| Box 52 |
| FOLDER |
DESCRIPTION |
| 001 |
Cartoon photocopies 1948 (includes "Nameless" strips) |
| 002 |
Cartoon photocopies 1949 |
| 003 |
Cartoon photocopies 1950 |
| 004 |
Cartoon photocopies 1954 |
| 005 |
Cartoon photocopies 1955 |
| 006 |
Cartoon photocopies 1956 |
| 007 |
Cartoon photocopies 1957 |
| 008 |
Cartoon photocopies 1958 |
| 009 |
Cartoon photocopies 1959 January-July |
| 010 |
Cartoon photocopies 1959 August-December |
| 011 |
Cartoon photocopies 1960 |
| 012 |
Cartoon photocopies 1961 January-March 22 |
| 013 |
Cartoon photocopies 1961 March 23-December |
| 014 |
Cartoon photocopies 1962 January-September 19 |
| 015 |
Cartoon photocopies 1962 September 20-December |
| 016 |
Cartoon photocopies 1963 |
| 017 |
Cartoon photocopies 1968 |
| Box 53 Cartoon Photocopies 1950s-2000s (in bulk, unfoldered, generally ordered by date) |
|
|
| Series 5 Cartoon Newsclippings: Chicago Defender (1950s -1971) |
| Box 54 |
| 001 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1950s |
| 002 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1956 |
| 003 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1957 |
| 004 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1960 |
| 005 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1962 |
| 006 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1964 |
| 007 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1968 February-July |
| 008 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1968 August-December |
| 009 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1969 January-July |
| 010 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1969 August-December |
| 011 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1970 January-May |
| 012 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1970 June-December |
| 013 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1971 January-July |
| 014 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1971 August-December |
| Box 55 Cartoon Newsclippings: Chicago Defender 1972-1976 |
| 001 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1972 January-June |
| 002 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1972 July-December |
| 003 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1973 January-June |
| 004 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1973 July-December |
| 005 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1974 January-June |
| 006 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1974 July-December |
| 007 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1975 January-June |
| 008 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1975 July-December |
| 009 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1976 January-June |
| 010 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1976 July-December |
| Box 56 Cartoon Newsclippings: Chicago Defender 1977-1980 |
| 001 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1977 January-May |
| 002 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1977 June-December |
| 003 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1978 January-June |
| 004 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1978 July-December |
| 005 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1979 January-May |
| 006 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1979 June-December |
| 007 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1980 January-June |
| 008 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1980 July-December |
| Box 57 Cartoon Newsclippings: Chicago Defender 1981-2003, & [n.d.] |
| 001 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 1981-1983 |
| 002 |
Cartoon Newscllppings 1991-1999 |
| 003 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 2000-2002 |
| 004 |
Cartoon Newsclippings 2003 |
| 005 |
Cartoon Newsclippings n.d. |
| Box 58 Cartoon Newsclippings: other publications, 1955-1996 |
| 001 |
AAEC Notebook 1978 |
| 002 |
Black Expo Citizen 1971 |
| 003 |
Blisschords 1981 |
| 004 |
Byline 1955 |
| 005 |
Chicago Gazette 1976 |
| 006 |
Chicago Sun-Times 1971-1979 |
| 007 |
Chicago Tribune 1979 |
| 008 |
Christian Science Monitor 1980 |
| 009 |
Daily World 1971 |
| 010 |
Democratic Voice 1970 |
| 011 |
Gazette Telegraph 1984 |
| 012 |
Greater Milwaukee Star 1970 |
| 013 |
Guardian 1977-1980 |
| 014 |
Illinois Lutheran 1972 |
| 015 |
Jackson Advocate 1978 |
| 016 |
Lake Charles News Leader 1975 |
| 017 |
Louisiana Weekly 1970 |
| 018 |
Michigan Chronicle 1970-1981 |
| 019 |
North Hartford Truth 1972 |
| 020 |
Papers 1980 |
| 021 |
Pittsburgh Courier 1969-1978 |
| 022 |
Pittsburgh Courier 1980-1981 |
| 023 |
St. Paul Recorder 1975 |
| 024 |
Senior Beacon 1986 |
| 025 |
South Shore Democrat 1974 |
| 026 |
South Shore Scene 1975 |
| 027 |
Tri-State Defender 1971-1974 |
| 028 |
Tri-State Defender 1992 |
| 029 |
Tri-State Defender 1993 |
| 030 |
Tri-State Defender 1994-1996 |
| Box 59 Cartoon Newsclippings and Cartoon Photocopies, oversized, various mountings & various dates, unfoldered. Includes 1974 Chicago Defender with front page drawing of Robert Abbott founding the paper in 1905 |
|
|
| Series 6 Memorabilia |
| Box 60 |
| 001 |
Memorabilia: Award certificates & programs [1970-2000] 1 of 2 (See folder 2 in Box 62) |
| 002 |
Memorabilia: Booklets, pamphlets, guides [1949-2002] |
| 003 |
Memorabilia: Chicago Defender publications with Commodore material [early 1980s] |
| 004 |
Memorabilia: "Death of Christmas" publicity 1971 |
| 005 |
Memorabilia: Family History Materials 1914-2004 |
| 006 |
Memorabilia: Misc. notes, names, and addresses [1950-2002] |
| 007 |
Memorabilia: Photocopy, “The Woman Who Taught Gunpowder How to Bang” [n.d.] |
| 008 |
Memorabilia: Press passes & other ID [1950-1980] |
| Box 61 |
| 001 |
Memorabilia: Serials, newsletters, bulletins, reports [1960-1979] 1 of 3 |
| 002 |
Memorabilia: Serials, etc. [1980-2002] 2 of 3 |
| 003 |
Memorabilia: Serials, etc., Oversized 3 of 3 (SEE folder 4 in Box 63) |
| 004 |
Memorabilia: Serials: Model Railroader 1962-1983 |
| 005 |
Memorabilia: Vital Records |
| Box 62 (Oversized) |
| 001 |
Memorabilia: Aircraft materials (prints, publications, misc.) [n.d.] |
| 002 |
Memorabilia: Art instruction books [early 1950s] |
| 003 |
Memorabilia: Award certificates, etc. Oversized, [1975-76] 2 of 2 (folder 1 in Box 60) |
| 004 |
Memorabilia: Calendars 1958-1999 |
| 005 |
Memorabilia: Cartoons by Jay Jackson [n.d.],Tom Curtis (1978), & George Lee [1956] |
| 006 |
Memorabilia: Commodore cartoons printed on programs, broadsides, etc. [1960-1990] |
| 007 |
Memorabilia: Humor & other texts [1950-2002] |
| 008 |
Memorabilia: Model train materials [mixed, n.d.] 1 of 2 |
| Box 63 (Oversized) |
| 001 |
Memorabilia: Model train materials [mixed, n.d.] 2 of 2 |
| 002 |
Memorabilia: Obituaries: Marcia Commodore 1990 |
| 003 |
Memorabilia: Program booklets, exhibit catalogs, church bulletins, etc. [1954-1990] |
| 004 |
Memorabilia: Serials, newsletters, bulletins, reports [1967-1998] 3 of 3 (folders 1 & 2 in Box 61) |
| 005 |
Memorabilia: Travel & entertainment materials [1950-2002] |
| 006 |
Memorabilia: "What Comes First" manuscript by Jerry Drain with Commodore illustrations [n.d.] |
| Box 64 Memorabilia: “The Other Side of the Coin” manuscript by Chester Commodore [1992-1998] |
| 001-014 |
Fourteen chapters of the manuscript |
| Box 65 (Oversized) |
| 001 |
Memorabilia: Scrapbook for Pulitzer Prize nomination, "Chicago Defender" [1980] |
| 002 |
Memorabilia: Scrapbook for Pulitzer Prize nomination [1981] |
| 003 |
Memorabilia: Scrapbook loose pages [1975-78] |
| 004 |
Memorabilia: Misc. loose Pulitzer materials [1970-1979] |
| 005 |
Memorabilia: Scrapbook ("Accent" covers & newsclippings) 1974-1979 |
| 006 |
Memorabilia: Award certificate (Printing Industries of America, Inc.) 1976 |
| 007 |
Memorabilia: Misc. Commodore sketches and drawings, [n.d.] |
| 008 |
Memorabilia: Misc. unidentified artwork, not by Commodore, [n.d.] |
| Box 66 Memorabilia: Newsclippings kept by Commodore |
| 001 |
Memorabilia: Newsclippings (misc.) 1920-1969 |
| 002 |
Memorabilia: Newsclippings (misc.) 1970-1973 |
| 003 |
Memorabilia: Newsclippings (misc.) 1974-1979 |
| 004 |
Memorabilia: Newsclippings (misc.) 1980-1989 |
| 005 |
Memorabilia: Newsclippings (misc.) 1990-1999 |
| 006 |
Memorabilia: Newsclippings (misc.) 2000-2004 |
| 007 |
Memorabilia: Newsclippings (misc.) n.d. |
| Box 67 Memorabilia: Newsclippings (entire issues, unfoldered, by date),1927-2000 |
| |
Racine Journal-News June 11, 1927 (fragment) |
| |
The Irish Press (Cambridgeshire edition) November 2, 1935 |
| |
Chicago Defender August 6, 1955 |
| |
Chicago Defender February 5, 1957 |
| |
Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine February 27, 1966 |
| |
Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine February 19, 1967 |
| |
Chicago Defender March 22-28, 1968 |
| |
Chicago Sun-Times (supplement) April 21, 1968 |
| |
Chicago Daily News September 9, 1968 (Special Section: Richard J. Daley "White Paper") |
| |
Chicago Defender November 7, 1968 |
| |
Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine March 30, 1969 |
| |
Chicago Defender April 5-11, 1969 |
| |
Chicago Defender April 19-25, 1969 |
| |
Pittsburgh Courier July 5, 1969 |
| |
Chicago Defender October 30, 1969 (Bobby Seales cover) |
| |
Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine December 28, 1969 |
| |
Pittsburgh Courier June 20, 1970 (op-ed page) |
| |
Chicago Defender January 23, 1973 |
| |
Chicago Defender January 15, 1975 |
| |
Detroit Courier April 13, 1974 |
| |
Chicago Defender May 5, 1975 |
| |
Chicago Defender May 6, 1975 |
| |
South Shore Scene June 6-8, 1975 |
| |
Southeast Independent Bulletin July 31, 1975 |
| |
Jackson Advocate February 22-28, 1979 |
| |
Chicago Defender May 3, 1980 |
| |
Chicago Defender April 4, 1981 |
| |
Chicago Defender April 16, 1982 |
| |
Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph August 14, 1983 |
| |
Chicago Tribune Magazine November 16, 1986 |
| |
Chicago Defender May 5, 1995 (partial) |
| |
N'Digo February 8-21, 1996 |
| |
Chicago Defender May 29, 1997 |
| |
Chicago Defender May 31, 1997 |
| |
Chicago Defender June 9, 1997 |
| |
Chicago Reader August 29, 1997 |
| |
Tri-State Defender January 16-20, 1999 |
| |
Chicago Defender December 25, 1999 |
| |
Chicago Defender January 15, 2000 |
| Box 68 Memorabilia: Miscellaneous objects |
| |
Auto license plates (Illinois MBC2, 1979 and 1981-1982; Colorado LL-888,2001; and Colorado handicapped parking placard) |
| |
Blotter, reverse side illustrated with U.S. state license plates and "Your Firm Name Here" (4" x 10") |
| |
Check payable to Chester Commodore for $300, from Liberty Photo, laminated |
| |
Gift tag "with appreciation . . . Bernadine Washington,” WVON Radio" [n.d.] |
| |
Key chain with photo of Mayor Harold Washington, logo "Harold Washington Chicago's First Black Mayor" |
| |
Medallion, Brotherhood Award from National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1976 |
| |
Ruled line guide, clear plastic with hand-drawn lines and measurements, (5" x 2") |
| |
Signage, "Replica of the House I Was Born In" and notations, inked by hand [n.d.] |
| |
Tie tack, $1000 bill miniature |
|
|
| Series 7 Biographical materials, photocopies only (1914-1979) |
| Box 69 |
| 001 |
Commodore's birth certificate |
| 002 |
U.S. Census population schedules(Racine, WI 1920, Chicago, IL 1930) |
| 003 |
Peter D. Thomas biographical materials 1925-1961 (Racine Times-Call 1925) and (Milwaukee Sentinel 1961) |
| 004 |
ByLine (1955) |
| 005 |
Chicago Defender (1948-1951, 1954) |
| 006 |
Chicago Defender Employee Newsletter (1953) |
| 007 |
Chicago Defender (1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, n.d.) |
| 008 |
St. Paul Pioneer Press [1955-1972] |
| 009 |
Press Pass (1962) |
| 010 |
New Crusader (1966) |
| 011 |
Chicago Defender (1966, 1969) |
| 012 |
Dick Gregory election flyer (1968) |
| 013 |
Press Pass, 1968 Democratic Convention (Commodore) |
| 014 |
Chicago Courier (1969) |
| 015 |
Chicago Defender, President Nixon letter (1969) |
| 016 |
"Cromie Circle" material (1969) |
| 017 |
President Nixon correspondence (1969) |
| 018 |
A. A. Rayner correspondence (1969, 1970) |
| 019 |
Chicago Tribune (1969, 1971, 1973) |
| 020 |
Chicago Sun-Times (1969, 1970-1981) |
| 021 |
Pittsburgh New Courier (1969, 1972-1976) |
| 022 |
Anonymous correspondence (1970) |
| 023 |
Chicago Defender reader correspondence (1970s) |
| 024 |
Irv Kupcinet (1970) |
| 025 |
Chicago Defender (1970-1971) |
| 026 |
Chicago Daily News 1970 |
| 027 |
Chicago Defender (Commodore Profile Brochure) (1970) |
| 028 |
Tri-state Defender (1970, 1993-1998) |
| 029 |
Commodore biographical sketch (1970-1971) |
| 030 |
"Death of Christmas" publicity (1971) |
| 031 |
Chicago Public Library exhibit and brochures (1971, 1973) |
| 032 |
Drake Elementary School (1972) |
| 033 |
Illinois Lutheran (1972) |
| 034 |
Pulitzer Prize nomination 1972 |
| 035 |
Chicago Defender (1972-1973) |
| 036 |
Resurrection High School (1972 and 1975) |
| 037 |
NNPA awards (materials) (1972-1980) |
| 038 |
Black Esthetics (1973) |
| 039 |
Chicago Today (1973) |
| 040 |
Christ the Mediator Lutheran Church (1973) |
| 041 |
Columbia College Radio appearance (1973) |
| 042 |
Dr. Gloria Evans (1973) |
| 043 |
The Lutheran) (1973) |
| 044 |
Phillip Commodore (1973) |
| 045 |
Quill & Scroll (1973) |
| 046 |
Chicago Defender (1974) |
| 047 |
Commodore biographical sketch (1974) |
| 048 |
Tuesday Magazine (1974) |
| 049 |
Worcester (MA) Telegram (1974) |
| 050 |
Turbeville Cartoon Collection Catalog (1974, 1979) |
| 051 |
Cecil Partee correspondence (1975) |
| 052 |
Commodore biographical sketch (1975) |
| 053 |
Dempsey Travis correspondence (1975) |
| 054 |
NNPA Prize for best cartoon (1977) |
| 055 |
South Shore Scene (1975) |
| 056 |
Chicago Defender (1975-1976) |
| 057 |
Chicago Gazette (1976) |
| 058 |
Chicago Public Library (correspondence, 1976) |
| 059 |
Concentrics Newsletter (1976) |
| 060 |
YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago/Black Achievers (1976) |
| 061 |
Police Community News 1977 |
| 062 |
The Herald (1977) |
| 063 |
Chicago Defender (1977-1979) |
| Box 70 |
| 001 |
Pulitzer Prize nomination for 1978 |
| 002 |
Press Pass (Commodore) 1978 |
| 003 |
Chicago Defender (1978) |
| 004 |
Chicago Independent Bulletin, 1978 |
| 005 |
CTA Transit News [1978] |
| 006 |
Jackson Advocate (1978) |
| 007 |
Judge Parsons (1978) |
| 008 |
The Observer (1978) |
| 009 |
Real Estate News (1978) |
| 010 |
Assoc. of American Editorial Cartoonists badge (1979) |
| 011 |
Chicago Alliance Against Racial and Political Repression Newsletter (1979) |
| 012 |
Herb Block correspondence 1974 |
| 013 |
Mayor Jane Byrne correspondence 1979 |
| 014 |
Museum of Cartoon Art (1979) |
| 015 |
Phillip Joseph Commodore (obituaries) (1979) |
| 016 |
Headline Club News (1980) |
| 017 |
Lu Palmer Foundation (1980) |
| 018 |
Pascal Commodore (obituary) (1980) |
| 019 |
Chicago Defender (1980-1981) |
| 020 |
Chicago Bank & Trust (1981) |
| 021 |
The Lutheran (1981) |
| 022 |
Colorado Springs Sun (1982) |
| 023 |
Festival of Cartoon Art (1983) |
| 024 |
Cromie, Bob. A Short History of Chicago. [1984] |
| 025 |
Gazette Telegraph (1984, 1988, 1990, n.d.) |
| 026 |
Colorado Swings Pioneers'' Museum (1988) |
| 027 |
Aletha Commodore correspondence (1990) |
| 028 |
Mattye Marcia Commodore (death certificate, obituaries) (1990) |
| 029 |
Banner [1993] |
| 030 |
Illinois Issues (1994) |
| 031 |
The Independent (1996) |
| 032 |
Urban League of Pikes Peak Regional Inc. (1996) |
| 033 |
Tim Jackson Website [1997] |
| 034 |
Chicago Defender (1997-1999, 2000) |
| 035 |
Menasha, WI, Historical Society 1998 |
| 036 |
Commodore: Obituaries (2004) |
| 037 |
Chicago Newspaper Guild awards [n.d.] |
| 038 |
Commodore biographical sketch, n.d. |
| 039 |
Commodore biographical sketch, by John D. Stevens [n.d.] |
| 040 |
Commodore biographical material -- names of persons worked with/publishers [n.d.] |
| 041 |
Edward Buchanan [n.d.] |
| 042 |
[Minneapolis/St Paul Reginald Commodore sketches [n.d.] |
| 043 |
Lorin Nails-Smoote: poster soliciting Commodore information [n.d.] |
