The Saturday Evening Post cartoons
SPEC.057
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The Saturday Evening Post cartoons SPEC.057
Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Historical Note............................................................................................................................................... 4
Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4
Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................4
Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................5
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 6
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Summary Information
Repository
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Title
The Saturday Evening Post cartoons
Date [inclusive]
circa 1945-1961
Extent
0.6 Cubic feet 1 Box
Language
English
Preferred Citation
The Saturday Evening Post cartoons, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries
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Historical Note
The Saturday Evening Post, a descendant of Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette, was first
published in it's modern form in 1897 when the magazine was purchazed by magazine publisher Cyrus
H. K. Curtis. Due to it's renowned cover art, stories, news on current events, and humor, the magazine
quickly became a success from 1899 to the 1950's. With the rise of televison, the magazine experienced
a decline in readership, which resulted in an eventual halt to publication from 1969 to 1971. In 1971,
under the leadership of a new owner, the magazine re-emerged with a focus on health and medical
breakthroughs by the Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of original illustrations for cartoons that appeared in the The Saturday Evening
Post magazine circa 1945-1961. Also included is an undated Peanuts cartoon that is not original and
likely was not printed in the magazine.
Arrangement
Collection is unarranged.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Conditions Governing Access
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This collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
Literary rights, including copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their legal heirs and
assigns. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Archives and Special
Collections. The publisher must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation from Patricia M. Savage
on 2010/04/22 and 2015/04/14.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2015/04/23 by Ben Richardson. EAD finding aid created 2015/04/24 by
Brandon Pieczko.
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
• Caricatures and cartoons
Personal Name(s)
• Savage, Patricia M.
Subject(s)
• American periodicals
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Collection Inventory
Lyons. Well, That's Show Business
Syverson, Henry Syverson, Henry. Vacuum salesman, housewife chasing
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cat
Whiting, J. Whats New?
Caplan, Irwin. Perhaps I can help you, Sir. Just What is It You've Done?
Zeis, Joe. He's a Bit Squeamish about Shots.
Tobin, Don. Hold it There a Minute, Darling, and Let Me Drink You In!
Brown, William F. I Made My First Big Mistake When I Named Him
'Pal'.
Blanchard, Martha. Walter has very little to offer a girl, but I'll take it.
Goldstein, Walter. Is this considered Clothing or Shelter?
Zeis, Joe. Where's Fatso Today, Sugar?
B.B. Beaver chats with reclining man.
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Wilson, Roy. You Forgot the Cat Food Again!
Day, Chon. Give your mother my love, if you don't think it will start an
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argument.
O'Neal, Frank. Now - How would you like a pair of hand knit socks to
match it?
Detterberg. I thought you might like to know that the wine you
recommended not only complemented the dinner - it made the dinner
unnecessary!
Shirvanian, Vahan. Look, it likes me.
Hunt, Stan. Look, I'll make a deal with you. You don't tell me about your
day - I won't tell you about mine.
B.B. Two Birds
Day, Chon. And even if our ship does come in, i'd like to bet the harbor is
paralyzed by a dock strike.
Wilson, Rowland. Two men dueling.
Caplan, Irwin. Absolutely nothing could happen today to make it worth
this.
Gallagher, John. He's got claustrophobia.
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Mace, Harry. Well it doesn't help me go to sleep!
Boy Swings Bat.
Zeis, Joe. Herb doesn't get to the beach very often.
Caplan, Irwin. John...Daddy asked you if he ever told you what Teddy
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Roosevelt said to him when he was working on the Panama Canal.
Gallagher, John. They just don't make 'em the way they used to.
Gallagher, John. Get your nose against that window and look pathetic!
Baeb, Henry R.. Man empties flask into pipe.
Giuffre, Martin. Didn't those sleeping tablets work?
B.B. Man tries to shake off biting dog.
Detterberg. ...Then, wiping the tears from her soft, brown yes, she said,
'Every day that you are gone will seem an eternity, Lewellyn, but should
you return a year-nay, fifty years hence, you will find me waiting for
you!---all this, of course, in Chinese, or Burmese, or whatever it was...
Shirvanian, Vahan, "If he'd ever connected the ball would still be
traveling.
Yates, F.B. You're deliberately paying attention just to confuse me.
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Yates, F.B. Sounds thrilling-40 action-packed hours behind the wheel...an
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exciting contest for the last vacant motel...glorious tramps through palmlined parking lots...
Day, Chon Doesn't Do Anything to Me Either. Let's Try Again Next Year
Wiseman, B. Boy and Man Try on Clothes.
Shirvanian, Vahan. This just isn't his night.
Key, Ted. Quit your shoving! Toy department, please.
Key, Ted. Upstairs!
Key, Ted. Nevermind why not!
Key, Ted. Jeepers!
O'Neal, Frank. Chef, could you step out her for a second?
A day at the farm
On the reviewing stand
Visiting Indian Chief
Confab with political henchmen
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The Reception
Trip to the slum clearence site
Monster Rally
Meeting the Ladies
Family Portrait
Fund Raising Dinner
Henderson, Tom. That's it! Roll with the punch, Eddie-Boy!
Syverson, Henry. Woman pushing baby carriage across street.
Syverson, Henry. Man floats away listening to record player.
Gallagher, John. Man throws tennis racket.
You know what I'd say? I'd say, 'Look here, Khrushchev...'
Day, Chon. Now this part calls for sensitivity, as it's the climax of the
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commercial...When you mention 'Competitive Brand A', allow just the
faintest suggestion of disgust to play over your features.
Shirvanian, Vahan. Helen, do you have a bone for Buff?
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Shirvanian, Vahan. Cat locks man out of house.
Famous Dog Cartoons
Syverson, Henry. Post Script
Johns, Al. And don't worry about the wheelbarrow, Ethel - return it
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anytime.
Syverson, Henry. Trouble is - I know what my husband will say - 'Think
money grows on trees, don'tcha Isabelle?' - Well - hmmph! I'll take it!
Syverson, Henry. Photographer takes baby's picture.
Shirvanian, Vahan. Bartender wears mask on back of head.
Alexander, Florence. What happened to your lumbago?
Key, Ted. ...Five hundred and eight, five hundred and nine, five hundred
and...
Mace, Harry. It's my insomnia, I'll treat it my way!
Syverson, Henry. Post Scripts
Shirvanian, Vahan. Gentlemen, Professor Dilworth has some disturbing
news about our new 'miracle vitamin x'.
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Shirvanian, Vahan. Two boys walk into ladies restroom.
Peanuts cartoon
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