The series of Drawings (6 oversize boxes and 6 oversize folders), more than any other series in the collection, reflects the prolificacy of Newport’s career. It is arranged in three subseries: Automobiles, Graphic Design and Other Automobiles, the largest of the three subseries, is further subdivided into “Body Designs” and “Mechanicals”. “Body Design” drawings include Duesenbergs (a 1972 design for a Camaro chassis and the famous Mormon Meteor, of particular note) as well as other makes such as Buick, Nash, Chrysler, Hupmobile and Packard. It is not always clear if these are original design drawings, and some are dated in the late 1960s and 1970s. Newport did attempt, with little success, to revive a consumer interest in custom bodies and to sell drawings of Duesenbergs he had designed to those who owned them at this time. It is possible that some of the drawings in this series are a result of that work. Certainly a number of these designs never made it into production, but they demonstrate Newport’s creativity and skill as a draughtsman and designer.
The Graphic Design subseries contains an assemblage of beer logos and designs for signage for other products as well. Other drawings include designs for various appliances such as radios, an ironer, Crane Co. Newport Air Conditioning Unit (see also: Ephemera and Print--Advertisements), and Selas Gas Flo-Scope; early 1950s sketches of boats; floor plans for a house; and miscellaneous items such as a 1963 snow-shoe-ski, furniture and a sink.
The Painting (undated; 1 oversize frame) is an original oil rendering of a convertible sport phaeton design for the Duesenberg company while at Floyd-Derham Inc. in 1929. This is reportedly the only Duesenberg designed by this short-lived coachbuilder.
