Haynie, Hugh (1927-1999) Papers, 1965-1987
Held by the Filson Historical Society
Creator: Haynie, Hugh, 1927-1999
Title: Papers, 1965-1987
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.
Size of Collection: 2 cubic feet
Locator Number: Mss. A H424
Biographical Note:
Hugh Smith Haynie was born in Reedville, Virginia on February 6, 1927 to Raymond and Margaret (Smith) Haynie. From 1944 to 1946 Haynie served in the Coast Guard before graduating from the College of William and Mary in 1950 with a degree in Fine Arts. A cartoonist for his college newspaper, Haynie went on to draw cartoons for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the Greensboro Daily News, and the Atlanta Journal. In 1958, he came to the Louisville Courier-Journal, where he remained until his retirement in 1997.
During his career at the Courier, Haynie’s cartoons were syndicated in more than eighty newspapers nationwide and they addressed a wide range of subjects. Generally, Haynie supported liberal causes, very much inline with the Courier’s general editorial policy under the Bingham family’s ownership. Haynie received numerous professional honors including the National Headliners Club Award (1966), the Freedoms Foundation Award, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Louisville (1968). In 1987, Haynie was inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame.
Haynie married twice, first to Lois Cooper and then to Oleta Joanna Stevens. During his first marriage, Haynie routinely hid the name “Lois” in each of his cartoons—a gimmick that drew the attention of many younger newspaper readers. Haynie had one son by his first marriage, Hugh Smith Haynie, Jr.
Hugh Haynie died in Louisville on November 26, 1999. He is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery.
(see Louisville Encyclopedia entry for more information)
Scope and Content Note:
Collection consists primarily of correspondence between Haynie and his many admirers and critics. Correspondence typically concerns particular cartoons or the opinions they express. Also included are letters requesting proofs of certain cartoons and permission to reprint cartoons. Haynie’s responses to these letters are usually included.
Subjects discussed include: presidential administrations from Johnson to Reagan, the Vietnam War, environmental policy, nuclear policy, and the Watergate scandal. Notable correspondents include: J. Edgar Hoover, Robert and Ethel Kennedy, Henry Kissinger, Romano Mazzoli, Robert S. McNamara, and Richard Nixon among others.
The collection also includes information regarding the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, which syndicated Haynie’s cartoons from 1965 through the 1980s, as well as assorted cartoon proofs and clippings.
The bulk of the correspondence is arranged alphabetically by the correspondent’s last name or business as Haynie and his assistant originally filed it. Additional materials are arranged by type.
Correspondents of note:
Barkley, Alben W., II (Commissioner of Ky. Dept. of Agr., Labor, and Statistics)
Benjamin, Sister Clara. (Spalding University)
Berry, Wendell. (Kentucky author)
Blount, Winton M. (U.S. Postmaster General)
Breathitt, Edward T. (Governor of Kentucky)
Brooks, Chuck. (Cartoonist for Birmingham News)
Cisneros, Henry. (Mayor of San Antonio, TX)
Disney, Roy O.
Eagleston, Tom. (Senator)
Ford, Wendell.
Harris, Thomas A. (author, I’m OK, You’re OK)
Hoff, Syd. (Illustrator)
Hoover, J. Edgar.
Huddleston, Walter D. (Senator)
Humphrey, Hubert
Karl, Barry D. (Prof. of History, University of Chicago)
Kennedy, Ethel.
Kennedy, Robert F.
Kissinger, Henry A.
Klein, Herbert G. (First Dir. Of Communications for the Executive Branch)
Kuykendall, Dan. (Congressman)
Laird, Melvin R.
Mazzoli, Romano. (Congressman)
McConnell, Mitch. (Senator)
McNamara, Robert S.
Molander, Roger C. (member, National Security Council)
Morton, Thruston B. (Congressman)
Nixon, Richard
O’Neill, Thomas P., Jr. (Speaker of the House)
Paschall, Davis Y. (President of William and Mary College)
Shriver, Sargent.
Strickler, Woodrow. (President of the University of Louisville)
Swift, Red.
Thurmond, Strom. (Senator)
Udall, Stuart. (Sec. of the Interior)
Wall, Bennett H. (Professor of History at Tulane and Univ. of Georgia)
Wallace, Henry F. (Louisville activist)
Wills, Tom. (Meteorologist)
Wyatt, Wilson W. (attorney, former Mayor of Louisville)
Wyatt, Wilson W., Jr.
Young, Margaret B. (Mrs. Whitney M. Young)
Folder list
Box 1 (Business and Personal correspondence)
Folder 1: Correspondence, “B”
Folder 2: Correspondence, “C”
Folder 3: Correspondence, “D”
Folder 4: Correspondence, “E”
Folder 5: Correspondence, “F”
Folder 6: Correspondence, “G”
Folder 7: Correspondence, “H”
Folder 8: Correspondence, “I”
Folder 9: Correspondence, “J”
Folder 10: Correspondence, “K”
Folder 11: Correspondence, “L”
Folder 12: Correspondence, “Mc”
Folder 13: Correspondence, “MacHarg-Meyer”
Folder 14: Correspondence with Romano Mazzoli, 1968-1985
Folder 15: Correspondence, “Michigan-Myers”
Folder 16: Correspondence, “N”
Folder 17: Correspondence, “O”
Folder 18: Correspondence, “P”
Folder 19: Correspondence, “Q”
Folder 20: Correspondence, “R’
Folder 21: Correspondence, “Sacred-Shula”
Folder 22: Correspondence, “Sierra-Splitt”
Folder 23: Correspondence, “Stafford-Syracuse”
Folder 24: Correspondence, “Streaker” (re: Nixon cartoon, March 1974)
Folder 25: Correspondence, “T”
Folder 26: Correspondence, “U”
Folder 27: Correspondence, “V”
Folder 28: Correspondence with Prof. Bennet H. Wall, 1966-1986
Folder 29: Correspondence, “Wadkins-Westrick”
Folder 30: Correspondence, “Wharton-Witte”
Folder 31: Correspondence, “Woestendiek-Wycoff”
Folder 32: Correspondence, “XYZ”
Box 2 (Business Correspondence, syndicate commission reports, misc. cartoons, etc.)
Folder 33: Correspondence, “Preserve our Historic Landmarks, Save our Gordon Vliet” (re: a 1967 practical joke Haynie played on friend and William and Mary Alumni Director Gordon Vliet)
Folder 34: Correspondence, Reprint permissions, 1977
Folder 35: Correspondence, Reprint permissions, 1978
Folder 36: Correspondence, Reprint permissions, 1979
Folder 37: Correspondence, Reprint permissions, 1980
Folder 38: Correspondence, Reprint permissions, 1981
Folder 39: Correspondence, Reprint permissions, 1982
Folder 40: Correspondence, Reprint permissions, 1983
Folder 41: Correspondence, Shows, Auctions, Special Requests, 1975-1977
Folder 42: Correspondence, Shows, Auctions, Special Requests, 1978-1979
Folder 43: Correspondence, Shows, Auctions, Special Requests, 1980
Folder 44: Correspondence, Shows, Auctions, Special Requests, 1981
Folder 45: Correspondence, Shows, Auctions, Special Requests, 1982-1984
Folder 46: Correspondence, Shows, Auctions, Special Requests, 1985-1987
Folder 47: Correspondence, exhibitions of Hugh Haynie cartoons, 1977-1980
Folder 48: Correspondence, Sigma Delta Chi Award, April-May 1972.
Folder 49: Correspondence, Speaking engagements, 1966-1971.
Folder 50: Correspondence, Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 1965-1982.
Folder 51: Correspondence, Los Angeles Times Syndicate, letters to new subscribers, 1966-1976.
Folder 52: Hugh Haynie promotional material from the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, Feb. 1980
Folder 53: Mailing schedule for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 1974-1976
Folder 54: Commission analysis – Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 1966-1968
Folder 55: Commission analysis – Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 1969-1970
Folder 56: Commission analysis – Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 1971-1974
Folder 57: Commission analysis – Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 1975-1982
Folder 58: Fourth of July cartoons
Folder 59: New Years cartoons, 1975-1987
Folder 60: Income Tax cartoons, 1971-1983
Folder 61: “Wanna Buy a Newspaper,” January 1986 (re: Bingham sale of the newspapers)
Folder 62: Cartoon proofs, October 1986
Folder 63: Cartoon proofs, November 1-15, 1986
Folder 64: Cartoon proofs, November 16-30, 1986
Folder 65: Cartoon proofs, December 1-15, 1986
Folder 66: Cartoon proofs, December 16-31, 1986
Folder 67: University of Louisville and University of Kentucky cartoons (mostly re: Louisville’s 1980 and 1986 NCAA basketball championship seasons)