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Art Bimrose political cartoons, 1940-1993
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Bimrose, Art, 1912-
- Title
- Art Bimrose political cartoons
- Dates
- 1940-1993 (inclusive)19401993
1948-1984 (bulk)19481984 - Quantity
- 43.3 cubic feet, (1 flat box (16x20); 62 flat boxes (13x16); 43 flat boxes (11x14); 18 legal document cases; 1 slim legal document case; 1 slim letter document case)
- Collection Number
- Coll 618
- Summary
- The collection consists of the ink drawings, rough drafts, newsprint copies, and reproductions of cartoons made by long-time Oregonian political cartoonist Art Bimrose during his career.
- Repository
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Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Arthur Sylvanus Bimrose, known as "Art," was the editorial cartoonist for the Oregonian for more than three decades. He was born in Spokane, Washington, in 1912, and his family moved to Portland when he was five years old. After graduating from Grant High School, he studied for a year at the San Francisco Art Institute and briefly attended the University of Oregon, doing contract artwork in both San Francisco and Portland. In 1937, the Oregonian hired him part-time to work on printing plates. His career was interrupted by World War II, when he was drafted in the U.S. Army and served in the South Pacific. Following the sudden death of Oregonian cartoonist (and Bimrose cousin) Ralph Lee in 1947, Bimrose was hired as the Sunday editorial cartoonist. When longtime editorial cartoonist Quincy Scott retired in 1949, Bimrose became the paper's primary cartoonist.
Unlike his predecessor Scott, who had been a conservative Republican, or his successor, the more liberal Jack Ohman, Bimrose was not notably partisan, although his cartoons tended to lean Republican, in accordance with the Oregonian's overall editorial stance. Many of his cartoons included an "everyman" figure, depicted as a mustached man wearing a battered fedora and with a drooping cigar in his mouth.
Among Bimrose's accolades were awards from the Freedoms Foundation, an organization that promoted patriotism and free enterprise. When he officially retired in October 1983, the City of Portland proclaimed an Art Bimrose Appreciation Day.
Bimrose had one son, Jack, with his wife, Olga Ann Radilovich. Bimrose died in Portland, Oregon on September 7, 1998, at the age of 86.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists of the bulk (though not entirety) of Art Bimrose's work as a political cartoonist for the Oregonian, including roughly 10,000 original ink drawings. In addition to the ink-drawn cartoons, the collection houses Bimrose's rough drafts, newspaper clippings of the published cartoons, and reproduced prints and transparencies. The political cartoons cover a variety of subjects including current events in Oregon, the United States, and the world, social conditions, and periodic cartoons about everyday subjects such as the weather, changes in seasons, the Portland Rose Festival, and taxation.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Art Bimrose political cartoons, Coll 618, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Restrictions on Use
The Oregonian Publishing Company retains the rights to the materials in this collection. Public usage of any reproducations requires authorization from the Oregonian Publishing Company.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in the following series: Series 1. Drawn cartoons; Series 2. Rough Drafts; Series 3. Newspaper clippings; Series 4. Reproduced copies of cartoons; Series 5. Other materials.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: Drawn cartoons, 1947-1993, (bulk 1948-1984) Return to Top
Ink drawings that served as the basis for published cartoons. The vast majority of these have blue pencil markings, and include the date when the cartoon would be published.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | Cartoons |
1947 November-December |
1 | 2 | Cartoons |
1948 January-February |
1 | 3 | Cartoons |
1948 March-April |
1 | 4 | Cartoon re careless smoking and wildfires, "Tragic Example" |
circa 1948 |
2 | 1 | Cartoons |
1948 May-June |
2 | 2 | Cartoons |
1948 July-August |
2 | 3 | Cartoons |
1948 September-December |
2 | 4-15 | Cartoons |
1949 January 21 - April 30 |
3 | 1-14 | Cartoons |
1949 May 1 - August 13 |
4 | 1-15 | Cartoons |
1949 August 14 - December 10 |
5 | 1-14 | Cartoons |
1949 December 11 - 1950 March 25 |
6 | 1-14 | Cartoons |
1950 March 25 - June 30 |
7 | 1 | Cartoons |
1950 July 1-10 |
7 | 2-15 | Cartoons |
1950 August 1 - November 11 |
8 | 1-14 | Cartoons |
1950 November 12 - 1951 February 17 |
9 | 1-12 | Cartoons |
1951 February 19 - May 19 |
10 | 1-13 | Cartoons |
1951 May 20 - September 22 |
11 | 1-12 | Cartoons |
1951 September 23 - December 31 |
12 | 1-13 | Cartoons |
1952 January 1 - March 30 |
13 | 1-17 | Cartoons |
1952 April 1 - August 3 |
14 | 1-17 | Cartoons |
1952 August 14 - December 31 |
15 | 1-16 | Cartoons |
1953 January 1 - April 17 |
16 | 1-13 | Cartoons |
1953 April 19 - August 15 |
17 | 1-14 | Cartoons |
1953 August 16 - November 21 |
18 | 1-12 | Cartoons |
1953 November 22 - 1954 February 20 |
19 | 1-14 | Cartoons |
1954 February 21 - June 5 |
20 | 1-11 | Cartoons |
1954 June 6 - September 18 |
21 | 1-13 | Cartoons |
1954 September 19 - December 18 |
22 | 1-2 | Cartoons |
1954 December 20-31 |
22 | 3-10 | Cartoons |
1955 June 9 - August 8 |
23 | 1-13 | Cartoons |
1955 August 30 - December 2 |
24 | 1-3 | Cartoons |
1955 December 4-29 |
24 | 4 | Cartoons |
1956 May 30-June 4, 1955 October 2 |
24 | 5-12 | Cartoons |
1957 January 1 - February 22 |
25 | 1-14 | Cartoons |
1957 February 24 - June 8 |
26 | 1-12 | Cartoons |
1957 June 9 - September 21 |
27 | 1-14 | Cartoons |
1957 September 22 - December 31 |
28 | 1-15 | Cartoons |
1958 January 1 - April 19 |
29 | 1-14 | Cartoons |
1958 April 20 - August 9 |
30 | 1-13 | Cartoons |
1958 August 12 - November 22 |
1 | 5 | Cartoon |
1958 October 13 |
31 | 1-12 | Cartoons |
1958 November 23 - 1959 February 28 |
32 | 1-12 | Cartoons |
1959 March 2 - June 20 |
33 | 1-7 | Cartoons |
1959 June 22 - August 17 |
33 | 8-12 | Cartoons |
1959 September 1 - October 10 |
34 | 1-11 | Cartoons |
1959 October 11 - 1960 January 22 |
35 | 1-18 | Cartoons |
1960 January 24 - May 31 |
36 | 1-15 | Cartoons |
1960 June 1 - September 30 |
37 | 1-15 | Cartoons |
1960 October 1 - 1961 January 26 |
38 | 1-15 | Cartoons |
1961 January 29 - May 27 |
39 | 1-16 | Cartoons |
1961 May 29 - September 30 |
40 | 1-15 | Cartoons |
1961 October 1 - 1962 January 20 |
41 | 1-15 | Cartoons |
1962 January 22 - May 13 |
42 | 1-16 | Cartoons |
1962 May 14 - September 30 |
43 | 1-15 | Cartoons |
1962 October 1 - 1963 January 17 |
1 | 6 | Cartoon, "Backdrop"
Collage cartoon of ballot box and newspaper headlines.
|
1962 November 6 |
44 | 1-14 | Cartoons |
1963 January 18 - May 5 |
45 | 1-14 | Cartoons |
1963 May 6 - August 30 |
46 | 1-12 | Cartoons |
1963 September 1 - December 31 |
47 | 1-17 | Cartoons |
1964 January 1 - April 29 |
48 | 1-15 | Cartoons |
1964 May 2 - August 31 |
49 | 1-14 | Cartoons |
1964 September 1 - December 30 |
50 | 1-16 | Cartoons |
1965 January 1 - April 30 |
51 | 1-16 | Cartoons |
1965 May 1 - August 25 |
52 | 1-16 | Cartoons |
1965 August 29 - December 31 |
53 | 1-15 | Cartoons |
1966 January 1 - April 23 |
54 | 1-13 | Cartoons |
1966 April 24 - July 23 |
55 | 1-13 | Cartoons |
1966 July 24 - October 29 |
56 | 1-13 | Cartoons |
1966 October 30 - 1967 February 10 |
57 | 1-13 | Cartoons |
1967 February 12 - May 19 |
58 | 1-15 | Cartoons |
1967 May 21 - September 9 |
59 | 1-12 | Cartoons |
1967 September 10 - December 8 |
60 | 1-15 | Cartoons |
1967 December 10 - 1968 March 31 |
61 | 1-11 | Cartoons |
1968 April 1 - June 23 |
61 | 12-15 | Cartoons |
1968 July 3 - August 3 |
62 | 1-11 | Cartoons |
1968 August 4 - November 2 |
63 | 1-7 | Cartoons |
1968 November 3 - December 30 |
64 | 1-12 | Cartoons
Cartoon for January 2, 1969 is erroneously dated as 1/2/68.
|
1969 January 1 - March 31 |
65 | 1-17 | Cartoons |
1969 April 1 - July 31 |
63 | 8 | Cartoons |
1969 July 1, 1969 August 30 |
66 | 1-17 | Cartoons |
1969 August 1 - November 30 |
66 | 18 | Cartoons |
1969 December 23-29 |
67 | 1-16 | Cartoons |
1970 January 3 - May 1 |
67 | 17 | Cartoons |
1970 May 12-16 |
68 | 1-14 | Cartoons |
1970 May 17 - September 5 |
69 | 1-13 | Cartoons |
1970 September 6 - December 31 |
70 | 1-15 | Cartoons |
1971 January 1 - April 17 |
71 | 1-14 | Cartoons |
1971 April 18 - July 24 |
63 | 8 | Cartoons |
1971 April 20, 1971 July 11 |
72 | 1-14 | Cartoons |
1971 July 25 - October 6 |
73 | 1-16 | Cartoons |
1971 November 7 - 1972 March 18 |
74 | 1-14 | Cartoons |
1972 March 19 - June 30 |
75 | 1 | Cartoons |
1972 July 1-9 |
75 | 2-13 | Cartoons |
1972 August 8 - November 4 |
76 | 1-13 | Cartoons |
1972 November 5 - 1973 February 28 |
77 | 1-14 | Cartoons |
1973 March 1 - August 4 |
78 | 1-18 | Cartoons |
1973 August 5 - December 25 |
79 | 1-14 | Cartoons |
1974 January 1 - April 20 |
80 | 1-8 | Cartoons |
1974 April 21 - June 16 |
80 | 9-14 | Cartoons |
1974 July 16 - August 31 |
81 | 1-13 | Cartoons |
1974 September 2 - November 30 |
81 | 14 | Cartoons |
1974 December 2, 1974 December 25-31 |
82 | 1-16 | Cartoons |
1975 January 1 - April 26 |
83 | 1-17 | Cartoons |
1975 April 27 - August 24 |
84 | 1-13 | Cartoons |
1975 August 27 - November 17 |
84 | 14-16 | Cartoons |
1975 December 17-31 |
85 | 1-19 | Cartoons |
1976 January 1 - May 9 |
86 | 1-18 | Cartoons |
1976 May 10 - September 18 |
87 | 1-13 | Cartoons |
1976 September 19 - December 27 |
87 | 14-17 | Cartoons |
1977 January 18 - February 12 |
88 | 1-15 | Cartoons |
1977 February 14 - May 31 |
89 | 1-18 | Cartoons |
1977 June 1 - September 29 |
90 | 1-8 | Cartoons |
1977 October 1 - December 19 |
90 | 9-16 | Cartoons |
1978 January 3 - February 25 |
91 | 1-16 | Cartoons |
1978 February 26 - June 26 |
92 | 1-14 | Cartoons |
1978 July 4 - October 14 |
93 | 1-9 | Cartoons |
1978 October 15 - December 18 |
93 | 10-15 | Cartoons |
1979 January 1 - February 10 |
94 | 1-17 | Cartoons |
1979 February 11 - June 2 |
95 | 1-18 | Cartoons |
1979 June 3 - October 13 |
96 | 1-18 | Cartoons |
1979 October 15 - 1980 March 8 |
97 | 1-16 | Cartoons |
1980 March 9 - June 30 |
98 | 1-15 | Cartoons |
1980 July 8 - October 29 |
99 | 1 | Cartoons |
1980 November 1-7 |
99 | 2-16 | Cartoons |
1980 December 17 - 1981 March 31 |
100 | 1-17 | Cartoons |
1981 April 2 - August 14 |
101 | 1-17 | Cartoons |
1981 August 16 - December 21 |
102 | 1-16 | Cartoons |
1982 January 5 - May 4 |
103 | 1-15 | Cartoons |
1982 May 11 - August 28 |
104 | 1-14 | Cartoons |
1982 August 29 - December 19 |
105 | 1-16 | Cartoons |
1983 January 4 - May 7 |
106 | 1-13 | Cartoons |
1983 May 8 - August 4 |
106 | 14 | Cartoons |
1983 October 14, 1983 December 21, 1983 |
106 | 15 | Cartoons |
1984 February 24, 1984 May 31 |
106 | 16 | Cartoons |
1984 |
1 | 7 | Cartoons |
undated |
63 | 10 | Spare and unused cartoons |
undated |
107 | 1-5 | "Letters to the Editor" cartoons |
circa 1955-1975 |
63 | 9 | Cartoons for Northwest Magazine |
1966 December 11, 1968 March 5, 1968 May 26, undated |
106 | 17 | Post-retirement cartoons |
1993 |
Series 2: Rough drafts, 1950-1983Return to Top
Pencil-drawn rough drafts of cartoons.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Subseries 1: Drafts for drawn cartoons |
1950-1983 | ||
Box | Folder | ||
108 | 1-6 | Rough drafts |
1950-1952 |
109 | 1-6 | Rough drafts |
1953-1955 |
110 | 1-6 | Rough drafts |
1956-1958 |
111 | 1-6 | Rough drafts |
1959-1961 |
112 | 1-6 | Rough drafts |
1962-1964 |
113 | 1-6 | Rough drafts |
1965-1967 |
114 | 1-6 | Rough drafts |
1968-1970 |
115 | 1-6 | Rough drafts |
1971-1973 |
116 | 1-6 | Rough drafts |
1974-1976 |
117 | 1-6 | Rough drafts |
1977-1979 |
118 | 1-6 | Rough drafts |
1980-1982 |
119 | 1-2 | Rough drafts |
1983 |
Subseries 2: Research
Includes both pencil-drawn cartoon drafts about specific themes, as well as newspaper clippings of other cartoonists' work on those same things, which Bimrose likely used for inspiration.
|
1950-1959, undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
119 | 3 | Armistice Day |
1953, undated |
119 | 4 | 4th of July |
undated |
119 | 5 | Labor Day |
1950-1959, undated |
Series 3: Newspaper clippings, 1946-1983Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
120 | 1 | Sunday Oregonian page with aerial map drawn by Bimrose |
1946 November 3 |
120 | 2-4 | Clippings of Bimrose cartoons |
1948 |
120 | 5-7 | Clippings of Bimrose cartoons |
1950-1952 |
121 | 1-6 | Clippings of Bimrose cartoons |
1953-1958 |
122 | 1-6 | Clippings of Bimrose cartoons |
1959-1964 |
123 | 1-4 | Clippings of Bimrose cartoons |
1965-1968 |
123 | 5 | Clippings of cartoons for Northwest Magazine |
1968 March 3, 1968 May 26 |
123 | 6-7 | Clippings of Bimrose cartoons |
1969-1970 |
124 | 1-7 | Clippings of Bimrose cartoons |
1971-1977 |
125 | 1-6 | Clippings of Bimrose cartoons |
1978-1983 |
125 | 7 | Newspaper article about Bimrose's career |
1983 October 9 |
Series 4: Reproductions of cartoons, 1948-1983Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
126 | 1 | Cartoon, "Flowers that Bloom in the Spring, Tra-La" |
1948 April 4 |
126 | 2 | Glossy of cartoon about Pierre Mendes-France |
circa 1954 |
126 | 3 | Mimeograph copy of cartoon for sesquicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birthday |
1959 February 12 |
126 | 4 | Cartoon re Walt Disney's death |
1966 December 18 |
126 | 5 | Cartoons |
1975 March 20, 1975 March 23, 1977 July 11 |
126 | 6 | Alternate cartoon |
1980 November |
126 | 18 | Cartoon re Tom McCall's death |
1983 January 12 |
126 | 7 | Velox transparencies |
1962-1972 |
126 | 8 | Velox transparencies |
1973-1974 |
126 | 9 | Velox transparencies |
1975 |
126 | 10 | Velox transparencies |
1976-1978 |
126 | 11 | Velox transparencies |
circa 1978-1980 |
126 | 12 | Velox transparencies |
1979-1980 |
Series 5: Other materials, 1940-1982Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
119 | 6 | Lists of drawn cartoons given away |
1961, 1962, circa 1970, 1981, 1982 |
63 | 11 | Ralph Lee cartoon of skiers and Mt. Hood, titled "Annual Invasion" |
1940 November 10 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Manners and customs--20th century--Caricatures and cartoons
- World politics--20th century--Caricatures and cartoons
Geographical Names
- Oregon--Politics and government--20th century--Caricatures and cartoons
- United States--Politics and government--20th century--Caricatures and cartoons
Form or Genre Terms
- caricatures
- political cartoons
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- Oregonian (Firm) (publisher)