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Herron (Edwin Eugene) drawings
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  • 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.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    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