Charles “Bart” Bartholomew Collection M/A 1994.06.01-08
We are in the process of describing this political cartoon collection at the item level. Bartholomew was the political cartoonist for the the Minneapolis Journal.
Above is a cartoon referring to Theodore Roosevelt’s “New Nationalism” speech at Osawatomie, Kansas, on August 31, 1910. Roosevelt’s progressive speech argued for government protection of human welfare and property rights. For Roosevelt, human welfare was the more important of the two issues. President Obama hearkened back to Roosevelt’s speech yesterday, when he gave a speech in Osawatomie, Kansas about economic inequality.
As we continue to process it and find gems, Bartholomew’s collection with be a occasional guest on this tumbr. Here is more about him:
Charles “Bart” Bartholomew was born in Iowa in 1869 to parents Col. Orion A. and Mary Smith Bartholomew. He died on February 15, 1949. He graduated from Iowa State College and was best known as a daily political cartoonist for the Minneapolis Journal. He was also the dean of the Federal Schools’ division of illustrating and cartooning, organized Bart Supplies art supply store, and wrote twelve textbooks on illustration and cartooning.
