ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

JOHN M. BAER PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL #719 (addition)

DATES: unknown

SIZE: 1 oversize box

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: This addition to the John M. Baer Papers was deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Art Wood, Washington, D. C., on December 5, 1986 (Acc#86-1490).

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

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The addition to the collection includes twelve of John M. Baer's original cartoons, nine drawn for the national railroad union newspaper, Labor, which Baer joined in 1920 after his defeat for Congress. The cartoons are undated.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 2
Cartoons

1. Regarding the Resignation of Senator Vare.
2. "Trying to Make a Jackass of Congress," Regarding the Frazier-Lemke Petition, drawn for the Farmer's Union.
3. "He Will See It Yet," Regarding Farm Board "Triple A" Parity Prices.
4. "New South," Regarding the Southern Labor Conference Program, drawn for Labor.
5. "Isn't That a Bright Idea?" Regarding GOP Chairman Lucas and the Contentinons Between the Progressive and the Old Guard Factions of the GOP, drawn for Labor.
6. "Over There and Over Here," Regarding the Perception of Peace and Safety in the United States vs. Europe, Drawn for Labor.
7. "The Deflation fo the Old Guard (One of Mellon Art Treasures)," Regarding the Old Guard of the GOP, Presented as a Crippled Person, Drawn for Labor.
8. "The Big Squeeze," Regarding the Consumer Being Squeezed by Rent and Food Profiteers, Drawn for Labor.
9. "A Difficult Stunt," Regarding the Head of the Family Attemptin to Survive Between the Two Forces, a Rent Boost and an Increase in the Cost of Lifing, Drawn for Labor.
10. "Not Where He Should Be! Where He Should Be!" Regarding "The Way It Is," Views of Two Possible Treatmeants of Black Marketers in the United States, Life in Prison, or Life in a Mansion, Drawn for Labor.
11. "His First Obligation! His Place Here!" Regarding Congress' Job to Combat Unemployment and Meet Prepardedness. Rather Than Worrying About Re- election. Drawn for Labor.
12. "Where the Shoe Pinches!" Regarding the Problem of Low Wages and the Road to Recovery and Better Times. Drawn for Labor.

The following cartoons were removed from the William Lemke Papers and placed in the John M. Baer Papers, on September 27, 1988.

13. "Bill Stood by Us, We'll Stand by Him."
14. Regarding the Nonpartisan Platform and Senator Frazier.

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