Children's literature
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
John Rae 1882-1963 Collection
Collection
Identifier: BMA-JR
Scope and Contents
The John Rae Collection was donated to the Research Center by his son, Walter Rae, and granddaughter, Jennifer Rae. These materials primarily concern the artist’s illustration career from approximately 1920 to 1950. Also included in the collection are Walter Rae’s unpublished biography of his father, detailing his art career. Examples of Rae’s published work are included in the form of print proofs, book jackets, magazine tear sheets, cards, booklets, and advertisements....
Dates:
1920 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1998
Nancy Ekholm Burkert 1933- Collection
Collection
Identifier: BMA-NEB
Abstract
The collection was donated in 1997 by artist Nancy Ekholm Burkert (b. 1933). It contains her research notes, original sketches, and reference materials from trips to Europe used in preparation for her illustrated version of the Brothers Grimm tale, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, published by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux in New York, 1972.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1970 - 1971; 1965 - 1972
N.C. Wyeth 1882-1945 Correspondence Collection of Betsy James Wyeth 1921-2020
Collection
Identifier: BMA-NCWC
Abstract
The N.C. Wyeth Correspondence Collection of Betsy James Wyeth details the life of this American artist and illustrator, through letters and photographs collected and curated by his daughter-in-law, Betsy James Wyeth (referred to as “BJW” in this finding aid). The collection contains manuscript correspondence (personal and business), both to and from N.C. Wyeth (referred to as “NCW”), with a majority of the personal letters written to his mother, Henriette Zirngiebel Wyeth (1858-1925)....
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1882 - 1945; 1867 - 2021