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Prints, drawings and posters from the Frank Rowe papers.
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Title:
Prints, drawings and posters from the Frank Rowe papersCreator/Contributor:
Rowe, Frank., creatorAbstract:
Includes original prints, drawings and posters. Subjects and themes of many works allude to freedom of expression, civil liberties,
civil rights, McCarthyism, contemporary United States politics, the Levering Oath (i.e. the Californka Loyalty Oath), Nazi
Germany, the Paris Commune, labor, and San Francisco street scenes. Other fine art pieces include landscapes, still lifes
and portraits, including a few self-portraits. Also includes posters promoting Rowe's book The Enemy Among Us; a John Beecher
reading; the First Ammendment; and the opening of the new Laney College. In addition to original works, several photocopies
of original works (many not included in the collection) are also present.
Date:
ca. 1970-ca. 1985 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caFreedom of speech -- California
Loyalty oaths -- California
Liberté d'expression -- Californie
Serments politiques -- Californie
Freedom of speech
Loyalty oaths
California
Constitution (United States)
United States. -- 1st Amendment.
Rowe, Frank -- Portraits
McCarthy, Joseph -- 1908-1957 -- Caricatures and cartoons
McCarthy, Joseph -- 1908-1957
Rowe, Frank
Note:
Signed, titled and/or dated by the artist: Frank Rowe.
Includes original prints and photostatic reproductions of prints and drawings.
Title devised by cataloger.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Transferred from the Frank Rowe papers (BANC MSS 96/66 c).
Copyright retained by the donors.
Gift ; Of Marguerite Rowe; 1996.
Frank Rowe was a first-year art teacher when, along with a small group of colleagues, he was fired by San Francisco State
College in 1950 for refusing to sign California's new anti-communist loyalty oath, the Levering Act. Rowe was barred from
teaching from 1950 until the California Supreme Court overturned the oath in 1967. His book The Enemy Among Us: A Story of
Witch-hunting in the McCarthy Era was published in 1980. Rowe also taught at Laney College in Oakland, Calif. Frank Rowe died
in 1985.
Type:
graphicCaricatures and cartoons.
Portraits.
Prints.
Drawings.
Posters.
Physical Description:
drawing
print
1 box and 5 oversize folders (ca. 130 prints, drawings and posters) : color ; 33 x 55 cm or smaller.
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Copyright retained by the donors.