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Bernard Kassoy Teachers Union Cartoons

 Collection
Identifier: 6107 G

Scope and Contents

Drawings depicting issues facing teachers and teachers' unions including anti-Communist struggles, and issues of employment, pay, facilities, and government aid to schools.

Dates

  • 1900-1962

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Biographical / Historical

Bernard Kassoy's art has ranged over many media during the past half-century, and his relentless imagination still continues to explore new forms, themes and methods. He has worked professionally in oil, watercolor, gouache, pastel, charcoal, and pencil, and he has done etching, engraving, lithography, intaglio, woodcuts and monotypes. He has carved stone and cast in bronze, done portraits and landscapes, editorial cartoons and abstractions, stage design, book illustration and photography.

Extent

0.61 cubic feet

Abstract

134 original cartoons and 6 posters

Quantity:

0.6 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Cartoons.

General

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183> kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
Compiled by:
Kheel Staff, May 14, 2013
EAD encoding:
Randall Miles, September 14, 2015
Title
Kassoy, Bernard Teachers Union Cartoons
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
September 14, 2015
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853