Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1909, Oct. 13 | Born, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1927-1929 | Attended Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Ill. |
| 1929-1933 | Political cartoonist, Chicago Daily News, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1933-1943 | Political cartoonist, Newspaper Enterprise Association, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1942 | Awarded Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning |
| 1943-1945 | Drafted by the United States Army; stationed in Orlando, Fla., and New York, N.Y.; edited and contributed cartoons to military newspapers |
| 1946-2001 | Political cartoonist, Washington Post, Washington, D.C. |
| 1950 | Herblock Looks at Communism pamphlet published by United States Department of State in various languages and distributed internationally |
| 1952 | Published The Herblock Book. Boston: Beacon Press |
| 1954 | Awarded Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning |
| 1957 | Received Rueben Award for outstanding cartoonist of the year, National Cartoonists Society |
| 1966 | Designed United States postage stamp commemorating the 175th anniversary of the Bill of Rights |
| 1968 | Published The Herblock Gallery. New York: Simon and Schuster |
| 1973 | Shared in Pulitzer Prize for public service awarded to Washington Postfor its investigation of the Watergate Affair |
| 1974 | Published Herblock Special Report. New York: Norton |
| 1979 | Awarded Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning |
| 1984 | Published Herblock through the Looking Glass. New York: Norton |
| 1986 | Received Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for contributions to the cause of freedom of speech and the advancement of freedom of the press, Colby College, Waterville, Maine |
| 1993 | Published memoirs as Herblock: A Cartoonist's Life. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. |
| 1994 | Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| 2001, Oct. 7 | Died, Washington, D.C. |