Collection inventory

Overview of the Collection
Creator:	TAD, 1877-1929
Title:	Tad Dorgan Cartoons
Inclusive Dates:	1914-1929
Quantity:	1 linear ft.
Abstract:	3 original cartoons from the newspaper comic panels Indoor Sports (circa 1920) and Outdoor Sports (1927).
Language:	English
Repository:	Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center

Biographical History

Thomas Aloysius Dorgan (1877-1929), famously known by his pen name "TAD", was an American cartoonist.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Tad Dorgan Cartoons collection contains 2 original cartoons from the newspaper comic panel Indoor Sports (circa 1920) and 1 original cartoon from the newspaper comic panel Outdoor Sports (1927). Panel cartoon: pen and ink on illustration board, approx. 8 ½ x 13 ½ in.

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Arrangement of the Collection

Cartoons are in chronological order by title.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Related Material

Special Collections Research Center has collections of over one hundred cartoonists. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a complete listing.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Tad Dorgan Cartoons,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Purchased, 1963.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: MD
Date: 25 Mar 2009
Revision history: 25 Mar 2009 - converted to EAD (MD); 6 May 2009 - revised (MD); 20 Jan 2012 - updated box types (MRC)

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Inventory

	Indoor Sports (2)
Oversize 1		"Talking about the swell time you're going to have so that the guy who just got a jury notice on the eve of his vacation can hear you" circa 1920
			dated "7-25" on front of cartoon, year not known
Oversize 1		"Playing billiards with a Wall St. nut whose friends come in an use up good time talking of hot tips" circa 1920
			dated "10-22" on front of cartoon, year not known

	Outdoor Sports (1)
Oversize 1		"Lamping the recruits as they line up to join the local vigilantes society" 18 September 1927

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