Cartoon Collection of James Dobbins
Collection Summary
Title: | Cartoon Collection of James Dobbins |
Call Number: | MS 90-24 |
Size: | 12.0 linear feet |
Acquisition: | Various sources |
Processed by: | Staff, circa 1990 |
Restrictions: | None |
Literary Rights
Literary rights were not granted to Wichita
State University. When permission is granted to examine the manuscripts,
it is not an authorization to publish them. Manuscripts cannot be used for
publication without regard for common law literary rights, copyright laws
and the laws of libel. It is the responsibility of the researcher and his/her
publisher, to obtain permission to publish. Scholars and students who eventually
plan to have their work published are urged to make inquiry regarding overall
restrictions on publication before initial research.
Content Note
The cartoon collection of James Dobbins
was originally submitted to The Boston Herald Traveller in Boston, Massachusetts
as editorial cartoons. The cartoon collection includes cartoons from 1953
to 1976.
Biography
James Dobbins was born in Woburn, Massachusetts
on August 12, 1924. He studied at the Massachusetts College of Art and graduated
in 1951 with a bachelor's degree. James Dobbins was interested in sports
cartooning and his work shows influence from Willard Mullin and Bob Coyne.
He started working at the weekly Woburn Press in 1945 then he moved to the
Woburn Daily Times and worked there until 1949. During the presidential
election of 1952, he became committed to the Lowell Sun in Massachusetts.
In 1953, Dobbins substituted on the New York Daily News during C. D. Batchelor's
vacations. From 1954 to 1956, Dobbins worked for the Boston Post and then
went to the Traveler and Herald-Traveler until 1972. From there, he went
to the Herald-American until 1977. He then switched to the Manchester Union
Leader, a prominent right-wing daily. Dobbins has produced a collection
of his work, Dobbins's Diary of the New Frontier, which was published after
the death of John F. Kennedy. Among the awards Dobbins has received were
thirteen Freedoms Foundation Honor medals and two grand prizes, three National
Safety Council awards and the Christopher Literary Award.
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