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Title: Frank A. Chapman collection of Newspaper Political Cartoons
Date (inclusive): 1913-1984
Collection number: 1433
Creator:
Chapman, Frank A., 1909-1985
Extent:
12 document boxes (6 linear ft.)
Abstract: Newspaper political and popular cartoons dating from 1913-1984 collected by Frank A. Chapman. The majority of the collection
derives from the
Los Angeles Times and the
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. The collection contains the work of nationally syndicated cartoonists as well as Los Angeles-based cartoonists, including
several Pulitzer Prize winners. Interspersed throughout the collection are occasional newspaper articles and magazine cartoons.
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 the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. 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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Arnold Chapman to UCLA, 1985.
Processed by Erika Pérez in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Kelley Wolfe Bachli,
Summer 2008.
[Identification of item], Frank A. Chapman collection of Newspaper Political Cartoons (Collection 1433). UCLA Library Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4232676
Frank A. Chapman was born on November 18, 1909. He was an avid collector of political and popular cartoons, amassing materials
that ranged from 1913-1984 covering numerous topics including presidential administrations, political and popular culture,
social issues, sports, and foreign leaders. Frank Chapman died in September 1985 and was survived by his son Arnold Chapman
who generously donated his father's collection to the UCLA Library.
The collection consists of newspaper clippings amassed by Frank A. Chapman, the majority of cartoons consisting primarily
of images from the
Los Angeles Times and
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner ranging from 1913-1984. Mr. Chapman collected editorial cartoons covering numerous topics such as the presidential administrations
of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan. The collection also contains cartoons on a wide-range of political
and social issues including school busing, the arms race, nuclear technology, the environment, the Moscow Olympics boycott,
foreign leaders, and popular culture.
The collection includes the work of artists such as Jim Borgman, Paul Conrad, John Fischetti, Karl (Carl) Hubenthal, Interlandi,
Herbert "Herblock" Block, Guernsey LePelley, Jeff MacNelly, William "Bill" Mauldin, Patrick Oliphant, Steve Sack, Bill Schorr,
Doug Sneyd, Wayne Stayskal, and others, several having won Pulitzer Prizes for their work. Paul Conrad, one of the artists
whose work is featured in this collection, was a victim of Richard Nixon's famous "enemy" lists and Conrad's cartoons may
have led to his being audited by the IRS four years in a row.
One of the more historical aspects of the collection is a cartoon panel series by Charles H. Wellington entitled "And the
Worst is Yet to Come" dating from 1913-1916. The collection also contains a sprinkling of newspaper articles and popular comic
strips.
The collection has been organized thematically and arranged in alphabetical order at the folder level.
- Boxes 1-2: Jimmy Carter Administration
- Box 2: Cartoonists
- Box 3: Gerald Ford Administration; Government
- Box 4: Foreign Nations and Leaders
- Box 5: Richard Nixon Administration; Watergate
- Box 6: Political Figures
- Boxes 7-10: Political Topics
- Box 11: Popular Culture; Ronald Reagan Administration
- Box 12: Sports; Vietnam War
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Political cartoons.
Additional archival collections consisting of political or editorial cartoons housed at the Charles Young Research Library
Special Collections, UCLA: