Bob Stevens Papers, 1966-1970.
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Stevens, Bob, 1923-1994.
- Abstract:
- 135 original editorial cartoons, printed material and an engraving plate (with a copy of the cartoon).
- Extent:
- 2.83 linear ft.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Bob Stevens Papers,
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Bob Stevens Papers (1966-1970) contain primarily original editorial cartoons.
The Cartoons series (1966-1970) is comprised of 135 original editorial cartoons drawn by Stevens for syndication through Copley Newspapers. The cartoons typically bear two dates: one on the front indicating the day on which the cartoon was to appear and a stamped date on the back listing the day the engraver received the cartoon prior to publication. For the purpose of this finding aid, the date on the front of the cartoon has been used where possible. Note that cartoons dating to 1970 are stamped with an engraving date of "1960".
The cartoons were drawn primarily with ink and crayon on illustration board with dot screening. Many pieces from 1969 and 1970 (see Oversize Box 3) were created on Grafix paper. Captions and dates appear in pencil. Dimensions vary but the majority of the cartoons measure 11" x 14".
Printed material contains one copy of the Copley Press from Winter 1969.
The Engraving plate is of Stevens' cartoon about the death of Walt Disney (1966). It shows Mickey Mouse in a spotlight with a tear running down his cheek. A 8"x10" copy of the cartoon is included.
- Biographical / historical:
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Robert Merrill Stevens (1923-1994), commonly known as Bob Stevens, was an American cartoonist and illustrator.
Bob Stevens, born in Iowa in 1923, became interested in drawing at age seven and graduated from Syracuse University with a B.A. Stevens joined the Air Force, as a pilot, and served for 22 years before retiring in 1964. During his military career, Stevens contributed cartoons to the Army Times and Stars and Stripes.
His comic strip, Clementine, distributed by the Lew Little Syndicate debuted in July 1965. He joined Copley Newspapers (publishers of the San Diego Union Tribune) as an editorial cartoonist and his cartoons appeared in 300 papers. In 1972 he left Copley to pursue freelance work. Stevens, influenced by his Air Force career, was also known for his aviation cartoons which appeared in Private Pilot magazine in the 1970s and 1980s and in Professional Pilot. His published books include: There I Was, Flat On My Back (1968) and More There I Was (1974). He also served as the cartoon editor for Trailer Life Publications.
Stevens was a member of the National Cartoonists Society. He received five Freedoms Foundation awards and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
Bob Stevens died in 1994.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Bob Stevens , 1967-1970.
- Arrangement:
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Cartoons are arranged in chronological order.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Art -- Cartoonists
American wit and humor, Pictorial.
Caricatures and cartoons -- United States.
Cartoonists -- United States.
Cold War -- Caricatures and cartoons.
College students -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Demonstrations -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Editorial cartoons -- United States.
Peace -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
World politics--1965-1975 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Cartoonists.
Cartoons (humorous images)
Editorial cartoons.
Printing plates. - Names:
- Copley Press, inc.
Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Stevens, Bob, 1923-1994. - Places:
- China -- Politics and government -- 1949-1976 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1945-1991 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974 --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.
Africa B1F1 anarchy B2F4 anti-missile systems B2F2B3F1B3F5 Argentina B1F2 armed forces B1F4B3F5 Asia B1F4-B1F5B2F5 auto industry B3F5 Berlin Wall B1F3 birth control B2F6 Brezhnev, Leonid Ilyich B1F3B1F5B2F2B3F1B3F5 Britain B1F1B1F3 Bulgaria B2F4 Cambodia B2F3B3F3-B3F4 Castro, Fidel B1F1B1F5 Chile B3F5 China B1F1-B1F3B1F5-B2F1B2F3B3F3 college students B2F1B3F2B3F4-B3F5 common market B1F5B2F2 communism B1F5B3F2B3F5 Congress B2F1B2F3-B2F4B3F4-B3F5 crime B2F2-B2F3B3F1 Cuba B1F1B1F5 Czechoslovakia B2F4-B2F5B3F1 de Gaulle, Charles B1F1-B1F5B2F2-B2F3B2F5-B2F6 demonstrations B2F2B3F3B3F5 Dirksen, Everett B1F3 draft B2F2 drug use B1F2B2F1-B2F2B3F2 education B3F2 Eisenhower, Dwight B2F4B2F6 elections B1F4-B1F5 Erhard, Ludwig B1F5 Europe B2F6-B3F1 Food and Drug Administration B1F2 food prices B1F2 foreign aid B1F3B2F4 Formosa B1F5 France B3F2 Fulbright, J. William B1F2B3F3 Germany B1F5B2F5B3F1 gold reserve B2F2-B2F3 government spending B2F3 Great Society B2F1-B2F2 Gromyko, Andrei B1F4 hate B2F3 hijackings B3F2-B3F3 Hitler, Adolph B2F4 Ho Chi Minh B1F3 Humphrey, Hubert B2F3B2F5 Hungary B2F4 Illia, Arturo Umberto B1F2 India B1F1 Indonesia B1F1 inflation B1F4B2F4B3F3 isolationism B3F2 Johnson, Lyndon Baines B1F2B1F5-B2F4B2F6 Jordan B3F5 Kennedy, Robert F. B2F3 Kent State University B3F5 Kosygin, Alexey B1F2B1F3B1F5 Ky, Nguyen Cao B1F2-B1F3 Latin America B2F6 liberty B3F4 Libya B3F2 LSD B1F2B2F1 Malaysia B1F3B1F5 May Day B2F2 McCarthy, Eugene B2F3 McNamara, Robert B1F4B2F1-B2F2 Meir, Golda B3F5 Middle East B2F2B2F6B3F4 military industrial complex B3F1 Nasser, Gamal Abdel B2F4B3F4-B3F5 nationalism B1F5 NATO B1F1-B1F2B2F4 nature B3F4 Nixon, Richard M. B2F4B2F6B3F3B3F5 North Korea B2F6 nuclear weapons B2F6 Pakistan B1F1 peace B1F1B1F3-B1F4B2F3-B2F6B3F5 Peru B2F6 Philippines B1F5 Poland B3F1 pollution B3F1B3F3B3F5 Poor People's Campaign B2F4 prisoners of war B3F3 protesters B2F2B3F2B3F5 Rhodesia B1F1-B1F2 riots B2F2-B2F3 Romania B3F1 Russia B1F1-B1F3B2F2-B2F3 Sihanouk, Norodom B2F3B3F3 Smith, Ian B1F1 smut B2F1 South America B3F5 Soviet Union B1F1B1F3B2F3-B2F5B3F1B3F4-B3F5 space exploration B1F1B3F4 strikes B1F2 Suez Canal B3F4 Sukarno B1F1B1F3 Supreme Court B2F1 Syria B3F5 taxes B2F1B2F3-B2F4B2F6B3F3 terrorism B3F4-B3F5 Thailand B1F5 Thant, U. B2F1 U.S. Postal Service B2F4 United Auto Workers B3F5 United Nations B1F4B3F5 USS Pueblo B2F3B2F6 Vietnam War B1F1-B2F3B2F5-B3F4 voting B3F4 Warren, Earl B3F1 welfare B2F2B3F3B3F5 Wilson, Harold B1F1B1F3B1F5B2F2 World War II B2F2B3F3 Zedong, Mao B1F1-B1F2B1F4-B1F5
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Bob Stevens Papers,
- Location of this collection:
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