Ed Holland Cartoons, 1965-1969
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Holland, Daniel Edward.
- Abstract:
- Original color editorial cartoons and proofs.
- Extent:
- 1.75 linear ft.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Ed Holland Cartoons,
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Ed Holland Cartoons are divided into 2 series: Cartoons and Proofs.
Cartoons consists of 54 original editorial cartoons. Of particular interest is that these cartoons (except for one) were done in color. The cartoons in this particular collection do not address events or politics specific to Chicago but instead focus on national and foreign affairs including the Vietnam War and President Lyndon Johnson's social programs. Worth noting is Holland's harsh criticism of college students involved with demonstrations and left-wing student groups and several cartoons depicting this appear in this collection. Holland also often used a recurring Uncle Sam character. On undated cartoon in black ink with an inscription to Gladys Clements is also included.
Holland used watercolor, ink and pencil to draw the cartoons on illustration board. The Chicago Tribune published cartoons on the front page of the paper in color, therefore it is likely that is where these cartoons appeared. Notations about specific dates or days of the week appear in pencil on the front of the cartoon. Engraver stamps on the back list dates that differ from the dates on the front of the cartoons (typically preceding the date on the front as the engraver most likely received the cartoon in advance of its publication). For purposes of this inventory, dates appearing on the front have been used to date the individual cartoons except where noted.
There are also 21 color Proofs of cartoons published in the Chicago Tribune during 1966. All but one proof lists the specific date the cartoon appeared. Five of the proofs were printed on newsprint.
- Biographical / historical:
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Daniel Edward Holland (1918-2009), commonly known as Ed Holland, was an American editorial cartoonist.
Ed Holland was born in Guthrie, Kentucky on February 2, 1918. He attended David Lipscomb College (formerly the Nashville Bible School) from 1936 to 1938, followed by two years at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts (1938-1939). Holland would later teach at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts for many years.
Holland worked only a few years as directorial cartoonist for the Nashville Banner (1939-1941) before being called away to service as a lieutenant with the United States Army Air Force during World War II. Holland received several decorations for his service during which he participated in the invasions of Italy and Sicily. Upon his return from service in 1945, Holland began his tenure with the Chicago Tribune after Carey Orr selected him to fill the position left by John T. McCutcheon's retirement, joining Orr and John Parrish with all three sharing the responsibility of creating 14 cartoons a week. With the exception of one four year stint with the Washington Times-Herald (1950-1954), Holland remained with the Chicago Tribune throughout the duration of his career. Holland was promoted to chief editorial cartoonist at the Tribune in 1972, a position he held until his retirement in 1975.
During his career, Holland received numerous citations from the Freedoms Foundation (certificate of merit 1949; medals 1950-51 and 1958), and his cartoons were featured many times, in color, on page one of the Chicago Tribune.
Daniel Edward Holland died on August 18, 2009.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Ed Holland , 1967-1969.
- Arrangement:
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The cartoons and proofs are arranged in chronological order.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Art -- Cartoonists
American wit and humor, Pictorial.
Caricatures and cartoons -- United States.
Cartoonists -- United States.
Cartoonists -- Illinois.
College students -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Demonstrations -- -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Editorial cartoons -- United States.
Student movements -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
World politics -- 1945-1989 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Cartoonists.
Cartoons (humorous images)
Editorial cartoons.
Proofs (printed matter) - Names:
- United States. Congress -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Holland, Daniel Edward.
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 -- Caricatures and cartoons. - Places:
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969 -- 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.
academic freedom B1F5 Albania B1F6 anti-missile systems B1F6 Berlin Wall B1F1 Brezhnev, Leonid Ilyich B1F3 China B1F6 college students B1F1B1F3B1F5-B1F6 communism B1F6-B1F7 Congress B1F2B1F4B1F6-B1F7 cost of living B1F3B1F6 crime B1F5 criminals B1F4 Cuba B1F1 Democratic Party B1F5 demonstrations B1F1B1F3B1F6 Dominican Republic B1F1 drug use B1F5 Egypt B1F7 farming B1F1 foreign policy B1F7 Freeman, Orville B1F1 Ghandi, Indira B1F2 Great Society B1F1-B1F2 Harriman, W. Averell B1F4 transportation B1F7 Ho Chi Minh B1F2-B1F4B1F6-B1F7 Humphrey, Hubert B1F5 India B1F2 inflation B1F3B1F6-B1F7 Israel B1F3B1F7 Japan B1F7 Johnson, Lyndon Baines B1F1-B1F5 Kennedy, Robert F. B1F3 Kennedy, Ted B1F6 labor B1F3 Latin America B1F1B1F3 MacArthur, Douglas B1F4 McCarthy, Eugene B1F5 McNamara, Robert B1F2 Medicaid B1F6 Medicare B1F6 Middle East B1F3 Nixon, Richard M. B1F4-B1F5B1F7 Panama Canal B1F3 patriotism B1F3 peace B1F2B1F4B1F6-B1F7 Percy, Charles H. B1F6 pollution B1F7 Reagan, Ronald B1F4-B1F5 Republican Party B1F4-B1F5 Rockefeller, Nelson B1F4-B1F5 Romney, George W. B1F4 Russia B1F3B1F6 Shriver, Sargent B1F3 space exploration B1F3B1F6 taxes B1F3B1F6 Thant, U. B1F3B1F5 trade B1F3 United Nations B1F3 USS Pueblo B1F4 Vance, Cyrus B1F4 Vietnam War B1F2-B1F7 violence B1F4 War on Poverty B1F3 Yugoslavia B1F6
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- Preferred citation:
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Ed Holland Cartoons,
- Location of this collection:
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Special Collections Research CenterSyracuse University LibrariesBird Library, Room 600Syracuse, NY 13244, United States
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- 315.443.2697scrc@syr.edu