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Title: Louis Raemaekers reproductions of World War I political cartoons
Date (inclusive): ca. 1914-1918
Collection number: 1196
Creator:
Raemaekers, Louis, 1869-1956.
Extent:
3 oversize boxes
Abstract: Louis Raemaekers (1869-1956) was a cartoonist and painter primarily known for his portrayal of World War I in the Dutch newspaper
Telegraaf. His publications include
Another Peace Conference (1912),
America in the War (1918), and
Raemaekers's Cartoon History of the War (1918-19). The collection consists of reproductions of anti-German political cartoons originally published in the Netherlands.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the
creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Processed by Heather Lowe in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser,
August 2011.
[Identification of item], Louis Raemaekers reproductions of World War I political cartoons (Collection 1196). UCLA Library
Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233637
Raemaekers was born on April 6, 1869 in Roermond, Netherlands and received his States diploma from the Art School of Amsterdam
in 1891. He became the director of the Art and Craft School in 1895 and went on to work as a professor at the Horticultural
High School (1896), the Agricultural High School (1898), and the Ryks Hoogere Burger School (1899) in Wageningen. In 1913
he gave up teaching to become a cartoonist. He published more than a thousand cartoons during WWI. He was decorated as an
Officier Legion d'Honneur (France), Chevalier Ordre de Leopold, Commander of the Order of the Crown (Belgium), and Officer
of the Order of Orange Nassau (Netherlands). His publications include
Another Peace Conference (1912),
The Great War: a Neutral's Indictment (1916),
America in the War (1918), and
Raemaekers's Cartoon History of the War (1918-19). He died in 1956.
Collection consists of reproductions of anti-German political cartoons originally published in the Netherlands by Raemaekers
during World War I. Includes 114 mounted cartoons with captions in English attached to the backs, and 90 unmounted cartoons,
mainly duplicates.
Items are arranged by plate number.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Raemaekers, Louis, 1869-1956--Archives.
Cartoonists--Netherlands.
World War, 1914-1918 --Netherlands --Propaganda --Pictorial works.
Propaganda, Anti-German --Netherlands --Pictorial works.
World War, 1914-1918 --Caricatures and cartoons.
Cartoons.