ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
3051 UNIVERSITY AVENUE STOP 9000
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202-9000

STUART MCDONALD PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL #390 (addition)

DATES: 1944-2003

SIZE: 8.25 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: This addition to the Stuart McDonald Papers was deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Stuart McDonald, Newburgh, Indiana, on January 19, 2006 (Acc.# 2006-2812).

ACCESS: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This addition to the Stuart McDonald Papers dates from 1944 to 2003, and consists of original copies of the North Dakotan, Stuart McDonald's personal collection of cartooning books, and lessons from two correspondence cartooning programs.

The 35 original copies of the North Dakotan date from May 1965 to September 1968. Each issue includes a Stuart McDonald editorial cartoon. Four issues feature a McDonald cartoon as the cover. Some of these cartoons were also published in the Grand Forks Herald.

Stuart McDonald's personal collection of cartooning books includes works authored by or about other cartoonists. There are compilations of a single cartoonist's work, anthologies containing cartoons by various artists, and biographies of distinguished cartoonists. Many of the books have been inscribed to McDonald by the authors. McDonald's cartoon "Infant's Message to Man" is included on page 49 of the Fourth International Salon of Cartoons 1967. Also, his cartoon titled "My Son, My Son" is included on page 15 of A Nation Grieved: The Kennedy Assassination in Editorial Cartoons.

Also included in this addition are lessons from two correspondence cartooning programs. McDonald participated in The Famous Artists Cartoon Course from 1960 to 1962; included are lesson books, McDonald's coursework, and feedback from the instructors. The second correspondence cartooning program is the Art Instruction Schools Courses in Advertising Art, Illustrating, Painting, and Cartooning. There is no indication that McDonald participated in this program.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 2
Folder
North Dakotan

  1. North Dakotan; 1965 issues:
    May 1965; "Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears the Crown": page 4
    June 1965; "Our Job: Stop that Car!": page 4
    July 1965; "Floating on a Cloud": page 4
    August 1965; "The Top of the Nation": page 4
    September 1965; "Will it Stand?": page 4
    October 1965; "He was Driving!": page 4
    November 1965; "Bipartisan Problem: Design Winning Candidates": page 4
    December 1965; "To Men of Good Will: Peace": page 4
  2. North Dakotan; 1966 issues:
    February 1966; "My, How You've Grown": page 4
    March 1966; "I Refuse to Become Involved in Politics": page 4
    April 1966; "Down Again - Up Again": page 4
    May 1966; "Untitled (Candidates needed by the Hundred)": cover
    June 1966; "Crop Erosion": page 4
    July 1966; "Summertime in North Dakota": page 4
    September 1966; "The Drive Gear of Government": page 4
    November 1966; "Legislative Roadmap '67": cover
    December 1966; "The Infant's Message to Mankind": page 4
  3. North Dakotan; 1967 issues:
    February 1967; "Where East Meets West": page 4
    March 1967; "Instant Replay": page 4
    April 1967; "The Land Has Also Produced an Uncommon Variety of Man": cover
    May 1967; "The Good Life": page 4
    June 1967; "A Well Irrigated Crop": page 4
    August 1967; "No Smog, No Riots, No Congestion, North Dakota": page 4
    September 1967; "Representative Government?": page 4
    October 1967; "Greater North Dakota Assn 42nd Annual Meeting": page 4
    November 1967; "Father, We Give Thee Thanks!": cover
  4. North Dakotan; 1968 issues:
    February 1968; "Start of New Season": page 4
    March 1968; "That Small Lonesome Feeling": page 4
    April 1968; "The Heavy Burden": page 4
    May 1968; "The Sword in the Stone": page 4
    June 1968; "Harness That Energy": page 4
    August 1968; "I'm too busy. Fore!": page 4
    September 1968; "The Common Enemy": page 4

McDonald's Personal Collection of Cartooning Books

  1. Aguila, Dani; Taking Liberty With The Lady, 1986
    -inscribed to McDonald
  2. American Press Institute; Drawing Fire: The State of Political Cartooning, 1998
    -letter from American Press Institute re: gift of this book
  3. Benson, Steve; Where Do You Draw The Line?, 1992
    -inscribed to McDonald, May 1, 1996
  4. Block, Herbert; Herblock: A Cartoonist's Life, 1998
    -inscribed to McDonald
  5. Block, Herbert; The Herblock Book, 1952
  6. Block, Herbert; Herblock's Here and Now, 1972
  7. Block, Herbert; Herblock's State of the Union, 1972
    -inscribed to McDonald
  8. Block, Herbert; Straight Herblock, 1964

Box 3
Folder

  1. Borgman, Jim; The Great Communicator, 1985
    -inscribed to McDonald
  2. Borgman, Jim; Smorgasborgman, 1982
  3. Brooks, Charles; Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 1992 Edition
  4. Brooks, Charles; Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 1993 Edition
    -inscribed to McDonald by various artists
  5. Brooks, Charles; Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 2000 Edition
  6. Cartoonists Guild, The; The Art in Cartooning: Seventy-five Years of American Magazine Cartoons, 1975
  7. Chase, John; Today's Cartoon, 1962
  8. Conrad, Paul; Drawn and Quartered, 1985
    -inscribed to McDonald
  9. Darling, Jay N; As Ding Saw Herbert Hoover, 1996
  10. Editors of Foreign Press Association, A Cartoon History of US Foreign Policy: 1776-1976, 1975
  11. Editors of Foreign Press Association, A Cartoon History of US Foreign Policy: Since World War I, 1967
  12. Fitzpatrick, D.R.; As I Saw It, 1953
    -inscribed to McDonald, October 1953
  13. Fitzpatrick, D.R.; The Packing House Cartoons, as published in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, July 8-13, 1952
  14. Kallaugher, Kevin; Drawn From the Economist, 1988
    -inscribed to McDonald, June 25, 1991
  15. Keefe, Mike; Keefe Kabab, 1984
    -inscribed to Stuart and Marceda McDonald
  16. Keller, Morton; The Art and Politics of Thomas Nast, 1968
  17. Lange, Jim; Lange, 1994
    -inscribed to McDonald
  18. Lariar, Lawrence; Best Cartoons of the Year: 1962
  19. Lariar, Lawrence; Best Cartoons of the Year: 1964
  20. Lariar, Lawrence; Best Cartoons of the Year: 1966
  21. Lendt, David L; Ding: The Life of Jay Norwood Darling, 1984
    -inscribed to McDonald

Box 4
Folder

  1. Long, Scott; Hey! Hey! LBJ or…He Went Away and Left the Faucet Running!, 1969
    -inscribed to Stuart and Marceda McDonald
  2. Low, David; Low's Cartoon History: 1945-1953, 1953
  3. Mauldin, Bill; Back Home, 1947
  4. Mauldin, Bill; I've Decided I Want My Seat Back, 1961
  5. Mauldin, Bill; What's Got Your Back Up?, 1961
  6. McCutcheon, John T; Drawn From Memory: The Autobiography of John T McCutcheon, 1950
  7. McDermott, William F; "God Guides My Pen": The Story of "Shoes", no publication date
    -inscribed to McDonald by Vaughn Shoemaker
  8. Montreal, City of; Fourth International Salon of Cartoons 1967
    -press release announcing winners and amount of prizes
    -includes McDonald's "Infant's Message to Man" on page 49
  9. National Cartoonists Society; President Eisenhower's Cartoon Book, 1956
  10. Ohman, Jack; Drawing Conclusions: A Collection of Political Cartoons, 1987
    -inscribed to McDonald
  11. Ohman, Jack; Fishing Bass-Ackwards, 1991
    -inscribed to McDonald
    -letter from author, July 18, 1994
  12. Oliphant, Pat; An Informal Gathering, 1978
    -inscribed to McDonald, 1978
  13. Oliphant, Pat; Four More Years, 1973
    -inscribed to McDonald, August 1973
  14. Oliphant, Pat; Make My Day!, 1985
  15. Oliphant, Pat with Harry Katz; Oliphant's Anthem: Pat Oliphant at The Library of Congress, 1998
  16. Rajski, Captain Raymond B; A Nation Grieved: The Kennedy Assassination in Editorial Cartoons, 1967
    -includes McDonald's "My Son, My Son!", page 15; along with letter from Tom Fagan, with Charles E. Tuttle Publishing Company, to McDonald regarding the inclusion of his cartoon
  17. Schulz, Charles M; Good Ol' Charlie Brown, 1957
    -inscribed to McDonald
  18. Schulz. Charles M; Peanuts, 1952
    -inscribed to McDonald
  19. Shoemaker, Vaughn; '43 and '44 A.D., 1944
    -inscribed to McDonald
  20. Spencer III, Dick; Editorial Cartooning, 1949

Box 5
Folder

  1. Stein, Ed; Denver Square: We Need a Bigger House!, 2003
    -inscribed to McDonald, January 2003
  2. Stein, Ed; Stein's Way: Editorial Cartoons by Ed Stein, 1983
    -inscribed to Stuart and Marceda McDonald
  3. Stein, Ed; Stein's Way: Editorial Cartoons by Ed Stein, 1983 (2nd copy)
    -inscribed to McDonald
  4. Trostle, J.P.; Attack of the Political Cartoonists: Insights and Assaults from Today's Editorial Pages, 2004
  5. Wright, Don; Wright on Target, no publication date

Box 6
Cartooning Correspondence Courses

  1. Famous Artists Cartoon Course, Lessons 1 - 10 (Orange Binder)
    Letter to McDonald from Edwin Eberman, Director of the Famous Artists School: July 21, 1960
    Introduction
    Lesson 1: The Comic Head
    - Letter from instructor Randall Enos; February 17, 1960
    - Lesson 1 assignments with comments from Enos
    Lesson 2: The Comic Figure
    - Letter from instructor William D. Feeny; March 14, 1960
    - Lesson 2 assignments with comments from Feeny
    Lesson 3: Inking the Head and Figure
    - Letter from instructor William D. Feeny; March 31, 1960
    - Lesson 3 assignments with comments from Feeny
    Lesson 4: The Head in Detail
    - Letter from instructor Feeny; April 21, 1960
    - Lesson 4 assignments with comments from Feeny
    Lesson 5: The Figure in Detail
    - Letter from instructor Feeny; May 4, 1960
    - Lesson 5 assignments with comments from Feeny
    Lesson 6: Anatomy
    - Letter from instructor Feeny; May 17, 1960
    - Lesson 6 assignments with comments from Feeny
    Lesson 7: Pretty Girls
    - Letter from instructor Bernard Thompson; June 2, 1960
    - Lesson 7 assignments with comments from Thompson
    Lesson 8: Action and the Figure
    - Letter from instructor Feeny; June 21, 1960
    - Lesson 8 assignments with comments from Feeny
    Lesson 9: Clothes and Folds
    - Letter from instructor Thompson; July 25, 1960
    - Lesson 9 assignments with comments from Thompson
    Lesson 10: Special Types
    - Letter from instructor Peter Wells; August 12, 1960
    - Lesson 10 assignments with comments from Wells
  2. Famous Artists Cartoon Course, Lessons 11 - 19 (Yellow Binder)
    Lesson 11: Drawing in the Panel
    - Letter from instructor Warren Sattler; September 7, 1960
    - Lesson 11 assignments with comments from Sattler
    Lesson 12: Form
    - Letter from instructor Feeny; October 5, 1960
    - Lesson 12 assignments with comments from Feeny
    Lesson 13: Perspective
    - Letter from instructor Feeny; November 18, 1960
    - Lesson 13 assignments with comments from Feeny
    Lesson 14: Light and Shade
    - Letter from instructor Feeny; February 8, 1961
    - Lesson 14 assignments with comments from Feeny
    Lesson 15: Props and Backgrounds
    - Letter from Edwin Eberman, Director of Famous Artists School, praising assignments and progress; March 17, 1961
    - Letter from instructor Bernard Thompson; March 16, 1961
    - Lesson 15 assignments with comments from Thompson
    Lesson 16: Animals
    - Letter from instructor Peter Wells; April 12, 1961
    - Lesson 16 assignments with comments from Wells
    Lesson 17: Kids
    - Letter from instructor Wells; May 22, 1961
    - Lesson 17 assignments with comments from Wells
    Lesson 18: Lettering
    - Flyer: "Meet Your Instructor…William D. Feeny"
    - Letter from instructor Feeny; June 30, 1961
    - Lesson 18 assignments with comments from Feeny
    Lesson 19: Rube Goldberg
    - Flyer: "Meet Your Instructor…Barney Thompson"
    - Letter from instructor Thompson; July 28, 1961
    - Lesson 19 assignments with comments from Thompson
  3. Famous Artists Cartoon Course, Lessons 20 - 24 (Green Binder)
    Brochure about Famous Artists School
    - McDonald noted his grades above the synopsis of each lesson; pages 22 and 23
    Lesson 20: Milton Caniff
    - Letter from instructor Wells; October 12, 1961
    - Lesson 20 assignments with comments from Wells
    Lesson 21: Al Capp
    Lesson 22: Harry Haenigsen
    Lesson 23: Willard Mullin
    Lesson 24: Gurney Williams
    Index for all lessons
    Letter from instructor Bernard Thompson re: final assignments, progress throughout program, and completion of program; June 6, 1962
    - Lesson 21 - 24 assignments with comments from Thompson

Box 7

  1. 1. Art Instruction Schools Courses in: Advertising Art, Illustrating, Painting, and Cartooning; 1964

    Intro
    Pencil Drawing
    Colored Pencil
    Ink Drawing
    Transparent Wash
    Opaque Wash
    Basic Color
    Charcoal
    Form
    Figure Drawing
  2. 2. Art Instruction Schools Courses Continued (Second Binder); 1964
    Drawing from Nature
    Drawing Objects
    Perspective
    Animal Drawing (2 copies)
    Drapery and Clothing (2 copies)
  3. 3. Art Instruction Schools; Minneapolis, Minnesota
    Anatomy of Cartooning; 1969
    Creating Your Cartoon; 1970
    Cartoon Techniques; 1971
    - McDonald noted "Learn to Draw FIRST"; page 9
    Developing Your Cartoon; 1970
    Specialized Cartooning; 1970
    Cartoons in Advertising; 1970
Preface to The McDonald Book by Scott Long Original donation
First addition: 1923-1988 Second addition: 1961-1967
Third addition: 1944-2003 Fourth addition: 1962-1967
Fifth addition: 1975-1994  

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