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Stuart McDonald Papers, 1923-2003
Collection Overview
Title: Stuart McDonald Papers, 1923-2003
Predominant Dates:1961-1968
ID: OGLMC390
Primary Creator: McDonald, Stuart (1931-)
Extent: 9.75 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 12/07/1976. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Grand Forks - Newspapers, Politics and Government - Cartoons
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Stuart McDonald Papers have been divided into three series as follows:
Series 1: Cartoons by Stuart McDonald, 1961-1968
Series 2: Cartoons by Other Cartoonists, 1923-2003
Series 3: Cartooning Correspondence Courses
All of Stuart McDonald's cartoons have been digitized, and can be viewed at the UND Scholarly Commons.
Collection Historical Note
Stuart Joseph McDonald was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, on March 15, 1931. He graduated from Grand Forks Central High School in 1949, and was involved with the student newspaper, The Centralian, as well as the yearbook, The Forx. He also served two years on the student council, and acted as President during his senior year.
McDonald attended the University of North Dakota for two years, where he pledged for Alpha Tau Omega, and was a member of the Newman Club and student government. He married Marceda Ann Wright in Grand Forks on March 3, 1951. McDonald entered the United States Air Force on March 20, 1951, and served until April 1952. Following his return, he became Vice-President of the McDonald Clothing Company, located at 311 DeMers Avenue in Grand Forks.
McDonald was the editorial cartoonist for the Sunday edition of the Grand Forks Herald from 1961 until 1967. His cartoons also appeared in the North Dakotan magazine from 1965 until 1968. The only regularly published editorial cartoonist from the Dakotas, McDonald won three George Washington Honor Medals from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge.
McDonald was named Grand Forks Outstanding Young Man by the Grand Forks Jaycees in 1964. He was elected to a seat in the North Dakota House of Representatives as a Republican in 1966, and served two consecutive terms in office. He acted as president of the Greater Grand Forks Sertoma, and was also active in the Elks and the Knights of Columbus. He was chair of the retail merchant division of the Grand Forks Chamber of Commerce, and taught Principles of Retailing at the UND College of Business.
McDonald moved to Denver, Colorado, in 1973 to serve in the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He returned to North Dakota in 1981, to become director of the Jamestown-Stutsman County Business and Industrial Development Commission. McDonald moved back to Denver in 1991 when he became Head of the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Western Field Office. He retired in 2001.
Stuart and Marceda McDonald had three children: Teresa, Greg, and Andrea. Marceda McDonald died on September 1, 2001. Stuart McDonald married Ann Pedrett in 2003.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Additional material was donated by Stuart McDonald, Newburgh, Indiana: in May 2004 (Acc.2006-2811), on July 5, 2005 (Acc.2006-2810), on January 19, 2006 (Acc.2006-2812) and on July 7, 2006 (Acc.2006-2846).
Additional material was also donated by Robert McConn, Grand Forks, North Dakota, on June 29, 2006. At that same time, one cartoon was transferred from the Bryce Streibel Papers, OGLMC 1339 (Acc.2006-2822).
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: First Federal Savings and Loan Association, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Acquisition Method: Donation
Related Publications: The McDonald Book: A Collection of Editorial Cartoons by the Grand Forks Herald's Award Winning Cartoonist. By Stuart J. McDonald, 1963.
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Stuart McDonald Papers. OGLMC 370, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid migrated to Archon in September 2015.
Other URL: http://library.und.edu/holdings.php?id=ODIN_ALEPH006096948
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Cartoons by Stuart McDonald, 1961-1968],
[Series 2: Cartoons by Other Cartoonists, 1923-2003],
[Series 3: Cartooning Correspondence Courses],
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- Series 2: Cartoons by Other Cartoonists, 1923-2003
- The second series consists of Stuart McDonald's personal collection of cartooning books. Included 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. Also included are twenty one framed cartoons dating from 1923 to 1988. Many are originals, some are prints or posters, and most have been inscribed by the artist.
- Box 1
- Folder 10
- Item 1: Borgman, Jim - "President Reagan Rests Comfortably After Congressional Surgery on His Enlarged Budget", 1987
- inscribed original
- Item 2: Borgman, Jim - "I (Heart) Jamestown", 1988
- Item 3: Grondahl, Calvin - "Now How Did That Happen?"
(regarding attack on U.S.S. Stark in the Persian Gulf)
inscribed original
- Item 4: Keefe, Mike - "It Drives Me Crazy … They're Dormant for Months, Then, for a Week or Two in June They're Buzzing All Over the Place", 1979
(regarding the Colorado State Legislature)
inscribed original
- Item 5: Stein, Ed - "Old MacDonald Had a Farm", 1979
- inscribed original
- Item 6: Stein, Ed. - "Our Own Compromise Pollution Plan"
- inscribed original
- Item 1: Borgman, Jim - "President Reagan Rests Comfortably After Congressional Surgery on His Enlarged Budget", 1987
- Folder 11: Original hand-painted celluloid drawing used for the Walt Disney production 101 Dalmatians
- Folder 10
- Box 2
- Folder 13: Aguila, Dani. Taking Liberty With The Lady, 1986
- Inscribed to McDonald
- Folder 14: American Press Institute. Drawing Fire: The State of Political Cartooning, 1998
- Folder 15: Benson, Steve. Where Do You Draw The Line?, 1992
- Inscribed to McDonald, May 1, 1996
- Folder 16: Block, Herbert. Herblock: A Cartoonist's Life, 1998
- Inscribed to McDonald
- Folder 17: Block, Herbert. The Herblock Book, 1952
- Folder 18: Block, Herbert. Herblock's Here and Now, 1972
- Folder 19: Block, Herbert. Herblock's State of the Union, 1972
- Inscribed to McDonald
- Folder 20: Block, Herbert. Straight Herblock, 1964
- Folder 13: Aguila, Dani. Taking Liberty With The Lady, 1986
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Borgman, Jim; The Great Communicator, 1985
- Inscribed to McDonald
- Folder 2: Borgman, Jim. Smorgasborgman, 1982
- Folder 3: Brooks, Charles. Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 1992 Edition
- Folder 4: Brooks, Charles. Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 1993 Edition
- Inscribed to McDonald by various artists
- Folder 5: Brooks, Charles. Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 2000 Edition
- Folder 6: Cartoonists Guild, The. The Art in Cartooning: Seventy-five Years of American Magazine Cartoons, 1975
- Folder 7: Chase, John. Today's Cartoon, 1962
- Folder 8: Conrad, Paul; Drawn and Quartered, 1985
- Inscribed to McDonald
- Folder 9: Darling, Jay N; As Ding Saw Herbert Hoover, 1996
- Folder 10: Editors of Foreign Press Association. A Cartoon History of US Foreign Policy: 1776-1976, 1975
- Folder 11: Editors of Foreign Press Association. A Cartoon History of US Foreign Policy: Since World War I, 1967
- Folder 12: Fitzpatrick, D.R.. As I Saw It, 1953
- Inscribed to McDonald, October 1953
- Folder 13: Fitzpatrick, D.R.. The Packing House Cartoons, as published in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, July 8-13, 1952
- Folder 14: Kallaugher, Kevin. Drawn From the Economist, 1988
- Inscribed to McDonald, June 25, 1991
- Folder 15: Keefe, Mike. Keefe Kabab, 1984
- Inscribed to Stuart and Marceda McDonald
- Folder 16: Keller, Morton; The Art and Politics of Thomas Nast, 1968
- Folder 17: Lange, Jim. Lange, 1994
- Inscribed to McDonald
- Folder 18: Lariar, Lawrence. Best Cartoons of the Year: 1962
- Folder 19: Lariar, Lawrence. Best Cartoons of the Year: 1964
- Folder 20: Lariar, Lawrence. Best Cartoons of the Year: 1966
- Folder 21: Lendt, David L. Ding: The Life of Jay Norwood Darling, 1984
- Inscribed to McDonald
- Folder 1: Borgman, Jim; The Great Communicator, 1985
- 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
- Folder 2: Low, David. Low's Cartoon History: 1945-1953, 1953
- Folder 3: Mauldin, Bill. Back Home, 1947
- Folder 4: Mauldin, Bill. I've Decided I Want My Seat Back, 1961
- Folder 5: Mauldin, Bill. What's Got Your Back Up?, 1961
- Folder 6: McCutcheon, John T. Drawn From Memory: The Autobiography of John T McCutcheon, 1950
- Folder 7: McDermott, William F. "God Guides My Pen": The Story of "Shoes", undated
- -inscribed to McDonald by Vaughn Shoemaker
- Folder 8: City of Montreal. Fourth International Salon of Cartoons 1967
Includes press release announcing winners and amount of prizes
McDonald's "Infant's Message to Man" on page 49
- Folder 9: National Cartoonists Society; President Eisenhower's Cartoon Book, 1956
- Folder 10: Ohman, Jack. Drawing Conclusions: A Collection of Political Cartoons, 1987
- inscribed to McDonald
- Folder 11: Ohman, Jack. Fishing Bass-Ackwards, 1991
- Inscribed to McDonald along with a letter from the author, July 18, 1994
- Folder 12: Oliphant, Pat. An Informal Gathering, 1978
- Inscribed to McDonald, 1978
- Folder 13: Oliphant, Pat. Four More Years, 1973
- Inscribed to McDonald, August 1973
- Folder 14: Oliphant, Pat. Make My Day!, 1985
- Folder 15: Oliphant, Pat with Harry Katz. Oliphant's Anthem: Pat Oliphant at The Library of Congress, 1998
- Folder 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
- Folder 17: Schulz, Charles M. Good Ol' Charlie Brown, 1957
- Inscribed to McDonald
- Folder 18: Schulz, Charles M. Peanuts, 1952
- Inscribed to McDonald
- Folder 19: Shoemaker, Vaughn. '43 and '44 A.D., 1944
- Inscribed to McDonald
- Folder 20: Spencer III, Dick. Editorial Cartooning, 1949
- Folder 1: Long, Scott. Hey! Hey! LBJ or…He Went Away and Left the Faucet Running!, 1969
- Box 5
- Folder 1: Stein, Ed. Denver Square: We Need a Bigger House!, 2003
- inscribed to McDonald, January 2003
- Folder 2: Stein, Ed. Stein's Way: Editorial Cartoons by Ed Stein, 1983
- inscribed to Stuart and Marceda McDonald
- Folder 3: Stein, Ed. Stein's Way: Editorial Cartoons by Ed Stein, 1983
- inscribed to McDonald
- Folder 4: Trostle, J.P.. Attack of the Political Cartoonists: Insights and Assaults from Today's Editorial Pages, 2004
- Folder 5: Wright, Don. Wright on Target, undated
- Folder 6: Duffy, Brian. A Decade of Duffy's: Editorial Cartoons by Brian Duffy, 1994
- Folder 7: The Image of America in Caricature and Cartoon. Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1975
- Folder 1: Stein, Ed. Denver Square: We Need a Bigger House!, 2003
- Separated Materials :
- Placed on the shelves adjacent to the collection
- Item 1: Berry, Jim - "Berry's World", 1987
11 3/16 in. x 9 3/16 in.
Inscribed original
- Item 2: Block, Herbert - "Hung Jury", 1965
18 3/4 in. x 16 3/4 in.
inscribed print
- Item 3: Borgman, Jim - "I (Heart) Jamestown", 1988
15 5/8 in. x 13 1/8 in.
original
- Item 4: Borgman, Jim - "On the Creative Process", 1985
27 1/4 in. x 23 5/8 in.
inscribed poster
- Item 5: Burck, Jacob - "Backlash"
17 3/4 in. x 14 1/4 in.
inscribed original
- Item 6: Darling, Jay Norwood "Ding" - "In Good Old U.S.A.", 1923
25 in. x 19 1/4 in.
inscribed print
- Item 7: Duffy, Edmund - "Last Summer, I Only Had an Election to Worry Me!", undated
24 3/16 in. x 20 1/8 in.
original
- Item 8: Fitzpatrick, Daniel R - "Dangerous Game of Dictatorship", July 26, 1953
14 3/4 in. x 11 3/4 in.
inscribed print
- Item 9: Fitzpatrick, Daniel R - "Oil is Only Part of the Picture in Iran", 1926
20 5/8 in. x 17 1/8 in.
inscribed original
- Item 10: Goldberg, Rube - "Shadow on His Chart", 1948
20 11/16 in. x 17 1/8 in.
inscribed original from December 1953
- Item 11: Hirschfeld, Al - "Untitled" (Caricature of The McLaughlin Group), undated
21 in. x 17 in.
print, signed and numbered
- Item 12: Holland, Ed - "Ever Going to See the Light of Day Again?", 1950
18 in. x 16 1/2 in.
inscribed original
- Item 13: Holland, Ed - "Ever Going to See the Light of Day Again?", 1950
10 13/16 in. x 9 3/4 in.
color print
- Item 14: Long, Scott - "Pain Reliever", 1962
17 1/2 in. x 13 1/4 in.
inscribed original
- Item 15: Oliphant, Pat - "Gas: Limit 3 Gals. Per Customer", 1973
16 1/8 in. x 21 3/16 in.
inscribed original
- Item 16: Parrish, Joe - "Carrying the Day at Lake Success", 1950
19 1/8 in. x 17 1/8 in.
inscribed original
- Item 17: Parrish, Joe - "Carrying the Day at Lake Success", 1950
10 3/4 in. x 9 1/2 in.
color print
- Item 18: Raymond, Alex - "Rip Kirby", 1953
8 in. x 22 1/2 in.
inscribed original
- Item 19: Schulz, Charles - "Peanuts", April 12, 1956
7 3/8 in. x 29 7/16 in.
inscribed original
- Item 20: Shoemaker, Vaughn - "Uncle Doesn't Walk the Plank Easily", undated
23 1/8 in. x 19 1/8 in.
inscribed original
- Item 21: Stein, Ed - "C'mon In! The Water's Fine!", 1981
11 7/8 in. x 11 7/8 in.
inscribed original from January 8, 1982
- Item 1: Berry, Jim - "Berry's World", 1987
- Box 1
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Cartoons by Stuart McDonald, 1961-1968],
[Series 2: Cartoons by Other Cartoonists, 1923-2003],
[Series 3: Cartooning Correspondence Courses],
[All]