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.