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| Creator: | Hudson, John. |
| Title: | John Hudson Cartoons. |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1957-1969 |
| Bulk Dates: | 1962-1969 |
| Quantity: | 7.1 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Over 1000 original editorial cartoons and one newspaper article about Hudson's retirement. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
John Hudson (1902-1989) was an American editorial cartoonist.
Born in Portsmouth, Ohio in 1902, John I. Hudson grew up with artistic parents and his father was a civil engineer who was interested in politics. Hudson knew he wanted to pursue cartooning while in high school and attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.
One of Hudson’s first jobs was with the Columbus Citizen and he went on to work for several other Ohio newspapers including the Cleveland News and the Toledo Blade. But in 1960, Hudson moved to Phoenix, Arizona and became the editorial cartoonist for the Phoenix Gazette. Hudson remained there until his retirement in 1969 and was replaced by Bert Whitman. While at the Phoenix Gazette his cartoons were syndicated nationally.
His work was recognized with several awards including a 1942 Distinguished Service Award from the U.S. Treasury Department and six awards from the Cleveland Newspaper Guild (1949, 1951, 1953, 1955-1957). In 1960 , he won the "Best Editorial Cartoon Award” from the Arizona Press Club of which he was a member and he was also presented with three George Washington awards from the Freedoms Foundation. Hudson held membership in the National Cartoonists Society and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.
John Hudson died in Escondido, California on April 7, 1989.
The John Hudson Cartoons are divided into two series. Cartoons consists of over 1,000 original editorial cartoons. One cartoon is from Hudson's tenure at the Cleveland News while the rest are from the Phoenix Gazette (1960-1969). The Cleveland News cartoon depicts the Supreme Court decision of 1957 which broke up Dupont's shareholder powers in General Motors. Also included are Hudson's first (August 16, 1960) and final (June 26, 1969) cartoons for the Phoenix Gazette.
While at the Phoenix Gazette, Hudson's cartoons illustrated a multitude of issues of global, national and local importance. Several cartoons address Arizona's struggles with water and in drawing Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, particularly during his 1964 presidential campaign, Hudson commented on the shift of political power from the East (common depicted as corrupt New York politicians) to the increasingly important Sunbelt region. Also of interest are Hudson's cartoons portraying strong opposition to college students involved in the anti-war movement and draft resisters. Finally, a recurring theme was Hudson's Valentine's Day cartoon, which reminded readers of the upcoming April 15 tax deadline with Uncle Sam as their Valentine.
Each cartoon has a production sticker on the back. Specific dates are provided for many cartoons, while others are marked in pencil with years only. However 158 cartoons lack any date information. The cartoons were drawn on illustration board with ink and crayon. Traces of pencil and blue pencil are visible.
The Clippings series contains a single photocopy of a newspaper article about Hudson's retirement which appeared in the Phoenix Gazette on June 26, 1969.
The cartoons are arranged in chronological order with completely undated cartoons appearing at the end of the collection.
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Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Special Collections Research Center has collections of over one hundred cartoonists. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a complete listing.
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
John Hudson Cartoons,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Gift of John Hudson, 1967-1969.
Created by: MD
Date: 20 Nov 2008
Revision history: 20 Nov 2008 - converted to EAD (MD);
18 Nov 2009 - added detailed bio, scope, inventory and index (SK)
| Cartoons (1093 items) 11" x 15" | |||||||||||
| See below for an index to the cartoons. | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1, Folder 1 | 1957 - for the Cleveland News (1 item) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1, Folder 2 | 1960 (7 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1, Folder 3 | 1961 (18 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1, Folder 4 | 1961 (15 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1, Folder 5 | 1962 (15 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1, Folder 6 | 1962 (15 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1, Folder 7 | 1962 (19 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2, Folder 1 | 1963 Jan - May (16 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2, Folder 2 | 1963 Jun - Oct (17 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2, Folder 3 | 1963 Nov - Dec (4 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2, Folder 4 | 1963 (15 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2, Folder 5 | 1963 (15 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2, Folder 6 | 1963 (18 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2, Folder 7 | 1964 Jan - Jun (22 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2, Folder 8 | 1964 Jul - Dec (21 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3, Folder 1 | 1964 (12 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3, Folder 2 | 1964 (9 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3, Folder 3 | 1964 (13 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3, Folder 4 | 1964 (10 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3, Folder 5 | 1964 (11 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3, Folder 6 | 1964 (13 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3, Folder 7 | 1964 (13 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3, Folder 8 | 1964 (13 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 4, Folder 1 | 1965 Jan - Feb (12 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 4, Folder 2 | 1965 Apr - May (12 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 4, Folder 3 | 1965 Jun- Sept (15 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 4, Folder 4 | 1965 Oct - Nov (18 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 4, Folder 5 | 1965 Dec (13 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 4, Folder 6 | 1965 (15 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 4, Folder 7 | 1965 (13 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 5, Folder 1 | 1966 Jan (14 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 5, Folder 2 | 1966 Feb (11 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 5, Folder 3 | 1966 Mar (9 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 5, Folder 4 | 1966 Apr - May (17 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 5, Folder 5 | 1966 Jun (15 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 5, Folder 6 | 1966 Jul (17 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 5, Folder 7 | 1966 Aug (25 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 6, Folder 1 | 1966 Sep (9 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 6, Folder 2 | 1966 Oct (15 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 6, Folder 3 | 1966 Nov - Dec (16 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 6, Folder 4 | 1966 (19 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 6, Folder 5 | 1967 Jan (12 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 6, Folder 6 | 1967 Feb (14 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 6, Folder 7 | 1967 Mar (11 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 6, Folder 8 | 1967 Apr- Jun, 1967 Aug (14 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 7, Folder 1 | 1967 Sep (14 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 7, Folder 2 | 1967 Oct (13 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 7, Folder 3 | 1967 Nov (13 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 7, Folder 4 | 1967 Dec (11 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 7, Folder 5 | 1968 Jan (18 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 7, Folder 6 | 1968 Feb (15 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 7, Folder 7 | 1968 Mar (12 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 7, Folder 8 | 1968 Apr (16 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 7, Folder 9 | 1968 May (6 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 8, Folder 1 | 1968 Jun (12 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 8, Folder 2 | 1968 Jul (15 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 8, Folder 3 | 1968 Aug (15 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 8, Folder 4 | 1968 Sep (14 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 8, Folder 5 | 1968 Oct (17 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 8, Folder 6 | 1968 Nov (9 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 8, Folder 7 | 1968 Dec (15 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 9, Folder 1 | 1969 Jan (10 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 9, Folder 2 | 1969 Feb (12 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 9, Folder 3 | 1969 Mar (12 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 9, Folder 4 | 1969 Apr (16 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 9, Folder 5 | 1969 May (12 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 9, Folder 6 | 1969 Jun (16 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 9, Folder 7 | undated (18 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 9, Folder 8 | undated (15 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 10, Folder 1 | undated (15 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 10, Folder 2 | undated (15 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 10, Folder 3 | undated (15 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 10, Folder 4 | undated (15 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 10, Folder 5 | undated (15 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 10, Folder 6 | undated (15 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 10, Folder 7 | undated (15 items) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 10, Folder 8 | undated (20 items) | ||||||||||
| Clippings | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Article about Hudson's retirement from the Phoenix Gazette 26 Jun 1969 | ||||||||||
| photocopy of the original | |||||||||||
