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Title: JM-138: Well, Gentlemen. 138
Summary: This cartoon depicts Richard Achilles Ballinger, the Secretary of Interior, sweating during a cabinet meeting with President Taft. Ballinger was part of a controversial affair in 1910 that went down in history as either the Pinchot-Ballinger Controversy or the Ballinger Affair. The Ballinger Affair began over an investigation into Clarence Cunningham, who was suspected of illegally transferring land ownership in Alaska to commercial third parties. This investigation began under the Roosevelt administration. Ballinger, the General Land Office Commissioner, eventually concluded the investigation without the approval of his the Secretary of Interior, as he was required. Ballinger left his position for private practice as Cunningham’s personal counsel, but he returned to served as Secretary of Interior under President Taft. Ballinger tried to resolve the allegations against Cunningham, but faced great backlash from other members of the administration, including Chief Forester, Gifford Pinchot. Pinchot, among others, accused Ballinger of negligence and endangering public lands. A committee was formed to determine Ballinger’s guilt. With the exception of one Republican, all the Republicans on the committee ruled in favor of Ballinger, and all the Democrats on the committee ruled against Ballinger. The Ballinger Affair led to mass criticism of the Taft administration.The dispute between Ballinger and United States Forest Service Chief Gifford Pinchot that contributed to the split of the Republican party before the 1912 presidential election. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-W009: The Axis Nations must be quarantined
Summary: Editorial cartoon in three panels. In the first panel, a man is seen speaking to a large crowd about the need for the Axis Nations to be quarantined. In the middle panel, a crowd of New York citizens stand on the banks of the Hudson river with war drums and banners, yelling at the Midwest to get into the war spirit. In the third panel, Uncle Sam is standing on the other bank, yelling back at them to stop the "slurs" against the Midwest and gesturing toward a huge stone plaque showing the numbers of voluntary enlistments and war bonds bought for the Northeast versus the Midwest. The Midwest numbers are larger in every category.

Title: JM-131: Well, I think I am going to have a white Christmas. 131
Summary: This cartoon depicts Richard Achilles Ballinger, the Secretary of Interior, acting smug over the whitewashed Republican majority report that declares him guiltless while the Democratic insurgent minority report declares him guilty and unfit. Ballinger was part of a controversial affair in 1910 that went down in history as either the Pinchot-Ballinger Controversy or the Ballinger Affair. The Ballinger Affair began over an investigation into Clarence Cunningham, who was suspected of illegally transferring land ownership in Alaska to commercial third parties. This investigation began under the Roosevelt administration. Ballinger, the General Land Office Commissioner, eventually concluded the investigation without the approval of his the Secretary of Interior, as he was required. Ballinger left his position for private practice as Cunningham’s personal counsel, but he returned to served as Secretary of Interior under President Taft. Ballinger tried to resolve the allegations against Cunningham, but faced great backlash from other members of the administration, including Chief Forester, Gifford Pinchot. Pinchot, among others, accused Ballinger of negligence and endangering public lands. A committee was formed to determine Ballinger’s guilt. With the exception of one Republican, all the Republicans on the committee ruled in favor of Ballinger, and all the Democrats on the committee ruled against Ballinger. The Ballinger Affair led to mass criticism of the Taft administration.The dispute between Ballinger and United States Forest Service Chief Gifford Pinchot that contributed to the split of the Republican party before the 1912 presidential election. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-265: So it's Hoover
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting an elephant hearing through a closed door of the Pennsylvania Delegation that "It's Hoover".

Title: JM-032: Stock jugglers hold up panic head to a man with a sword
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting three stock jugglers holding up a "panic" head on a stick to attempt to ward off someone seen only as a shadow on the wall, seemingly holding a sword. The shadowy figure appears to be heading toward a sign pointing to "Good government."

Title: JM-142: Political methods, old and new. 142
Summary: This cartoon illustrates a comparison between “old” and “new” styles of politics in the United States. The men shown in the left panels represent political bosses who sought to influence elections for their own benefit. The people portrayed on the right panels display a more modern approach to politics. This approach included more open and transparent campaigns, and women were allowed to participate in a limited capacity. The political bosses appear confused at this new way of engaging politics. The “old way” of politics shows the bosses holding primary elections only amongst themselves, buying drinks for other men, and consuming excessive amounts of alcohol. The “new way” of politics shows men and women enjoying parties, banquets, and picnics in a family-friendly environment. The political bosses are shocked and confused to see how politics has changed overtime. The shift in politics occurred as women became more involved with political initiatives such as abolition or prohibition. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-289: Dancing to the spring song
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting men representing nations dancing around "war" organ grinder. The League of Nations watches from a window.

Title: JM-224: Cartoons of the day. 224
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting three different things in three separate panels: a man suggesting Constitution Week and Uncle Sam refusing, the same man imposing limitations of air armament on top of naval limitations in the U. S., and a personification of Germany on trial for—ostensibly—war crimes.

Title: JM-182: The new income tax
Summary: This cartoon depicts a man being irritated with the high income tax rates in the United States. The man suggests the reason for the increased taxes is the fact the the United States is currently fighting in World War I. The man continues to complain about the income tax until he passes a group of soldiers. The man realizes his financial sacrifice is less than that being made by the men serving in the military. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-079: A good New Year's resolution
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a hand writing out a check from the National Bank of Chicago for the "Italian Relief Fund." Behind the hand, figures representing New York, St. Louis, California, and Chicago all carry bags or baskets labeled "Relief for Italy."

Title: JM-198: Congress is all out investigatin', Congress is all out investigating
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting two men on a porch watching multiple Congressional committees investigating various things, such as a crime wave, railways, the peace plan, the "Tea pot dome oil lease scandal", charges against Bolshevism, and several different propaganda groups.

Title: JM-305: Trying to prove that all things come to him who waits
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting nine men waiting outside FDR's door.

Title: JM-266: Confidence
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Hoover, holding a "Continued Prosperity" banner, leading the G.O.P. elephant across the "Bridge to the Presidency".

Title: JM-066: How to raise more taxes
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting three different scenes. In the first panel, women re-entering the United States with Mexican divorce papers are charged a tariff on the divorce. In the middle panel, a nobleman is leaving his wife, an American heiress, at home to go and buy some cigarettes. In the bottom panel, two men discuss going home if the exchange rate gets any worse.

Title: JM-078: Three scenes of Uncle Sam excluding immigrants
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting three scenes in three different panels. In the top panel, Uncle Sam stands in a garden of Americanism surrounded by crows labeled "Unassimilable Asiatic Immigration" and "Undesirable European Immigration." In the middle panel, Uncle Sam is putting up two signs along the coast: "Exclusion of Chinese" and "Exclusion of Japanese Immigrants" while a figure representing Japan, a country who also has exclusion signs for China and Korea, watches. In the third panel, the same figure from Japan gestures with an angry face and Japanese Emigrants behind him, while Uncle Sam proudly shows off a sign welcoming only particular groups of Japanese people: tourists, students, scientists, etc.

Title: JM-314: Victories and defeat
Summary: Editorial cartoon in two panels: U.S. wins battles in Pacific, loses them in Atlantic.

Title: The Territorial papers of the United States, Volume 14. The territory of Louisiana-Missouri, 1806-1814, Territory of Louisiana-Missouri, 1802-1821
Date: 1948-51

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