Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Cloyd Sweigert political cartoon
- Dates:
- 1930s
- Abstract:
- A political cartoon by artist Cloyd Sweigert.
- Containers:
- Folder: 1
- Extent:
- 0.001 Linear feet (1 folder)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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[Item title], Cloyd Sweigert political cartoon, (2008.057.r), Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives, Chapman University, CA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This item is an original political cartoon by artist, Cloyd Sweigert, depicting a Democrat mule in a tuxedo, smoking a cigarette in a long holder with the caption "California Democrats" on the tuxedo lapel.
This cartoon was originally the property of James Roosevelt.
- Biographical / historical:
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Born in the Santa Clara Valley on a farm near San Jose, CA on Feb. 20, 1897. Sweigert obtained a degree in agriculture from UC Berkeley in 1918 and served briefly in the Army in World War One. After a few years of farming, he worked in San Francisco for the News for seven years before becoming a socio-political cartoonist for the Chronicle in 1932, a position he held until retirement in 1955
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of James Roosevelt.
- Arrangement:
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This collection is arranged by material type.
- Physical location:
- Leatherby Libraries
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 06/01/2015
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2015-07-30T16:06-0700
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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There are no restrictions on the use of this material except where previously copyrighted material is concerned. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions.
- Preferred citation:
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[Item title], Cloyd Sweigert political cartoon, (2008.057.r), Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives, Chapman University, CA.
- Location of this collection:
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One University DriveOrange, CA 92866, US
- Contact:
- (714) 532-7719