Eugene Craig Papers, 1946-1970, bulk 1958-1968
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Craig, Eugene.
- Abstract:
- Over 1600 original editorial cartoons originally published in the News-Sentinel (1946-1949), Brooklyn Eagle (1951-1954), and Columbus Dispatch (1952-1970) and three American Red Cross posters.
- Extent:
- 14 linear ft.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Eugene Craig Papers
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Eugene Craig Papers contain primarily original editorial cartoons but also several printed posters.
Cartoons (1946-1970) is comprised of approximately 1,637 pieces of original artwork for editorial cartoons. The cartoons are from Craig's time at three different newspapers: the News-Sentinel (1946-1949), Brooklyn Eagle (1951-1954), and Columbus Dispatch (1958-1970). The cartoons are divided by newspaper and arranged chronologically (approximately 1,201 cartoons). However, at the end of the series there are three boxes of undated cartoons (436 items) that are arranged in alphabetical order by caption.
Many Brooklyn Eagle cartoons address New York City’s transportation needs. In his later work, Craig regularly commented on the Vietnam War in many cartoons, however, little in this particular collection addresses anti-war protests and other demonstrations. Craig often used imagery of the Vietnam War as a metaphor for domestic problems and political elections. Also of interest is Craig’s attention to the issue of rapid, worldwide population growth and food shortages.
Craig used human figures to represent the cities in which he worked. Father Knick portrayed New York City and Christopher Columbus stood in for city of Columbus. Very detailed facial features can bee seen in Craig's style of caricature. Craig's blocky signature for the Dispatch differs from his signature on earlier works which was accented by a large "C".
The name of the newspaper typically appears on the Brooklyn Eagle cartoons (stamped on the back in red ink) and the News-Sentinel cartoons (written on the back in ink). Some work for the Dispatch has a stamp on the front with Craig’s name and the Dispatch’s address. Dates appear in several formats. The News-Sentinel work typically has a string of numbers representing the date under Craig’s signature. Some works have stamped engraver’s dates on the back. Many of the Dispatch cartoons contain a sticker for Dispatch Features. Remnants of production notes stuck on the back of the Dispatch cartoons are present. Dates appear in pen or pencil.
The artwork varies in size, but generally measures 11"x14" to 13"x16". Craig worked primarily with ink and crayon on illustration board but there are several cartoons that were drawn exclusively in ink without crayon shading.
Printed material contains five undated posters (three separate designs) designed by Craig for the American Red Cross featuring Christmas scenes, urging people to give blood. These were printed with green ink on white paper and measure 12"x 16".
- Biographical / historical:
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Eugene Craig (1916-1984) was an American editorial cartoonist.
Eugene Craig was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on September 5, 1916. His father worked as a professional mural painter. Although forced to write with his right hand while in school, Craig continued to draw with his left hand.
After graduating from high school, Craig went to work at the News-Sentinel in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In 1951 Craig took a job with the Brooklyn Eagle and in 1955 left for the Columbus Dispatch. In addition to drawing four to seven editorial cartoons a week, Craig also drew the color gag cartoon, Forever Female. In 1981, Craig left the Dispatch.
The Freedoms Foundation presented Craig with several awards including their top honor and Craig was also selected to design the postage stamp commemorating the Battle of Brooklyn. His work appeared in the Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year series. Craig was a member of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and the National Cartoonists Society.
Craig died on March 18, 1984 at his Winchester, Ohio home following lung cancer.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Eugene Craig , 1966-1970.
- Arrangement:
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Original artwork is arranged in chronological order followed by three boxes of undated cartoons which are arranged in alphabetical order by caption.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Art -- Cartoonists
American wit and humor, Pictorial.
Caricatures and cartoons -- United States.
Caricatures and cartoons -- Ohio -- Columbus.
Taxation -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Cold War -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Caricatures and cartoons -- New York (N.Y.)
Caricatures and cartoons -- Fort Wayne (Ind.)
Cartoonists -- United States.
Population -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Elections -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Editorial cartoons -- Columbus (Ohio)
Editorial cartoons -- New York (N.Y.)
Editorial cartoons -- Fort Wayne (Ind.)
Editorial cartoons -- United States.
Space Exploration -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
World politics -- 1945-1989 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Cartoonists.
Cartoons (humorous images)
Editorial cartoons.
Posters. - Names:
- American Red Cross -- Posters.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Democratic Party (U.S.) -- Caricatures and cartoons.
United States. Congress. -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Craig, Eugene.
Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Lausche, Frank John, b. 1895 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Rhodes, James A. (James Allen), 1909-2001 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
DiSalle, Michael V. (Michael Vincent), 1908-1981 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976 -- Caricatures and cartoons. - Places:
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- -- Caricatures and cartoons. - Indexes:
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Index to cartoons
The following is a list of predominant people, places and subjects appearing in the editorial cartoons in this collection. The list is not exhaustive. Some subjects may require you to browse with alternative terms.
B= Box,
Acheson, Dean B1 Ackley, Gardner B10 Adenauer, Konrad B4B14-B15 AFL-CIO B1-B2B12 Africa B7B13 Agnew, Spiro T. B12 Alabama B13 Alaska B3-B4 alcohol sales B9 Alcorn, Meade B3 Algeria B3-B4B10B15 aluminum industry B7 Americans for Constitutional Action B6 Americans for Democratic Action B1B6B15 anarchy B10 Angola B4 anti-missile systems B12 Appalachia B5B13 Argentina B10B13-B14 armed forces B2-B4B6-B11B13B15 Asia B2B6B8 Australia B2 auto industry B3-B4B8B10 aviation B2B5B8 Baker, Bobby B5-B6 Barrymore, Ethel B3 Batista, Fulgencio B3 Baudouin I of Belgium B3 Bay of Pigs B6 Beatniks B14 Belgium B3 Ben Bella, Ahmed B10B12 Benson, Ezra Taft B2 Beria, Lavrentiy B6 Berlin Wall B4-B5B11B13 Bliss, Ray B14 Bolivia B6 Borneo B4 Brazil B15 Brezhnev, Leonid Ilyich B6-B14 Britain B1-B3B5-B7B9-B11B13-B15 British Guiana B4 Brotherhood B1 Brown, Ted B4-B5 Buddhists B7-B8 Burma B2B14 business B9 Cambodia B7B11 Canada B7B10B15 capitalism B6 Case, Clarence B6 Castro, Fidel B3-B5B7B9-B11B13B15 Castro, Raul B3 Celebrezze, Anthony J. B13 charity B4B6B9-B10B15 Remón, Roberto Francisco Chiari B5 China SEE ALL BOXES Chung Hee, Park B11 Churchill, Winston B1-B2B6B15 cities B7-B8 civil rights B3-B5B7-B8B13 Clementis, Vladimír B1 coal industry B1 Cobb, Ty B3 Cold War B4B15 Coleman, William B5 college students B6B12 common market B3-B4B9-B10B12B14 communism SEE ALL BOXES Congo B3B5-B7B10B14-B15 Congress SEE ALL BOXES Constantine II of Greece B10 consumers B7-B8B15 Coolidge, Calvin B11 corruption B1-B2B14 Costa Rica B4B13 crime B1-B3B6B8-B15 Cuba B3-B9B11B13-B15 Cyprus B5-B6B8 Czechoslovakia B1B12 Darwin, Charles B3 daylight savings time B9B11-B12 de Gaulle, Charles B3-B7B9-B15 De Sapio, Carmine B2 defense industry B1 Democratic Party SEE ALL BOXES demonstrations B5-B7B12 Dewey, Thomas B2 Di Salle, Michael B3-B4B6B13-B15 Dirksen, Everett B12 disarmament B6 diseases B7B9 shipping industry B2 Dominican Republic B8B14-B15 draft B2-B3B6B8B14 drunk driving B10 DuBois Club B7 Dulles, John Foster B2 economy B5B14-B15 education B4-B5B7-B11 Egypt B10 Eichmann, Adolf B13 Eisenhower, Dwight B1-B3B5-B6B8B13-B15 Eisenhower, Milton B3 El Salvador B4 elections SEE ALL BOXES electoral college B12-B14 electricity needs B7 En-lai, Chou B2B9 environment B6-B7 Erhard, Ludwig B4B6-B8 Eshkol, Levi B11 espionage B2-B3B9B13 Europe B2B4B6B8B11B13B15 Farley, James A. B2 farming B2B4B7B10B15 fashion B9 Ferguson Act (Ohio) B10-B11 Florida B1B6 foreign aid B1-B2B4-B8B11-B14 foreign policy B5 Formosa B2B5B9B14 Fortas, Abe B12 France B1-B2B4B6-B7B9B12-B14 Franco, Francisco B1 free enterprise B15 free press B11 free speech B6 freedom B11 Freeman, Orville B3B10 Fulbright, J. William B5B7B10B13 gambling B1-B2B14 Gandhi, Indira B7-B9 Germany B1-B4B6-B7B9B12-B15 Gilligan, John J. B11 Glenn, John B5 gold reserve B6 Goldberg, Arthur B3-B4B7-B8B10 Goldwater, Barry B3-B8B13B15 Goulart, João B5 government spending B1B6-B8B10-B13 graduates B4B8B10B14 Great Society B6-B11B13-B15 Greece B5B10B14 Gromyko, Andrei B6B13-B14 Gronouski, John A. B6 Gross, Harry B1 Guantanamo B5 Guatamala B2B4B13 Guevara, Che B12 Hall, Leonard B3 Halleck, Charles B3 Halley, Rudolph B1-B2 Hammarskjold, Dag B3B14-B15 Harriman, W. Averell B2-B4 Hartke, Vance B11 Hatfield, Mark B11-B12 Hawaii B1B3 health care B6 Hemingway, Ernest B3 Hiroshima anniversary B6 Hitler, Adolph B6B13 Ho Chi Minh B7-B14 Hodges, Luther H. B3 Hoffa, Jimmy B3B5B15 holidays B1B3-B9B11-B15 Home, Lord B5-B6 Honduras B4 Hoover Commission B4 Hoover, Herbert B2-B3B6 housing B1-B2B5B7B11B13-B14 House Un-American Activities Committee B13 Humphrey, Hubert B3-B5B7-B8B10-B12B14-B15 Hungary B15 Impellitteri, Vincent R. B1-B2 India B2B4-B5B7B9B12-B15 Indiana B1 Indonesia B2B5-B8B14 industry (general) B5B7B12-B13 inflation B1-B3B5-B10B13B15 insurance B6 International Longshoreman Association B2 Iran B1-B2 Israel B6-B12B14 Italy B1-B2 Japan B1-B2B6B11-B12B15 Javits, Jacob B2B6B8B10 John Birch Society B13 Johnson, Lady Bird B14-B15 Johnson, Luci B. B8 Johnson, Lyndon Baines B4-B11B13-B15 Jordan B9 judicial system B1B9B11-B12 juvenile delinquency B1-B2B14-B15 Kai-Shek, Chiang B9 Kasa-Vubu, Joseph B3 Kefauver, Estes B1 Kennedy, Jacqueline B5 Kennedy, John F. B3-B5B13-B15 Kennedy, Robert F. B4-B8B10-B12B14 Kennedy, Ted B8 Kentucky B8 Khan, Ayub B7B13 Khanh, Nguyen B15 Khrushchev, Nikita B3-B7B13-B15 Kiesinger, Kurt Georg B9-B10 Korean War B1-B2B6B10B12 Kosygin, Alexey B6-B7B9-B10B12B14 Kozlov, Alexander B13 Ku Klux Klan B6 Kuchel, Thomas B6 Ky, Nguyen Cao B7-B8B10 labor B4B7B11B15 Laniel, Joseph B2 Laos B2-B6B11B13-B15 Latin America B4-B15 Lausche, Frank B3-B5B9-B11B15 law and order B5B8 left and right extremists B6 LeMay, Curtis B4B14 liberty B9 Lincoln, Abraham B1-B3B3B14 Lodge Jr., Henry Cabot B2-B3B5B7B10B13 Long Island Railroad B1-B2 LSD B9 Lumumba, Patrice B3 MacArthur, Douglas B11 MacMillan, Harold B3-B4B14-B15 Mahendra of Nepal B3 Malaya B2 Malaysia B4-B5 Malenkov, Georgy B1-B2B6 Mansfield, Mike B5B8-B9 marriage B1 Marshall Plan B8 McCarthy, Eugene B4-B5B11-B12B14 McCarthy, Joseph B2 McCarthyism B14 McElroy, Neil H. B4B13-B14 McGranery, James B1 McNamara, Robert B3-B8B10-B11B14 Meany, George B12 Medicaid B8 Medicare B5-B7B13 Metrakos, Alexander B4 Michigan B3 Middle East B3B6B9-B14 Midwest Resources Association B8 Miller, Ray B13 Mills, Wilbur B10-B11B13 minimum wage B6B8 Mitterrand, François B7 Mock, Jerrie B5-B6 Molotov, Vyacheslav B2B6B15 Morse, Wayne B1 Morton, Thurston B. B3 Mossadegh, Mohammad B2 Muskie, Edmund B4 Nasser, Gamal Abdel B4-B6B8B10-B12B14 national debt B1B3B5B9-B10B13-B15 National Farmer's Union B7 NATO B3B6-B7B9-B10 nature conservation B10 Nehru, Jawaharlal B4B12-B13 Neipp, Morton B8 New Deal B1 New Frontier B3 New York (State) B1-B2B6 New York City B1-B2 New Zealand B2 Nicaragua B4B13 Nigeria B10 Nixon, Richard M. B3-B7B9-B13B15 North and South Korea B1-B2B4B7B11-B12B14 nuclear weapons B1-B8B10-B12B14-B15 Ohio B3-B15 Ohio legislature B3B5-B11B13B15 Ohio State University B5B12B14 oil B1B11B13 O'Neill, C. William B3B13 organized crime B1B3B10B14-B15 Pakistan B2B7B12-B15 Panama B4-B5B14 Panama Canal B5-B7 patriotism B12B14-B15 peace B1-B2B4B7-B9B11-B15 Peace Corps B3 Pearson, Lester Bowles B7-B8 Percy, Charles H. B9B11-B12 Perkins, Frances B13 Peron, Juan Domingo B15 Peru B10 Philippines B2 Pinay, Antoine B1 piracy B3 Poland B13 police B8B10B12-B13 polio B3-B4 politics B4B11 pollution B7B9 Pompidou, Georges B13 population B3B5-B10B14-B15 poverty B7B10-B11 press B3B6B13B15 Quill, Michael B1-B2 railroad industry B4-B5B10B14 Reagan, Ronald B9-B10B12 refugees B6 religion B1B3B6B9B13 Republican Party SEE ALL BOXES Reuther, Walter B5B9B12B15 Rhodes, James B6B9-B10B12 Rhodesia B9 Ribicoff, Abraham B3-B4B14 right to work law B6 riots B6B8B10-B12B14 Rockefeller, Nelson B4-B5B7B9B11-B15 Romania B12 Romney, George W. B5B9-B12B15 Roosevelt Jr., Franklin D. B2 Roosevelt, Eleanor B14 Roosevelt, Franklin D. B1 Rusk, Dean B3-B8B11B14 Russell, Richard B1B8 Russia SEE ALL BOXES Ruth, babe B3 Ryan, Joseph B2 Sato, Eisaku B6B11-B12 Saud, Ibn B5 Saxbe, William B11-B12 schools B4-B6B14 science B6 Scranton, William B5B7B12 SEATO B6B10 Selassie, Haile B3 Sensenbrenner, Maynard "Jack" B3B9B14 Shastri, Lal Bahadur B7 Shriver, Sargent B4B7B11 Smith, Margaret Chase B5B7 smoking B1B5B10 social security B3 socialism B1B15 South America B7B13 Soviet Union B1-B3B5-B15 space exploration B3-B11B13-B14 Sparkman, John B1 sports B2-B6B8B14-B15 Stalin, Joseph B1B6B13 Stassen, Harold B12B15 state fair B8B10B13 steel industry B1B4B8B12B15 Stevenson, Adlai E. B1-B4B7B14-B15 stock market B7 strikes B1-B2B6B8B10-B13B15 Sudan B6 Suez Canal B10B13 Sukarno B4-B6B14 Supreme Court B12-B14 Syria B4B9B14 Taft Hartley Act B1B6 Taft, Jr., Robert B3B11 Tanganyika B10 taxes SEE ALL BOXES Taylor, Maxwell B7 television B2-B3 Thailand B2B9 Thant, U. B4B7B10B14 The Beatles B14 Thieu, Nguyen Van B10-B12 Thurmond, Strom B9 Thuy, Xuan B12 Tibet B15 Tito, Josip Broz B4B14-B15 Titov, Gherman B14 tourism B10 Tower, John B12-B13 trade B1-B2B5-B6B12 traffic fatalities and accidents B1B4B8B12-B15 transportation B1-B3B5-B8B11B13-B14 Truman, Harry S. B1-B3B8B10B15 Tunisia B15 Turkey B5 U.S. Constitution B6 U.S. Dollar B7B9B11B13 U.S. Flag B8 U.S. Postal Service B6B10 savings bonds B2 Udall, Stewart B3 Ulbricht, Walter B6-B7 Underwood, Cecil B3 unemployment B3B6B8B10B13 unions B2B10B12 United Arab Republic B7-B8B11 United Auto Workers B3B10B12 United Nations B1-B3B5-B15 universities B6-B7B10 USS Pueblo B11-B12 utility bills B4 vacation B1B3B6B8B14 Venezuela B4B10B14 Vietnam War B4-B15 voting B2B5B7B10-B12B15 Wagner Jr., Robert F. B2B4-B5B7 Wallace, George B7B11-B12B14 war B3B11 War on Poverty B5-B6B9 water safety B13 weapons B1B6 weather B3-B15 welfare B6B11B13 West Virginia B4 Wheeler, Earle B7 Williams, G. Mennen B3B13B15 Wilson, Harold B6B8-B11 Wirtz, W. William B8 women B3 World Bank B1 World War I B10 World War II B6B9-B10B12-B13 Young, Steven B5B7 youth B1B3-B4B8B12B14-B15 Yugoslavia B2B15 Zanzibar B5B10 Zedong, Mao B2B5-B7B9-B11B13B15
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Eugene Craig Papers
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