Cor van Haasteren comic about construction of Liberty ships in Portland, Oregon
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a 23-page comic by Dutch artist Cor van Haasteren, drawn in ink and watercolor. The comic, titled "Their Day!," depicts workers building Liberty ships in Portland, Oregon, during World War II; shipyard owner Henry J. Kaiser; the launch of the ship Joseph N. Teal; and a 1942 visit by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Kaiser shipyards. The comic includes dialogue and captions in English that have been glued onto the pages.
Dates
- Creation: 1991-1997
Creator
- Haasteren, Cor van (Artist, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Use of the collection is allowed under a Creative Commons - Attribution, Non-Commercial, ShareAlike (BY-NC-SA) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Historical Note
After developing an interest in shipbuilding and constructing a model version of a T2 tanker, Dutch artist Cor van Haasteren began working on a comic book about World War II shipbuilding in Portland, Oregon, in the 1990s. He completed a version of this comic in 1997, but was unable to find a publisher for the work.
Source: Information provided by Cor van Haasteren to OHS Research Library staff in 2024.
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder (14x18) in shared flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Color comic, titled "Their Day!," by Dutch artist Cor van Haasteren. The 23-page comic depicts the construction of Liberty ships in Portland, Oregon, and, in particular, a visit by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Portland shipyards. Van Haasteren worked on the comic in the 1990s, completing his work in 1997. However, he was unable to find a publisher.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Some captions and dialogue are detaching or have detached from pages; comic should be handled with care, and pages turned one at a time.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Cor van Haasteren, December 2024 (RL2024-101).
- Title
- Guide to Cor van Haasteren comic about construction of Liberty ships in Portland, Oregon
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jeffrey A. Hayes
- Date
- 2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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