Harold Talburt Cartoons, 1949-1962, bulk 1949-1952

Summary

Creator:

Talburt, Harold M., 1895-1966

Abstract:

Approximately 850 original editorial cartoons by the Pulitzer Prize-winning American editorial cartoonist.

Extent:

5.25 linear ft.

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Harold Talburt Cartoons,

Background

Scope and content:

The Harold Talburt Cartoons contain 858 original editorial cartoons from the years 1949-1952 and 1962.

Talburt primarily depicted domestic politics especially issues related to taxes and government spending. His portrayals of President Harry Truman often include Truman with a shirt with the words “tax" and "spend" on it. Talburt also devoted many cartoons to Truman’s scandals with a recurring visual motif labeled “the mess". Other recurring characters include Fiddle and Faddle, a pair of nearly identical figures with grinning faces and two prominent front teeth.

Also of interest is Talburt’s work depicting communism in Hawaii, reorganization of the government under Truman, mobilization for the Korean War and cartoons relating to the imprisonment of journalist William Oatis in Czechoslovakia.

Artwork varies in size, although most cartoons are generally 12"x 14" to 14 ½" x 17". The earlier cartoons in this collection were drawn exclusively in crayon and pencil on illustration board while later cartoons show his addition of ink. Captions appear at the top and dates are noted in pencil.

Biographical / historical:

Harold M. Talburt (1895-1966) was an American editorial cartoonist who won a Pulitzer Prize.

Harold Talburt was born in Toledo, Ohio on February 19, 1895. Before becoming a cartoonist, Talburt worked as the high school correspondent for the Toledo Times and in 1916 was a reporter at the Toledo News-Bee. In 1921, Talburt was hired by Negley Cochran as the cartoonist for the newly opened Scripps-Howard news bureau in Washington and was later named Chief Washington Cartoonist for Scripps-Howard and the Washington Daily News. In his New York Times obituary, Talburt is noted as having enjoyed drawing Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt the most out of the presidents he covered during his career.

Talburt was a member of the National Press Club and the White House Correspondents Association. He was president of the Gridiron Club in 1947. The Pulitzer Prize was awarded to Talburt for his 1933 Washington Daily News cartoon, "The Light of Asia". Talburt’s work was published in two books: Talburt (1943) and Cartoons: Largely Political (circa 1943).

Harold M. Talburt retired in 1963. He died of cancer at his home in Kenwood, Maryland on October 22, 1966.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Gene Basset , 1971.

Arrangement:

Cartoons are arranged in chronological order.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Names:

Places:

United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989 -- Caricatures and cartoons.

Indexes:

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.

Acheson, Dean	B2F2-B2F3B2F5B3F7B5F4B5F6-B6F2B6F4
AFL-CIO	B1F8
airline industry	B7F3
Alaska	B2F5B4F5
Algeria	B6F8-B7F1B7F5
Amerasia affair	B2F4-B2F7B3F2B4F9
Argentina	B4F2B6F8-B6F9
armed forces	B1F7B2F5B3F3B3F10B5F6B6F2
Arnall, Ellis	B4F7
Atlantic Pact	B1F4
Atlee, Clement	B1F6B2F4
Atomic Energy Commission	B1F2
Barkley, Alben W.	B1F9B5F2B5F4
Barnett, Ross	B7F6
Bay of Pigs	B7F6
Berlin	B2F1B4F1B7F4-B7F7
Berlin Wall	B7F4B7F7
Boyle, William M.	B3F8-B3F9
Brannan Plan	B1F2-B1F3B1F5B1F9B2F4B2F7
Britain	B1F4B1F6B2F4B4F4
Brown Sr., Edmund Gerald "Pat"	B7F3
Budenz, Louis F.	B2F5
budget	B1F9-B2F2B4F5-B4F6B6F4B6F6-B6F7B7F3-B7F4
business	B1F3B2F1-B2F2B6F8B7F1-B7F2B7F4-B7F5B7F8-B7F9
Byrnes, James	B4F9
Canada	B7F3
capitalism	B7F8
Carpenter, Scott	B7F2
cartoonists	B1F6
Castro, Fidel	B6F6-B6F8B7F4-B7F9
censorship	B7F9
China	B1F3-B1F6B1F8B2F7B3F7-B3F9B4F2-B4F3B5F4B6F9B7F2-B7F3B7F5B7F8
Churchill, Winston	B1F6B3F2B4F1B4F3B4F6
civil rights	B2F1B5F1B5F4
coal industry	B1F1B1F7B2F1-B2F3B5F8B6F4
communism	B1F2-B1F3B1F5-B1F6B1F8B2F5B2F7B3F3-B3F4B3F7B4F4B5F1B5F5B7F1B7F3
Congress	B1F2-B1F6B1F10B2F4-B2F6B3F1B3F3-B3F4B3F7B3F9B4F1B4F5-B4F6B5F2B5F5B6F1B6F5-B7F6
consumers	B1F3B1F9B6F8B7F4
corruption	B4F7B4F9B5F3B5F6-B5F7
cost of living	B5F4B6F4B7F2B7F4
crime	B2F5B2F7
Cuba	B7F4-B7F9
Cuban Missile Crisis	B7F7
Czechoslovakia	B3F7B3F9-B3F10B4F2B4F9
de Gaulle, Charles	B6F9B7F2B7F8
democracy	B5F1
Democratic Party	B1F2B1F5-B1F6B1F8B1F10B2F2B2F4B2F7-B3F1B3F4-B3F5B3F7-B3F10B4F2-B6F2B6F4B6F9-B7F1B7F3B7F7B7F9
Dewey, Thomas	B1F10B3F4B3F10
Di Salle, Michael	B3F6B4F7
disarmament	B6F5B6F7-B6F9
Dominican Republic	B6F5
economy	B1F3-B1F4B7F4
education	B2F1
Egypt	B4F6B5F5
Eisenhower, Dwight	B1F10B3F7B3F9-B4F3B4F5-B5F5B5F8-B6F3B7F1B7F7
Eisenhower, Mamie	B6F3
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electoral college	B2F1
Estes, Billie Sol	B6F9-B7F3
Europe	B1F3-B1F5B1F8B5F4B6F5B7F6B7F9
farming	B1F2-B1F3B1F7-B1F9B2F2B2F5-B2F6B4F7B7F1-B7F4
Formosa	B1F1
France	B2F6B4F7B6F8
freedom	B3F2B6F3
Freeman, Orville	B7F3
Frondizi, Arturo	B6F8
Germany	B2F6B3F2B3F4B3F9B4F7B5F1
Glenn, John	B6F7
gold reserve	B6F9B7F2
government spending	B1F1-B1F6B1F8-B2F7B3F2B4F6-B4F7B5F1B5F5B7F3-B7F4B7F6B7F8-B7F9
graduates	B1F3B2F7B7F3
Greece	B3F2
Gromyko, Andrei	B3F10
Harriman, W. Averell	B5F2B5F4
Hawaii	B1F5B2F5B4F5
Hiss, Alger	B2F1B2F3B5F7B6F2
Hitler, Adolf	B3F1
Hobby, Oveta	B6F3
Hoffa, Jimmy	B7F8
holidays	B4F4B6F4B7F8-B7F9
Hoover Commission	B1F2B2F6
housing	B2F1
India	B6F4B7F8
industry (general)	B7F4
inflation	B1F3-B1F4B3F1-B3F5B3F7B3F9-B3F10B4F2-B4F3B4F5B4F7B5F5-B5F8B6F2B6F9
Iran	B3F2B5F4-B5F5
John Birch Society	B6F7
Johnston, Eric	B3F6
Kefauver, Estes	B4F7B5F1-B5F2B5F4
Kennedy, Jacqueline	B6F6
Kennedy, John F.	B6F5-B7F3B7F5-B7F7
Kennedy, Robert F.	B6F7B7F3B7F5
Kennedy, Ted	B6F7B7F3B7F5
Kerr, Robert	B5F2B5F4
Khrushchev, Nikita	B6F6-B7F1B7F3-B7F9
Korean War	B2F7-B3F5B3F7B3F9-B3F10B4F2B4F7B5F1B5F4B5F8B6F2-B6F4
labor	B4F9
Laos	B7F1B7F3
Lewis, John	B3F4B6F4
Lucas, Scott	B1F2
Luce, Clare Booth	B6F6
Macapagal, Diosdado	B7F2
MacArthur, Douglas	B3F5B3F9
Malik, Yakov	B3F3B3F6
Marx, Karl	B3F9
McCarthy, Joseph	B2F5B5F7
McGrath, J. Howard	B4F6B4F9
McMahon, Brien	B2F4B5F2
McNamara, Robert	B6F8B7F5
Medicare	B7F2
Menon, V. K. Krishna	B7F8
Mississippi	B7F6
Monroe Doctrine	B7F5
Mussolini, Benito	B3F1
national debt	B6F4B6F6B7F6B7F8
NATO	B7F1
Nehru, Jawaharlal	B7F8
New York	B1F8-B1F9B3F4
Nixon, Richard M.	B5F3B6F7B7F3
nuclear weapons	B1F2B1F6B6F6B6F8-B6F9B7F3-B7F4B7F9
Oatis, William	B3F7-B3F10B4F2B4F9B5F4
oil	B5F1
Organization of American States	B6F5B6F8
Pakistan	B7F8
peace	B2F4B3F9B6F4
Pepper, Claude	B2F6
Peron, Juan Domingo	B4F2B6F8
Philippines	B7F1-B7F3
press	B3F10B5F7B7F9
Priest, Ivy	B6F3
prisoners of war	B4F2B5F1
propaganda	B3F3B3F7B5F1B6F8B7F6
racial violence	B7F6
railroad industry	B4F2B6F8
Reconstruction Finance Corporation	B3F10-B4F1
Republican Party	B1F2B1F5-B1F6B1F8B1F10B2F2B2F4B2F6-B3F1B3F4-B3F5B3F7-B3F8B3F10B4F2-B5F7B6F2-B6F4B6F7B7F1-B7F3B7F7B7F9
Reuther, Walter	B7F1
Roosevelt, Eleanor	B7F8
Rusk, Dean	B6F9
Russell, Donald	B5F2B5F4
Russia	B1F6B3F1B4F9B5F8B6F6B6F8B7F8
shipping industry	B4F2
social security	B2F1
socialism	B1F6
Soviet Union	B1F6B3F3B6F8-B6F9
space exploration	B6F7B7F4-B7F6
sports	B1F6B3F5B5F8
Stalin, Joseph	B1F2B1F5-B1F6B1F10-B2F1B2F4B2F6-B3F10B4F6B5F1-B5F2B5F5B5F8-B6F1B6F3-B6F4
Stassen, Harold	B4F5-B4F7B4F9B5F2
steel industry	B1F4B1F6-B1F7B1F9B4F4B4F8B5F1-B5F3B6F7-B7F1
Stevenson, Adlai E.	B5F2B5F4B5F6-B6F2
stock market	B7F1-B7F4
strikes	B1F1B1F4B1F6-B1F7B2F1-B2F3B4F2B4F4B5F1-B5F3B5F8B6F7B7F3
sugar lobby	B7F3
Sweden	B5F2
Symington, Stuart	B5F5
Taft Hartley Act	B1F1B1F3-B1F4B2F1B2F7B5F1-B5F2
Taft, Robert	B3F4B4F3B4F5-B5F3
taxes	B1F1-B1F4B1F7-B2F7B3F2-B3F3B4F1B4F6-B4F7B5F1B5F5-B6F2B6F4B6F6-B6F9B7F3-B7F5B7F8-B7F9
Teamsters	B7F8
terrorism	B3F7B6F8-B7F1
textile industry	B7F5
Thailand	B7F1
Thurmond, Strom	B6F7
Tito, Josip Broz	B1F6
trade	B3F10B6F5-B6F9B7F6
traffic fatalities	B5F5
transportation	B6F9
Truman, Harry S.	B1F1-B2F7B3F2B3F4-B5F8B6F1-B6F2B6F4B7F6
Tshombe, Moise	B6F5
Turkey	B3F2
Tydings, Millard	B2F4B2F6
U.S. Postal Service	B1F3B2F5B6F6B6F8
U-2 incident	B6F7-B6F8
UFOs	B2F3
unions	B6F8
United Nations	B2F7-B3F1B3F3B3F9-B3F10B6F2B6F5B7F5B7F7-B7F9
urban affairs	B6F7
vacation	B5F4B5F6B7F2
Vaughan, Harry H .	B2F1B4F1
Videla, Gonzales	B2F5
Vietnam War	B6F8
Vishinsky, Andrey	B6F4
voting	B6F2
Wallace, George	B3F3
Ward, Angus	B1F8-B1F9B3F5
Warren, Earl	B4F3B4F5-B4F8
weather	B1F5B2F5B3F7B5F5B6F7
Yugoslavia	B3F2
Zedong, Mao	B3F9B6F4B6F7B7F8

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Harold Talburt Cartoons,

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