Stuart McDonald Papers, 1923-2021

Collection Overview

Abstract

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Cartoons by Stuart McDonald, 1961-1968

The first series consists of editorial cartoons created by Stuart McDonald for the Grand Forks Herald and the North Dakotan from 1961 to 1968. Through his cartoons, McDonald explored a myriad of local, state, national and international issues. The first box contains his original, hand-drawn cartoons, which measure 11x14 inches. The second box contains the printed cartoons which were clipped by McDonald, mounted on heavy paper, and arranged chronologically in three ring binders. McDonald also noted if these cartoons were featured in any other publication, if the cartoons received any awards, or if the original cartoon was given as a gift. McDonald also included any letters to the editor regarding his cartoons.

All of Stuart McDonald's cartoons have been digitized, and can be viewed at the UND Scholarly Commons.

Box 1

Folder 1: Biographical Information, 1949-2021

Item 1: The Forx (Grand Forks Central High School Yearbook), 1949

Item 2: Register of North Dakota Veterans, World War II, 1941-1945, and Korean Conflict, 1950-1953

Item 3: Lawmakers of North Dakota, 1967 and 1969

Item 4: Marceda McDonald obituary, Grand Forks Herald, 4 September 2001

Item 5: "Former Herald cartoonist donates his collection to UND: Reception today will feature the work of Stuart McDonald." Grand Forks Herald, 8 July 2004

Item 6: Promotional flyer for Stuart McDonald Art (2 copies), circa 2016

Features Stuart McDonald's sculptures

Item 7: Photographs, correspondence, and a magazine article regarding "Master Healer" a series of outdoor sculptures created by Victor Issa in Altamonte Springs, Florida, 2019-2020

Stuart McDonald served as the model for the figure of Nicodemus. The bust of McDonald that Issa created is on display in the Special Collections Reading Room.

Item 8: Stuart McDonald obituary, Grand Forks Herald, October 2021

Folder 2: July 1961-July 1962

Folder 3: August 1962-August 1963

Folder 4: August 1963-July 1964

Folder 5: August 1964-July 1965

Folder 6: North Dakotan, 1965-1967

Folder 7: August 1965-July 1966

Folder 8: August 1966-July 1967

Folder 9: Individual cartoons:

Item 1: 'Til Death Do Us Part, August 5, 1962

Inscription: "To my friend Bob McConn with best wishes"

Item 2: Can It Happen Again?, September 30, 1962

Inscription: "To Bernie McConn with every best wish"

Item 3: Second Class Citizen, April 3, 1966

Inscription: "To Bob McConn – a special friend – with best wishes"

Item 4: The Monster and the Strategists, January 15, 1967

Inscription: "To friend Bryce Streibel with all best wishes"

Box 2

Folder 3: Editorial Cartoons by Stuart McDonald, July 30, 1961 - June 17, 1962

Folder 4: Editorial Cartoons by Stuart McDonald, June 24, 1962 - June 2, 1963

Folder 5: Editorial Cartoons by Stuart McDonald, June 9, 1963 - May 31, 1964

Folder 6: Editorial Cartoons by Stuart McDonald, June 7, 1964 - May 30, 1965

Folder 7: Editorial Cartoons by Stuart McDonald, June 6, 1965 - April 24, 1966

Folder 8: Editorial Cartoons by Stuart McDonald, May 1, 1966 - July 30, 1967

Folder 9: North Dakotan, 1965

Folder 10: North Dakotan, 1966

Folder 11: North Dakotan, 1967

Folder 12: North Dakotan, 1968

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

Folder 11: Original hand-painted celluloid drawing used for the Walt Disney production 101 Dalmatians

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

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

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

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

Oversize Folder 1

Item 1: Barrow, Hank - "Travelers Meet Such Interesting People", 1954

13 x 16"

Inscribed original

Item 2: Berry, Jim - "Berry's World", 1987

11 3/16 in. x 9 3/16 in.

Inscribed original

Item 3: Block, Herbert - "Hung Jury", 1965

18 3/4 in. x 16 3/4 in.

inscribed print

Item 4: Borgman, Jim - "I (Heart) Jamestown", 1988

15 5/8 in. x 13 1/8 in.

original

Item 5: Borgman, Jim - "On the Creative Process", 1985

27 1/4 in. x 23 5/8 in.

inscribed poster

Item 6: Burck, Jacob - "Backlash"

17 3/4 in. x 14 1/4 in.

inscribed original

Item 7: Darling, Jay Norwood "Ding" - "In Good Old U.S.A.", 1923

25 in. x 19 1/4 in.

inscribed print

Item 8: Duffy, Edmund - "Last Summer, I Only Had an Election to Worry Me!", undated

24 3/16 in. x 20 1/8 in.

original

Item 9: Fitzpatrick, Daniel R - "Dangerous Game of Dictatorship", July 26, 1953

14 3/4 in. x 11 3/4 in.

inscribed print

Item 10: Fitzpatrick, Daniel R - "Oil is Only Part of the Picture in Iran", 1926

20 5/8 in. x 17 1/8 in.

inscribed original

Oversize Folder 2

Item 1: Goldberg, Rube - "Shadow on His Chart", 1948

20 11/16 in. x 17 1/8 in.

inscribed original from December 1953

Item 2: Hirschfeld, Al - "Untitled" (Caricature of The McLaughlin Group), undated

21 in. x 17 in.

print, signed and numbered

Item 3: Holland, Ed - "Ever Going to See the Light of Day Again?", 1950

18 in. x 16 1/2 in.

inscribed original

Item 4: Holland, Ed - "Ever Going to See the Light of Day Again?", 1950

10 13/16 in. x 9 3/4 in.

color print

Item 5: Long, Scott - "Pain Reliever", 1962

17 1/2 in. x 13 1/4 in.

inscribed original

Item 6: Oliphant, Pat - "Gas: Limit 3 Gals. Per Customer", 1973

16 1/8 in. x 21 3/16 in.

inscribed original

Item 7: Parrish, Joe - "Carrying the Day at Lake Success", 1950

19 1/8 in. x 17 1/8 in.

inscribed original

Item 8: Parrish, Joe - "Carrying the Day at Lake Success", 1950

10 3/4 in. x 9 1/2 in.

color print

Item 9: Raymond, Alex - "Rip Kirby", 1953

8 in. x 22 1/2 in.

inscribed original

Item 10: Schulz, Charles - "Peanuts", April 12, 1956

7 3/8 in. x 29 7/16 in.

inscribed original

Item 11: Shoemaker, Vaughn - "Uncle Doesn't Walk the Plank Easily", undated

23 1/8 in. x 19 1/8 in.

inscribed original

Item 12: 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

Series 3: Cartooning Correspondence Courses

The final series includes lessons from two correspondence cartooning programs. McDonald participated in the Famous Artists Cartoon Course from 1960 to 1962; included are lesson books, McDonald's coursework, and feedback from the instructors. The second correspondence cartooning program is the Art Instruction Schools Courses in Advertising Art, Illustrating, Painting, and Cartooning. There is no indication that McDonald participated in this program.

<h3 align="CENTER"> </h3>

Box 6

Item 1: Famous Artists Cartoon Course, Lessons 1-10 (Orange Binder)

Lesson 1: The Comic Head; Lesson 2: The Comic Figure; Lesson 3: Inking the Head and Figure; Lesson 4: The Head in Detail; Lesson 5: The Figure in Detail; Lesson 6: Anatomy; Lesson 7: Pretty Girls; Lesson 8: Action and the Figure; Lesson 9: Clothes and Folds; Lesson 10: Special Types

Item 2: Famous Artists Cartoon Course, Lessons 11 - 19 (Yellow Binder)

Lesson 11: Drawing in the Panel; Lesson 12: Form; Lesson 13: Perspective; Lesson 14: Light and Shade; Lesson 15: Props and Backgrounds; Lesson 16: Animals; Lesson 17: Kids; Lesson 18: Lettering; Lesson 19: Rube Goldberg

Item 3: Famous Artists Cartoon Course, Lessons 20 - 24 (Green Binder)

Lesson 20: Milton Caniff; Lesson 21: Al Capp; Lesson 22: Harry Haenigsen; Lesson 23: Willard Mullin; Lesson 24: Gurney Williams; Index for all lessons; Letter from instructor Bernard Thompson regarding final assignments, progress throughout program, and completion of program: June 6, 1962

Box 7

Item 1: Art Instruction Schools Courses in: Advertising Art, Illustrating, Painting, and Cartooning, 1964

Intro; Pencil Drawing; Colored Pencil; Ink Drawing; Transparent Wash; Opaque Wash; Basic Color; Charcoal; Form; Figure Drawing

Item 2: Art Instruction Schools Courses in: Advertising Art, Illustrating, Painting, and Cartooning, 1964

Drawing from Nature; Drawing Objects; Perspective; Animal Drawing; Drapery and Clothing

Item 3: Art Instruction Schools

Anatomy of Cartooning: 1969; Creating Your Cartoon: 1970; Cartoon Techniques: 1971; Developing Your Cartoon: 1970; Specialized Cartooning: 1970; Cartoons in Advertising: 1970