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Descriptive Summary of the Collection
Scope and Content of the Collection
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Inventory of the John Fischetti Papers, 1942-1995
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Pamela Olson and Alison Hinderliter, 2004. ©2004. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Fischetti, John R. |
| Title | John Fischetti Papers |
| Dates | 1942-1995, |
| Extent | 12 cubic ft. (1 box and 28 oversize boxes) |
| Abstract | Political cartoons and assorted miscellaneous items (clippings, photographs, correspondence, etc.) of Pulitzer Prize-winning artist John Fischetti. Fischetti worked for several newspapers and magazines during his long career, including Coronet, Esquire, the Chicago Sun, the New York Herald Tribune, the Chicago Daily News, and the Chicago Sun-Times. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS Fischetti |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 39 10-11 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
John Fischetti Papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift of Karen Fischetti, Sept. 10, 1998, with subsequent donations from Joseph E. Geshwiler, 2005-2006.
Processed by
Aaron Gordon, 2000-2003; and Pamela Olson, 2004
Acknowledgements
This inventory was created with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this inventory do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Access
The John Fischetti Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The John Fischetti Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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Biography of John Fischetti
John Fischetti was born in Brooklyn, New York on Sept. 27, 1916, the youngest in an Italian family of four children. His urge to draw developed early and, in fact, he graduated from the Pratt Technical Institute before earning his high school diploma. After graduation he went to California and worked for the Disney Studio. Eye strain forced him to give up animation and he moved to Chicago where he began working for Coronet and Esquire magazines. When Marshall Field started the Chicago Sun and bought up the Coronet/Esquire syndicate, Fischetti began doing political cartoons for the Sun; however, World War II intervened and he spent the latter part of it cartooning for Stars and Stripes. When his Sun job was no longer available after the war, he moved to New York and joined Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and then the New York Herald Tribune. It folded in 1966 and he moved back to Chicago and the Chicago Daily News, where he was given complete autonomy to choose his styles and topics. Fischetti was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1968. After the Daily News ceased publication in 1978, he finished his career at the Chicago Sun-Times. John Fischetti died on Nov. 18, 1980.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
Political cartoons and sketches by John Fischetti, along with awards, newspaper clippings, and photographs pertaining to his life and work.
The bulk of the collection consists of original political cartoons by John Fischetti which were published in the newspapers the Chicago Daily News, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the New York Herald-Tribune. The cartoons cover international and national issues, with a large number focusing on the Soviet Union, the Vietnam War, the Nixon and Carter presidencies, inflation, human rights, and social problems.
In addition to the political cartoons, there is a small amount of miscellaneous material by and about Fischetti. Included are newspaper articles about awards he won, his life, and death; photographs of Fischetti at work and with friends; sketches, and smaller cartoons. There are also several cartoons by other artists including Jim Borgman, Morrie Brickman, Johnny Hart, Wayne Stayskal, Bill Yates, and Jim Yepo. Along with these are two poster-size cards to Fischetti, featuring cartoons by Al Hainke and Jack Jordan, and signed by employees at the Daily News.
Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.
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Organization
Papers are organized in the following series:
- Series 1: Political Cartoons, 1962-1980. Box(es) 1-27
- Series 2: Miscellaneous, 1942-1995 . Box(es) 28-29
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- Borgman, Jim
- Brickman, Morrie, 1917-1994
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
- Chicago sun-times
- Chicago Daily News, Inc.
- Ford, Gerald R., 1913-
- Hainke, Al
- Hart, Johnny
- Jordan, Jack
- New York Herald Tribune
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-
- Reagan, Ronald
- Stayskal, Wayne
- Yates, Bill
- Yepo, Jim
Subjects
- Cartoonists -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Clippings
- Correspondence
- Economic & social conditions -- United States -- Caricatures and cartoons
- Editorial cartoons
- International relations -- United States -- Caricatures and cartoons
- Manuscripts, American--Illinois--Chicago
- Photographs
- Political cartoons
- Presidential elections -- United States -- Caricatures and cartoons
- Presidents -- United States -- Caricatures and cartoons
- Sketches
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1962-1980 -- Caricatures and cartoons
- Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Caricatures and cartoons
- World politics -- Caricatures and cartoons -- History -- 20th Century
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Container List
Series 1: Political Cartoons, 1962-1980 |
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| Political cartoons by John Fischetti, arranged by topic and size. Topics include international relations between countries such as China, Iran, France, Germany, the Soviet Union, the United States, and Vietnam. Topics covering national affairs include politics, presidents Nixon, Carter, Ford, and Reagan, the economy, the military, civil rights, urban problems, and labor issues. Includes oversize works, as indicated. See Boxes 25-27. | |||||||||||
| Arranged by size, and alphabetically by topic thereunder. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1-13 | International Relations - Africa, n.d., 1964-1977 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14-31 | International Relations - China, see also Oversize, n.d., 1964-1977, | |||||||||
| 1 | 32-44 | International Relations - Cuba, see also Oversize, n.d., 1963-1980 | |||||||||
| 1 | 45-52 | International Relations - Egypt, n.d., 1967-1977 | |||||||||
| 1 | 53-62 | International Relations - France, Nos. 1-10, see also Oversize, n.d., 1963-1964 | |||||||||
| 2 | 63-89 | International Relations - France, Nos. 11-37, see also Oversize, 1964-1969 | |||||||||
| 2 | 90-95 | International Relations - General European Issues, see also Oversize, 1964-1969 | |||||||||
| 2 | 96-110 | International Relations - General International Issues, see also Oversize, 1963-1978 | |||||||||
| 2 | 111-116 | International Relations - Germany, see also Oversize, n.d., 1965-1972 | |||||||||
| 2 | 117-131 | International Relations - Great Britain and Ireland, see also oversize, 1963-1976 | |||||||||
| 3 | 132-142 | International Relations - Greece, n.d., 1967-1973 | |||||||||
| 3 | 143-150 | International Relations - India, see also Oversize, 1967-1980 | |||||||||
| 3 | 151-162 | International Relations - Iran, 1978-1980 | |||||||||
| 3 | 163-178 | International Relations - Israel, see also Oversize, 1967-1980 | |||||||||
| 3 | 179-180 | International Relations - Italy, 1976 | |||||||||
| 3 | 181-197 | International Relations - Kissinger, Henry, Nos. 1-17, 1971-1975 | |||||||||
| 4 | 198-209 | International Relations - Kissinger, Henry, Nos. 18-29, 1975-1980 | |||||||||
| 4 | 210-218 | International Relations - Latin America, 1963-1979 | |||||||||
| 4 | 219-233 | International Relations - Middle East, 1966-1980 | |||||||||
| 4 | 234-263 | International Relations - Soviet Union, Nos. 1-30, see also Oversize, n.d., 1964-1973 | |||||||||
| 5 | 264-270a | International Relations - Soviet Union, Nos. 31-37, see also Oversize, 1973-1980 | |||||||||
| 5 | 271-280 | International Relations - Soviet Union and Afghanistan, 1979-1980 | |||||||||
| 5 | 281-295 | International Relations - Soviet Union and China, see also Oversize, n.d., 1963-1980 | |||||||||
| 5 | 296-310 | International Relations - Soviet Union and Europe, 1964-1980 | |||||||||
| 5 | 311-314 | International Relations - Spain, n.d., 1967-1975 | |||||||||
| 5 | 315-320 | International Relations - U. S. and China, 1964-1979 | |||||||||
| 6 | 321-330 | International Relations - U. S. and Other Countries, n.d., 1965-1979 | |||||||||
| 6 | 331-354 | International Relations - U. S. and Soviet Union, 1967-1980 | |||||||||
| 6 | 355-374 | International Relations - Vietnam, Nos. 1-20, ca. 1963-1967 | |||||||||
| 7 | 375-436 | International Relations - Vietnam, Nos. 21-82, 1967-1979 | |||||||||
| 8 | 437-452 | National Affairs - CIA/Pentagon, see also Oversize, n.d., 1963-1975 | |||||||||
| 8 | 453-490 | National Affairs - Congress, Nos. 1-38, see also Oversize, n.d., 1963-1977 | |||||||||
| 9 | 491-498 | National Affairs - Congress, Nos. 39-46, see also Oversize, 1977-1980 | |||||||||
| 9 | 499-512 | National Affairs - Courts and Law, n.d., 1969-1979 | |||||||||
| 9 | 513-518 | National Affairs - Economy - Budget, 1965-1980 | |||||||||
| 9 | 519-539 | National Affairs - Economy - Energy Crisis, 1973-1980 | |||||||||
| 9 | 540-550 | National Affairs - Economy - Inflation and Unemployment, Nos. 1-11, 1967-1970 | |||||||||
| 10 | 551-621 | National Affairs - Economy - Inflation and Unemployment, Nos. 12-82, 1970-1980 | |||||||||
| 11 | 622-662 | National Affairs - Economy - Miscellaneous, see also Oversize, 1966-1980 | |||||||||
| 11 | 663-682 | National Affairs - Economy - Social Problems, n.d., 1967-1978 | |||||||||
| 11 | 683-687 | National Affairs - Government Bureaucracy, see also Oversize, 1971-1980 | |||||||||
| 12 | 688-716 | National Affairs - Military, see also Oversize, n.d., 1964-1980 | |||||||||
| 12 | 717-725 | National Affairs - NASA, see also Oversize, n.d., 1964-1979 | |||||||||
| 12 | 726-727 | National Affairs - Politics - Chicago, 1971 | |||||||||
| 12 | 728-734 | National Affairs - Politics - Democratic Party - Kennedy, Robert, see also Oversize, 1964-1968 | |||||||||
| 12 | 735-741 | National Affairs - Politics - Democratic Party - Kennedy, Ted, 1979-1980 | |||||||||
| 13 | 742-765 | National Affairs - Politics - Democratic Party - McGovern, George, 1972 | |||||||||
| 13 | 766-772 | National Affairs - Politics - Democratic Party - Miscellaneous, 1970-1979 | |||||||||
| 13 | 773-774 | National Affairs - Politics - Democratic Party - Wallace, George, n.d. | |||||||||
| 13 | 775-800 | National Affairs - Politics - Miscellaneous, see also Oversize, n.d., 1964-1980 | |||||||||
| 14 | 801-815 | National Affairs - Politics - Presidential Campaigns - Carter, Jimmy vs. Ford, Gerald, 1976 | |||||||||
| 14 | 816-823a | National Affairs - Politics - Presidential Campaigns - Carter, Jimmy vs. Reagan, Ronald, 1980 | |||||||||
| 14 | 824-843 | National Affairs - Politics - Presidential Campaigns - Nixon, Richard, see also Oversize, n.d., 1966-1968 | |||||||||
| 14 | 844-851 | National Affairs - Politics - Presidential Campaigns - Reagan, Ronald, 1980 | |||||||||
| 14 | 852-861 | National Affairs - Politics - Presidents - Carter, Jimmy, Nos. 1-10, 1976-1977 | |||||||||
| 15 | 862-905 | National Affairs - Politics - Presidents - Carter, Jimmy, Nos. 11-54, 1977-1980 | |||||||||
| 15 | 906-925 | National Affairs - Politics - Presidents - Ford, Gerald, Nos. 1-20, 1974-1975 | |||||||||
| 16 | 926-936 | National Affairs - Politics - Presidents - Ford, Gerald, Nos. 21-40, 1975-1977 | |||||||||
| 16 | 937-974 | National Affairs - Politics - Presidents - Johnson, Lyndon, Nos. 1-38, 1963-1967 | |||||||||
| 17 | 975-990 | National Affairs - Politics - Presidents - Johnson, Lyndon, Nos. 39-54, 1967-1969 | |||||||||
| 17 | 991-1032 | National Affairs - Politics - Presidents - Nixon, Richard, Nos. 1-42, 1963-1970 | |||||||||
| 18 | 1033-1091 | National Affairs - Politics - Presidents - Nixon, Richard, Nos. 43-101, 1970-1974 | |||||||||
| 19 | 1092-1095 | National Affairs - Politics - Presidents - Nixon, Richard, Nos. 102-105, 1974-1978 | |||||||||
| 19 | 1096-1117 | National Affairs - Politics - Presidents - Nixon, Richard - Watergate, 1972-1977 | |||||||||
| 19 | 1118-1131 | National Affairs - Politics - Republican Party - Goldwater, Barry, 1963-1969 | |||||||||
| 19 | 1132-1152 | National Affairs - Politics - Republican Party - Miscellaneous, Nos. 1-21, n.d., 1964-1974 | |||||||||
| 20 | 1153-1162 | National Affairs - Politics - Republican Party - Miscellaneous, Nos. 22-31, 1976-1980 | |||||||||
| 20 | 1163-1187 | National Affairs - Politics - Republican Party - Presidential Primaries - Reagan, Ronald vs. Ford, Gerald, 1975-1980 | |||||||||
| 20 | 1188-1200 | National Affairs - Politics - Republican Party - Presidential Primaries - Rockefeller, Nelson, 1963-1968 | |||||||||
| 20 | 1201-1211 | National Affairs - Politics - Vice-Presidents, Agnew, Spiro, Nos. 1-11, 1968-1970 | |||||||||
| 21 | 1212-1218 | National Affairs - Politics - Vice-Presidents, Agnew, Spiro, Nos. 12-18, 1970-1974 | |||||||||
| 21 | 1219-1251 | National Affairs - Social Commentary - Civil Rights, see also Oversize, 1963-1979 | |||||||||
| 21 | 1252-1254 | National Affairs - Social Commentary - Crime, 1969-1973 | |||||||||
| 21 | 1255-1257 | National Affairs - Social Commentary - Education, see also Oversize, 1963-1980 | |||||||||
| 21 | 1258-1266 | National Affairs - Social Commentary - Environment, 1962-1980 | |||||||||
| 22 | 1267-1269 | National Affairs - Social Commentary - Firearms, 1964-1977 | |||||||||
| 22 | 1270-1276 | National Affairs - Social Commentary - Health Issues, see also Oversize, n.d., 1964-1978 | |||||||||
| 22 | 1277-1294 | National Affairs - Social Commentary - Labor, see also Oversize, n.d., 1964-1979 | |||||||||
| 22 | 1295-1311 | National Affairs - Social Commentary - Media, see also Oversize, n.d., 1966-1980 | |||||||||
| 22 | 1312-1318 | National Affairs - Social Commentary - Miscellaneous, Nos. 1-7, see also Oversize, n.d. | |||||||||
| 22 | 1319-1365 | National Affairs - Social Commentary - Miscellaneous, Nos. 8-54, see also Oversize, 1963-1980 | |||||||||
| 23 | 1366-1373 | National Affairs - Social Commentary - Protest, n.d., 1968-1970 | |||||||||
| 24 | 1374-1375 | National Affairs - Social Commentary - Sports, n.d., 1974 | |||||||||
| 24 | 1376-1399 | National Affairs - Social Commentary - Urban Problems, see also Oversize, n.d., 1963-1980 | |||||||||
| 24 | 1400-1403 | National Affairs - Social Commentary - Women's Issues, see also Oversize, 1966-1970 | |||||||||
| 24 | 1404-1406 | National Affairs - Terrorism, 1968-1977 | |||||||||
| 25 | 1407 | Oversize - International Relations - China, n.d. | |||||||||
| 25 | 1408-1413 | Oversize - International Relations - Cuba, 1962 | |||||||||
| 25 | 1414-1417 | Oversize - International Relations - France, 1962 | |||||||||
| 25 | 1418 | Oversize - International Relations - General European Issues, 1962 | |||||||||
| 25 | 1419-1422 | Oversize - International Relations - General International Issues, 1962 | |||||||||
| 25 | 1423-1426 | Oversize - International Relations - Germany, 1962-1963 | |||||||||
| 25 | 1427-1428 | Oversize - International Relations - Great Britain and Ireland, 1962-1963 | |||||||||
| 25 | 1429-1430 | Oversize - International Relations - India, 1962-1963 | |||||||||
| 25 | 1431 | Oversize - International Relations - Israel, 1977 | |||||||||
| 26 | 1432-1440 | Oversize - International Relations - Soviet Union, 1962 | |||||||||
| 26 | 1441-1442 | Oversize - International Relations - Soviet Union and China, 1962 | |||||||||
| 26 | 1443 | Oversize - National Affairs - CIA/Pentagon, 1962 | |||||||||
| 26 | 1444 | Oversize - National Affairs - Congress, 1962 | |||||||||
| 26 | 1445-1446 | Oversize - National Affairs - Economy - Miscellaneous, n.d., 1962 | |||||||||
| 26 | 1447 | Oversize - National Affairs - Government Bureaucracy, n.d. | |||||||||
| 26 | 1448 | Oversize - National Affairs - Military, n.d. | |||||||||
| 26 | 1449 | Oversize - National Affairs - NASA, n.d. | |||||||||
| 26 | 1450 | Oversize - National Affairs - Politics - Democratic Party - Kennedy, Robert, n.d. | |||||||||
| 26 | 1451-1454 | Oversize - National Affairs - Politics - Miscellaneous, Nos. 1-4, 1962 | |||||||||
| 27 | 1455-1458 | Oversize - National Affairs - Politics - Miscellaneous, Nos. 5-8, 1962 | |||||||||
| 27 | 1459 | Oversize - National Affairs - Politics - Presidents - Nixon, Richard, 1963 | |||||||||
| 27 | 1460-1464 | Oversize - National Affairs - Social Commentary - Civil Rights, n.d., 1962-1964 | |||||||||
| 27 | 1465 | Oversize - National Affairs - Social Commentary - Education, 1962 | |||||||||
| 27 | 1466 | Oversize - National Affairs - Social Commentary - Health Issues, n.d. | |||||||||
| 27 | 1467-1468 | Oversize - National Affairs - Social Commentary - Labor, 1962 | |||||||||
| 27 | 1469 | Oversize - National Affairs - Social Commentary - Media, 1962 | |||||||||
| 27 | 1470-1480 | Oversize - National Affairs - Social Commentary - Miscellaneous, n.d., 1962 | |||||||||
| 27 | 1481 | Oversize - National Affairs - Social Commentary - Urban Problems, n.d. | |||||||||
| 27 | 1482 | Oversize - National Affairs - Social Commentary - Women's Issues, 1962 | |||||||||
Series 2: Miscellaneous, 1942-1995 |
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| This series includes material about Fischetti's awards, including the Pulitzer Prize and Sigma Delta Chi award. Further materials include two brief biographies, newspaper clippings, obituaries, and articles published after his death regarding the Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition and exhibit at Columbia College, Chicago. There are a handful of photographs of the cartoonist at work and with others, including Studs Terkel, Bob Cromie, and Bill Mauldin. Also included are small sketches by Fischetti, and cartoons by other artists such as Jim Borgman, Morrie Brickman, Johnny Hart, and Wayne Stayskal. In addition, there are two poster-size cards to Fischetti, featuring cartoons by Al Hainke and Jack Jordan, and signed by employees at the Daily News. See Box 29 for oversize materials. | |||||||||||
| Arranged by size, and alphabetically by topic thereunder. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 28 | 1483 | Awards, 1954-1974 | |||||||||
| 28 | 1484 | Biography - From Exhibit at Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, 1986 | |||||||||
| 28 | 1485 | Biography - Pratt Profiles, 1964 | |||||||||
| 28 | 1486 | Card with Cartoon by Al Hainke, Signed by Fischetti's Colleagues: see Oversize, 1973 | |||||||||
| 28 | 1487 | Card with Cartoon by Jack Jordan, Signed by Fischetti's Colleagues: see Oversize, ca. 1972 | |||||||||
| 28 | 1488 | Cartoons by Others - Borgman, Jim, n.d. | |||||||||
| 28 | 1489 | Cartoons by Others - Brickman, Morrie: see Oversize, n.d. | |||||||||
| 28 | 1490 | Cartoons by Others - Hart, Johnny, n.d. | |||||||||
| 28 | 1491 | Cartoons by Others - Stayskal, Wayne, n.d. | |||||||||
| 28 | 1492 | Cartoons by Others - Yates, Bill, n.d. | |||||||||
| 28 | 1493 | Cartoons by Others - Yepo, Jim (Pancho), n.d. | |||||||||
| 28 | 1493a | Lisagor, Peter - Eulogy by Fischetti (?), ca. 1976 | |||||||||
| 28 | 1494 | Newspaper Clippings, see also Oversize, n.d., 1954-1979 | |||||||||
| 28 | 1495 | Newspaper Clippings - Posthumous, see also Oversize, n.d., 1982-1995 | |||||||||
| 28 | 1496 | Obituaries (2 incomplete), see also Oversize, 1980 | |||||||||
| 28 | 1497 | Photographs - John Fischetti, ca. 1942-1970's | |||||||||
| 28 | 1498 | Photographs - John Fischetti at Work, (black and white negatives), n.d. | |||||||||
| 28 | 1499 | Photographs - John Fischetti with Others - see Oversize, 1970's | |||||||||
| 28 | 1500 | Photographs - John Fischetti with Others on Cromie's Circle, Early 1970's | |||||||||
| 28 | 1501 | Photographs - John and Karen Fischetti with Studs Terkel, ca. 1970's | |||||||||
| 28 | 1502 | Photographs - John Fischetti Cartoon, During Student Strike - see Oversize, 1970 | |||||||||
| 28 | 1503 | Sketchbook, 1980 | |||||||||
| 28 | 1504 | Sketches, see also Oversize, n.d., 1980 | |||||||||
| 28 | 1505 | Small Cartoons, n.d., 1972-1980 | |||||||||
| 28 | 1506 | Work Notes, n.d. | |||||||||
| 29 | Oversize Miscellaneous, n.d., 1954-1995 | ||||||||||
Related Material
Both the Chicago Historical Society and Ohio State University also hold significant papers and cartoons of John Fischetti.
The following 3 monographs were part of the original donation of Fischetti Papers and were separated out to be cataloged individually and added to the Newberry's monograph collections. See the Newberry Library online catalog for call numbers.
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