Special Collections Finding Aids

Scope and Contents The John Miller Baer Cartoon collection consists of twenty-four original ink drawings by Mr. Baer, most of which were used in the Nonpartisan Leader publication. The provenance to the collection is not known. Whether they were donated by Mr. Baer or from a third party is not known. Almost all have Baer’s initials ‘JMB’ included as well as the year they were drawn. Most date from 1916 to 1918. There is one dated 1920 and one likely done in 1933. The cartoons have no particular order within...