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| Creator: | Jensen, Cecil,1902- |
| Title: | Cecil Jensen Papers |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1960-1966 |
| Quantity: | 0.5 linear ft., (ca.) 700 cartoons |
| Abstract: | American editorial cartoonist with the Chicago Daily News. Correspondence (1961-1965); editorial cartoons (1960-1966); and memorabilia. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
Cecil Jensen (1902-1976) was born in Ogden, Utah. Starting as a newsboy for the local paper, he worked his way up to circulation manager but left in 1920 to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago. He worked as editorial cartoonist for the Salt Lake Telegram and Los Angeles News before coming to the Chicago Daily News where he spent the remainder of his career.
One of his recurrent editorial characters, Colonel McCosmic, was a caricature of Colonel McCormick, publisher of the rival Chicago Tribune; cartoons featuring McCosmic were quite popular and got Jensen a spread in Life magazine in 1942. In addition to editorial cartoons, Jensen tried his hand at several comic strips including Syncopating Sue and Elmo (which eventually became Little Debbie), but none took off and he continued doing political cartoons throughout his career. Jensen retired in the mid-1970s and died in 1976.
The Cecil Jensen Papers consists of two accessions which have not been integrated.
Accession 1 consists of Correspondence, arranged alphabetically; Subject files, containing a list of journalism award winners; and Published material, comprising cartoons and books.
Accession 2 consists of a single series and is entirely comprised of 706 original editorial Cartoons which appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times and Daily News between 1960 and 1966. The cartoons, which are not dated, are arranged alphabetically by caption.
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Special Collections Research Center has collections of over eighty cartoonists. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a complete listing.
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Cecil Jensen Papers
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Created by: [Summit record]
Date: 2001-01-01
Revision history: 22 Mar 2007 - converted to EAD (MRC)
| Accession 1 | |||||||||||
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Incoming, A-Z and unidentified 1963-1965 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Kennedy, Robert F. 1961 | ||||||||||
| Subject files | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Awards | ||||||||||
| Published material | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Books by and about others 1964 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Cartoons by Jensen | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Cartoons by others 1964 | ||||||||||
| Accession 2 | |||||||||||
| Cartoons | |||||||||||
| Package 1 | A-C (121 items) | ||||||||||
| Package 2 | D-H (129 items) | ||||||||||
| Package 3 | I-M (106 items) | ||||||||||
| Package 4 | N-R (126 items) | ||||||||||
| Package 5 | S-T (120 items) | ||||||||||
| Package 6 | U-Y (104 items) | ||||||||||
