Historical Society of Pennsylvania cartoons and caricatures collection


Collection 3133

(1754-1975, undated; bulk 1860-1880)
(3.6 Linear feet ; 12 boxes, 2 flat files)
© The Historical Society of Pennsylvania1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Summary Information

Repository
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Creator
Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Title
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cartoons and caricatures collection
ID
3133
Date
(1754-1975, undated; bulk 1860-1880)
Extent
3.6 Linear feet ; 12 boxes, 2 flat files
Author
Finding aid prepared by Cary Majewicz
Sponsor
Processing made possible by a generous donations from the Young Friends of HSP and Kevin Passerini.
Language
English
Graphic materials [Box]
1-12
Abstract
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania's cartoons and caricatures collection spans almost two hundred years of imagery mostly lampooning local, national, and international political issues. Comprising the collection are reproductions of eighteenth century cartoons, prints and clippings of nineteenth and twentieth century cartoons, and a number of original drawings of cartoons that appears in newspapers during the mid 1930s. The collection is particularly strong in Civil War cartoons from 1861 to 1862 and 1864 and cartoons from the 1868 presidential campaign.

Preferred citation

Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], Historical Society of Pennsylvania collection of cartoons and caricatures (Collection 3133), The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

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Background note

The history of American political cartoons predates the founding of the nation. In 1754, Benjamin Franklin created his famous “Join or Die” poster, which many historians believe to be the first American political cartoon. Franklin hoped that his image of a snake comprised of separate segments would foster a sense of colonial unity during the French and Indian War. The colonies recycled the illustration a decade later, as tensions increased with Great Britain in the lead up to the Revolutionary War.

During the early years of the nineteenth century, cartooning became a popular way for political parties, interest groups, and newspapers to express their opinions and rally support for a particular cause or candidate. By mid century, as sectional differences threatened to pull the country apart, political cartoons became increasingly biting and satirical. Not surprisingly, themes of race, slavery, and states’ and equal rights dominated the cartoons of the Civil War and Reconstruction years.

Most political cartoons of the era appeared in newspapers and periodicals like Harper’s Weekly ,  Puck, and  The Wasp. In 1871, Joseph Keppler Sr. founded the German language humor magazine  Puck in St. Louis. Production in English began in New York in 1877. The magazine contained full color cartoons that dealt with contemporary political and social issues, and it remained in publication until 1918. The political satire magazine  The Wasp was founded in San Francisco by Francis Korbel, a Czech immigrant, and his siblings in 1876. It was produced weekly under various names until the 1940s.

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Scope and content note

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania's collection of cartoons and caricatures spans from the mid 1700s to the 1970s, with most of them dating from the 1860s to the 1880s, and is housed in twelve boxes and two flat files. The early cartoons from 1700s are mostly represented by photographic reproductions or Photostats--notes on this have been included in the collection's inventory. While some of the nineteenth and early twentieth century cartoons are original prints, the vast majority of them were clipped from local newspapers or magazines such as Harper's Weekly or  Puck. Please note that some of these cartoons may be subject to current copyright rules and regulations. Please see the access note under the Administrative Information section of this guide for more information.

The collection is primarily arranged by size and then chronologically within each size group. Items in Boxes 1 and 2 have been placed into folders; items throughout the rest of the collection are either in folders or have been matted (each matte retains a "folder" number). Exceptions to this arrangement are Box 11, which contains primarily original drawings that are arranged alphabetically by artist, and Box 12, which contains items of different sizes arranged in chronological order.

The collection is particularly strong in Civil War-era cartoons, especially those from 1864 that highlight that year's presidential election. Other fairly strong groups include cartoons from the 1868 presidential election; the late 1860s and early 1870s, some of which discuss Reconstruction; cartoons from the World War I era; and cartoons and original drawings of cartoons from the 1930s that deal with New Deal politics. Despite the collection's almost 200-year date span, there are significant gaps. There are only a few reproductions of items from the mid to late 1700s, and there are scant cartoons from the early 1800s, the 1890s, the 1920s, and 1940s. There are no items from the 1840s or from 1863.

For the most part, these cartoons were individually cataloged before processing began. Individual cartoons are listed in the inventory and loose groups of cartoons were either grouped by subject (e.g. John Weaver and John Wanamaker cartoons, Box 2, Folder 7) or placed into miscellaneous folders. Many of the images deal specifically with national issues and presidential elections, though most of the cartoons from the 1880s onward highlight local politics, issues, and people. Though humorous and exaggerated, these political cartoons demonstrate how drastically American political and social concerns changed -- from abolition and black rights, to the crisis during World War I, through the Depression and the New Deal, to post-war international security.

Box 11 contains cartoons from the 1930s that were published in a variety of local and national newspapers, such as the Philadelphia Record, the  Philadelphia Inquirer, and the  St. Louis Post-Dispatch. There are original drawings by Dorman H. Smith, Bruce Russell, Herbert Johnson, Jerry Doyle, Johnny Anderson, and others. Many of these cartoons are critical of Franklin Roosevelt, the New Deal, and the Democratic Party.

The last box (Box 12) contains cartoons, clippings, and magazines that were collected by the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies. Most contain depictions of ethnic stereotypes, including African American, Irish, Chinese, and Jewish. And most of the cartoons are prints from magazines Puck and  The Wasp, though a few other publications, such as  Harper’s Weekly and  Thistleton’s Illustrated Loyal Citizen, are represented There are also a handful of cartoons that are not prints but original, hand-drawn works in ink. Additionally, this series contains a mix of single cartoons and cartoons within full and partial magazine issues.

A small number of the cartoons from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are in French, though the vast majority of items are in English.

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Arrangement note

The collection is arranged into five groups, four of which are by size. Within each group, the cartoons are arranged chronologically.

Small cartoons, 1754-1950, undated (Boxes 1-2) [items smaller than 8.5 x 11 inches]

Medium cartoons, 1831-1910, undated (Boxes 3-8) [items measuring 8.5 x 11 inches to 16 x 20 inches]

Large cartoons, 1858-1950s, undated (Boxes 9-11) [items measuring 16 x 20 inches to 20 x 24 inches]

Oversize cartoons, 1865, 1866, undated (Flat files 1-2) [items larger than 20 x 24 inches]

Balch cartoons and magazine clippings, 1865-1975 (Box 12)

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

 The Historical Society of Pennsylvania ; 2011

1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Revision Description

 Added a fifth group to the collection (Box 12), uncataloged cartoons and clippings that were collected by the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies. 2014

Copyright and reproductions

All cartoons and original drawings in the collection that were published after 1923 are subject to current copyright rules and regulations. Permission to publish these items must be acquired from the artist(s), their heirs, or the publications(s) in which they first appeared. Unpublished cartoons created by artists who died after 1941 are under copyright for 70 years after the artist's death.

Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Provenance

This is an artificial collection created over time by HSP staff mostly through donations and purchases of individual prints. It also incorporates previously uncataloged materials collected by the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies. Some of the 20th century cartoons and drawings were removed from the J. Hampton Moore papers (Collection 1541).

Processing note

As of 1/25/11, one item from the collection could not be located: "The Game of Seccession or Sketches of the Rebellion" (1862).

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Related Materials

Related materials

At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania:

The J. Hampton Moore papers (Collection 1541) contain a sizeable collection of political cartoons that were clipped from numerous publications. Some are loose and some were placed into scrapbooks. For further information, please see the collection's finding aid on our website or in HSP's library.

Other political cartoons can be found in HSP's graphics collection, with call numbers that begin with Ba, Bb, Bc, and Bd. These items have been individually cataloged in our PC-4 card catalog, which is open to researchers in our library.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • Harper's Weekly.
  • Puck.
  • The Wasp.

Geographic Name(s)

  • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Caricatures and cartoons.

Personal Name(s)

  • Costello, Jerry, 1897-1971.
  • Doyle, Jerry Aloysius, 1898-
  • Duffy, Edwin, 1899-1962.
  • Fitzpatrick, Daniel, 1891-1969.
  • Hutton, Hugh McMillen, 1897-1976.
  • Johnson, Herbert.
  • Keller, G. Frederick.
  • Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894.
  • King, Wyncie, 1884-1961.
  • Kirby, Rollin, 1875-1952.
  • Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937.
  • Paige, G.
  • Russell, Bruce, 1903-1963.
  • Smith, Dorman H. (Dorman Henry), 1892-1956.

Subject(s)

  • American wit and humor--Periodicals.
  • Ethnic groups--Comic books, strips, etc.
  • Ethnic groups--United States--Attitudes.
  • Minorities--United States--Attitudes.
  • New Deal, 1933-1939--Caricatures and cartoons.
  • Political cartoons--18th century.
  • Political cartoons--19th century.
  • Political cartoons--20th century.
  • Political cartoons--United States.
  • Presidents--United States--Election--1864--Caricatures and cartoons.
  • Presidents--United States--Election--1868--Caricatures and cartoons.
  • Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Caricatures and cartoons.
  • Stereotype (Psychology) in advertising.
  • Stereotypes--History.
  • World politics--Caricatures and cartoons.
  • World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons.

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Collection Inventory

Small cartoons (1754-1918, circa 1952)   0.6 Linear feet ; 2 boxes

 Box
1-2

Box 1: 1754-1868  

Folder inventory

Box 1, folder 1: Join or Die, 1754 (photograph, undated)

Box 1, folder 2: The Paxton Expedition, 1764 (photograph and Photostat, undated); Quakers and Franklin, 1764 (photograph, undated); An Indian Squaw King Wampum Spies, 1764 (photographs, undated); The German Bleeds and Bears Ye Furs, 1764 (photograph, undated).

Box 1, folder 3: Labour in Vain #1, 1773 (Photostat, undated)

Box 1, folder 4: L'Anglais de Retour de Philadelphie, 1778 (photograph, undated); L'Anglais a Toute Extremité, 1778 (photograph, undated); A Picturesque View of the States of Great Britain, 1778 (photograph, undated); De Die aux Generaux de L'Armée de la Grand Bretagne par un Zelateur de la Liberté, 1778 (photograph, undated)

Box 1, folder 5: Original Air Balloon, 1783 (photographs and Photostat, undated); American Colonies Lost, 1783 (print, undated)

Box 1, folder 6: Zion Beseiged and Attacked, 1787 (photograph, undated)

Box 1, folder 7: Robert Morris moving Congressional Hall, 1780 (photographs and Photostat, undated)

Box 1, folder 8: Triumph of Liberty, 1798 (photograph and description, undated)

Box 1, folder 9: King Quilldriver's Experiments on National Defense, 1808 (photograph and print, undated)

Box 1, folder 10: Non Intercourse or Dignified Retirement, 1809 (print, undated); Intercourse or Impartial Dealing, 1809 (print, undated)

Box 1, folder 11: The Ghost of a Dollar or the Banker's Surprize, 1810 (photographs, undated)

Box 1, folder 12: Cartoon printed in response to gerrymandering, circa 1812 (photograph, undated)

Box 1, folder 13: The March of Death, 1823 (Photostat, undated); Like Master Like Man (photograph?, undated)

Box 1, folder 14: Capital Currency - Ten Cents (1837)

Box 1, folder 15: Great Locofoco Juggernaut. A New Console-a-tory Sub-treasury Rag-Monster (circa 1840)

Box 1, folder 16: En Chine (1850)

Box 1, folder 17: The Largest Stockholder in the Camden and Amboy Railroad Company Calling for his Dividend (circa 1850)

Box 1, folder 18: Canvass Back, 1851 (print, undated); Sketch for a Banner, 1851 (prints, undated)

Box 1, folder 19: No You Don't, or the Allies Non-Plussed (1855)

Box 1, folder 20: A Glance into the Future/The Nest of Candidates (1856)

Box 1, folder 21: Unlabed drawing, no author (undated)

Box 1, folder 22: Penny Dredfuls - 6 colored cartoons (circa 1860)

Box 1, folder 23: Miscellanous (circa 1860-1869)

Box 1, folder 24: The Book of Copperheads (1860)

Box 1, folder 25: What the Tyrants of the Old World Think of Secession (1860)

Box 1, folder 26: Civil War envelopes [mostly Union] (1861)

Box 1, folder 27: Cartoons from  Punch, or London Charvari (1861-1864)

Box 1, folders 28-33: Cartoons, most from  Harpers' Weekly (1862-1867)

Box 1, folder 34: Cartoons from Pennsylvania governors race, Geary versus Clymer (1866)

Box 1, folder 35: Cartoons, many concerning 1868 presidential election (1868)

Box 2: 1869-1950, undated  

Folder inventory

Box 2, folder 1: Cartoons from President Grant's victory (1869)

Box 2, folder 2: Plain Language from Truthful James, by Bret Harte (1870)

Box 2, folder 3: Caricatures of the City Troop (1877)

Box 2, folders 4-6: Miscellaneous cartoons (1869-circa 1904)

Box 2, folder 7: John Weaver, mayor of Philadelphia, and John Wanamaker for Senate (1905-1906)

Box 2, folders 8-11: Cartoons clipped from local publications (1907-1912, 1914-1916, 1918)

Box 2, folder 12: Cartoons about the Great War [World War I] (1914-1918)

Box 2, folder 13: Try Some of It, It May Open Your Eyes (1916)

Box 2, folder 14: Four original pen and ink drawings concerning Woodrow Wilson, in French (1918)

Box 2, folders 15-16: Miscellaneous cartoons (1931-circa 1935, 1938, circa 1942, 1950, undated)

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Medium cartoons (1831-1915, undated)   1.8 Linear feet ; 6 boxes

 Box
3-8

Box 3: 1831-circa 1860s  

Folder inventory

Box 3, folder 1: The Monkey System or "Every Man for Himself at the Expense of His Neighbor!!!!!!!!" (1831)

Box 3, folder 2: A Paid Fire Department, as it is Likely to be Under the Contract System, 1853 (Photostat, undated)

Box 3, folder 3: Ce farceur de petit WALKER abusant du sommeil de sa mère-patrie, pout la travestir flibustier (1858)

Box 3, folder 4: Ce pauvre Neptune ayant des désagréments avec son équipage.......la vue du LEVIATHAN effrayant ses chevaux a l'impossible (1858)

Box 3, folder 5: Effet de la seule présence de Mr. Rarey dans un omnibus (1858)

Box 3, folder 6: L'Intrepide Walker (le terrible savoyard Américain) cherchant à faire tomber la république du Nicaragua (1858)

Box 3, folder 7: L'Amérique et ses Enfants (1858)

Box 3, folder 8: L'Ex état-major du général WALKER, reprenant ses anciennes fonctions dans la vie civile....... (1858)

Box 3, folder 9: Le fameux secret de Mr. Rarey, révélé gratis aux abonnés du Charivari (1858)

Box 3, folder 10: Untitled ["We're all exempts in DIS UNION LEAGUE"] (circa 1860)

Box 3, folder 11: Another Fatal case (circa 1860)

Box 3, folder 12: Untitled ["Disunion"] (circa 1860)

Box 3, folder 13: Practical Illustration of the Virginia Constitution (circa 1860)

Box 3, folder 14: Uncle Sam Goes Largely into the Real Estate Business (circa 1860)

Box 3, folder 15: Copperheads Worshipping Their Idol (circa 1861)

Box 3, folder 16: The Gunboat Candidate (circa 1861)

Box 3, folder 17: Heads of Democracy (circa 1861)

Box 3, folder 18: A Little Game of bagatelle, Between Old Abe the Rail Splitter & Little Mac the Gunboat General (circa 1864)

Box 3, folder 19: The Man that Blocks up the Highway (circa 1864)

Box 3, folder 20: Platforms Illustrated (circa 1864)

Box 3, folder 21: The Travelled Monkey--Wiser & Sadder (circa 1861)

Box 3, folder 22: The "Chivalry" at the English Court (circa 1861)

Box 3, folder 23: A Disloyal British "Subject" (circa 1861)

Box 3, folder 24: Jonathan's Programme, or a Bit of Brag (circa 1861)

Box 3, folder 25: Southern Ass-stock-crazy (circa 1861)

Box 3, folder 26: Southern Tombstones: An Inside View of "DIXIE" (circa 1861)

Box 4: 1860-1862  

Folder inventory

Box 4, folder 1: Deadlock in the House of Representatives (1860)

Box 4, folder 2: The Great Exhibition of 1860 (1860)

Box 4, folder 3: The Great Match at Baltimore, Between the "Illinois Bantam," and the "Old Cock" of the White House (1860)

Box 4, folder 4: Honest Abe Taking Them on the Half Shell (1860)

Box 4, folder 5: "The Impending Crisis" -- Or Caught in the Act (1860)

Box 4, folder 6: "The Irrepressible Conflict." Or the Republican Barge in Danger (1860)

Box 4, folder 7: Letting the Cat out of the Bag!! (1860)

Box 4, folder 8: The National Game. Three "Outs" and One "Run." Abraham Winning the Ball (1860)

Box 4, folder 9: "The Nigger" in the Woodpile (1860)

Box 4, folder 10: Political "Blondins" Crossing Salt River (1860)

Box 4, folder 11: The Political Gymnasium (1860)

Box 4, folder 12: Progressive Democracy--Prospect of a Smash Up (1860)

Box 4, folder 13: The Rail Candidate (1860)

Box 4, folder 14: The "Rail Splitter" at Work Reparing the Union (1860)

Box 4, folder 15: Stephen Finding "His Mother" (1860)

Box 4, folder 16: Storming the Castle: "Old Abe" on Guard (1860)

Box 4, folder 17: "Taking the Stump" or Stephen in Search of His Mother (1860)

Box 4, folder 18: "Uncle Sam" making New Arrangements (1860)

Box 4, folder 19: Distinguished Militia Gen'l During an Action (1861)

Box 4, folder 20: Gallant Capture of a Lady's Wardrobe by the Brave Troops of Florida (1860)

Box 4, folder 21: The "Secession Movement" (1861)

Box 4, folder 22: Tâchant de se diriger dans le grand brouillard de 1861 (1861)

Box 4, folder 23: Why Don't You Take It? (1861)

Box 4, folder 24: The Black Conscription (1862)

Box 4, folder 25: The Blockade on the "Connecticut Plan" (1862)

Box 4, folder 26: En a-t-elle fait dy gachis c'te 1862....et dire qu'il faut que je mette tout ça en ordre (1862)

Box 5: 1864  

Folder inventory

Box 5, folder 1: Abraham's Dream!--"Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before" (1864)

Box 5, folder 2: The American Juggernaut (1864)

Box 5, folder 3: Chicago Platform (1864)

Box 5, folder 4: The Chicago Platform and Candidate (1864)

Box 5, folder 5: The Chicago Platform, What It Is, Peace or War (1864)

Box 5, folder 6: 1832 Democracy 1864 (1864)

Box 5, folder 7: Head Quarters at Harrison's Landing (1864)

Box 5, folder 8: How Free Ballot is Protected (1864)

Box 5, folder 9: "I Knew Him Horatio; A Fellow of Infinite Jest. * * * Where Be Your Gibes Now? (1864)

Box 5, folder 10: Northern Coat of Arms (1864)

Box 5, folder 11: The Old Bull Dog on the Right Track (1864)

Box 5, folder 12: The Political "Siamese" Twins (1864)

Box 5, folder 13: Little Mac, in his Great Two Horse Act, in the Presidential Canvass of 1864 (1864)

Box 5, folder 14: Little Mac Trying to Dig His Way to the White House But is Frightened by Spiritual Manifestations (1864)

Box 5, folder 15: The Rival Bill Posters (1864)

Box 5, folder 16: Running the "Machine" (1864)

Box 5, folder 17: Slow & Steady Wins the Race (1864)

Box 5, folder 18: Reproductions of cartoons drawn by L. H. Stephens, 1864 (1930): This Little Joker for President; The Unhappy Family; Love Me Little, Love Me Long; Lincoln's Ingenious Toy; A Melancholy Accident; Last Appearance, Mch 4 1865

Box 5, folder 19: A Thrilling Incident During Voting,--18th Ward, Philadelphia, Oct. 11 (1864)

Box 5, folder 20: The True Issue or "Thats Whats the Matter" (1864)

Box 5, folder 21: The True Peace Commissioners (1864)

Box 5, folder 22: "Your Plan and Mine" (1864)

Box 6: 1865-1868  

Folder inventory

Box 6, folder 1: The Capture of an Unprotected Female, at the Close of the Rebellion (1865)

Box 6, folder 2: The Confederacy in Petticoats (1865)

Box 6, folder 3: États-Unis 1865--New York Fire-Brigade Zouaves (1865)

Box 6, folder 4: États-Unis D'Amérique--Chasseurs a Pied (1865)

Box 6, folder 5: États-Unis D'Amérique--Missouri National Guard (1865)

Box 6, folder 6: Gulltown in an Uproar! (1865)

Box 6, folder 7: Jeff. Davis Caught At Last. Hoop Skirts & Southern Chivalry (1865)

Box 6, folder 8: Jeff's Last Shift (1865)

Box 6, folder 9: John Brown Exhibiting His Hangman! (1865)

Box 6, folder 10: The Last Ditch of the Chivalry, or a President in Petticoats (1865)

Box 6, folder 11: Uncle Sam's Menagerie (1865)

Box 6, folder 12: Andy as the Faithful Gardener (1866)

Box 6, folder 13: Effect of the News on Europe of the Surrender of Lee (1866)

Box 6, folder 14: Interesting Match of Base Ball (1866)

Box 6, folder 15: King Andy (1866)

Box 6, folder 16: The Three My's.--"My People! " "My Policy!" "My Paper!" (1866)

Box 6, folder 17: The Great Negro Party---Born, 1856---Died, Oct. 8, 1867 (1867)

Box 6, folder 18: The Two Candidates. Geary in 186_. Packer in 186_. (1867)

Box 6, folder 19: The Anticipated Tragedy at the Washington Theatre (1868)

Box 6, folder 20: The Best Beaten Man in the World (1868)

Box 6, folder 21: Blood Will Tell! (1868)

Box 6, folder 22: By Main(e) Strength (1868)

Box 6, folder 23: A Candidate on the Stump. The Secesh Democratic Pirate Sunk by the U. S. Gun-Boat Union (1868)

Box 6, folder 24: The Democratic Stars Anxious to Shine Once More (1868)

Box 6, folder 25: Extremes Meet [The Repudiation Platform] (1868)

Box 6, folder 26:The Fate of the False Prophets (1868)

Box 6, folder 27: An Impending Catastrophe (1868)

Box 6, folder 28: Ides Febvarii MDCCCLXVIII (1868)

Box 6, folder 29: "On That Line." Grant's Great Acrobatic Feat--Can it Be Done?

Box 6, folder 30: "My Policy" in 1868. And the "Dead Duck" "Still Lives" (1868)

Box 7: 1868-1880  

Folder inventory

Box 7, folder 1: Patience on a Monument (1868)

Box 7, folder 2: A Portrait with a Vengeance (1868)

Box 7, folder 3: The Old Marriage Broker and Her Dupe (1868)

Box 7, folder 4: The Radical Party of a Heavy Grade (1868)

Box 7, folder 5: The Rival Candidates (1868)

Box 7, folder 6: Seymour-Blair campaign banner (1868)

Box 7, folder 7: The Smelling Committee (1868)

Box 7, folder 8: Some Trouble in the Democratic Orchestra (1868)

Box 7, folder 9: Uncle Sam's Great Shower of Meteors--Not to be Postponed on Account of Weather (1868)

Box 7, folder 10: Union Soldiers in Andersonville Prison/The rebel leader, Jeff Davis, at Fortress Monroe (1868)

Box 7, folder 11: John Bull as a Barking Dog (1869)

Box 7, folder 12: Protestant Mummeries (1869)

Box 7, folder 13: Returning to Head-Quarters (circa 1870)

Box 7, folder 14: The Great Race fro the Western Stakes (1870)

Box 7, folder 15: Latest War Map of Europe as Seen Through French Eyes (1870)

Box 7, folder 16: Les Deux Empereurs, par Bertrall (1870)

Box 7, folder 17: Napoleon's Dream (1870)

Box 7, folder 18: Design for a Proposed Monumental Fountain in the City Hall Park (1871)

Box 7, folder 19: Going Through the Form of Universal Suffrage (1871)

Box 7, folder 20: Next! (1871)

Box 7, folder 21: Reform Triumphant (1871)

Box 7, folder 22: "Stop Thief!" (1871)

Box 7, folder 23: This Man was Talked to Death (1873)

Box 7, folder 24: The Bird to Bet On! (1880)

Box 7, folder 25: Farmer Garfield Cutting a Swath to the White House (1880)

Box 7, folder 26:  Harpers' Weekly showing cartoon "The Height of English's Ambition" (30 October 1880)

Box 7, folder 27: Let Us Have Peace, Now a President's Elected (1880)

Box 7, folder 28: Untitled ["When can I reach of State House, neighbor?] (1880)

Box 7, folder 29: The Wild-Cat Mining Swindle (1880)

Box 8: 1880-circa 1910, undated  

Folder inventory

Box 8, folder 1: I Was Afraid the Old Mule Would Balk (1883)

Box 8, folder 2: It Must Come to This (1883)

Box 8, folder 3: Return of the X-tra Foragers (1883)

Box 8, folder 4: Philadelphia to the Bosses (1886)

Box 8, folder 5: "United Ireland," Two Irish Pictures (1886)

Box 8, folder 6: Through Trip to Salt River (1888)

Box 8, folder 7: Psalm Singing "Bob" (1890)

Box 8, folder 8: The Last Refuge in the Cyclone (1893)

Box 8, folder 9: "Bunco" Politics (1894)

Box 8, folder 10: Horseback Politics; A Backwoods Campaign Surely (1894)

Box 8, folder 11: The Next Mayor? An Inside View of the Combine Campaign (1894)

Box 8, folder 12: Blowing Bubbles (1895)

Box 8, folder 13: William Tecumseh Sherman: The Great General of Our Small Army (1895)

Box 8, folder 14: A Hard Road to Travel (1895)

Box 8, folder 15: Moonshine (1895)

Box 8, folder 16: Promise versus Fact (1895)

Box 8, folder 17: Why the Wait? None for a Week Past (1895)

Box 8, folder 18: Will He Swallow the Warwick Pill?

Box 8, folder 19: President McKinley and His War Cabinet (1896)

Box 8, folder 20: The Laundry Bill [original drawing by C. K. Berryman] (circa 1910)

Box 8, folder 21: Miscellaneous (undated)

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Large cartoons (1858-circa 1950, undated)   0.9 Linear feet ; 3 boxes

 Box
9-11

Box 9: 1858-1869  

Folder inventory

Box 9, folder 1: The Salt River Express (13 October 1858)

Box 9, folder 2: Untitled [Come gather, ye old Boys of 1840] (circa 1860)

Box 9, folder 3: The Man that Blocks Up the Highway (circa 1860)

Box 9, folder 4: Salt River Express (1860)

Box 9, folder 5: Southern Tombstones (circa 1861)

Box 9, folder 6: The Battle of Bull Run (1861)

Box 9, folder 7: Offering a Substitute (1863)

Box 9, folder 8: The Pending Contest (1863)

Box 9, folder 9: The Abolition Catastrophe, or the November Smash-Up (1864)

Box 9, folder 10: The Grave of the Union (1864)

Box 9, folder 11: Little Mac's Double Feat of Equitation (1864)

Box 9, folder 12: An Au-gust Convention (circa 1866)

Box 9, folder 13: Before. The Election. After. (1866)

Box 9, folder 14: The Radical Convention - political poster (1866)

Box 9, folder 15: Both Sides of the Question (1868)

Box 9, folder 16: The Great November Contest (1868)

Box 9, folder 17: "Spoons" as Falstaff Mustering the Impeachment Managers (1868)

Box 9, folder 18: An Uphill Job on the Part of Some Big Bugs (1868)

Box 9, folder 19: Let Us Have Peace!--Fortissimo. Boston, June, 1869 (1869)

Box 10: 1870-1915  

Folder inventory

Box 10, folder 1: Mr. Pickwick's Reception (1870)

Box 10, folder 2: Parisian Delecasies (1870)

Box 10, folder 3: Ye Manner of Shooting(?) Ye Duck on Ye Delaware [original drawing] (1870)

Box 10, folder 4: La Livraison (1871)

Box 10, folder 5: The Third Term Question---What General Grant Himself Says (24 October 1874)

Box 10, folder 6: The Crowning Insult to Him Who Occupies the Presidential Chair (1876)

Box 10, folder 7: The Greatest Show on Earth (circa 1880)

Box 10, folder 8: In Irish Jig/We Are Glad You Got In! (1880)

Box 10, folder 9: The Political Army of Salvation (1880)

Box 10, folder 10: Free Trade Funeral (1884)

Box 10, folder 11: A Picture Without Words (1884)

Box 10, folder 12: An Unpleasant Ride Through the Presidential "Haunted Forest" (1884)

Box 10, folder 13: The End of the Honeymoon (1886)

Box 10, folder 14: Democratic Bill of Fare for Four Years (1888)

Box 10, folder 15: Let 'Er Go Gallagher; All the Way to Salt River (1888)

Box 10, folder 16: Napoleon's Retreat (1890)

Box 10, folder 17: Foriegn Object Lessons Illustrated (1896)

Box 10, folder 18: Hampy, Throw Me a Line! [original drawing on board] (1915)

Box 10, folder 19: Testimonial Dinner to Honor J. Hampton Moore [original drawing by Cunningham] (1915)

Box 11: 1930s, 1950s, undated  

Folder inventory

Box 11, folder 1: Cartoons (original drawings) by Jerry Costello (circa 1936)

Box 11, folder 2: Cartoons (original drawings) by Jerry Doyle (circa 1936)

Box 11, folder 3: Cartoons (some original drawings) by Edwin Duffy (circa 1950)

Box 11, folder 4: Cartoons (original drawings) by Daniel Fitzpatrick (1936)

Box 11, folder 5: Cartoons (original drawings) by Hugh M. Hutton (circa 1935)

Box 11, folder 6: Cartoons (original drawings) by Herbert Johnson (circa 1935)

Box 11, folder 7: Cartoons (original drawings) by Wyncie King (undated)

Box 11, folder 8: Cartoons (original drawings) by Rollin Kirby (1936)

Box 11, folder 9: Cartoons (original drawings) by G. Paige (undated)

Box 11, folder 10: Cartoons (original drawings) by Bruce Russell (circa 1936)

Box 11, folder 11: Cartoons (original drawings) by Dorman H. Smith (circa 1935)

Box 11, folder 12: Prints of cartoons for the Philco Corporation (1943)

Box 11, folder 13: Miscellaneous (some original drawings) (circa 1935, 1950)

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Oversized cartoons (1865, 1866, undated)   ; 2 flat files

Folder inventory

Flat File 1: Untitled woodcut by George Gilbert(?), (undated); Only Four! Four! Four Months More! This is His Last Crow. (undated); The Freedman's Bureau! [Geary v. Clymer] (1866); The "Freedom" of the South (1865)

Flat File 2: Leaders of the Democratic Party. [depicting Seymour, Forrest, Semmes, and Hampton] (1868)

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Balch cartoons and magazine clippings (1865-circa 1970, undated; bulk 1881-1888)   0.3 Linear feet ; 1 box (16 folders)

Folder inventory

Box 12, folder 1:

"The Southern Distortion of History" by Weiss [ink on board]

Box 12, folder 2:

Harper's Weekly [partial issue] with centerfold illustration: Newly Arrived Immigrants at Castle Garden, New York City by A. R. Waud (1865)

Box 12, folder 3:

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper - cartoon: What Shall We Do With John Chinaman? (25 September 1869)

Box 12, folder 4:

Harper's Weekly centerfold illustration: "Gone!" -- Scene in a London Railway Station – Departure of Emigrants for Liverpool by Frank Holl (11 March 1876)

Box 12, folder 5:

Harper's Weekly - illustration: Chinese Immigrants at the San Francisco Custom House by P. Frenzeny (3 February 1877)

Box 12, folder 6:

Puck - cartoon: Whence They Came and Whither They Go by J. Keppler (20 February 1878)

The San Francisco Illustrated Wasp [full issue] (15 June 1878)

Box 12, folder 7:

Puck – cartoon: A St. Patrick's Day Vision - When Erin Conquers the Saxon by J. A. McWales (11 March 1881)

Puck – cartoon: "Sic 'Em!" Mr. Parnell in his Great Feat of Letting Loose the Dogs of War" by J. Keppler (26 October 1861)

Box 12, folder 8:

The Wasp – cartoon: Jackson's Spirit Among the Old Democratic War Horses by G. Frederick Keller (1882)

Puck [partial issue] (1882)

The Wasp – cartoon: St. Valentine by Keller (10 February 1882)

The Wasp – cartoon: Pickering's Artesian Pets Under the Microscope by F. Opper (24 February 1882)

Puck – 2 pages including cartoon: The Raid on the Treasury by F. Opper (22 March 1882)

The Wasp – cartoon: Capital Stocks by Keller (31 March 1882)

The Wasp – cartoon: The Last Hope by Keller (21 April 1882)

Puck – cartoon: Shade of A. T. S. – "Oh, if only I could find my body!" by Gilliam (26 April 1882)

Puck [partial issue] (17 May 1882)

Puck [partial issue] (7 June 1882)

Puck – cartoon: The Might Meeting of the Masons by J. Keppler (14 June 1882)

Puck [partial issue] with centerfold cartoon: A Free Feast for the Congressional Colored Boys… by F. Opper (26 July 1882)

Puck [full issue] with centerfold cartoon: The Deadly Upas Tree of Wall Street by Keppler (30 August 1882)

Puck – cartoon: The Last Reception of the Season – A Surprise Party for the Family by F. Opper (13 September 1882)

The Wasp – cartoon: A Triumph of Common Sense by Keller (21 October 1882)

Box 12, folder 9:

The Wasp [partial issue] (3 November 1883)

Box 12, folder 10:

Advertising booklet for Sulpher Bitters (1884)

The Wasp [partial issue] (26 January 1884)

Box 12, folder 11:

The Wasp – cartoon: The Mismanaged Exposition (24 January 1885)

The Wasp – illustration: Our Chinese Minister by Walter (25 July 1885)

The Wasp – illustration of Moses Montefiore (1784-1885) by Walter (8 August 1885)

Box 12, folder 12:

Thistleton's Illustrated Loyal Citizen [full issue] (August-October 1886) (NOTE: September and October issues are bound together)

Box 12, folder 13:

Puck [partial issue] (15 June 1887)

Puck [full issue] (21 December 1887)

Puck [full issue] (28 December 1887)

Box 12, folder 14:

Puck [full issue] (1 February 1888)

The Wasp [partial issue] (24 March 1888)

The Wasp [partial issue] with illustration Our Coming Legislators by Walter (15 September 1888)

Box 12, folder 15:

The Wasp [full issue] (13 May 1893)

Box 12, folder 16:

Puck – cartoon: If--- The Inaugural Dinner at the White House by J. S. Pughe (circa 1900)

Comfort [full issue] (March 1933)

Austin American Statesman – cartoon: Cold Shoulder by Ben Sargent [ink on paper] (1975)

Tulsa Tribune – cartoon "…after all we've done for you?" by Simpson [ink on board] (undated)

The Hartford Times – cartoon: "Oh he's an intellectual with a doctoral degree – Mark him at $37,500" by Ed. Valtman [ink on paper] (1972)

BC cartoon by Johnny Hart [ink on board] (circa 1970)

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