John P. Lanigan Papers, 1965-1971
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Lanigan, John P.
- Abstract:
- 193 original editorial cartoons and printed material
- Extent:
- 5.25 linear ft
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
John P. Lanigan Papers
Background
- Scope and content:
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The John P. Lanigan Papers are organized into 2 series. The first series, Cartoons contains 193 original editorial cartoons. The majority of the cartoons have been approximately dated based on when they were donated. The cartoons were produced with ink, pencil and dot screening on a variety of weights of illustration board. Dimensions vary and notations are included in pencil. Of interest is a cartoon in Box 4 Folder 2 that Lanigan burned the edges of to create a charred effect.
Lanigan often filled the entire frame with imagery and juxtaposed various elements in a collage like fashion. Many cartoons actually contained several cartoons about completely different subjects. In his portrayals of political figures, Lanigan often drew very realistic looking heads on very cartoon-looking bodies while other figures were portrayed as inanimate objects such as knives (Robert F. Kennedy) and spots on x-rays (Lyndon B. Johnson).
The Printed Material series contains 1 folder of clippings of Lanigan's published cartoons.
- Biographical / historical:
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John P. “Jack” Lanigan (1922-2000) was an American editorial cartoonist for the New Bedford, Massachusetts Standard Times.
John P. Lanigan was born in Chicago on October 8, 1922 and served in the South Pacific during World War II and participated in the Guadalcanal campaign. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students' League but was recalled into military service during the Korean War and worked with the atomic bomb testing unit. Upon his discharge, he pursued freelance work and became the editorial cartoonist for the Standard Times in 1964.
Lanigan held membership in the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists and his cartoons were selected for the Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year series. His cartoons were exhibited as part of the 1970 International Cartoon Exhibition in Athens, Greece, and were included in the Man and His World International Fine Arts Exhibition at Expo 67 in Montreal.
John P. Lanigan retired in 1987 to the Lake Luzerne, New York area and died of cancer on March 25, 2000.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of John P. Lanigan , 1966-1971.
- Arrangement:
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The Cartoons are arranged in chronological order where there is a specific date with undated cartoons appearing in folders for their approximate year.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Art -- Cartoonists
American wit and humor, Pictorial.
Caricatures and cartoons -- United States.
Cartoonists -- Massachusetts.
Cartoonists -- United States.
Editorial cartoons -- Massachusetts.
Editorial cartoons -- United States.
Political cartoons.
Pollution -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Taxation -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
World politics -- 1945-1989 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Cartoonists.
Cartoons (humorous images)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Editorial cartoons. - Names:
- United States. Congress -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Lanigan, John P.
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Spock, Benjamin, 1903-1998 -- 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, F= Folder. For example: B1F1= Box 1 Folder 1.
Agnew, Spiro T. B6F1-B6F3 airline industry B6F1 American bison B6F1 anti-trust laws B6F3 automobile accidents B1F5B1F7B6F2 Brennan Jr., William J. B1F4 Britain B1F5-B1F6 budget B1F2B2F1 Canada B6F3 cancer B4F2 Carswell, George Harrold B5F2 Castro, Fidel B1F5 charity B1F2B1F6-B1F7 Warren, Earl B1F6 China B1F1-B1F2 civil rights B1F7 Clark, Tom B1F4 Cloherty, Peter J. B1F5 college students B1F2B3F4 communism B1F5-B1F6 Congress B1F4B2F1B3F1B3F4-B4F2B5F3 consumers B1F1 crime B1F6B2F1-B2F2B3F4B4F1B6F3 Czechoslovakia B2F1B2F3B3F2 de Gaulle, Charles B1F1B1F3B2F2B3F1B3F4 Democratic National Convention B2F2 Democratic Party B2F2B3F1B6F2 demonstrations B1F3B1F7 draft B1F2 driving B1F2B1F6B2F2B5F2 drug use B1F1B4F3B6F3 Earth Day B4F3 economy B4F2B5F3B6F2 education B1F1B3F1B3F3 elections B1F3B1F5B2F2 espionage B6F1 evolution B5F2 farming B4F1 food B4F1 food prices B4F1 Ford, Gerald R. B5F1 France B1F1B2F2-B2F3B3F4B6F3 freedom B1F2B4F2 Germany B1F6 gold reserve B2F1 Goldberg, Arthur B1F1 Great Society B1F3 gun control B2F2 Harriman, W. Averell B2F3 Hatfield, Mark B4F1 healthcare B1F6-B1F7 highway construction B4F2 hijacking B6F2 Ho Chi Minh B1F7 holidays B1F2B1F4B1F6B3F2 housing B2F2 Humphrey, Hubert B1F6B2F2-B3F1 Hungary B3F2 industry (general) B5F2 insurance B1F2B1F5-B1F6B4F3 investors B5F2 Iraq B3F5 isolation B1F1 Israel B2F3 Japan B5F1 Johnson, Lyndon Baines B1F4-B1F6B2F1-B2F2B3F1B3F4 judicial system B5F1 Douglas, William O. B5F1 White, Byron B1F6 Keller, Helen B2F2 Kennedy, Robert F. B2F1-B2F2 Kennedy, Ted B6F2 labor B5F2B6F2 Lebanon B6F3 Lincoln, Abraham B1F6B2F1 Lindsay, John B6F2 Maddox, Lester B3F1B6F3 Massachusetts B1F1-B1F2B1F5B1F7B2F2B3F4-B4F3B5F1B5F3-B6F1B6F3 McCarthy, Eugene B1F7-B3F1 McGovern, George B3F1B4F1 McNamara, Robert B1F6 Meany, George B6F2 Medicaid B1F6 Medicare B1F4 Middle East B1F5B4F2 military B1F2 Miller, Arthur B1F3 Morse, Wayne B1F5 Nader, Ralph B6F1 Nasser, Gamal Abdel B1F5-B1F6B2F3 New York B1F4B6F2 New York City B1F1 Nixon, Richard M. B2F1B2F3-B3F1B3F4B4F2-B4F3B5F2-B6F1 oceanography B1F7 oil B4F2-B4F3B6F3 Olympics B2F1 Palestine B6F3 peace B1F1B1F7B2F3 Pentagon B6F1 Poland B3F2 police B1F4B6F3 pollution B4F1B4F3B5F1-B5F2 Pompidou, Georges B5F2 Pope Paul VI B1F1 Poseidon Affair B4F1 poverty B1F1B1F5 Ramsey, Paul B1F1 Republican Party B1F1B2F1B5F1 riots B1F7 Rockefeller, Nelson B2F3B3F2 Romania B3F2 Romney, George W. B1F5 Russell, Bertrand B2F2 Russia B3F2 schools B1F4B5F1B6F1 science B1F1 shipbuilding B6F2 Smith, Margaret Chase B5F2 smoking B2F3B4F2 Soviet Union B1F1B1F5B2F3 space exploration B4F3B5F1 Spock, Benjamin B1F6B2F2B5F1 sports B1F5-B2F1 strikes B1F1B5F2 Supreme Court B1F4B5F1 taxes B1F1B1F3B1F5B3F1B3F5B6F1-B6F2 television B4F2 terrorism B6F3 textile industry B5F1 Thant, U. B4F2 Townsend Plan B2F2 treason B1F4 tyranny B1F2 U.S. flag B1F1B1F3B1F5 U.S. Treasury B1F4 UNICEF B1F7 United Arab Republic B1F7B4F2 United Auto Workers B6F3 United Nations B1F1-B1F2B3F2B4F1-B4F2 universities B1F7B3F4B5F1-B5F2B6F1 USS Liberty B1F5 USS Pueblo B2F2 Vietnam War B1F1-B1F5B2F2-B2F3B4F1B5F2B6F1 violence B2F1 Volpe, John B1F1 voting B3F5B5F1B6F3 Wallace, George B3F1-B3F2B5F3 war B3F2 weather B1F1B1F5-B1F6B2F1 welfare B6F3 women's rights B4F1 Young Jr., Whitney M. B6F1 Zedong, Mao B1F1
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
John P. Lanigan Papers
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