John M. Baer Papers, 1916-1923, 1940, 1969, undated

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Box 1

Folder 1: Newspaper Clippings

Item 1: "John M. Baer, Once N.D. Congressman, Still Active at 83" by Jack Hagerty, Grand Forks Herald, October 8, 1969

Item 2: "Caricaturist Who Cartooned Self Into Congress and Then Out Again Still Powerful Figure at Capital" by Charles Stewart.  Undated

Item 3: Cartoon: "The Man Who Monopolizes the Bridge", undated

Folder 2: Fifteen political cartoons from the early Nonpartisan years (1916-1920), as well as two pictures of Baer

Some of the cartoons are identified as being from the Nonpartisan Leader, although most are unidentified.  The cartoons were reproduced on photograph paper.

Folder 3: Photocopied political cartoons from Minnesota Leader :  1918

Item 1: "This Crime Must Not be Committed", February 16, 1918

Item 2: "Why Not Watch the Bunghole?", March 2, 1918

Item 3: "A Scarecrow That Scares Nobody", March 9, 1918

Item 4: "How the Plot Started", March 9, 1918

Item 5: "Two Important Announcements", April 20, 1918

Item 6: "When the Crowd Pushes Together the Load Moves", May 25, 1918

Item 7: "Cooking Up Another Mess", August 24, 1918

Item 8: "'Class Against Class;' Who Divides Them?", September 14, 1918

Item 9: "Holding Up the Reconstruction Coach", November 30, 1918

Folder 4: Photocopied political cartoons from Minnesota Leader : 1919

Item 1: "Time to Cut it Down", February 22, 1919

Item 2: "How They Vote", March 15, 1919

Item 3: "New View of the Farmer", May 10, 1919

Item 4: "Ready for Action", May 24, 1919

Item 5: "After the Leader's Exposure", June 7, 1919

Item 6: "Keeping the Issue Clear", June 14, 1919

Item 7: "Slave Market of Babylon", June 21, 1919

Item 8: "Sheathing the Sword", June 28, 1919

Item 9: "Equal Opportunities", August 9, 1919

Item 10: "Welcome Home", October 14, 1919

Item 11: "Blindfolding the Victim", November 8, 1919

Item 12: "The Scandinavian American", November 8, 1919

Item 13: "Hopeless", November 15, 1919

Item 14: "Proving His 'Friendship'", December 6, 1919

Folder 5: Photocopied political cartoons from Minnesota Leader : 1920

Item 1: "Pulling Out a Tooth", April 24, 1920

Item 2: "The Original Organized 'Class Movement'", May 29, 1920

Item 3: "Keep the Prices Soaring", June 5, 1920

Item 4: "Elect Men Who Can Resist This", June 19, 1920

Item 5: "Close the Gate", August 24, 1920

Item 6: "The Wrestlers", October 16, 1920

Item 7: "Licked? Not Yet!", December 4, 1920

Item 8: "Co-Operation in Wisconsin", December 4, 1920

Item 9: "Why is the Wolf Interested?", December 18, 1920

Item 10: "A Burning at the Stake in Minnesota", December 18, 1920

Folder 6: Photocopied political cartoons from Minnesota Leader : 1921

Item 1: "The Next Logical Step", January 1, 1921

Item 2: "Camouflage", January 15, 1921

Item 3: "Not Till You Clean It Out!", January 20, 1921

Item 4: "Curses!", January 21, 1921

Item 5: "Sympathetic", January 29, 1921

Item 6: "Not Much Incentive", February 26, 1921

Item 7: "Then and Now", March 12, 1921

Item 8: "Sick - From His Own Pipe!", March 26, 1921

Item 9: "Buried Treasure", April 23, 1921

Item 10: "Punctured!", May 21, 1921

Item 11: "Why You Should Buy", June 4, 1921

Item 12: "Farmer and Laborer Use Their Own Money Now", June 18, 1921

Item 13: "Busy Bees Gather Honey - Drone Eats it Busily", July 30, 1921

Item 14: "Up Ye Leaguers and At 'Em", August 13, 1921

Item 15: "The Dollar Shrinks to Four Bits", August 21, 1921

Folder 7: Photocopied political cartoons from Minnesota Leader : 1922-1923

Item 1: "A Worried Patient", January 28, 1922

Item 2: "The Kellogg Vaudeville", March 25, 1922

Item 3: "'Radio' May Lead to This", May 6, 1922

Item 4: "Minnesota the Next in Line", October 30, 1922

Item 5: "Shipstead is a Lincoln American", October 30, 1922

Item 6: "Johnson Needed at the Gate", July 14, 1923

Folder 8: Original, hand-drawn cartoons

Item 1: Regarding the Nonpartisan Platform and Senator Frazier, undated

Item 2: "Lemke is Always Right!", 1940

Item 3: Regarding the Resignation of Senator Vare

Item 4: "Trying to Make a Jackass of Congress," Regarding the Frazier-Lemke Petition, drawn for the Farmer's Union

Item 5: "He Will See It Yet," Regarding Farm Board "Triple A" Parity Prices

Item 6: "New South," Regarding the Southern Labor Conference Program, drawn for Labor

Item 7: "Isn't That a Bright Idea?" Regarding GOP Chairman Lucas, drawn for Labor

Item 8: "Over There and Over Here," Regarding the Perception of Peace and Safety in the United States vs. Europe, Drawn for Labor

Item 9: "The Deflation of the Old Guard (One of Mellon Art Treasures)," Regarding the Old Guard of the GOP, Presented as a Crippled Person, Drawn for Labor

Item 10: "The Big Squeeze!" Regarding the Consumer Being Squeezed by Rent and Food Profiteers, Drawn for Labor

Item 11: "A Difficult Stunt," Regarding the Head of the Family Attempting to Survive Between Two Forces, a Rent Boost and an Increase in the Cost of Living, Drawn for Labor

Item 12: "Not Where He Should Be! Where He Should Be!" Regarding "The Way It Is," Views of Two Possible Treatments of Black Marketers in the United States, Life in Prison, or Life in a Mansion, Drawn for Labor

Item 13: "His First Obligation! His Place Here!" Regarding Congress' Job to Combat Unemployment and Meet Preparedness, Rather Than Worrying About Re- election. Drawn for Labor

Item 14: "Where the Shoe Pinches!" Regarding the Problem of Low Wages and the Road to Recovery and Better Times. Drawn for Labor

Folder 9: Coolidge hobby horse cartoon from Labor (Washington, DC), 21 February 1925