, 165
Los Angeles, 203-08, 212
Marceline, 49-51, 59, 73
Disney, Roy Oliver, 36
and Walt, 35, 52, 54, 72, 74-7, 85, 91-3, 98, 164, 198, 204, 206-07, 211-12, 218
Birthbirth, 29
courting Edna, 91, 190, 211-12
Disney Bros. Studio, 207-09, 211, 215-17, 219
enlistment, 103, 106, 115
First National Bank, 91, 156, 163-4
iIllnesses, 29, 180-1, 203
Marceline, 51-2, 55, 58, 62, 72, 74-8
mMarriage, 212
paper route, 83-6, 88
romances, 56, 87, 91
running away from home, 88
Sawtelle VA Hospital, 203, 206-07
Tonsillectomytonsillectomy, 181
tuberculosis, 181
Walt Disney Studio, 219-1, 226-8,
Disney, Ruth Flora
and Walt, 35, 60, 64-6, 125, 132
birth, 35
Disney Bros. Studio, 215
illness, 132
Kansas City, 85, 89, 92, 97, 175, 215
move to Portland (Oregon), 181-2
Marceline, 51-2, 54-5, 58, 60, 64-7, 74-5, 78
Disney, Walter Elias
admiration for Abraham Lincoln, 90
American Red Cross Motor Pool, 121-22, 146-54
and Elias, 36, 57-8, 60-1, 84, 92-4, 103, 107, 124, 155, 168, 175
and Flora, 35-6, 57-8, 65-7, 74, 85-7, 115-16, 119-20, 124-25, 132, 167-68
animals, 53-4, 59, 61, 64-5, 77, 155, 190, 197-98
attempts to enlist, 103-07, 115-19, 123-26
birth, 34
court martial, 147-49
courting Lillian, 211-13
debt, 187-90, 197-99, 204, 207, 211
deployment (First World War), 132-34
drawing, 59, 61, 95, 103-05, 107, 133, 151-52
education, 74-5, 86, 90-1, 103-04, 106-08
fundraising
Homelessnesshomelessness, 189-92
jobs, 91 97-100 , 104-05, 108-12, 115
marriage, 218, 226
mice, 190, 197-98
mischief
name, 34, 166
negotiations with Mintz, 213-14, 216, 218-21, 224-27
news butcher, 98-100
newsreels, 183-4, 186-7, 192, 203
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, loss of, 225-27
paper route, 83-6, 88
passport application, 123-26
performance, 64-5, 89-93
political cartoons
postman, 108-12, 115
railroad, 58-9, 62-3, 78, 97-100, 104-05, 218, 228-30
relationship with Elias
relationship with Flora
relationship with Roy, 35, 52, 54, 72, 74-7, 85, 91-3, 98, 164, 198, 204, 206-07,
211-12, 218
relationship with Ruth, 35, 60, 64-6, 125, 132
see also Disney Bros. Studio
see also Iwwerks-Disney Commercial Artists
see also Kansas City Film Ad Company
see also Kansas City Slide Company
see also Kaycee Studios
see also Laugh-O-gram Films, Inc.
see also Newman Laugh-O-Grams
see also Pesmen-Rubin
Snow White (1917), 96
Spanish influenza, 131-32
war fervour
Work
Dollard, Kathleen, 208, 210
‘Dreaming Tree’, 64

Ellis (Kansas), 7-9, 11-14, 16, 25, 50, 53, 91

English Civil War, 4
Evacuation Hospital No. 5, France, 146-7, 149, 152

Feld, Milton, 176-7, 179, 197

Felix the Cat, 194-5, 197, 205, 214, 221
Fine Arts Institute of Kansas City, 93
First World War, 95-6, 103
see also American Red Cross
U.S. involvement, 103, 105-06, 107, 115-19, 161
Fleischer, Max, 195-7, 214, 221
Flickinger, Clem, 55, 62-3, 65
Forest Inn Café, 186, 189, 199
Four Musicians of Bremen, The, 186-7
Fox, William, 173
Francis, Mitch, 91, 103, 181
Freleng, Isador ‘Friz’, 220, 222’

Gay, Margie, 217, 221

Gertie The Dinosaur, see also animation, early, McCay, Winsor
Goderich Township (Ontario), 6, 50
Gompers, Samuel, 25-6

Hamilton, Rollin ‘Ham’, 210, 214, 220, 224

Hardwick, Lois, 221
Harman-Disney Studio, 180
Harman, Fred, 184
Harman, Hugh, 180, 198, 215, 220, 222, 224
Haywood, William D. ‘Big Bill’, 113-15
Hearst International, 194
Heim’s Electric Park, 85, 89
Homestead Act, 7-8, 69
Howell, Harriet Alice, 151-54

Immigration, 8-9, 13, 17, 23-5, 28, 30, 37-9, 53, 69, 82, 95, 162
International Workers of the World (I.W.W.), 113-15
Isigny-sur-Mer (France), 3
Ising, Rudolf ‘Rudy’, 180, 188, 196, 198, 215, 220, 222, 224-25
Isis Theater, 191-92, 197
Iwwerks-Disney Commercial Artists, 166-70, 214
Iwwerks, Ubbe (Ub Iwerks)
Disney Bros. Studio, 214-17
Iwwerks-Disney, 166-70, 175
Kansas City Film Ad Company, 166, 170, 174-75
Laugh-O-Gramgram, 177, 186, 189-90, 192, 196
move to California, 213-14
name change, 214
Walt Disney Studio, 222-24, 226-27

Jackson Park, 16-17, 21, 24-8, 30

Julius the Cat, 214, 217, 221-2

Kansas City (Missouri)

iIndustry, 81-3
migration
railroads, 81-3, 159-62, 182, 189, 199
Kansas City Slide Company, 168-70
Kansas City Film Ad Company, 170, 174-75, 177, 180-81, 183-84, 186, 189, 192, 196, 198
Walt’s resignation, 185
Kansas City Star, The, 82-6, 95-6, 160, 162-3, 165, 168, 180, 184
Kaycee Studios, see Harman-Disney Studio
Kingswell Avenue (Kansas CityLos Angeles), 203, 208-09, 217
Kismet (Florida), 14
Koko the Clown, 195-97

Laemmle, Carl, 173, 221-22

Lafflets, 187, 192
Laugh-O-gGram Films, Incorporated, 185-99
Bankruptcybankruptcy, 197-99, 204
capital investments, 185-86, 189-90
McConahay Building, 197, 186
Land, Frank S. “Dad”, 177-78, 229
Le Havre (France), 142-43
Liberty Memorial, 183, 233
Little Red Riding Hood, 180, 185
Loomis, Ann, 208, 210
Los Angeles (California)
Lutz, Edwin, 179
Lyon, Red, 172, 185
Lyric Avenue (Los Angeles), 218

Maas, Russell, 115-18, 126, 132, 155, 162

Mace, Leslie, 185
Marceline (Missouri)
 coal industry, 49-50, 53, 58, 62-3, 71, 98
downtown businesses, 65-7, 70, 72-3
railroad, 49-50, 58, 62-63, 69, 71, 78
Yellow Creek, 63-4
Martha: Just a Plain, Old Fashioned Name, 192, 197
Martin, Mike, 58-9
Maxwell, Carman, 185, 198, 224
McCrum, Dr Thomas B., 190-91, 220
McKinley High School, 103, 105-07
McKinley Voice, The, 103-04, 107, 116, 152, 162, 165
Messmer, Otto, 194-95
see also Felix the Cat
Midway Plaisance, 21, 27, 117, 120-21, 131
Mintz, Charles
conflict and criticism, 213-14, 216, 218-21, 224-27
conspiring against Disney, 225-27
marriage, 213
Moorman, Eugenia, 75, 77

Neufchâteau (France), 150

cCanteen, 151, 153-54
German prisoners of war, 154
New Jersey, The, 5
Newman, Frank, 166, 176, 185
Newman Laugh-O-grams, 176, 179, 181, 185
Newman Theatre, 166, 176, 197
New York City (New York), 5, 16-7, 38, 51, 66, 160, 161
and Charles Mintz, 216, 218, 222, 224, 226-28, 231
and Margaret Winkler, 198
and Pictorial Clubs, Inc., 185, 187-88, 204
and the First World War, 128, 135, 155
animation, 191, 193-94, 207
Nickelodeons, 173

O’Day, Dawn, 216

Ogden Avenue (Chicago), 97, 103, 123, 132
Order of DeMolay, 177-78, 229
Orr, Carey, 104, 155, 175
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
All Wet, 225
Developmentdevelopment, 221-23
Harem Scarem, 225
Hot Dog, 228
Marketingmarketing, 225
 naming, 222
Oh Teacher, 225
Poor Papa, 222-23, 227
Reviewsreviews, 224-25
Rickety Gin, 225
Trolley Troubles, 224
Out-of-the-Inkwell Films, Inc., 195, 221
see also Fleischer, Max
see also Koko the Clown
O-Zell, 96-7, 104-05, 108, 155, 168, 175, 181

Pantages, Alexander, 204-05

Paris (France), 138, 144, 146-50, 152, 154-5
Park School, 74-5, 86
Parr, Dr Walter R., 31-4
Pershing, Warren, 153
Pesmen-Rubin, 164-6, 169, 176, 198, 226, 229
Peter Pan (1904), 65-6
Pfeiffer, Walt, 89-93, 167, 185, 188, 190
Pictorial Clubs, Inc., 185-87, 204
assumption of liabilities
folding of the Tennessee branch
Pullman Strike, 22-3

Railroads
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, 12, 50, 58-9, 69
construction of, 11-13, 49, 69, 81, 159
Kansas -Pacific, 8-9, 11-2, 16
land grants, 7-8, 69
Missouri Pacific, 98, 103
Transcontinental Railroad, 11-12, 23, 69
Union Pacific, 7-8, 11-12, 58
Union Pacific Eastern Division, 12
Recession of 1893, 22, 26, 47
Reformers
Addams, Jane, 39
Steffens, Lincoln, 23
Van Dine, Sophia, 42-3
Restaurant News, The, 167-69
Ripley, E.P., 50
Rural Home Circle, 68, 78

Saint-Cyr (France), 144-46

Scrogin, Ernest A., 96-7, 155, 168, 175
Society of Equity, 71
Simpson, Nadine, 185, 188, 190
Sod Houses, 9-10
Song-O-Reels, 191-92, 197
Spanish influenza, 126-32, 138-39
pPrevention, 128-131, 139
transmission, 126-28, 130-31
U.S. military, 126-31
St. Louis (Missouri), 12, 16, 55, 81
St. Paul’s Congregational Church
Elias’s roles, 31, 42
ground-breaking, 31-4
Stalling, Carl, 191-92, 211
Sullivan, Pat, 194-95, 197, 205, 221
see also Felix the Cat
Swope Park, 186, 192, 197-98, 230

Taylor, Don, 62-3

Taylor, Erastus ‘Grandpa’, 54-5, 63, 68
dDeath, 75
house fire, 76
Taylor, Manly Howe, 55, 67-8, 78
Tommy Tucker’s Tooth, 190, 192, 220
Tripp Avenue (Chicago), 28-30, 34-5, 38, 42-3, 52-3, 64, 125

Union Depot, 83, 159

Unions
American Federation of Labor, 23, 26
conflict
Knights of Labor, 23
negotiations
strikes, 22-3, 25, 113, 155
Union Station
bathing facilities, 189
development, 159-60
layout, 161-62, 182, 189
Universal Studio, 194, 203, 221-26, 228
U.S.S. Vauban, 141-42

Van Noyes Interstate News Company, 98-9

Vernon Avenue (Chicago), 21, 28, 117

Winkler, George, 218, 221, 224-27

Winkler, Margaret J.
 and Pat Sullivan, 194-7
and Walt Disney, 197-8, 205-10, 213, 216
Marriagemarriage, 213
Wirthman Building, 197-98
World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893
aAttractions, 16, 21, 120, 172
construction, 16-7, 21-4, 26, 30, 120, 160
opening day, 27

Zukor, Adolph, 173, 195