Stuart McDonald Papers, 1923-2021
Collection Overview
Title: Stuart McDonald Papers, 1923-2021
Predominant Dates:1961-1968
ID: OGLMC390
Primary Creator: McDonald, Stuart (1931-2021)
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 J. McDonald, 90 of Loveland died October 2, 2021. Born in Grand Forks, ND, March 15, 1931.
Stuart attended St. Mary’s grade school, Central High School and the University of North Dakota. He was Vice-President of McDonald’s Clothing in Grand Forks and was active in civic and church affairs.
Stuart married his high school sweetheart, Marceda Wright, in 1951. The couple had three children.
In the early sixty’s McDonald began a series of editorial cartoons which were published every Sunday in the Grand Forks Herald and subsequently reprinted in a number of other North Dakota daily and weekly newspapers. He won three Honor Medals from the Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge for his cartoons.
McDonald was elected as a Republican to the North Dakota House of Representatives in 1966 and 1968.
He was Chairman of the North Dakota Republican Campaign Committee in 1968. In 1973 McDonald left McDonald’s Clothing to join the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Region VIII, Denver, as a Business and Industry Specialist in the Office of Public Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations. He returned to the private sector in 1981. From 1981 to 1986 he was Principal of Stuart McDonald and Associates, an Intergovernmental relations consulting firm in Denver. During this period, he did radio and television commercial work in the Denver market.
McDonald returned to North Dakota in 1986 as Chairman of the Jamestown/Stutsman County Business and Industrial Development effort. In 1990 he returned to Federal Service as a Public Affairs Specialist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Western Region, Denver. He retired from Federal Service in 2001. Marceda, his wife of fifty years, died that same year. In 2003 Stuart married Ann Pedrett in a private ceremony in Estes Park, Colorado. The couple moved to Newburgh, Indiana, in 2004, where he continued his political cartooning. The couple then moved to Loveland, CO in 2015, where Stuart began sculpting at the age of 85.
Stuart was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, John; sisters Dona, Marge and Ruth; and his wife, Marceda. He is survived by his wife Ann, three children: Terri Ames (Luke Boll), Newburgh, IN, Greg, Anchorage, AK, and Andrea (Shaun) Shahmardian, Ft. Collins, CO; three step-sons: Troy Pedrett (Tiffany), Dacono, CO, Anthony Pedrett (Jeab), Cairo, Egypt and Ben Pendrett (Gina), Longmont, CO and nine grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.
Services were held at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Loveland, CO on Thursday, October 9, 2021 at 10:30 a.m.
Inurnment will be at Calvary Cemetery in Grand Forks, ND at a future date."
Source: Grand Forks Herald: https://www.grandforksherald.com/obituaries/obits/7227252-Stuart-McDonald
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.
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],
[All]
- 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
- Item 1: The Forx (Grand Forks Central High School Yearbook), 1949
- 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"
- Item 1: 'Til Death Do Us Part, August 5, 1962
- Folder 1: Biographical Information, 1949-2021
- 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
- Folder 3: Editorial Cartoons by Stuart McDonald, July 30, 1961 - June 17, 1962
- Box 1
- 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
- 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
- Item 1: Barrow, Hank - "Travelers Meet Such Interesting People", 1954
- 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
- Item 1: Goldberg, Rube - "Shadow on His Chart", 1948
- Box 1
- 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.
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- 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
- Item 1: Famous Artists Cartoon Course, Lessons 1-10 (Orange Binder)
- 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
- Item 1: Art Instruction Schools Courses in: Advertising Art, Illustrating, Painting, and Cartooning, 1964
- Box 6
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Cartoons by Stuart McDonald, 1961-1968],
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