Sidney Hillman Foundation Prize for Tom Darcy for His Newsday Cartoons, 1985
Collection Number: 6098
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Sidney Hillman Foundation Prize for Tom Darcy for His Newsday Cartoons, 1985
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6098
Creator:
Sidney Hillman Foundation
Darcy, Tom
Quanitities:
0.33 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
Tom Darcy was born in Brokklyn, NY in 1932. He received his art education at the school
of Visual Arts in New York. In 1958 he began his editorial cartooning with Newsday
on Long Island. In 1970, Darcy was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his incisive cartoons
of the Vietnam War and racial discrimination. He won many awards in 1970's, some of
these were: Best Cartoon on Froeign Affairs in 1970 & 1973, Meeman Conservation Award
in 1972 & 1974 as well as the National Headliners' Club award in 1974.
The Sidney Hillman Foundation was named for the labor leader, Sidney Hillman (1887-1946),
who was the first president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA).
Immediately after his death, his union wished to honor him with a memorial that would
carry on his commitments to the lives of working people. On November 17, 1946, the
General Executive Board of the ACWA voted to establish the Sidney Hillman Foundation.
ACWA contributed the first $100,000 and then raised one million dollars from other
organizations. In 1947, the Board of Directors issued the first grants for scholarships,
research and lectures on college campuses, and for medical research at the Sidney
Hillman Health Centers.
In 1950, the Foundation launched the Hillman Prize in order to promote socially-responsible
journalism. Starting with awards in Book, Magazine, Newspaper, and Broadcast, the
prize is now also offered in the categories of Photojournalism, Web, and Opinion and
Analysis. One important note is that the Hillman Foundation changed its dating system
for prizes in 1999/ 2000. The Foundation decided to name the prize for the year it
was given rather than the year the work was produced, changing the pattern of the
previous fifty years. This new system continues to the present. This means that in
effect there are no prizes for the year 1999, but a year was not skipped in the granting
of awards.
This collection consists of - Tom Darcy, Newsday Cartoons, The Award Program of The
Sidney Hillman Foundation, 58th Annual Awards Presentation...May 27, 2008.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
Sidney Hillman Foundation Prize for Tom Darcy for His Newsday Cartoons #6098. Kheel
Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Hillman, Sidney, 1887-1946
Darcy, Tom Francis, 1932-
Sidney Hillman Foundation
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Tom Darcy
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1985 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Tom Darcy Cartoons
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1985 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Tom Darcy Cartoons
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1985 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Tom Darcy Cartoons
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1985 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Tom Darcy Cartoons
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1985 |