Mike Graston fonds [graphic material]

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Mike Graston fonds [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1980-2004.

Reference:

R11977-0-1-E

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

3688870

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Mike Graston fonds
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Fonds includes:

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Date(s):

1980-2004.

Place:

Windsor, Ontario:

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

2,520 drawings : pen and black ink with developer on self-toning paper

Language of material:

English

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Mike Graston fonds [graphic material]

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Fonds comprises original editorial cartoons by Mike Graston focussing primarily on issues of national importance. Many of the cartoons examine the governments of Brian Mulroney, Kim Campbell, Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin. Prominent Cabinet Ministers portrayed include Sheila Copps, John Crosbie, and Michael Wilson.

National subjects of interest include the Constitution and Meech Lake Accord, national unity, the G.S.T., health care, Quebec separatism and referendum, social issues such as gun control, unemployment, Young Offender's Act, child care, immigration and justice.

On the international front, the cartoonist covers such subjects as the Gulf war, Canada-U.S. relations, armed uprisings, the Baltic States and the dissolution of the Russian empire. International leaders portrayed include George Bush Sr., Bill Clinton, Margaret Thatcher and Saddam Hussein.

Provincial leaders include Don Getty, David Peterson, Bob Rae, Mike Harris, Jacques Parizeau, and Lucien Bouchard.

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Citation/reference note:

Credit: Library and Archives Canada.

Exhibitions note:

In 2003, the Art Gallery of Windsor held a major exhibition of work by Mike Graston to which Library and Archives Canada loaned a large number of works.

Associated material note:

The University of Windsor's Leddy Library Archives & Special Collections holds approximately 2700 original drawings (1981-2016) in the Mike Graston fonds (F 0153). The fonds comprises editorial cartoons covering issues of local, provincial, national, and international significance, appearing in the Windsor Star.

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Private

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120-080169-5
1993-194 DAP
2006-00661-4
2010-00060-9
92-307
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Volume [R11977] 1--16

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2 Item no. assigned by LAC 46--90

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3 Item no. assigned by LAC 91--135

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7 Item no. assigned by LAC 291--345

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8 Item no. assigned by LAC 346--400

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9 Item no. assigned by LAC 401--455

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10 Item no. assigned by LAC 456--510

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11 Item no. assigned by LAC 511--565

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12 Item no. assigned by LAC 566--610

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13 Item no. assigned by LAC 611--645

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16 Item no. assigned by LAC 801--887

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15 Item no. assigned by LAC 726--800

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14 Item no. assigned by LAC 646--725

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