The Cartoons of Evansville's Karl Kae Knecht

by James Lachlan MacLeod

  Carroll, Percy, to Ed Fehn, December 4, 1933. University of Evansville Archives.

  “Cartoonists as They See Themselves: Karl Kae Knecht.” Literary Digest 118, no. 2 (July 1934): 10.

  Casto, James E. The Great Ohio River Flood of 1937. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009.

  Cavnes, Max. The Hoosier Community at War. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1961.

  Check, Francis, to Karl Kae Knecht, June 6, 1960. University of Evansville Archives.

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  Coupe, W.A. “Political and Religious Cartoons of the Thirty Years’ War.” Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 25, nos. 1–2 (January 1962): 65–86.

  Cutler, Thomas J. The Battle of Leyte Gulf, 23–26 October, 1944. New York: HarperCollins, 1994.

  Daily Telegraph. “Hogarth, the Father of the Modern Cartoon.” November 1, 2014.

  Danjoux, Ilan. “Reconsidering the Decline of the Editorial Cartoon.” PS: Political Science & Politics 40, no. 2 (April 2007): 245–48.

  Davis, Emily C. “Political Cartoons Are Old Stuff.” Science Newsletter 29, no. 792 (June 1936): 382–84.

  De la Motte, Dean, and Jeannene M. Przyblyski. Making the News: Modernity & the Mass Press in Nineteenth-Century France. Boston: University of Massachusetts Press, 1999.

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  Dower, John W. Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9-11, Iraq. New York: W.W. Norton, 2010.

  ———. War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War. New York: Pantheon Books, 1986.

  Early, Stephen, to Ed Fehn, December 4, 1933. University of Evansville Archives.

  Editor and Publisher. “Folks Worth Knowing: Karl Kae Knecht.” August 1935.

  Eichel, Leslie, to Ed Fehn, December 1, 1933. University of Evansville Archives.

  Engler, Joseph. Evansville. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2012.

  Enlow, C.B., to Karl Kae Knecht, May 31, 1960. University of Evansville Archives.

  Ensley, Philip C. The World of Karl Kae Knecht Through His Cartoons. Evansville, IN: University of Evansville Press, 1979.

  Erenberg, Lewis A., and Susan E. Hirsch. The War in American Culture: Society and Consciousness During World War II. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.

  Evansville Courier. “Ancient Origin of Cartoon Art Cited by Knecht.” January 22, 1940.

  ———. “At the Zoo.” June 22, 1990.

  ———. “Boehne Camp Now Has Small Branch Library.” April 10, 1919.

  ———. “Broadway.” October 16, 1943.

  ———. “Cane Shower Has Brought 200 Sticks.” October 16, 1918.

  ———. “Cartoonist Ki ‘Professor’ Now.” December 11, 1913.

  ———. “Cartoonist Praised in Messages from Personages from All Over the World.” July 21, 1954.

  ———. “Cartoonist Will Give Lincoln USO Program.” September 16, 1944.

  ———. “Cartoons by Knecht Express Our Eulogy.” August 1, 1972.

  ———. “Correctly Delivered.” March 3, 1937.

  ———. “Creator of 18,000 Cartoons, Courier’s Karl Kae Retires.” June 1, 1960.

  ———. “‘Dean of Cartoonists’ Boosted Red Cross Spirit and Support.” March 22, 1992.

  ———. “Entertainment Given at Marine Hospital.” November 26, 1919.

  ———. “Fatally Shoots Negro over a Disputed Nickel.” December 1, 1901.

  ———. “Fifty Years of KKK.” September 27, 1956.

  ———. “45 Years of Courier Cartoons.” September 12, 1951.

  ———. “From My Tower.” June 3, 1960.

  ———. “Front Row Center.” June 6, 1960.

  ———. “Historical Sketch of the Courier and other Evansville Newspapers.” March 27, 1910.

  ———. “Improved ‘Art,’ Better News Pictures Help Make Courier Easier to Read.” January 7, 1970.

  ———. “It Should Be a Simple Matter to Find Those Who Are Really Responsible.” November 16, 1928.

  ———. “James Montgomery Flagg.” May 31, 1960.

  ———. “K.K.K.’s Canes Christmas Gifts.” December 26, 1918.

  ———. “K.K.K.’s Canes for West Baden Soldiers.” December 15, 1918.

  ———. “Karl Kae Knecht Today Begins 2nd Half-Century with Courier.” September 27, 1956.

  ———. “Knecht Drawings Moved Courier Readers.” August 9, 1995.

  ———. “Knecht in Chalk Talk.” April 10, 1914.

  ———. “Knecht Services Set for Today.” July 31, 1972.

  ———. “Knecht’s Life Mirrors Twentieth Century History.” July 21, 1954.

  ———. “Knecht Speaks on Cartoons.” October 9, 1947.

  ———. “Lady Rotarians Refuse to Let K.K.K. See Dance.” February 1, 1918.

  ———. “Local Entertainers a Big Hit at West Baden.” February 9, 1919.

  ———. “Local GOP Ready for Nixon Visit.” October 15, 1956.

  ———. “Local Women Producing Supplies for Hospitals.” November 6, 1942.

  ———. “Museum Will Exhibit Knecht Cartoons.” August 19, 1985.

  ———. “Nixon, Lodge Offer Maturity, Experience.” September 30, 1960.

  ———. “One Hope.” August 11, 1945.

  ———. “150 Years of History Knecht’s 54 Years with Courier Believed Cartooning Record.” August 8, 1995.

  ———. “One Score and Ten.” October 1, 1936.

  ———. “Pen & Ink Politics. Knecht Cartoons Featured in Shows at Evansville Museum and Truman Library.” August 30, 1996.

  ———. “Plaza Shrine Proposed for Gresham.” November 26, 1936.

  ———. “A Real Pro Retires.” June 2, 1960.

  ———. “Reds Sweep Within 70 Miles of Pusan.” July 26, 1950.

  ———. “Renowned Courier Artist, Cartoonist Emeritus, Karl Kae Knecht, Dies.” July 29, 1972.

  ———. “Right in the Heart of a Great City.” July 25, 1915.

  ———. “Second Thoughts.” November 6, 1957.

  ———. “Social and Personal.” August 22, 1918.

  ———. “Speakers Allowed to Start, That’s All.” February 25, 1919.

  ———. “Speed on H-Bomb Asked by Truman.” February 1, 1950.

  ———. “The Cartoonist Pays Homage to His Birthplace.” July 11, 1955.

  ———. “The Mesker Zoo Story.” August 21, 1978.

  ———. “The World Eyes Moscow.” March 5, 1953.

  ———. “Thousands Visit Local USO Club.” November 23, 1943.

  ———. “Throng Honors Soldier Hero.” November 12, 1917.

  ———. “To Open Gresham Memorial Sunday.” August 13, 1918.

  ———. “Truman Advisors Favor Building Hydrogen Bomb.” January 20, 1950.

  ———. “Two Negroes Killed by Mob.” October 7, 1906.

  ———. “When Building Ordinances Are Not Enforced.” March 27, 1911.

  Evansville Courier and Press. “A Century of Cartoons.” February 22, 2007.

  ———. “When Disaster Strikes—Life Came to Halt as 1937 Flood Hit Region.” January 7, 2007.

  Evansville Journal. “Honors Heaped upon Knecht at Birthday Party.” December 5, 1933.

  ———. “‘King” and “Queen” Are in New Home.” April 23, 1928.

  ———. “
Public Views, Speakers Laud New Terminal.” February 27, 1931.

  ———. “Whoopee! Elephant Fund Full.” April 10, 1929.

  Evansville Press. “Around Town.” August 9, 1972.

  ———. “Bridge Open to Free Traffic Today as Celebration Starts.” July 3, 1932.

  ———. “Evansville Honors KKK. 500 Persons Pay Tribute to ‘Dean’ of Cartoonists at Noon Luncheon.” July 21, 1954.

  ———. “Halsey Fights Japs, but Dodges Female Reporters.” February 20, 1945.

  ———. “Housing Project to Start Monday.” January 12, 1936.

  ———. “Ku Klux Klan, Flaunting ‘White Supremacy’ Banner, Reborn in Georgia Ceremony.” May 10, 1946.

  ———. “Lincoln Gardens Improvement to the City. New Negro Housing Plan Replaces Slums.” July 10, 1938.

  ———. “New High Speed Printing Machine of the Latest Pattern Is Another Milestone in Press Growth.” July 29, 1921.

  ———. “Nixon Concedes After Kennedy Clinches Victory in California.” November 9, 1960.

  ———. “Rankin Hits US Coddling of Japs.” February 4, 1943.

  ———. “Speaker Here Tells History of Cartooning.” January 22, 1940.

  ———. “Thousands Watch Autogiro Flights.” September 21, 1931.

  ———. “To Meet Truman.” October 3, 1949.

  ———. “Zoo Attendant Taken by Death.” September 24, 1936.

  ———. “Zoo Superintendent Bob McGraw Dies.” February 2, 1954.

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  Freeport Journal. “A Former Freeporter Was Honored Recently.” August 19, 1955.

  Freeport Journal-Standard. “The First Cartoon of Karl Knecht.” April 1, 1955.

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  Greer, Bill. “Karl Knecht Remembered.” Sunday Courier and Press, July 30, 1972.

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  Igleheart, Aline, to Karl Kae Knecht, June 8, 1944. University of Evansville Archives.

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  “Karl Kae Knecht, Cartoonist Dean, Is Now ‘Emeritus.’” Association of American Editorial Cartoonists News, June 1960.

  Karl Kae Knecht Hand-Drawn Notebooks. 2 vols. University of Southern Indiana Archives, 1909.

  “Karl Kae Knecht. Outstanding American Cartoonist.” Town and Country Review [London] 6, no. 1 (November 1934): 1–2.

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  ———. “These All on Chalk Plates.” University of Evansville Archives.

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  ———. Years of Wrath, A Cartoon History: 1931–1945. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946.

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  ———. A Lynching in the Heartland: Race and Memory in America. New York: Palgrave, 2003.

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