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Arrangement
Title: Edwin Eugene Herron drawings
Date (inclusive): circa 1968-1979
Collection Number: 2004C49
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
7 manuscript boxes
(2.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: American artist working under the name Copain. Depicts world leaders and revolutionaries. Used to illustrate the journal Intercontinental
Press.
Creator:
Herron, Edwin Eugene, 1907-1984
Creator:
Intercontinental Press
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2004.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Edwin Eugene Herron drawings, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
The artist Edwin Eugene Herron was born in Chinook, Montana, in 1907, and died in Fort Bragg, California, in 1984. Herron
produced the artwork in this collection under the pen name Copain. He was a lifelong friend of Joseph Hansen and voluminous
correspondence between Herron and Hansen will be found in the Joseph Hansen Papers in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
The Edwin Eugene Herron Drawings were donated to the Hoover Institution Library & Archives by the Anchor Foundation in 2004.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Edwin Eugene Herron Drawings consist of original line drawings appearing as illustrations in Intercontinental Press, a
journal published in New York from 1963 to 1986 on behalf of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International, and edited
until his death in 1979 by Joseph Hansen. From 1963 to 1968 its title was World Outlook. Almost all of the drawings are caricatures
of contemporary world leaders and other public figures, and are frequently satirical in nature. The drawings are undated but
are predominantly or entirely from the late 1960s and from the 1970s.
Arrangement
Arranged in a single alphabetical series by country.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Drawing
Revolutionaries -- Pictorial works
Statesmen -- Pictorial works