AHJ_ah12749 Inventory of the Fred Little Packer political cartoons, 1920-1956 Packer (Fred Little) Political Cartoons Processed by Krist Jessup University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
2020

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Jamie J. Greene November 2020 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Packer, Fred Little, 1886-1956 Fred Little Packer Political Cartoons 1920-1956 12749 .10 cubic ft. (1 box) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Frederick Little Packer was an American illustrator and political cartoonist. Collection contains three of Packer's political cartoon drawings. Biography of Frederick Little Packer

Frederick Little Packer was born on January 4, 1886 in Los Angeles, California. He was educated at the Los Angeles School of Art and Design and the Chicago Art Institute. Packer was an American illustrator and political cartoonist. He worked for the Los Angeles Examiner, San Francisco Call, and from 1919 to 1931 worked as a commercial artist in New York. Later, he returned to newspaper work on the New York Journal in 1932, and in 1933 joined the Daily Mirror. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1952. Fred passed away on December 8, 1956.

 Scope and Content

This collection contains three cartoons drawn by Fred Packer.

 Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

 Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

 Related Materials

Fred L. Packer 1886-1956 biographical file, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Ohio State University.

 Acquisition Information

This material was received from Darryl Dean in 2019.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Krist Jessup in November 2020.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

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