Kenneth Roberts’ Work in Puck Magazine: A Bibliography

Puck magazine was founded in 1876 by Joseph Keppler first as a German-language publication, transitioning into an English-language publication in 1877, eventually becoming English-only 15 years after its founding.1 Puck was one of America’s first successful humor magazine, consisting of “colorful cartoons, caricatures and political satire of the issues of the day.”2

William Randolph Hearst’s company bought Puck in 1916, eventually discontinuing the political and cultural satire and switching to fine arts and social fads.3 In June 1917, Puck moved from being a weekly magazine to a bi-weekly magazine, and in 1918 it moved to being a monthly magazine before publication was stopped on September 5, 1918.

Kenneth Roberts contributed to Puck in 1916-1917, spanning the Hearst years. When scanning through the archives (linked below), I noticed that Roberts did not publish anything in Puck in 1918, which coincides with the magazine’s transition from humor and satire to arts and social fads. Hence, the bibliography of Roberts’ works in Puck spans only the years 1916-1917 (Click the arrow below to open the PDF viewer).

Kenneth Roberts Puck Works

You can locate the digital archives for Puck magazine at the links below.

  1. “Puck Magazine,” Theodore Roosevelt Center. Accessed Dec 4, 2024. ↩︎
  2. Puck (magazine),” Wikipedia. Accessed Dec 4, 2024. ↩︎
  3. Puck (magazine),” Wikipedia. Accessed Dec 4, 2024 ↩︎