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Voting, 1946-1970

42 boxes 1 folder
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The records related to voting rights compose the majority of the Operating Files. References are made throughout this portion of the collection to 1971(a) and 1971(b), which are sections of the 1957 Civil Rights Act. 1971(a) violations involved the use of poll taxes, literacy tests, and other means to keep black citizens from voting. In 1971(b) cases, counties used intimidation and threats to suppress voting rights.
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Subseries A: Operating Files, 1926-2005

94 boxes 1 folder
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The Operating Files reflect some of the main types of discriminatory practices and behaviors that John Doar and the Civil Rights Division targeted during the civil rights movement, particularly in the South. The majority of materials in the series relate to protecting voting rights and enforcing school desegregation; other issues compose a comparatively small portion of the series.
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Subseries F: Special Files, 1940-1967

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This subseries pertains to events, organizations, and institutions that were monitored by the Civil Rights Division. Doar and others in the Division designated these materials as "special files" (distinct from the Operating Files, which relate to broader civil rights issues). The majority of this subseries documents the various demonstrations that took place during the civil rights movement, usually in the form of government reports and memoranda. Most of these files focus on demonstrations in specific cities, though the Selma to Montgomery march and the march led by James Meredith in 1966 (often referred to as the March Against Fear) are also documented. In addition, the subseries includes the Division's research files on the Ku Klux Klan and several circuit and district courts, along with court records and other materials related to the United States' case against Judge William Harold Cox.
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Series 1: Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, 1926-2005

146 boxes 1 folder
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Series 1 documents John Doar's work within the Civil Rights Division and the Division's activities and organizational structure from its inception in 1957 through 1967, though most materials date from the 1960s. The majority of the series is made up of operating files from the investigation and litigation of civil rights violations in specific areas, such as voting and elections, education, public accommodations and public facilities, employment, violent crimes, and others. A large portion of the collection also relates to the administration of the Division, including records on matters such as the Division's budget, personnel, and internal management. To a lesser extent, the series contains files on other agencies with civil rights responsibilities in the federal government, as well as files on non-governmental activist organizations. "Special files" in the series provide insight into other areas of interest to the Division not explicitly included in the operating files, while materials related to proposed or approved legislation indicate the Division's priorities and its responses to new mandates. A number of government publications and scholarly articles collected by Doar are also present.
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Series 3: New York City Board of Education, 1944-1972

35 boxes
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Series 3 contains John Doar's records from his time on the New York City Board of Education, including occasional Board materials that predate his tenure. Most of these earlier materials were interspersed with Doar's working files, though a small number of the subject files of Bernard Donovan, who served as superintendent of schools from 1965-1969, were maintained separately.
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Series 5: Later Activities, 1905 June-2013

38 boxes
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Series 5 documents Doar's legal career in private practice and his continued interest in civil rights matters from the 1960s. The majority of the series is composed of court documents pertaining to the investigation Doar led in the 1980s into the bribery charges laid against United States District Judge Alcee Hastings. A few other cases are also documented, though to a much lesser extent.
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Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1931-1976, 2004

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The Biographical Materials series contains newspaper articles about Derso and Kelen and other biographical ephemera like business cards, press passes, and advertisements for their syndicated cartoons and writings. Exhibition catalogs are included in this series. Of particular note is an essay written by Betty Kelen, Kelen's wife, providing a brief, but personal and humorous view of Derso and Kelen's friendship and artistic careers.
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The Writings series documents Derso and Kelen's secondary careers in writing, which began after World War II. Derso's writings consisted of a few essays published in the New York Times and a proposal for an 'art book' of portraits of Jewish statesmen, diplomats, and writers submitted to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany for which he received a fellowship. There is also a skeletal draft script for a motion picture on the history of the League of Nations.
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Subseries 4A: Portrait Sketches, 1922-1975

7 boxes
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The Portrait Sketches subseries consists primarily of single portrait sketches in ink or pencil, with a few portraits in ink and watercolor, arranged in alphabetical order according to the last name of the person portrayed. Derso and Kelen seemed to have illustrated every statesman, conference delegate, and dictator on the world stage between the World Wars capturing their countenances with humor and a bit of satire.
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Subseries 4B: Published Portfolios,1922-1950, 1922-1950

11 boxes
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The Published Portfolios subseries consists of nine published portfolios of lithographs. Most of the portfolios were commercially printed like United Nations Sketchbook, however, a few were privately commissioned pieces of limited distribution like Derso's "The Young Plan and the Reparations" made for Owen D. Young and his friends in 1924.
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Subseries 4C: Cartoons, 1922-1975

7 boxes
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The Cartoons subseries consists primarily of political cartoons dating from approximately1920 to 1960 arranged by the following broad categories – European conferences, World War II as it relates to Europe, Asia, the United States, and the United Nations. Within the category of Europe and the War, there is a heavy emphasis on images of Hitler and Mussolini. Also, within the category for the United States are cartoons satirizing American politics in the 1940s.
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This Publishing History subseries composed of Kelen's personal collection of published cartoons, newspaper clippings, and magazine covers and loose pages represents an incomplete publishing history of Derso and Kelen cartoons and caricatures. The handbill-like cartoons were printed by cartoon syndicates like the McClure Newspapers Syndicate, Edmond Pauker Inc., and the Overseas News Agency (ONA) and distributed to newspapers for publication. Many of these sample cartoons are not annotated though a few provide publishers' information. Ken magazine and single pages from the magazine in box 27 attests to the active relationship between the publication and the artists. KEN Magazine was a side project of Arnold Gingrich, founder and publisher of Esquire magazine, and was short-lived due to its "war-mongering" perspective. The folders of photocopied newspaper clippings concretely demonstrate the breath of American and international newspapers that distributed Derso and Kelen material.
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Series 4: Art Works, 1922-1975

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The Art Works series forms the bulk of this collection and consists of over 900 cartoons and caricatures created in simple media like pencil sketches or ink drawings to formal limited edition portfolios of lithographs or richly hued watercolors. The vast majority of the works were produced between 1920 and 1950, the active period of collaboration between Derso and Kelen. Once their artistic partnership ended in 1950, Kelen produced cartoons and drawings for United Nations' publications and his own personal book projects and Derso supplied the National Review with numerous portrait sketches for their articles.
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This Menu Cards series consists of menu cards created by Derso and Kelen for press luncheons in honor of the journalists accredited to the League of Nations from 1925 to 1937 and menu cards for social occasions or dinners honoring high level officials at the United Nations in the late 1940s and early 1950s. One menu card created for the first League luncheon in October 1925 that marked the conclusion of negotiations for the Treaty of Locarno is signed by each of the diplomats represented on the card. There are also 'cards in progress' with annotations and cut-and-paste elements by the artists.
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The Miscellaneous series includes material not related to the other series in the Derso and Kelen Collection and contains photographs depicting the artists as well as some photoreproductions of their works. Of interest is a photograph of Derso and Kelen sitting with Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt as she admires the drawing of herself by Derso and Kelen that appeared in the United Nations Sketchbook. There is also a tattered copy of Modern Caricaturists by H. R. Westwood published in 1932 by L. Dickson, Ltd. that includes a chapter on Derso and Kelen. Another item in this series is a guest book from an exhibition in 1976.
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This 'Biographical Materials' subseries contains information about Derso and Kelen's exhibitions in Europe (London, 1934 and Budapest, 1976), business dealings with book and newspaper publishers, and extensive information on the disposition of the Derso and Kelen body of work by Betty Kelen. There are also fairly complete inventory lists of artworks compiled by Kelen and a list with commentary by a New York appraiser.
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Subseries 8C: Writings, 1930-1976

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This subseries represents a substantial portion of the 2007 donation and comprises the writings, published and unpublished, of Derso and Kelen. The distinction between 'Book Suggestions' and 'Unpublished Works' was determined by the author. Kelen designated a certain grouping of his unpublished works specifically as 'book suggestions.' In the unpublished/book suggestions categories, some writings are typescripts and ready for presentation to a publisher while others are in a less formal state; basically hand-written rough drafts.
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There are two new entries into the 'Art Works' sub-series, 'Sketchbooks' and 'Children's Book Illustrations.' Kelen carried stenographer's notebooks to the early conferences and meetings that led to the establishment of the United Nations and recorded on the spot drawings of the participants in these notebooks which he later referred to when completing a formal portrait sketch. In the 1960s, Kelen began writing and illustrating children's books for the United Nations and drafts and illustrations for these books, both published and unpublished, are part of the 2007 added materials.
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The 'Miscellaneous' subseries is comprised mainly of photographs depicting the artists in Europe and the United States and photographs of their art works. Of note are the Audiovisual materials. The kinescope was transferred to a DVD and records a short segment of the opening day at the United Nations building in New York City in 1950 filmed and produced by Kelen and featuring the arrival of John Foster Dulles and V. K. Krishna Menon. The 16" transcription disc has not been transferred to modern media but by date it presumably relates to the activites at the United Nations.
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Series 8: 2007 Accession, 1930-1982

33 boxes
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The material added to the original donation represents an expansion of the established series. Of note is the greatly expanded series of published and unpublished writings almost exclusively by Kelen and ranging in date from 1950 to 1975. The writings include proposals and manuscripts for unpublished illustrated books, newspapers columns, and short essays and manuscripts for published works including Peace in Their Time and the newspaper column, On Second Thought.