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titleScrapbook of political cartoons [manuscript], 1896-1898.
repositoryUniversity of Virginia Library
descriptionCartoons and clippings relating chiefly to the Spanish American War and the acquistion of Cuba by the United States and to other events and personalities prominent in this period.

Topics include August Belmont, Grover Cleveland, Jay Gould, Marc Hanna, William McKinley, J. P. Morgan, J. D. Rockefeller, and John Sherman. Also the silver standard, the election of 1896, Tammany Hall and New York City politics, and civil service reform.

Cartoonists include Berryman, C. G. Bush, Louis Dalrymple, Homer Calvin Davenport, R. Edgren, Grant Hamilton, U. Joseph Keppler, Thomas Nast, J. S. Pughe, and W. A. Rogers.

Cite as
Scrapbook of Political Cartoons, ca. 1896-1898, Accession #4630, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.


Special Collections SC-STKS-F ; Call #: MSS 4630

extent1 v.
formatsScrapbooks
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies
record sourcehttp://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/
acquisition informationGift; Dr. Sherwood Moore; c/o John Waller; Steelville, Mo.; Gift through : Evelyn L. Moore; 23 Easton Avenue, Lynchburg, Va.; 1954 February 4.
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titleTheodore Roosevelt Collection: Political cartoons: Original cartoon drawings, 1896-1942.
repositoryHoughton Library
descriptionOriginal political cartoons depicting American president Theodore Roosevelt.

Repository:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University

Location: pf

Call No.: MS Am 1895

Call No.: MS Am 1895.1
extent21 boxes (5.25 linear ft.)
formatsDrawings
accessChecklist compiled by Gregory Wilson and edited by Wallace Dailey.
record linkhttp://hollis.harvard.edu/fullrecordinnerframe.ashx?skin=ead&q=Theodore+Roosevelt+Collection%3a+Political+cartoons%3a+Original+cartoon&cmd=frec&si=user&cs=resultlist&hreciid=%7clibrary%2fm%2faleph%7c008177701&hardsort=def&curpage=1&uilang=en&rbkey=3901&rbaid=16665&c_over=1&rctx=AAMAAAABAAAAAwAAAFSEAAAHaGFydmFyZENUaGVvZG9yZSBSb29zZXZlbHQgQ29sbGVjdGlvbjogUG9saXRpY2FsIGNhcnRvb25zOiBPcmlnaW5hbCBjYXJ0b29uQ1RoZW9kb3JlIFJvb3NldmVsdCBDb2xsZWN0aW9uOiBQb2xpdGljYWwgY2FydG9vbnM6IE9yaWdpbmFsIGNhcnRvb24AAAAAAARmcmVjBHVzZXIafGxpYnJhcnkvbS9hbGVwaHwwMDgxNzc3MDEAAANkZWYKcmVzdWx0bGlzdAVhc3NvYwEAAAAAAAAAAmVuAAD%2f%2f%2f%2f%2fPQ8AAAAAAAACAAAABmNfb3ZlcgExBGlfZmsAAAAAAA%3d%3d
record sourcehttp://hollis.harvard.edu/?itemid=|library/m/aleph|008177701
finding aidhttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:trc00003
acquisition information*71M-115. Gift of the Theodore Roosevelt Association; received: 1943and later years. *83M-66. Gift of the Theodore Roosevelt Association; received: 1982.
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titleJoseph Keppler Jr. Iroquois papers, 1882-1944.
repositoryCornell University Libraries
descriptionPrimarily letters to Keppler, including a record of events and people at the Tonawanda and Cattaraugus reservations, among others, over the first part of the twentieth century. Well known correspondents include noted Seneca scholar, Arthur C. Parker; artist Jesse Cornplanter; and Mohawk poet E. Pauline Johnson.

Other parts of the collection include newspaper clippings on Iroquois subjects, government documents, Seneca vocabulary collected by Keppler, and other miscellaneous documents related to the Iroquois and the Six Nations. Newspaper clippings, obituaries, pamphlets, photographs, and notes are included with the correspondence.

Other information includes correspondence about the collection itself, biographic information about the correspondents, clippings and documents regarding New York State land claims by the Caughnawagas and Saint Regis Indians, The New York State Museum, genealogic information, obituaries, clippings about the Wanamaker National Indian Memorial, photographs of a silver cross pendent, and correspondence regarding Iroquois masks.

Bio/History:
Udo Keppler was a political cartoonist for Puck Magazine, and an avid collector of Indian artifacts as well as being an Indian activist. He changed his name to Joseph Keppler, Jr. in honor of his father. He was elected honorary chief of Seneca and given the name Gyantwaka.

He actively promoted Iroquois lacrosse teams, and his connections with the railroad enabled him to procure discount railroad passes for New York Indians, especially those travelling to Canada on Confederacy business. On the national scene, Keppler worked with others to defeat or substantially modify proposed legislation to allot the New York State reservations.

Preferred citation:
Joseph Keppler Jr. Iroquois papers, #9184. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library./ Provenance: Huntington Free Library. Gift to HFL from Joseph Keppler, 1943.
extent3 cubic ft. ; 3 boxes.
formatsClippings Correspondence Financial Records Legal Papers Photographs
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies
record linkhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM09184.html
record sourcehttp://www.library.cornell.edu/
acquisition informationHuntington Free Library. Gift to HFL from Joseph Keppler, 1943.
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titleNative American publications vertical file, [ca.1960-2000].
repositoryCornell University Libraries
descriptionThis collection contains newsletters, newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals produced by Native American and non-Native American sources.

The topics cover a wide range of subjects. Most of the items are from the United States, but Canada, Mexico, and some other international publications are also included. The content of the printed material varies and includes news items, event coverage, biographical information, historical articles, politics, activism, culture, photographs, etc. Also some correspondence regarding the publications.

The collection was split between Non-Indian and Indian published items.

Notes
Forms part of the Native American Collection. (NAC)./

Preferred citation:
Native American publications periodical file, #9246. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
extent17.6 cubic ft.
formatsClippings Ephemera Printed Materials
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies
record sourcehttp://www.library.cornell.edu/
acquisition informationHuntington Free Library.
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titleKeppler family papers, 1840-1956.
repositoryThe New-York Historical Society
descriptionPapers, 1840-1956, of Joseph Keppler, cartoonist and founder of the magazine "Puck," and of his son, Udo J. Keppler, later known as Joseph Keppler, Jr. They consist of correspondence in English and German, dealing with "Puck," cartoons, personal and family matters, and a wide range of other papers and printed ephemera.

There are legal and financial papers, some dealing with the affairs of "Puck," including share certificates, accounts, bills of exchange, and a printed announcement of the first issue of "Puck". Personal papers of Joseph Keppler include a school report, certificates of attendance at various art schools in Vienna, his contract when he was employed as an actor in Vienna in 1864, his smallpox vaccination certificate, and his Austrian and U.S. passports.

There are also prompt books and a commonplace book in German, and some printed books (plays, and cartoons by Wilhelm Busch), as well as a broadsheet in German announcing a puppet show, probably late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. Udo Keppler's papers include correspondence, school reports, his passport, a sketch by him, and a commonplace book.

The correspondence deals with reminiscences of "Puck" and cartooning, personal and family matters, and Udo Keppler's interest in Native American affairs (he was adopted by the Seneca under the name Gyantwaka). It includes letters and cards from Theodore Roosevelt, Joseph Pulitzer, Charles A. Dana, William Jennings Bryan, Grant E. Hamilton, Samuel W. Lambert, Hermann Urban, Art Young, and Joe Scheuerle; the Young and Scheuerle material includes some original sketches, and there are several of Art Young's Christmas cards.

There are numerous clippings, obituaries, and miscellaneous pieces of printed matter.

Some letters sent to Udo Keppler's widow Vera are mostly related to her donations of his papers and property to various museums, but it includes a number of letters from Draper Hill about his thesis on Joseph Keppler. There are also copies of the last German edition of "Puck," and Pucks Volkskalendar für 1879; some photographs, including a tintype of Udo Keppler as a baby; and numerous condolence cards and letters on Udo's death. An autograph album belonging to E. Jennie Miller dates from the 1880s.

Historical Note:
Father and son, both named Joseph Keppler, were cartoonists for the magazine "Puck".

Library Holdings:
New-York Historical Society

Call Number:
Mss CollectionKeppler papers

Notes:
For related material at the New-York Historical Society, see the Joseph Keppler cartoon collection, in the Department of Prints, Photographs and Architectural Collections, and drawings, paintings, and other material in the Departiment of Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts.

extent1.3 Linear feet (3 boxes)
formatsBusiness Papers Personal Papers Clippings Correspondence Ephemera
accessOpen to qualified researchers at the New-York Historical Society.
record linkhttp://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/keppler.html
record sourcehttp://www.bobcat.nyu.edu
finding aidOn line and in repository.
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titleJoseph Keppler cartoon collection [graphic]
repositoryThe New-York Historical Society
descriptionCollection includes ca. 350 cartoon chromolithographs and black-and-white cartoon prints, ca. 80 cartoon drawings, ca. 2 photograph albums, ca. 50 loose photographs, some black-and-white cartoon prints, clippings, ephemera, and a copy of Keppler's book A Selection of Cartoons from Punch (New York: Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1893).

Material pertains chiefly to Keppler's career as a cartoonist for "Puck" but also touches on his work in the theater and the artistic career of his son Udo Keppler (a.k.a. Joseph Keppler, Jr.). Keppler's satirical cartoons ridiculed Ulysses S. Grant, James G. Blaine, Benjamin Harrison, Tammany Hall Democrats, the tariff, Prohibition, radical labor unions, and the Catholic Church, among other topics. He supported Grover Cleveland, civil service reform, and open immigration.

His son joined the staff of "Puck" in 1891 and contributed as a cartoonist until the early 1910s when he sold the magazine. Several hundred chromolithograph proofs or tear sheets are for cartoons in "Puck". There are also some cartoons from "Leslie's" and other magazines; ca. 80 cartoon drawings by Keppler, Sr. and Jr., Frederick B. Opper, and Art Young; "Puck" imitations; portrait photographs of Keppler family members and friends; and programs from Keppler Sr.'s theatrical career in the 1860s-1870s.

Historical Note:
Joseph Keppler (1838-1894), of Vienna, Austria, was a formally trained artist who became a cartoonist and successful actor. In the late 1860s he emigrated to St. Louis, Missouri. After several failed theatrical and publishing ventures, Keppler moved to New York to work as a cartoonist for Frank Leslie's publications. In 1876, he and Adolph Schwarzmann launched his second "Puck", a German weekly humor magazine. An English edition soon followed and became one of the most influential journals in the United States during the 1880s. His color cartoon covers and double-page center spreads prompted imitation by other magazines in chromolithograph illustration, and a generation of cartoonists trained under his eye.

New-York Historical Society
Print Room (PR-029 Non-circulating )

Note
The Manuscripts Dept. of The New-York Historical Society has papers of both Keppler Sr. and Jr. The Department of Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts has non-cartoon drawings and paintings by both men, the elder Keppler’s death mask, and other material.
extentca. 350 prints : mostly chromolithograph..; ca. 80 drawings..; ca. 50 photographic prints
formatsPrints Drawings Photographs
accessAccess: open to qualified researchers at The New-York Historical Society.
record sourcehttp://www.bobcat.nyu.edu
finding aidIndexes: A set of reference photocopies is available in repository.
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