John Fischetti cartoon collection, ca. 1967-1980

 

Descriptive Inventory for the Collection at Chicago History Museum, Research Center

By Libby Broadus and Leigh Moran, 2003

 

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Title: John Fischetti cartoon collection, ca. 1967-1980.

Main entry: Fischetti, John R.

Span dates: ca. 1967-1980

Size:

call# 1990.0834 PPL

ca. 288 cartoons : ink drawings ; 15 x 19 in. and smaller.

ca. 285 cartoon proofs : photomechanical print ; 15 x 19 in. and smaller.

ca. 80 positive photostats ; 10 x 14 in. and smaller.

ca. 9 negative photostats ; 10 x 14 in. and smaller.

 

 

Provenance: Gift of Karen Fischetti (1990.834).

Storage: Box Lot (7 boxes). Call number: 1990.834 PPL

 

Collection is organized by media, size and date.

 

Summary description of the collection:

Original cartoon drawings, proofs, and photostats by editorial cartoonist Fischetti who worked for the Chicago Sun-Times (in the 1970s) and also for the New York Herald Tribune and the Chicago Daily News. Topics include social issues, the Vietnam War, inflation, racism, foreign relations, and national and local politicians, such as Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley and U.S. presidents Lyndon Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter and their policies.

 

Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the John Fischetti collection of visual materials, which also contains cartoons (1988.0384), and the John R. Fischetti papers. Other repositories also hold Fischetti collections, including the Columbia College Chicago Library, which has digitized many visual items.

 

List of contents of the collection:

box 1 of 7: (17 x 21 in.)

folders:

1          Informational Cards from a J. Fischetti exhibit

2          Original cartoons, undated

3          Original cartoons, undated

4          Original cartoons, undated

5          Original cartoons, 1980

6          Original cartoons, 1979

7          Original cartoons, 1979

8          Original cartoons, 1978

9          Original cartoons, 1978

10        Original cartoons, 1978

 

box 2 of 7: (17 x 21 in.)

folders:

1          Original cartoons, 1967

2          Original cartoons, 1967

3          Original cartoons, 1967

4          Original cartoons, 1967

5          Original cartoons, 1966

6          Original cartoons, 1966

7          Original cartoons, 1965

8          Original cartoons, 1965

9          Original cartoons, 1964

10        Original cartoons, 1964

11        Original cartoons, 1963

 

box 3 of 7: (17 x 21 in.)

folders:

1          Original cartoons, 1972

2          Original cartoons, 1972

3          Original cartoons, 1971

4          Original cartoons, 1970

5          Original cartoons, 1969

6          Original cartoons, 1969

7          Original cartoons, 1969

8          Original cartoons, 1968

9          Original cartoons, 1968

10        Original cartoons, 1968

11        Original cartoons, 1975

12        Original cartoons, 1973

 

box 4 of 7: (17 x 21 in.)

folders:

1          Positive Photostats, undated

2          Political cartoons, undated

3          Positive Photostats, 1964-1969

4          Photostats, 1962-1968

5          Positive Photostats, 1970-1980

6          Original cartoons, 1968, 1971, 1977

7          Political cartoons, 1973-1974

8          Original cartoons, 1976

9          Proofs, 1962-1967

10        Original cartoons, 1977

11        Original cartoons, 1977

12        Original cartoons, 1977

13        Original cartoons, 1977

14        Original cartoons, 1974

 

box 5 of 7: (21 x 25 in.)

folders:

1          Original art on board, 1962

2          Original art on board, 1962

3          Original art on board, 1962

4          Original art on board, 1962

5          Original art on board, 1962

6          Original art on board, undated

 

box 6 of 7: (21 x 25 in.)

folders:

1          Original art on board, 1973

2          Original art on board, 1972

3          Original art on board, 1968

4          Original art on board, 1967

5          Original art on board, 1965

6          Original art on board, 1964

7          Original art on board, 1963

8          Original art on board, 1962

 

box 7 of 7: (12 x 15 in.)

folders:

1          Miscellaneous proofs

2          Miscellaneous drawings

3          Proofs, 1967

4          Proofs, 1968-69

5          Proofs, 1971

6          Proofs, 1972

7          Proofs, 1973

8          Proofs, 1974

9          Proofs, 1975

10        Proofs, 1976

11        Proofs, 1977

12        Proofs, 1979

13        Proofs, 1980

14        Proofs, 1980

 

List of online catalog headings for this collection:

Carter, Jimmy, 1924-

Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976

Fischetti, John R.

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-

Cartoonists -- Illinois -- Chicago.

Economic & social conditions -- United States.

International relations -- United States.

Mayors -- Illinois -- Chicago.

Politics & government -- United States.

Presidential elections -- United States.

Presidents -- United States.

Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975

Presidents -- United States -- Election

United States -- Economic conditions

United States -- Foreign relations

United States -- Politics and government

Photostats.

Proofs.

Cartoons.

Ink drawings.

Photomechanical prints.

Tear sheets.