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MARCIA JOAN BROWN,
Papers, 1940-2000
(MSS-005)

Marcia J. Brown Papers, 1940–2000
Biographical Sketch

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Marcia Joan Brown was born on July 13, 1918, in Rochester, New York, one of three daughters of the Reverend Clarence Edward and Adelaide Elizabeth (Zimber) Brown. The family lived in many small towns in upstate New York including Cooperstown and Kingston as her father accepted new ministries. Raised in a family that supported artstic expression, she decided at an early age to become an artist. Because of the scarcity of positions during the depression, Brown enrolled at the New York State College for Teachers to pursue a teaching career for practical reasons. She received her B.A. from the NYSCT in 1940. While in college, Brown maintained her connection to the visual arts by contributing to the college's literary and humor magazines, and by studying painting under Judson Smith at the Woodstock School of Painting in the summers of 1938 and 1939.

After graduation Brown taught English and Drama at Cornwall High School, Cornwall, New York (1940-43), before moving to New York City. Brown studied at the Art Students League (NYC), and studied art at the New School for Social Research (under Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Stuart Davis), painting and literature at the graduate school of Columbia University, and Chinese calligraphy and painting at the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China (1985, 1987). She has taught a number of courses and workshops, including: puppetry at the extra-mural department of the University College of the West Indies, Jamaica (1953); a workshop on picture books at the University of Minnesota-Split Rock Arts Guild Program, Duluth, Minn. (1986); a workshop on Chinese brush painting for the Oriental Brush Artists Guild (1988); and sponsored Chinese landscape painting workshops with Zhuo HeJun (1988-89) of Zheijang Academy.

To support herself while she studied art at night and worked to establish her career as an author and illustrator, Brown worked as a librarian and storyteller in the Central Children's Room in the New York Public Library from 1943 to 1948.

Marcia Brown's career as a published illustrator began in 1937 when she joined the art staff of The State Lion, the NYSCT student humor magazine. The pages of that magazine contain many illustrations by Brown which give a strong indication of her future abilities as an illustrator. Her formal career as a childrens' illustrator/author/ translator began with the publication of The Little Carousel in 1946. That book, which she wrote and illustrated, has been followed by over thirty more during the next forty years. Of these, about twenty were written and illustrated, seven illustrated, and three translated and illustrated by Brown. Marcia Brown has been awarded the Caldecott Medal (the American Library Association's highest award for excellence in childrens' picture-book illustrations), for three of her books: Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper (1954); Once a Mouse (1961); and Shadow (1982), and six more of her books are Caldecott Honor Books.

As a result of her work in children's illustrations Brown has become well known for her woodcut prints. Her woodcut prints have been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, the Peridot Gallery, the Hacker Gallery, the Library of Congress, the Carnegie Institute, and the Philadelphia Print Club. Her prints and art works are in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, the Mazza Gallery, Findlay, Ohio, the deGrummond Collection, the University of Southern Mississippi, the Kerland Collection of the University of Minnesota, and in many private collections. Brown's Chinese brush paintings were exhibited at the Hammond Museum, North Salem, New York, the Zhejiang Academy, the Asiatic Society in New York City, and the Stamford and Wilton Libraries in Connecticut. Brown was also the author and photographer of a film strip, "The Crystal Cavern" (1974).

Marcia Brown has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the SUNY Albany Alumni Association (1969), the Distinguished Service to Children's Literature Award from the University of Southern Mississippi(1972), The Regina Medal from the Catholic Library Association for service to children's literature (1977), has been the US nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration in 1966 and 1975, and has been a life member of the International Institute for Arts and Letters since 1961. Brown is a member of the Authors Guild, the Print Council of America, the Art Students League, the Oriental Brush Artists Guild, and the Sumi-e Society of America.

1. Autobiographical Material [Box 1]
   1. fax by M. Brown to D. Christiansen
   2. Scribner, 1983: pamphlet, photocopy, typed drafts
   3. hand-written autobiographical sketch
      
      
2. Biographical Sketches [Box 1]
   1. package of material to Vera Adlova, with letter, from Charles Scribner's Sons
   2. "News of Scribner Books and Authors, 1964, Marcia Brown"
   3. biographical Sketch, draft and original copy
      
      
3. Biographical Directory Entries [Box 1]
   1. "Something About the Author,"biographical sketch with letter, 1985
   2. Who's Who, typed drafts
   3. entry, source unknown
      
      
4. Articles About Brown 1947–96, undated [Box 1]
   1. Weaver, Polly, "Happily Ever After: Jobs and Futures in Writing," Mademoiselle, December 1947
   2. Moore, Anne Carroll, "The Three Owls Notebook," The Horn Book Magazine, July 1951
   3. Dalgliesh, Alice, "Marcia Brown and Her Books," 1955
   4. Dalgliesh, Alice, "The Caldecott To Marcia Brown," Junior Libraries, vol. 1, no. 7, March 1955, pp. 3–4.
   5. Kersting, Mary F. "Miss Marcia Brown's Day," Elementary English, March 1956
   6. "Marcia Brown Presents Institute," Book Talk from the Library Section, February 1960
   7. Quint, Nancy, "Marcia Brown: 1962 Caldecott Winner for ‘Once a Mouse,'" School Library Journal, vol. 8, no. 7, march 1962: 92–93, with typed draft
   8. Masten, Helen Adams, "From Caldecott to Caldecott," Horn Book Magazine, August 1962
   9. Kent, Norman "Marcia Brown: Author &Illustrator"American Artist, January 1963
      1. copy of article
      2. photographs plus duplicates of photos used in article: The Little Carousel, Stone Soup, Henry Fisherman, Dick Whittington and His Cat, Puss in Boots, Cinderella, Felice, Flying Carpet, Peter Piper's Alphabet, Tamarindo!, Once a Mouse, Skipper John's Cookc.
      3. photograph of M. Brown used in article, credit: iocomelli Venezia
      4. woodcut prints used in article; Dick Whittington and His Cat (page 1) and Once a Mouse (page 32) [Box 21]
   10. Painter, Helen W. "Marcia Brown: A Study in Versatility," Elementary English, vol. XLIII, no. 8, December 1966
   11. Lorranger, Janet A. "The Special Vision of Marcia Brown 1977 Regina Medal Award Recipient," Catholic Library World, vol. 48, no. 7, February 1977: 268–69
   12. Japanese booklet "Telling of Caravan story hours and puppet shows, article partially about Marcia Brown, p.12"
   13. Hains, Martellen, "Marcia Brown's‘Connections,' A Sampler," Ripples: Publication of the Children's Literature Assembly, undatedbut handwritten note" 1980?"
   14. MOE, vol. 7 July 1984: 14–17 (in Japanese)
   15. Novick, Carole "The Marcia Brown Papers: A Special Vision," The Carillon, vol. 22, issue 3, Fall 1989
   16. Loranger, Janet A. "Marcia Brown," Horn Book Magazine, July/August 1992: 440–43
   17. Paper for Columbia course of Children's Literature by Phyllis Covotta?, undated
   18. Corrected proof for article for Bridgeport Alumni News, undated
   19. McKnight, Christine Hanson, "Of Handsome Princes and Flying Elephants" Albany: University At Albany Magazine with the Carillon, Spring 1996
       
       
5. Interviews 1964–82, undated [Box 1]
   1. "Author's Corner: An Interview with Marcia Brown" Watts New! From Franklin Watts, Fall 1979
   2. "A Conversation With Marcia Brown,"September 1982
   3. hand-written interview
   4. Interview "with biographical material from Wendy Barrish"
   5. handwritten copy of interview, typed copy of tape interview for John Mason of Scholastic, inc.
   6. memo re television interview with handwritten note "Maggie Kimel and I had a wonderful time—All the technicians asked for our books afterwards—So we gave them all away"
   7. "The Composing Process as Successful Writers See It" undated
   8. "Frederic Melcher Interviews Marcia Brown and Meindert DeJong"
   9. sound recorded interview on 3 ¾ I.P.S."Hawaii 1964?" [Box 156]
   10. sound recorded interview on audio cassette "WNYC interview 12/28/74" [Box 156]
       
       
6. Photographs
   1. Photographs of Ms. Brown 1946–82, undated[Box 2]
      1. Ms. Brown with Amy Kellman (?) and Maggie Kimmel; unposed of Ms. Brown at work (4 items)
      2. contact sheets and negatives of photographs of Marcia Brown by Ann Atwood
      3. Marcia Brown visits grade 2 April 1, 1982 (8 items and envelope)
      4. photographs with envelope with note "separated from 7/16/83 note of Catherine Yamamoto re Shadow" (6 items and envelope)
      5. picture with frame, "trip by mule down into Grand Canyon" August 10, 1955 (2 items)
      6. posed publicity shots: Atelier Von Behr,1946; Erich Hartmann, 1958; Pan-American Photo Service, undated
      7. Ms. Brown working with others on unknown project
      8. photo in Venice; Caldecott—Newbery reception line; Hawaiian story hour; Giselle Publicity contact sheet (with Violette Verdy)
      9. Ms. Brown accepting Arkansas Traveler certificate (See Awards, Certificates and Citations)
      10. posed publicity shots [Box 3]
          
          
   2. Photographs of Others undated [Box 2]
      1. Helen Masten, Virginia Mathews, Augusta Baker; Alice Dalgleish; Alice Dalgleish's Barn; Frances Sayers, Dola de Jong, Marie Clarke
      2. miscellaneous of others: "Merry Christmas from Macomb's Bridge Branch!"The Neighbors,"unidentified children Marcia Walters; Ruth Vigneurs daughter; Genevieved'arcangel
         
         
7. Clippings [Box 2]
   1. Clippings About Brown undated
      1. assorted clippings
      2. reviews of Illustrators of Children's Books:1957–66 by Lee Kingman, Joanna Foster, and Ruth Gile Lontoft
         
         
   2. Clippings About Others undated
      1. Lt. Col. Helen E. Brown; Anne circa Moore; Raoul Duffy; Pierre Bonnard; Robert Lindsay
         
         
8. Background Biographical Material Supplied by Collection Processors
   1. Articles About Brown 1962–95 [Box 2]
      1. Lorranger, Janet A. "Marcia Brown," Horn Book Magazine, vol. 59, no. 4, August 1983: 423–26
      2. Christiansen, Dorothy E. "Marcia Brown: Alumna, Illustrator, Author and Donor," Library Update, Spring 1995
      3. "Author's Gift Chronicles Connection with Albany," Momentum, Fall 1995
      4. Kent, norman "Marcia Brown: Author and Illustrator," American Artist, vol. 27, no. 1, January 1963: 26–31
      5. "Marcia Brown ‘40 1962 Caldecott Medal Winner for "Once a Mouse," Alumni Quarterly, vol. 43, April 1962: 2–3
      6. Mahan, Sheila "Telling Stories to Last a Lifetime," Carillon, vol. 18, no. 2, Spring 1985
         
         
   2. Biographical Directory Entries 1963–91 [Box 2]
      1. Heffernam, Mary Ann "Marcia Brown," Dictionary of Literary Biography: American Writers for Children Since 1960: Poets, Illustrators, and Nonfiction Authors, vol. 61, 1987
      2. Who's Who in America, vol. 1, 1990–91: 418
      3. Something About the Author, vol. 47
      4. More Junior Authors, 1963: 3–33

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Series II: CERTIFICATES, & CITATIONS (See Also Correspondence)

1. Certificates 962–84 [Box 3]
   1. Society of Illustrators, 1962
   2. Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator Award, 1966
   3. Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator Award, 1976
   4. Arkansas Traveler, 1982 (See Photographs of Brown)
   5. English speaking Union of the United States Ambassador of Honor, 1984

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Series III: CORRESPONDENCE 1949–92

1. Personal, 1946–84 [Box 4]
   1. 1946–53; includes gift book "Petite Histoire de Pierrot"
   2. 1962–79
   3. 1980–84
   4. miscellaneous cards
   5. Re: House, December 1970–September 1971 [Box 21]
      
      
2. Professional/Business, 1947–92 [Box 4]
   1. 1947–55
   2. 1958–59
   3. 1960
   4. 1961–63
   5. 1964–66
   6. 1967–69
   7. 1970
   8. January 1971-March 1971
   9. April 1971–June 1971
   10. July 1971–September 1971 (includes Ms. Brown's review of I Wrote My Name On the Wall, by Ronni Solbert.
   11. January 1972
   12. February 1972–March 1972
   13. April 1972–July 1972
   14. 1973
   15. 1974
   16. February 1975–June 1975
   17. July 1975–October 1975
   18. November 1975–December 1975
   19. 1976
   20. 1977
   21. 1978
   22. 1979–80 [Box 5]
   23. 1981 [Box 5]
   24. 1982 [Box 5]
   25. 1983 [Box 5]
   26. 1984 [Box 5]
   27. 1985 [Box 5]
   28. 1986 [Box 5]
   29. 1987 [Box 5]
   30. 1988–89 [Box 5]
   31. 1990–92 [Box 5]
   32. undated: includes The Advocate, vol. 1, no. 1, Fall 1981; photocopy of "The Way to Start a Day" by Boyd Baylor [Box 5]
       
       
3. Selected Subjects, 1949–87 [Box 5]
   1. From Anne Carroll Moore (from her last year) 1957
   2. Alice Dalgliesh 1949–59, undated
   3. Bertha E. Mahoney Miller 1949–50, 1957–61
   4. Ruth Hill Viguers (editor Horn Book, Inc.) 1959–67
   5. Lee Kingman (Mrs. Robert H. Natti -Horn Book, Inc.) 1966–69
   6. Lee Anna Deadrick (editor Charles Scribner's Sons) 1971–74, 1983, undated (includes limerick poem by William Jay Smith)
   7. "Outstanding" Persons, 1953, 1961, 1983: Valfrid Palmgren Munch-Petersen (first woman senator in Swedish parliament); John Rowell (author, teacher); Joseph Cornell (artist); Barbara Cooney (illustrator)
   8. Teachers, Librarians 1947–83, undated
   9. School Children, 1954–85, undated
      
      
4. Re: Projects 1948–92, undated [Box 6]
   1. All Butterflies, 1973
   2. Anansi The Spider Man, 1953–55
   3. Backbone of the King, 1965, 1978
   4. The Blue Jackal, 1976–78
   5. The Bun: A Tale From Russia, 1971–72
   6. Cinderella, 1955
   7. The Crystal Cavern, 1974
   8. Dick Whittington and His Cat, 1950 (includes print of cat)
   9. Felice, 1958
   10. The Flying Carpet, 1972–74
   11. From Sea to Shining Sea, 1991–92
   12. Giselle or the Wilis, 1969–72
   13. Giselle: A Role of a Lifetime, 1977
   14. The Glass Slipper, 1959
   15. Henry Fisherman, 1949
   16. How Hippo!, undated
   17. Jim, John, and Joe and the Christmas Horse, 1949
   18. The Little Carousel, 1948
   19. Lotus Seeds: Children's Pictures and Books, 1985–88
   20. The Neighbors, 1967
   21. Of Swans, Sugarplums and Satin Slippers, 1991
   22. Once a Mouse, 1961–81
   23. Sing A Song of Popcorn, 1986–88
   24. Shadow,1977–82, undated
   25. Shadow,1982–87
   26. Snow Queen, 1971–72
   27. Stone Soup, 1970, 1985
   28. Tamarindo!, undated
   29. Three Billy Goats Gruff, 1971, 1977, undated
   30. Listing of projects with production information

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Series IV: WRITINGS, LECTURES, SPEECHES, AND CHALK TALKS

1. Writings By Brown 1940–83, undated [Box 7]
   1. hand-written story "Spider" February 25, 1940
   2. hand-written miscellaneous writings including "Sonnet" with date of February 20,1940
   3. writings -Dr. Harold Thompsom's class in creative writing, nYCTE, circa1940
   4. hand-written story "Nothing: a Moth" undated
   5. hand-written stories: "The Rich Woman and the Poor Woman; "Daisy and the Swans;" "Titte: The Mouse that Belonged" undated
   6. NYCT Student Work: "Silence;" " On the Necessity of Using One's Head in a Critical Situation;" untitled work undated
   7. hand-written and typed version of "The Shaggy Little Spider" also called " The Christmas Spider" with note "by Josephine Bernhard" and note "with Josephine Bernhard" undated
   8. "Storytelling at the Library My Best Fun" Young Wings, February 1948, p. 7; Writing
   9. "Little Boy Brown," The Horn Book Magazine, vol.26, no. 1, January–February
   10. "Why Linoleum for a Book by Offset" Publisher's Weekly, September 2, 1950
   11. Dick Whittington and his Sensation Cat," Horn Book, vol. 28, no. 6, December 1952
   12. "Cape Cod Boys Go To Sea," includes typed draft,1952
   13. " What is a Distinguished Book?" Illustrators of Children's Books 1946–56, Boston: The Horn Book, 1958
   14. "Festival in Hawaii," SR, November 9, 1963
   15. "The Hero Within," Elementary English, March 1967
   16. "My Goals as an Illustrator," The Horn Book Magazine, June 1967
   17. "One Wonders" Illustrators of Children's Books 1957–66, compiled by Lee Kingman, Joanna Forster, Ruth Giles Lontoft, (Boston: The Horn Book, Inc., 1968)
   18. " Showcase Judges," The Children's Book Showcase, 1972
   19. "Alice Dalgleish," The Calendar, vol. 31, no. 1, january–April 1972
   20. " One Wonders" University of Iowa, October 1973, includes typed drafts and paste up copy
   21. "A Look at Tide Pools" with hand-written 1973?
   22. "The Shifting Tides of Children's Illustration: It's a World in a State of Colorful Flux, and the New Techniques and Approaches Seem to Be Endless" July 15, 1974
   23. "Marcia Brown" Wilson Library Bulletin, October 1978 (uncorrected proofs of "excerpts in words and pictures of a slide talk by M. Brown)
   24. "Mushrooms, Mica, Stars, and Nets: Ten Haiku," Poet Lore, vol. 72, no. 4, Winter 1978
   25. "Shadow: The Voice of Illustration," University of Georgia, Athens, GA, May 1983
   26. "The Eastern Mountain Walks on Water" 1987, article on artist Cheng-Khee Chee for exhibition catalog "Cheng-Khee Chee Watercolor exhibition People's Republic of China 1987"; includes catalog and typed draft
   27. "Glimpses of Venice" undated
   28. "L'eroe Entro Di Noi" undated
   29. "Introduction to THE SEA OF GOLD" undated
   30. "Some Suggestions About Making a Picture book for Children" undated
   31. "Marcia Brown Speaks of Shadow" typed and handwritten draft, undated
   32. Book review by M. Brown (for I Wrote My Name On The Wall) The New York Times Book Review
   33. Book review by M. Brown (for The Legs of the Moon) New York Times Book Review
   34. miscellaneous notes
       
       
2. Writings and Speeches by Brown Related to Caldecott Awards 1955–83 [Box 8]
   1. Cinderella, 1955
      1. "The Creation of Picture Books"acceptance speech
      2. "Integrity and Intuition," acceptance paper
   2. Once a Mouse, 1962
      1. "Big and Little" acceptance speech
      2. "Big and Little" acceptance paper
   3. Shadow, 1983
      1. "Shadow"acceptance speech with hand-written notes, drafts
      2. "Shadow's Caldecott Medal Acceptance" acceptance paper
         
         
3. Writings and Speeches by Brown related to Regina Medal presented by the Catholic Library Association [Box 8]
   1. Regina Medal 1977
      1. "In and Out of Time" Regina acceptance speech
      2. "In and Out of Time," Catholic Library World, vol. 49, no. 1, July– August 1977, Regina acceptance paper
         
         
4. Writings and Speeches by Brown related to Laura Ingalls Wilder Award [Box 8]
   1. Laura Ingalls Wilder Award 1992
      1. "Organized Wonders"acceptance speech
      2. "Organized Wonders" The Horn Book Magazine, July/August 1992, acceptance paper
         
         
5. Speeches 1973–87, undated [Box 8]
   1. " The Sound of Water" 1973
   2. "The Creative Spirit" 1977
   3. "Self-Portraits" Emma Willard Honors Convocation, 1987
   4. "Giselle"
      
      
6. Lectures 1982–94, undated [Box 8]
   1. "The Lotus Blossom or Who Dun-it?" 1982
   2. "There's Something in the Air" the Anne Carroll Moore Lecture, Donnell Library, new York, New York, May 21, 1984
   3. "Communicating" First Annual Augusta Baker Lecture, Williams Brice College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, April 3, 1987
   4. " Three in a Garden" 1994
   5. Notes, undated
   6. "The Caves of the Great Hunters" undated
      
      
7. Lecture Cards 1954–92, undated
   1. "Making Picture Books" Nov. 1, 1954 [Box 9]
   2. " My Goals as an Illustrator" Aug. 10, 1966 [Box 9]
   3. The Hero Within" Nov. 25, 1966 [Box 9]
   4. Case Western Reserve, May 5, 1967(?)[Box 9]
   5. 2nd version of Case Western speech [Box 9]
   6. "The Right to Create" Little, Brown 1969 [Box 9]
   7. "The Sound of Water" Aug. 1, 1973 [Box 9]
   8. Milwaukee, April 4, 1975 [Box 9]
   9. "The Sound of Water" 1977 [Box 9]
   10. "In and Out of Time" April 12, 1977 [Box 9]
   11. "The Lotus Blossom or Who-Dun-It?" Oct. 2, 1982 [Box 9]
   12. Shadow acceptance speech, April 15, 1983 [Box 9]
   13. "See the Music, Hear the Dance, Shadow: The Voice of Illustration" May 1983 [Box 9]
   14. Notes to aid memorization for storyteller, The Wild Swans, undated[Box 9]
   15. Poetry, undated[Box 9]
   16. "Interest in book as a whole...," undated[Box 9]
   17. "The King and the Corpse" undated[Box 9]
   18. Excerpt (translation) of The Little Prince [Box 9]
   19. "Water" (poem)[Box 9]
   20. "Folklore" undated[Box 9]
   21. "What is a Distinguished Picture Book?" 1958 [Box 10]
   22. East Meadow Public School, March 28, 1966 [Box 10]
   23. Notes for TV-WNYC, Dec. 1966 [Box 10]
   24. "There's Something in the Air" May 21, 1984 [Box 10]
   25. "Left and Right" Oct., Nov. 1991 [Box 10]
   26. "Organized Wonders" 1992 [Box 10]
   27. "Organized Wonders" 1992 [Box 10]
   28. Backbone of the King, glossary, undated[Box 10]
   29. "Crystal and the Rose" undated[Box 10]
   30. University of Southern Mississippi, undated[Box 10]
   31. "Sense of Immortality" undated[Box 10]
   32. "Universe..." undated[Box 10]
   33. Notes for discussion, undated[Box 10]
   34. Preparation for Akron, Ohio, talk later discarded [Box 10]
   35. "The House of Intellect" parts I and II [Box 10]
   36. "The House of Intellect" parts 3, 4 [Box 10]
   37. "The Hero Within" (alternate version, undated[Box 10]
   38. Assortment of unidentified notes for speeches [Box 11]
       
       
8. Chalk Talks (Material bundled together with note "speeches, notes, dummy like little books—to prepare for giving chalk talks)" undated [Box 12]
   1. dummy: Cinderella
   2. dummy: Dick Whittington
   3. dummy: Henry's Island
   4. dummy: Once a Mouse
   5. dummy: Puss in Boots
   6. dummy: Skipper John's Cook
   7. dummy: Stone Soup
   8. sketches
   9. selected bibliography: Children's book illustration and design
   10. notes (originally stapled together)
   11. notes
   12. notes on children's books
   13. notes on creating a dummy, notes on books
   14. notes on "Otto of the Silver Hand" by Howard Pyle?
   15. loose notes
   16. loose notes
   17. loose notes
   18. notes: The Hero Within
   19. notes: The Little Child
   20. notes: Andersen
   21. notes: written interview
   22. notes and print: Backbone of the King
   23. photograph, wilmington Book Week,1952

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Series V: SPEECHES, WRITINGS AND LECTURES BY OTHERS 1949–78

1. Writings [Box 12]
   1. Dalgleish, Alice "How To Write Children"The Saturday Review, February 12, 1949
   2. Fuller, Muriel "Alice Dalgleish of Scribners"Publishers Weekly, July 10, 1949
   3. Walter, Ruth B. "Morton Schindel: Creator of Picture Book Parade" reprinted for Elementary English, November, 1962
   4. Miller, Hannah "Feature Films for Children " Wilson Library Bulletin, February 1971
   5. Sperber, Ann "Recordings: The Oral Tradition Revived" School Library Journal, November 1971
   6. Toothaker, Roy E. "Folktales in Picture-Book Format: A Bibliography " Library Journal, April 15, 1974
   7. Heins, Ethel L. "Literature Bedeviled: A Searching Look at Filmstrips," The Horn Book Magazine, June 1974
   8. Lanes, Selma G. "A Sign of the Times: the Caldecott Winner of 1975," School Library Journal, November 1975
   9. Uyldert, Mellie, The Hidden Wisdom of Fairy Tales, undated; de Witt, Adriaan "Mothers and Stepmothers in Fairy Tales and Myths" June 1976; letter from Ms. de Witt to M. Brown, June 27, 1978
   10. Essay by student re: Margaret B. Evans, undated; Sayers, Frances Clarke " Lose Not the Nightingale;" Carlinsky, Dan "Grandma! Grandpa! Read Me a Story" Modern Maturity, February–March 1978
   11. "Alcestis" author unknown, undated
   12. " Bra Anancy and Bra Tiger," as told and written down by Lena, undated
       
       
2. Speeches [Box 12]
   1. Speech by Ann Atwood, November 19,1970

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Series VI: SUBJECT FILES undated

1. Individuals [Box 13]
   1. Anne Carroll Moore
   2. Jean Charlot
   3. Beatrix Potter
   4. Hans Christian Andersen (material originally shelved with donated books and removed to subject file by processors) [Box 163]
      1. maps: Odense, Denmark; guide book to Denmark
      2. postcards
      3. souvenirs from museums, Cathedral of Roskilde
      4. The Real Andersen and one of his Fairy-Tales (pamphlet), Copenhagen, Denmark: Press Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, undated; invitation by the Consul Generals of Denmark
      5. Danish Journal, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, special commemorative issue with enclosure
      6. newspaper clipping from The New York Times, August 4, 1975, found in Hans Christian Andersen 1805-75, by Elias Bredsdorff. [Box 163]
      7. colored sketches, bookmark found in The Wild Swan: The Life and Times of Hans Christian Andersen, by Monica Sterling. [Box 163]
      8. Clippings, cards and bibliography compiled by Helen Masten found in Fairy Tales and Legends by Hans Christian Andersen. [Box 163]
   5. Hawaii (material originally shelved with donated books and removed to subject file by processors) [Box 163]
      1. guide to University of Hawaii, museums
      2. Maps and pamphlet found in Hawaii: A Guide to the Islands, a Sunset Travel Book produced by United Air Lines. [Box 163]
         
         
2. Technical Information [Box 13]
   1. Prints and Printmaking
   2. Type
   3. Notes
      
      
3. Bibliographies [Box 13]
   
   
4. Conferences and Workshops [Box 13]
   1. announcements and applications: includes "Children's Book Illustration"; "Children's Book Illustration: Part II"; "Chinese Landscape Painting and Watercolor Painting -People's Republic of China"; "The Creative Spirit: Children's Literature"; "Festival of Books for Young People"; "Storytelling Conference: The Child's Experience of Story"; "The 7th Annual Children's and Young Adults Authors Conference": "Excellence in Children's Literature"
   2. programs: includes "A(ugusta) Baker's Dozen: A Celebration of Stories"; "9th Annual Conference Children's Literature in Elementary Education"; "Third Annual WNYC Book Festival"; "Children's Book Festival"
   3. "Highlights of Miami Beach Conference" ALA Bulletin, vol. 56, #7, July/August 1962
      
      
5. Exhibitions [Box 13]
   1. catalogs include "Once Upon a Time: Illustrations of Children's Tales From Around the World" Selections from the Kerlan Collection Research Center for Children's Books, Organized by the University of Minnesota Gallery. Exhibit included linoleum cut from "Dick Whittington and His Cat" and a woodcut from "Once a Mouse"; "The Illustrator as Storyteller: Caldecott Medal and Honor Books 1938-84" Organized by the University Art Museum, University of Minnesota, 1984. Exhibit included material from "Cinderella," "Dick Whittington and His Cat," "Once a Mouse," "Shadow," "Stone Soup"; "4th Annual Holiday Exhibition: Original Illustrations from Children's Books and Tin Toys from the Rich May Collection November 24, 1989-January 27, 1990" Exhibition included material from "The Flying Carpet," "Shadow," "The Blue Jackal," "Cinderella," "Once a Mouse." Two copies of catalog, three copies of advertising mailers; Private Collection of Dr. Irvin Kerlan displayed at Alexandria Library, November 1952; Bookweek Exhibit of the Lee Walp Family Juvenile Collection, Marietta College; plus others
      
      
6. Award Announcements [Box 13]
   
   
7. Programs for Award Luncheons and Dinners [Box 13]
   
   
8. Notable Listings [Box 13]
   1. Includes: "Books of 1952" from the Girls' and Boys' Department of the Greenwich Library; Fabfare for Fall, Minnesota Library Association Children's & Young People's Section September 12-14, 1952; "Distinguished Children's Books of 1954" Children's Library Association of the American Library Association; "Early Fall Booklist" The Horn Book Magazine, Vol. 35, No. 5, October 1959; "The Horn Book's Honor List" in the "The Horn Book Crier" November-December 1959; "Good Reading for Youth, Children's Book List" from the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce; "Children's Books 1977" Library of Congress Washington 1978; "Notable Children's Books 1940-70" American Library Association, Chicago 1977 (photocopy, 8 pages); "Notable Children's Books of 1963" ALA Bulletin, Vol. 58, No. 4, April 1964 (2 copies); The American Book Awards Catalog of Nominated Books 1983 (2 copies) plus program of events with list of winners; The 1976 Hans Christian Andersen Medal, "Friends of IBBY Newsletter," Winter-Spring 1975-76, p. 11; mention in "Staff News: The New York Public Library" vol. 73, no. 21, May 31, 1984; "Juvenile Miscellany" Publication of the Library of the University of Southern Mississippi with listing of Ms. Brown under recent contributions
      
      
9. Lecture Listings [Box 13]
   
   
10. Memorabilia [Box 13]
    1. Peace Statement endorsed by Children's Book Authors and Illustrators (including Ms. Brown)
    2. "A Family Tradition" article on Charles Scribner's Sons reprinted from the ALA Bulletin, March 1957
    3. Story hour lists for August 1944
    4. miscellaneous cards
    5. copy of Aladdin: A Play for Pollock's Toy Theatre, London 1947 (play printed in pamphlet form)

     

Marcia J. Brown Papers, 1940–97
Box and Folder List

Series VII: PROJECTS BY BROWN

1. A Child's Christmas, 1942
2. The Little Carousel, 1946
3. Poems of Children, 1946
4. Stone Soup, 1947
5. Trail of Courage, 1948
6. Henry Fisherman, 1949
7. Jim, John and Joe and the Christmas Horse, 1949
8. Dick Whittington and His Cat, 1950
9. Skipper John's Cook, 1951
10. Puss in Boots, 1952
11. The Steadfast Tin Soldier, 1953
12. Cinderella, 1954
13. Anansi The Spider Man, 1954
14. The Flying Carpet, 1956
15. Three Billy Goats Gruff, 1957
16. Felice, 1958
17. Peter Piper's Alphabet, 1959
18. Tamarindo!, 1960
19. Once a Mouse, 1961
20. The Wild Swans, 1963
21. Backbone of the King, 1966
22. The Neighbors, 1967
23. How Hippo! 1969
24. Giselle or the Willis, 1970
25. The Bun: A Tale From Russia, 1972
26. Snow Queen, 1972
27. All Butterflies, 1974
28. The Crystal Cavern (FILMSTRIP),1974
29. The Blue Jackal, 1977
30. Giselle: A Role of a Lifetime, 1977
31. Listen to a Shape, 1979
32. Shape and Form, 1979
33. Touch Will Tell, 1979
34. Touch and Feel, 1979
35. Walk Through Your Eyes, 1979
36. Look and See, 1979
37. Shadow, 1982
38. Lotus Seeds: Children's Pictures and Books, 1985
39. Sing A Song of Popcorn, 1988
40. Of Swans, Sugar Plums and Satin Slippers, 1991
41. From Sea to Shining Sea, 1993
42. How the Ostrich Got Its Long Neck, 1995
43. Marco Polo (Not Published), n. d.
44. Bearino and Bearowsky (Not Published), n. d.
45. Beware the Son of Adam (Not Published), n. d.
46. Cats Castle (Not Published)n. d.
47. Glass Slipper (PLAY), n. d.
48. Mary and the Big Hole (Not Published), n. d.
49. The Skin Fit Monkey (Not Published), n. d.
50. ABC What Shall I Be? (Not Published), n. d.
51. Connections (Slideshow), n. d.
52. The Crystal and the Rose (Slideshow), n. d.
53. Hans Christian Andersen (Slideshow), n. d.
54. Book Week and Story Hour Posters n. d.
55. Miscellaneous Projects by Brown includes Polish story ideas from 1944; Christmas Card made in Venice, 1961?; undated Christmas Card of woman and child; undated Christmas Card of angel and child, undated; valentines done in the Chinese manner; undated techniques of separation (used in lectures?); and undated self-portrait done in linoleum block and print.
56. Miscellaneous Sketches includes early childhood sketches with note "drawings to amuse my mother 12 or so" and "sketches in '40s"
57. Miscellaneous Drawings including one from age 13? and one from "about time of Henry Fisherman"
58. Miscellaneous Sketchbooks
59. Miscellaneous Wood and Linoleum Blocks
60. Miscellaneous Wood Block Prints

1. Projects by Brown 1942-95, undated
   1. A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS, [1942?] [Box 18] (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Hand-written Manuscript
         1. 1 copy unpublished, illustrated manuscript
            
            
   2. THE LITTLE CAROUSEL by Marcia Brown Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1946. Brush, four-color gouache-red, green, pale ochre, black. Grey was a percentage screening of black. Original art hand-separated by the illustrator. Line reproduction. Editor: Alice Dalgleish. Design: Marcia Brown (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book - catalogued copy (JuvHCC YH B8812 L55 1946)
         
         
      2. Book (SPE-unprocessed)
         1. *1 copy, (New York: Scribner's, 1946)
            
            
      3. Manuscript for Book [Box 14]
         1. handwritten drafts, 1 typed draft (6 items)
            
            
      4. Research Material [Box 20]
         1. Christmas card with photograph of Sullivan Street, NYC by Henry Gikau (?); penciled note "refugee photographer from Germany, later taught at Smith, photographed for art collection"
            
            
      5. Sketchbook [Box 19]
         1. 1. 1 book; rough pencil sketches; notes for palettes
            
            
      6. Working Drawings [Box 19]
         1. pencil sketches of merry-go-round horses (4 items)
         2. pencil sketches, color sketch (3 items)
         3. drawings in color (7 items)
         4. cover plate; jacket design; envelope (4 items)
         5. jacket (1 item) [Box 26]
            
            
      7. Dummies [Box 19]
         1. ummy in pen and ink
         2. dummy in color
         3. dummy for publisher
         4. dummy for printer
            
            
      8. Final Art
         1. pages: 1, 10, 25, 27 (4 items) [Box 20]
         2. pages: 13, 18, 19 (3 items) [Box 20]
         3. pages: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 26, 28, 30, 32 (13 items) [Box 21]
         4. (originally matted) pages (with mat sizes in parentheses): 14-15 (20 x 14), 16-17 (19 x 140), 20-21 (21 x 16½), 22-23 (20 x 15) (4 items) [Box 21]
            
            
      9. Color Separations [Box 22]
         1. page: 1 (5 items)
         2. page: 2 (5 items)
         3. page: 3 (4 items)
         4. page: 4 (5 items)
         5. page: 5 (5 items)
         6. page: 6 (5 items)
         7. page: 7 (5 items)
         8. page: 8 (5 items)
         9. page: 10 (5 items)
         10. page: 11 (5 items)
         11. page: 12 (5 items)
         12. page: 13 (5 items)
         13. page: 18 (4 items)
         14. page: 19 (5 items)
         15. page: 25 (4 items)
         16. page: 26 (4 items)
         17. page: 27 (5 items)
         18. page: 28 (4 items)
         19. page: 30 (4 items)
         20. page: 32 (5 items)
         21. page: jacket and loose text (7 items) [Box 21]
         22. page: 14-15 (5 items) [Box 21]
         23. page: 16-17 (5 items) [Box 21]
         24. page: 20-21 (5 items) [Box 21]
         25. page: 22-23 (5 items) [Box 21]
             
             
      10. Proof Sheets [Box 20]
          1. 2 sets of proofs of book (2 items)
             
             
      11. Press Sheet [Box 40]
          1. 55 x 41 (folded) (2 items)
             
             

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   3. POEMS OF CHILDREN, 1946
      1. Dummy [Box 18]
         1. beautifully bound, hand written and illustrated, unpublished copy plus envelope with binder's name (?); Illustrated selections from Rainer Maria Rilke, Madeleine Ley, Gerard Manley Hopkins, E.E. Cummings, F. Garcia Lorca;(Easter 1946) (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
            
            

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   4. STONE SOUP, retold by Marcia Brown from a French Version told by a friend. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1947. Original's done with pen, ink and two color half-tone—red and black. Art hand-separated by the illustrator, using brush line instead of pen, in order to maintain freshness. Editor: Alice Dalgleish. Design: Marcia Brown, Virginia Fowler. (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book - catalogued copy (YE B878 S8)
         
         
      2. Book (SPE-unprocessed)
         1. *2 copies, English (New York: Scribner's, 1947)
         2. 1 copy, Afrikaans (Mandini: Qalitas-Uitgewers, 1975)
         3. 1 copy, French(New York: Scribner's, 1960)
         4. 2 copies, Spanish (New York: Lectorum Publications, Inc., 1991)
         5. 3 copies, Japanese (Tokyo: Penguisha Co. Ltd.,1979)
            
            
      3. Manuscript for Book [Box 14]
         1. handwritten drafts and notes
         2. french version drafts "La Bonne Soup" type written
            
            
      4. Research material [Box 23]
         1. postcards used as source material (3 items)
         2. "Recipe with a History," Yankee, July 1962
            
            
      5. Sketch Books [Box 23]
         1. 1 book, french peasants
            2. 1 book, action sketches
            
            
      6. Working Drawings [Box 24]
         1. drawing page 7, cut-out figures for alternate jacket cover design (2 items)
         2. cover design (4 items)
            
            
      7. Dummies [Box 23]
         1. Small dummy with color
         2. Pen and ink dummy with color and text
         3. Four sections, 1 set with cut out figures for placement and notes for printer
         4. Dummy in pencil on brown paper with hand-written text
         5. Dummy, pages 3–7 with picture, hand-written text in ink
         6. Dummy for Stone Soup with the chalk talks [Box 9]
            
            
      8. Final Art [Box 24]
         1. pages: 1, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19 (6 items)
         2. pages: 5, 7, 11, 12, 46 (5 items)
         3. pages: 16, 46, 47 (3 items)
         4. (originally matted); pages: 8–9 (21 x 14½),22–23 (21 x 14½), 26–27 (20½x14½(3items)
         5. originally matted; pages: 14–15 (21 x 14½),20–21 (21 x 15)32–33(21 x 14), 34–35 (19 x13½),36–37 (19 x 13½), 38–39,40–41 (18½ x12½), 42–43 (19 x 13½ (8 items)[Box 26]
            
            
      9. Color Separations
         1. "Une Drole de Soupe" jacket for Frence edition of Stone Soup (2 items) [Box 24]
         2. page 29; printing plates (2 items) [Box 25]
         3. cover stamp: black, red (2 items) [Box 25]
         4. black line; pages: jacket, 29 (2items)[Box25]
         5. page 1; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper (3 items) [Box 25]
         6. page 5; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper (3 items) [Box 25]
         7. page 7; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper (3 items) [Box 25]
         8. page 10; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper (3 items) [Box 25]
         9. page 11; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper (3 items) [Box 25]
         10. page 12; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper (3 items) [Box 25]
         11. page 13; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper (3 items) [Box 25]
         12. page 16; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper (3 items) [Box 25]
         13. page 17; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper (3 items) [Box 25]
         14. page 18; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper (3 items) [Box 25]
         15. page 19; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper (3 items) [Box 25]
         16. page 26; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper (3 items) [Box 25]
         17. page 27; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper (3 items) [Box 25]
         18. page 46; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper (3 items) [Box 25]
         19. page 48; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper (3 items) [Box 25]
         20. page 8–9; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper (3 items)[Box 26]
         21. page 14–15; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper (3 items)[Box 26]
         22. page 20–21; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper (3 items)[Box 26]
         23. page 22–23; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper (3items) [Box 26]
         24. page 24–25; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper 3items)[Box 26]
         25. page 28–29; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper (items)[Box 26]
         26. page 30–31; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper(3 items)[Box 26
         27. page 32–33; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper(3items)[Box 26]
         28. page 34–35; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper(3items)[Box 26]
         29. page 38–39; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper (3 items)[Box 26]
         30. page 40–41; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper (3 items)[Box 26]
         31. page 42–43, black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper(3 items)[Box 26]
         32. page 44–45; black line, black half-tone, red water color on paper (3 items)[Box 26]
         33. page 36–37; red water color on paper (1 item) [Box 26]
             
             
      10. Proof Sheets
          1. 1 set with note "folded sheets one side lacks the second color red" [Box 24]
          2. 1 set [Box 24]
          3. set of proofs with suggested changes and cover note " Someone wanted to reissue Stone Soup-changed as indicated. I refused, over my dead body!" Also shows copies of teacher's editions of book. (23 items) [Box 26]
             
             
      11. Press Sheets [Box 24]
          1. 1 sheet, 54 x 42 (folded)
             
             
      12. Audio Visual Material (See Series X: Audio Visual Material by Brown)
          
          

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   5. TRAIL OF COURAGE, by Virginia Watson Coward-McCann, New York,1948.Pen and ink.Line reproduction. Jacket handseparated by the illustrator. Some use of commercial, mechanical tone. Editor: Rose Dobbs. Design: Rose Dobbs.
      
      1. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
         
         
      2. Research Material [Box 20]
         1. key to model of New Amsterdam
            
            
      3. Sketch Book [Box 20]
         1. sketch book, with notes and drawings; plus note,"not a success."
            
            
      4. Working Drawings [Box 20]
         1. 1. horse sketches (2 items)
         2. jacket design (2 items)
            
            
      5. Final Artwork [Box 20]
         1. page 12, 13, 24, 25, 27, 34, 38, 43, 47, 57, 58,60, 66, 71,76, 79, 89, 95,104, 115, 122, 159, 177; plus note (24 items)
         2. page 6, 13, and unnumbered sketches (4 items)
            
            

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   6. HENRY FISHERMAN, by Marcia Brown. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1949. Five-color gouache, flat color—pink, dark green, chartreuse green-yellow, turquoise blue, brown. Art work separated by means of photographic drop-out by Carl Andersen. Line flat-color reproduction. Editor: Alice Dalgleish. Design: Marcia Brown, Virginia Fowler. (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book - catalogued copy (YE B878 H5)
         
         
      2. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
         1. *1 copy (New York: Scribner's, 1949
            
            
      3. Manuscript for Book [Box 14]
         1. hand-written draft and notes, typewritten draft "Henry"
            
            
      4. Research Material [Box 27]
         1. 2 notebooks of research and early ideas (2 items)
            
            
      5. Sketch Book [Box 27]
         1. sketchbook with drawings and notes; 8 x 5 (1 item)
            
            
      6. Working Drawings
         1. sketches, cover designs, in pencil, pen;8x5(11items)[Box 28]
         2. cover design, sketches in magic marker (10 items) [Box 28]
         3. drawings and sketches in color (6 items) [Box 28]
         4. pen and ink drawing with notes for color, color water scene with notes, color town scene with sea, color town scene, (4 items) [Box 28]
         5. sketches and notes (9 items) [Box 28]
         6. sketch on folder, pencil sketch, drawing in color (4 items) [Box 29]
         7. cover designs, pencil drawing with notes for color, drawing in magic marker (5 items) [Box 29]
         8. watercolor drawings (2 items) [Box 29]
         9. sketches (15 items) [Box 29]
         10. gouaches; drawings (5 items) [Box 29]
         11. stencils for leaves (2 items) [Box 29]
         12. drawings and sketches on tracing paper (6 items)[Box 29]
         13. drawings and sketches on tracing paper (10 items)[Box 38]
             
             
      7. Dummies [Box 27]
         1. early dummy "Henery's Fancy," in pencil; 5½ x 4½
         2. early dummy "Adam's Fancy," drawings only, 6 x 4
         3. early dummy "Henery's Fancy," drawings and text; 12 x 9
         4. dummy for "Henry's Island," in the chalk talks [Box 9]
            
            
      8. Wood Block Print [Box 28]
         1. autographed print of woman in window, 1949
            
            
      9. Final Art [Box 29]
         1. gouache of jacket and text overlay (2 items)
         2. gouache; page 3, alternate 7, alternate 15, fish, fishing basket (5 items)
         3. gouache; page 1, alternate 1, alternate 5 (3 items)
         4. pages: 3, 32 (3 items)
         5. pages: 5, 11, 15, 19, 23, 25, 27, 31; originally matted 28 x 13½ (8 items)
         6. pages: jacket, endpaper, 1, 9, 13, 17, 29; originally matted 28 x 13½ (7 items)
         7. page 17 attached to black and white drawing (2 items) [Box 28]
         8. page 20–21; originally matted 28 x 13½ (1 item) [Box 42]
            
            
      10. Proof Sheets [Box 28]
          1. 1 cover plate, 1 color separation sheet, 2 color proof sheets; page 14, alternate page (4 items)
          2. jacket, 28½ x 8½ (folded)
             
             
      11. Press Sheets
          1. Oversized Roll, 7 sheets, 41 x 53 (7 items) [Box (Roll) 30]
          2. 1 sheet folded, 41 x 53; 1st printing of 1st edition [Box 29]
             
             

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   7. JIM, JOHN AND JOE AND THE CHRISTMAS HORSE, 1949
      1. Manuscript for story [Box 14]
         1. early copy with corrections (2 copies), finished copy with Ms.Brown's name and address (3 items)
            
            
      2. Printed Article [Box 32]
         1. loose printed copy (2 pages)
         2. copy of "American Junior Red Cross News," Vol. 31, No. 3, December 1949; copy of "American Junior Red Cross News," Vol.31, No. 3, December 1949, stamped "Central Circulation—Children's Room"; copy of "American Junior Red Cross News," Vol. 31, No. 3, December 1949, edicion en Español [Spanish Edition]
            
            

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   8. DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1950. Text was a retelling from old chap-book versions. Two-color linoleum block prints—black and deep gold. Separate black prints for each color given to printer to make offset plates for line reproduction. Editor: Alice Dalgleish. Design: Marcia Brown. (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book - catalogued copy (YE W626 D5)
         
         
      2. Book (SPE-unprocessed)
         1. *1 copy, English (New York: Scribner's, 1950)
         2. 2 copies, Afrikaans (Kaapstad: Human &Rousseau, 1968)
            
            
      3. Manuscript for Book [Box 14]
         1. hand-written drafts (6 items)
         2. typed drafts (6 items)
            
            
      4. Notebook of Text [Box 33]
         1. Steno pad with notes, and name and address on cover (22 Sullian Street, New York, NY)
            
            
      5. Working Drawings
         1. pages: jacket, cover (4 items) [Box 28]
         2. drawings in miscellaneous mediums (14 items)[Box 28]
         3. pages 16–17, 26–27 (4 items) [Box 31]
         4. 10 drawings, sketches and notes (10 items) [Box 33]
         5. 10 pages originally stapled together of sketches and notes (10 items) [Box 33]
            
            
      6. Dummies [Box 33]
         1. typeline
         2. dummy for printer, placement of pictures and type
         3. early pen, ink and color with text
         4. dummy for "Dick Whittington" in the chalk talks[Box 9]
            
            
      7. Linoleum Blocks [Box 40]
         1. page 3 (4 items)
         2. page  4 (2 items)
         3. page 5 (2 items)
         4. page 6 (2 items)
         5. page 7 (2 items)
         6. page 8 (2 items)
         7. page 9 (2 items)
         8. page 10 (2 items)
         9. page 11 (3 items)
         10. page 12 (2 items)
         11. page 13 (2 items)
         12. page 14 (2 items)
         13. page 15 (2 items)
         14. page 18 (2 items)
         15. page 19 (2 items)
         16. page 20 (2 items)
         17. page 21 (2 items) [Box 41]
         18. page 22 (2 items) [Box 41]
         19. page 23 (2 items) [Box 41]
         20. page 24 (2 items) [Box 41]
         21. page 25 (2 items) [Box 41]
         22. page 28 (2 items) [Box 41]
         23. page 29 (2 items) [Box 41]
         24. page 30 (1 item) [Box 41]
         25. page 31 (2 items) [Box 41]
         26. page 32 (2 items) [Box 41]
         27. discards (2 items) [Box 41]
         28. jacket (2 items) [Box 39]
         29. jacket title (1 item) [Box 39]
         30. page 1 (title page) (2 items) [Box 39]
         31. page 30 (1 item) [Box 39]
         32. pages 16–17 (2 items) [Box 39]
         33. pages 26–27 (2 items) [Box 39]
             
             
      8. Trial Prints [Box 32]
         1. hand-colored trial prints; pages: 4, 5, 14, 15, 31 (6 items)
         2. hand-colored trial prints; pages: 7, 13, 24, 30 (5 items)
         3. hand-colored trial prints; pages: 6, 18, 19 (3 items)
         4. hand-colored trial print; page 30 (1 item)
         5. hand-colored trial prints; pages: 3, 12, 21, 23, 24, 29, 32 (9 items)
         6. trial prints of page 3 originally staple together;includes color separations and prints for registry (9 items)
         7. trial prints; page 3 (4 items)
         8. colored prints; pages 14, 18; originally backing for page 14 with notes on color on back (4 items)
         9. colored prints; pages: 5, 24, 25, 32 (6 items)
         10. colored prints; pages: 5, 19, 21 (4 items)
         11. colored prints; pages: 6, 11, 12, 13, 15, 20, 22,23 (17 items)
         12. page 29, proof in 3 colors as experiment, signed(1 item)
         13. hand-colored trial prints; pages: jacket, title, 30 (4 items) [Box 28]
         14. hand-colored trial prints; pages: 16–17, 26–27 (4 items) [Box 31]
         15. hand-colored trial prints; pages: 16–17,26–27 (6 items) [Box 31]
         16. color tests (13 items) [Box 33]
             
             
      9. Registry Prints
         1. harp prints with registry for printer; pages 1,18, 23, 32 (4 items) [Box 31]
         2. color prints for registry; pages 16–17,26–27 (5 items) [Box 31]
         3. color prints for registry; pages: jacket, 21, 24,30, 31,32 (8 items) [Box 31]
         4. sharp prints with registry for printer; pages 6, 14, 28 (3 items) [Box 32]
         5. color prints for registry; pages: 5, 8, 9, 10, 11,15, 19 (7 items) [Box 32]
         6. color prints for registry; pages: 4, 25 (2 items)[Box 32]
         7. color proof sheets for registry; pages: 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22 (11 items)[Box 32]
         8. color proof sheets for registry; pages 3, 8, 11,13, 19, 28, 29 (8 items) [Box 32]
            
            
      10. Final Artwork
          1. pages: 5, 29, 31, 32 (4 items) [Box 28]
          2. pages: 4, 21, 22 (3 items) [Box 28]
          3. page 16–17 (1 item) [Box 31]
          4. jacket print (torn) (1 item) [Box 31]
             
             
      11. Color Separations
          1. yellow separation prints; pages: 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 22, 28, 29 (15 items)[Box 28]
          2. yellow separation prints done in black; pages: 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13+, 14, 15, 19, 21, 28, 29 (17 items) [Box 28]
          3. yellow separation prints done in black; pages: 4, 7, 31, 32 (7 items) [Box 28]
          4. black separation prints; pages: 16–17, 26–27 (5 items) [Box 31]
          5. black separation prints; pages: jacket, 1, 4, 6, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31 (29 items) [Box 31]
          6. yellow separation prints done in black; pages: 16–17,26–27 (3 items) [Box 31]
          7. yellow separation prints done in black; pages: jacket, 1, 4, 12, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30 (13 items) [Box 31]
          8. yellow separation prints; pages: jacket, 1, 12, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, 32 (15 items) [Box 31]
          9. yellow separation prints; pages; 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 25, 31, 32 (12 items) [Box 31]
          10. yellow separation prints; pages: 16–17, 26–27 (2 items) [Box 31]
          11. black separation prints; pages: jacket, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 20, 21, 28, 32 (14 items) [Box 32]
          12. black separation prints; pages: 12, 14, 32 (3 items) [Box 32]
          13. black separation prints; pages: 22, 25, 28 (3 items) [Box 32]
          14. black separation prints; pages: 3, 11 (3 items) [Box 32]
          15. black separation prints; pages: 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 15, 28, 29, 31 (17 items) [Box 32]
              
              
      12. Proof Sheets
          1. pages: jacket, title, 18 (4 items) [Box 28]
          2. page 12 (3 items) [Box 28]
          3. page 3 (4 items) [Box 28]
          4. text with notes to printer (3 items) [Box 28]
          5. text with notes to printer (sheets had been made into folder to hold separations)(2 items) [Box 31]
          6. final proofs, 2 sets (2 items) [Box 32]
             
             
      13. Press Sheets [Box 33]
          1. 1 sheet, folded, 34½ x 52
             
             
      14. Puppet Show [Box 32]
          1. photographs (2 items)
             
             
      15. Puppets and Props (See Series XII: Puppet Theater Puppets and Accompanying Material)
          
          
      16. Audio Visual Material (See Series XII: Puppet Theater Puppets and Accompanying Material)
          
          

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   9. SKIPPER JOHN'S COOK, by Marcia Brown Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1951. Reed pen line and four-color gouache—deep, salmon red-pink; turquoise blue; ochre; charcoal gray. Hand separated by the artist. Contact plates for line reproduction. Separations were worked on in the manner of lithographs. Dry brush use to create tone. Separations on Dynobase, a plastic material that permitted more manipulation of the surface than the usual acetate. Editor: Alice Dalgleish. Design: Margaret Evans, Marcia Brown. (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book - catalogued copy (YB S55 1951)
         
         
      2. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
         1. *1 copy, (New York: Scribner's, 1951)
            
            
      3. Manuscript for Book [Box 14]
         1. hand-written drafts and notes (with sketches)
         2. typed draft
            
            
      4. Sketchbook [Box 36]
         1. cover notation "Sketches—Provincetown:background for Skipper John's Cook & a projected book about dolls that were in a house floats across the Provincetown Harbor on turn barrels"; pen and ink sketches and pen and ink and watercolor
            
            
      5. Working Drawings
         1. age 15 (1 item) [Box 35]
         2. sketches of final treatment, pages: 6–7, 16–17 (2 items) [Box 38]
            
            
      6. Dummy [Box 36]
         1. partial early trial dummy
         2. partial early trial dummy with hand-written text and watercolor illustrations
         3. dummy for "Skipper John's Cook" with the chalk talks [Box 9]
            
            
      7. Final Art
         1. pages: 1, 15, 30 (3 items) [Box 35]
         2. jacket (1 item) [Box 35]
         3. pages: 23, 24, 29, 31, 32 (5 items)[Box 35]
         4. pages: endpapers, 6–7, 16–17, 18–19,20–21 (5 items) [Box 35]
         5. page 3 (1 item) [Box 36]
         6. page 25 (1 item) [Box 36]
         7. pages: 8–9, 10–11 (2 items) [Box 38]
            
            
      8. Color Separations [Box 34]
         1. ages: 2, 14, 22, 28 (5 items)
         2. page 3 (2 items)
         3. page 4 (4 items)
         4. page 5 (4 items)
         5. page 6 (2 items)
         6. page 7 (2 items)
         7. page 8 (4 items)
         8. page 9 (4 items)
         9. page 10 (2 items)
         10. page 11 (2 items)
         11. page 12 (4 items)
         12. page 13 (4 items)
         13. page 18 (2 items)
         14. page 19 (2 items)
         15. page 20 (4 items)
         16. page 21 (4 items)
         17. page 23 (2 items)
         18. page 24 (4 items)
         19. page 25 (4 items)
         20. page 26 (2 items)
         21. page 27 (2 items)
         22. page 29 (4 items)
         23. page 30 (2 items)
         24. page 31 (2 items)
         25. page 32 (4 items)
         26. pages 16-17 (4 items) [Box 35]
         27. endpapers (4 items) [Box 35]
         28. jacket (1 item) [Box 35]
         29. pages: jacket, 1 (7 items) [Box 37]
         30. page 15 (4 items) [Box 37]
         31. endpapers (4 items) [Box 38]
             
             
      9. Paste-Up for Printer [Box 35]
         1. pages: 8–9, 12–13 (2 items)
         2. pages: jacket, 10–11, 15, 24 (7 items)
            
            

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   10. PUSS IN BOOTS, Translated from the French of Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1952. Pen and ink, four-color gouache. Some oil pastel, some crayon—black, yellow, blue-grey, carmine. Illustrations hand-separated by the artist on Dynobase for line reproduction. Editor: Alice Dalgleish. Design: Margaret Evans, Marcia Brown. (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
       1. Book - catalogued copy (YB P87 1952—autographed presentation copy)
          
          
       2. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
          1. *1 copy, English (New York: Scribner's, 1951) original drawing and inscription on flyleaf
          2. 2 copies, Afrikaans (Mandini: Qalitas-Uitgewres, 1975)
          3. 1 copy, Japanese; combined with The Steadfast Tin Soldier
             
             
       3. Manuscript for book [Box 14]
          1. hand-written drafts
             
             
       4. Research Material [Box 36]
          1. 1 sheet french poem; 1 cartoon (2 items)
          2. series of small cards pasted to paper telling the story of Puss in Boots; hand-written note on front "Marcia—thought you'd like to have this gigantic Puss from an old album—How goes it with you? Love Katherine," note on back reads "from Katherine Milhous—author & illus." (1 item)
             
             
       5. Sketchbook [Box 39]
          1. pen and ink rough sketches and studies; 2 pages of notes on The Snow Queen; notes on puppets and puppet-making (2 items)
          2. pen and ink with material related to both Puss in Boots and Backbone of the King (1 item)
             
             
       6. Working Drawings
          1. rough sketches in pen and ink, pencil (11 items) [Box 35]
          2. color studies including jacket, princess, and "marquis" (8 items) [Box 35]
          3. page 10–11, with note " alternate & working drawings for Puss in Boots dummy (1 item) [Box 35]
          4. 14½ x 21 board; color; pages: 24–25,26–27 (3 items) [Box 38]
          5. pen and ink studies 17 x 14 (4 items) [Box 38]
          6. pencil drawing, alternate page 4–5 (2 items) [Box 38]
          7. in folder made from page 10–11 with note "alternate & working drawings for Puss in Boots dummy (see Box 17 for page 10–11 folder drawing) (20 items) [Box 39]
          8. cover stamp drawing done on tracing paper (2 items) [Box 39]
          9. cover plate -2 drawings on tracing paper and drawing on acetate (3 items) [Box 23]
             
             
       7. Dummy [Box 36]
          1. first dummy (small, in pencil)
          2. in color with notes
          3. pen and ink and color (23 items)
          4. dummy for "Puss in Boots" with the chalk talks [Box 9]
             
             
       8. Final Art
          1. pages: 1, 32 (2 items) [Box 35]
          2. watercolor of puss, originally matted 13 15/16 x 11 3/16; with note (torn) identifies picture as one lent by the artist for a touring exhibition " The Illustrator as Storyteller: Caldecott Medal (?) Books 1938–84" (2 items) [Box 35]
          3. pages: 4–5, 8–9, 12–13, 24–25, 26–27, 28–29 (6 items) [Box 38]
          4. pages: 6–7, 18–19, 20–21, 22–23, 30–31 (5 items) [Box 38]
             
             
       9. Color Separations [Box 37]
          1. page 1 (5 items)
          2. page 2 with note (5 items)
          3. page 4 (4 items)
          4. page 5 (4 items)
          5. page 6 (4 items)
          6. page 7 (4 items)
          7. page 8 (4 items)
          8. page 9 (4 items)
          9. page 10 (4 items)
          10. page 11 (4 items)
          11. page 12 (4 items)
          12. page 13 (4 items)
          13. page 14 (4 items)
          14. page 15 (4 items)
          15. page 18 (4 items)
          16. page 19 (4 items)
          17. page 20 (4 items)
          18. page 21 (4 items)
          19. page 22 (4 items)
          20. page 23 (4 items)
          21. page 24 (4 items)
          22. page 25 (4 items)
          23. page 26 (4 items)
          24. page 27 (4 items)
          25. page 28 (4 items)
          26. page 29 (4 items)
          27. page 30 (4 items)
          28. page 31 (4 items)
          29. jacket, page 32 (2 items)
          30. page 16-17; 19 x 12 (4 items)[Box 35]
          31. jacket (oversized) (2 items) [Box 22]
              
              
       10. Proof Sheets
           1. page 32 (or jacket) (4 items) [Box 34]
           2. 1 set; proofs of 1st edition, 1st printing with ‘Post-It' note [Box 39]
              
              
       11. Press Sheets [Box 39]
           1. 1 sheet 40 x 43, folded
              
              
       12. Puppet Play [Box 39]
           1. notes on Minuet and Rigaudon for Puss in Boots puppet play and envelope (12 items)
              
              
       13. Cards [Box 39]
           1. hand-drawn cards, 1 in color of cat lying down playing guitar and 1 in pen and ink of cat drinking champagne (2 items)
              
              
       14. Audio Visual Materials [Box 156] (See Series X: Audio Visual Material by Brown
           
           
       15. Puppets and Props (See Series XII: Puppet Theater Puppets and Accompanying Material)
           
           

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   11. STEADFA