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Finding aid created by: SK
Date: 18 Nov 2010
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| 18 Nov 2010 | created inventory (SK) |
| 25 May 2011 | Edited bio, scope; added subject and genre headings (AM) |
| 29 Sep 2015 | Carol Duncan gift added (MRC) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Crockett, Gib. |
| Title: | Gib Crockett Cartoons |
| Dates: | 1964-1975 |
| Quantity: | 1.5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Original editorial cartoons, sketches, memorabilia. |
| 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 |
Gib Crockett (1912-2000) was an American editorial cartoonist.
Gibson Crockett was born on September 18, 1912. He studied cartooning through a correspondence course and started working for the Washington Evening Star in 1933, under the direction of James Berryman. Initially Crockett drew illustrations, spot cartoons and sports cartoons. In the 1940s, his work began to alternate with James Berryman's on the editorial page. Eventually, Crockett replaced Berryman as editorial cartoonist in 1965 upon Berryman's retirement.
Crockett's illustrations promoting war bonds were recognized by the U.S. Treasury. He also received awards from the Freedoms Foundation and received the National Headliners Award (1957). A member of the American Art League of Washington, Crockett was also a painter.
Gib Crockett died at Montgomery General Hospital in Maryland on February 18, 2000.
The Gib Crockett Cartoons contains original artwork and a small amount of memorabilia.
Cartoons contains 12 editorial cartoons and one unfinished drawing for the Washington Star (previously known as the Washington Evening Star). Works vary in size and are often drawn with graphite, white pencil, crayon and ink. U.S. and international politics are the subjects of the editorial cartoons, including the Bobby Baker case, Ronald Reagan, Fidel Castro, Mao Zedong, communism and Pakistan.
Memorabilia, accumulated by Crockett's friend and fellow artist Francis C. Peters, contains a tribute to Crockett published in the 9 Feb 1975 issue of the Washington Star-News and several pieces of original artwork by him, including a caricature of Peters.
Items are arranged in chronological order.
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Special Collections Research Center has collections of more than 150 cartoonists. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a complete listing.
Persons
Castro, Fidel, 1926- -- Caricatures and
cartoons.
Crockett, Gib.
Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976 -- Caricatures and
cartoons.
Associated Titles
The Washington Evening Star.
Subjects
American wit and humor, Pictorial.
Caricatures and cartoons -- United
States.
Cartoonists -- United States.
Editorial cartoons -- United States.
World politics -- 1964-1966 -- Caricatures and
cartoons.
Places
United States -- Politics and government --
1964-1966 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Genres and Forms
Cartoons (humorous images)
Editorial cartoons.
Occupations
Cartoonists.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Gib Crockett Cartoons,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of David Norton, 1979.
Francis C. Peters memorabilia, gift of Carol Duncan, 2014.
Cartoons
Memorabilia
| Cartoons (13 items) | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Original art 1964 | ||||||||||
| Jul 13: "Laocoon": Barry Goldwater, Republican party | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Original art 1965 | ||||||||||
| Feb 26: "Never saw hide nor hair of him!": Jordan, Bobby Baker case May 18: "Out, damned spots! Out, I say!": Lennox Polk McLendon, Baker case, committee report May 26: "The world's most select committee": Senate ethics investigation Sep 22: "Here we go again!": Ronald Reagan, California Republican party Sep 21: "It's not as comfortable as it looks!": Lal Bahadur Shastri, China, famine, United Nations, Pakistan, world news Oct 21: "I've got my own rights to keep me wrong!": U.S. Constitution, Klu Klux Klan Dec 6: "Love me love my dogma!": Mao Zedong, Leonid Brezhnev, Marxism, Leninism: additional sketch of same title |
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| Oversize 1 | Original art 1966 | ||||||||||
| Mar 4: "It really isn't as dangerous as it looks!": Britain, Harold Wilson Mar 10: "If it hadn't been for me they'd be French - and it would serve them right!": Nelson's Pillar, Ireland Mar 16: "I just can't stand idiots!" Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, communism May 4: "But don't go near the water!": Senate ethics comittee, Thomas Dodd case, reform |
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| Memorabilia | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Francis C. Peters 1967, 1971, 1975 | ||||||||||
| Gift of Carol Duncan, 2014. | |||||||||||
| Peters was a friend and colleague of Crockett's. This folder, donated by Peters' daughter, contains a tribute to Crockett published in the Washington Star-News (9 Feb 1975) and three pieces of original artwork by Crockett: a sketch of an artist painting an image of the Washington Monument, a colored caricature portrait of Peters (1971), and a political cartoon entitled "Crime? What Crime?" which appeared in the Washington Star on 25 May 1967. | |||||||||||