Walt Lardner collection, 1967-ca. 1988.

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Walt Lardner collection, 1967-ca. 1988.

Consisting chiefly of original art work submitted to The State newspaper (Columbia, S.C.), commenting on political and social issues of 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, at local, state, and national levels. Topics addressed include environmental concerns, home rule, redistricting, sales tax, legislative pay raises, gas crisis, desegregation, freedom of choice, reapportionment, busing, racial policies at major universities, women's rights, and the controversy regarding the Confederate flag flown over the statehouse.

17 boxes (585 drawings)

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Lardner, Walt

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Walt Lardner, editorial cartoonist, resided in South Carolina. From the description of Jimmy Carter editorial cartoon collection, 1976-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477085 Free lance editorial cartoonist of Columbia, S.C.; native of Queens Village, N.Y.; attended School of Visual Arts in New York, 1953-1955; ca. 1954-1960s, work published in such magazines as Argosy, Collier's, Look, Saturday Evening Post, and True; settled in South Carolina in 1967 where in additio...