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This collection consists of 35 drawings, one clipping, and one copy of the Yiddish newspaper "The Big Stick" (December 24,1920 - fragile). It contains political content, as well as a drawing of Boris Bakhmeteff, another of Brander Matthews, and a cartoon referring to Florenz Ziegfeld.

A teaching collection of original comic art, much of which sheds light on various historical styles or techniques. Accompanied by several comic books. Materials includes daily newspaper strip art, Sunday newspaper strip art, single-panel cartoons, comic book pages, and related comics material, such as printing plates and ephemera.

The collection consists of roughly 3,500-4,000 drawings, as well as sketchbooks, correspondence, and some framed work. It is also primarily in ink on paper, although there is some color and some grey wash. There are a small number of political cartoons, but the majority of the collection is reportorial and observational: Puerto Rican Rights demonstrations in the lobby of the Daily News in 1972; Chinese Opera at Brooklyn College; the 1980 Democratic National Convention; scenes from the Manhattan House of Detention (aka "The Tombs") in the 1970s; the East Harlem Protestant Parish (established in 1948 by graduates of Union Theological Seminary); flophouse denizens on the Bowery. There is also a small cache of photographs and correspondence.