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The following terms, as defined below, are used throughout this collection description.

ALTERNATE DRAWINGS: drawings of pages not used in final version of book.

BOOKS: refers to book donated with papers (to be processed into special collection); if only call number is given then refers to book already present in regular or special collection.

CONTACT SEPARATIONS PRINTS: the number of colors per picture

COLOR SEPARATIONS: The plates used in process color printing. Process color printing is halftone reproduction of full-color art or photographs through the use of several plates (usually four), each printing a different color. Process colors are cyan, magenta, yellow, and black

DUMMY: An unprinted or partially printed or sketched sample of a projected book, pamphlet, or bookcover to suggest the final appearance and size of the completed work. This includes hand-drawn mock-ups of book showing drawings and/or text or copies using cut out sections of proof sheets to denote drawing and/or text placement.

FINAL ART: refers to drawings of pages as they appear in book. usually matted or covered in plastic.

GOUACHE: technique of painting with opaque watercolors prepared with gum; most used color medium by Ms. Brown.

MANUSCRIPT FOR BOOK: refers to hand written or typed versions of text with few or no sketches on pages.

MANUSCRIPT FOR FILMSTRIP: refers to hand-written or typed version of narrative to accompany filmstrip.

NOTES ON PALETTE: listings of suggested colors, medium, etc to be used in drawings.

PRESS SHEETS: copy of book printed on one large (approximately 40 x 43 but may be larger) sheet of paper.

P-SLIP: A small slip of paper, normally 5 x 3 or smaller. P-slips are often made into pads.

PROOF SHEETS: And impression or reproduction made by the printer of the book in order that it may be altered and/or corrected before final printing.

REVIEWS: reviews of book from different sources

SKETCHBOOK: refers to a bound volume of sketches; may contain notes on text, palette, drawings, etc.

SKETCHES: refers to sketches, studies, unfinished drawings etc. related to project.

TRIAL PRINTS: refers to test prints of wood cuts. (may include color tests)

WORKING DRAWINGS: refers to drawings that are of recognizable pages in finished book.

Marcia J. Brown Papers, 1940-2000

Box and Folder List

Series I: AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL/ BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL

  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

Marcia J. Brown Papers, 1940-2000

Box and Folder List

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

Marcia J. Brown Papers, 1940-2000

Box and Folder List

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

Marcia J. Brown Papers, 1940-2000

Box and Folder List

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

Marcia J. Brown Papers, 1940-2000

Box and Folder List

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

Marcia J. Brown Papers, 1940-2000

Box and Folder List

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, 1940-2000

Box and Folder List

Series VII: PROJECTS BY BROWN

For ease of location these projects are listed below in alphabetical order. The number denotes the listing within the chronologlical order.

      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)

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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. STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER by Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1953
      Pen and ink, four-color gouache.Illustrations hand-separated by the illustrator on Dynobase for contact plates, line reproduction. Various experimental techniques were used to get desired effects: for example, color mixed with hair set, color mixed with rubber cement to get torn effect of water-soaked newspaper. Color: cobalt blue, soft red, yellow, charcoal. Editor: Alice Dalgleish. Design: Margaret Evans, Marcia Brown. (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
        1. *2 copies, English (New York: Scribner's, 1953) both copies have original drawings and inscriptions on the flyleaf
        2. 1 copy, japanese combined with Puss in Boots

      2. Manuscript for Book [Box 14]
        1. photocopy of hand-written drafts, original in sketch book (See Sketchbooks)

      3. Sketchbooks [Box 23]
        1. extensive notes, text, some sketches
        2. sketchbook with hand-written draft and pencil sketches of soldier in boat and of "Bishop"(See Manuscript for Book)

      4. Working Drawings
        1. gouache studies (8 items) [Box 38]
        2. color tests and note (5 items) [Box 44]
        3. pencil, pen and ink (4 items) [Box 44]
        4. pen and ink (9 items) [Box 45]
        5. pen and ink and color (4 items) [Box 45]
        6. monotype studies (5 items) [Box 45]
        7. gouache studies; pages: 3–4, 21–22, 23–24 (4 items) [Box 45]
        8. gouache studies; pages: jacket, alternate 19 (4 items) [Box 46]
        9. jacket(5 items) [Box 46]

      5. Dummy [Box 44]
        1. 3 x 4, with envelope

      6. Final Art
        1. pages: 1, 8–9, 32 (4 items) [Box 44]
        2. pages; cover, 5 (2 items) [Box 44]
        3. pages: 2–3, 6–7, 14–15, 16–17, 18–19, 20–21, 22–23,26–27 (9 items) [Box 45]
        4. 19 x 11½; pages 2–3, 10–11, 12–13,28–29 (4 items) [Box 45]

      7. Color Separations [Box 45]
        1. 12 x 19; note to printer (1 item)
        2. 8½; x 12; jacket (5 items)
        3. 17 x 11; page 2-3 (3 items)
        4. 17 x 11; page 6-7 (4 items)
        5. 17 x 11; page 10-11 (4 items)
        6. 17 x 11 ; page 12-13 (4 items)
        7. 17 x 11 ; page 14-15 (4 items)
        8. 17 x 11 ; page 16-17 (4 items)
        9. 17 x 11 ; page 18-19 (4 items)
        10. 17 x 11 ; page 20-21 (4 items)
        11. 17 x 11 ; page 22-23 (3 items)
        12. 17 x 11 ; page 24-25 (4 items)
        13. 17 x 11 ; page 26-27 (4 items)
        14. 17 x 11 ; page 28-29 (4 items)
        15. 17 x 11 ; page 30-31 (4 items)
        16. 8½;x 12; page 32 (3 items) [Box 44]
        17. 9 x 12; page 1 (4 items) [Box 44]
        18. 8 x 10; text for cover (2 items) [Box 44]
        19. 9½; x 12; page 8-9 (5 items)

      8. Press Sheets [Box 46]
        1. pages 12–13 (5 items)
        2. page 1 (9 items)

      9. Woodblock [Box 44]
        1. thin woodblock of soldier

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    12. CINDERELLA. Translated from the French of Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1954.
      Pen and ink, four-color gouache. Rose pink, cobalt blue, pale ochre, charcoal. Some pastel and colored pencil. Illustrations hand-separated by the illustrator on Dynobase for contact plates, line reproduction. Pen line on the Dynobase made to look more delicate by rubbing small quantity of 3-in-One oil on the plastic surface to repel ink. Editor: Alice Dalgleish. Design: Margaret Evans, Marcia Brown. (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
        1. *1 copy, English (New York: Scribner's, 1952)
        2. 4 copies, Japanese (Tokyo: FukuinKan-Shoten, Inc., 1969)

      2. Manuscript for Book [Box 14]
        1. hand-written drafts

      3. Manuscript for Filmstrip [Box 14]
        1. typed script for Miller-Brody filmstrip

      4. Sketchbook [Box 53]
        1. 1 book; miscellaneous sketches and notes

      5. Working Drawings [Box 55]
        1. sketch for advertisement in New York Times, undated (2 items)
        2. preliminary sketches (2 items)
        3. drawings, page 3, 15 (3 items)
        4. sketches, page 5, 6–7 (5 items)
        5. research sketches (2 items)
        6. jacket with text placement and notes to printer (1 item) [Box 46]
        7. pen and ink sketch (1 item) [Box 49]

      6. Dummy [Box 53]
        1. 1. dummy with jacket proof sheet
        2. dummy for Cinderella with the chalk talks [Box 9]

      7. Final Art
        1. pages: 1, 5, 6, 11, 27, 29, 32 (7 items) [Box 46]
        2. pages: 24–25, 30–31 (2 items) [Box 49]
        3. envelope with note "(originals were done in casein, gouache & colored pencil & pen and ink) Scribner's didn't feel they could afford to photograph water colors so I did originals in the technique I used for the separations. (!!!)" (1 item) [Box 53]
        4. pages: 3, 7, 12, 13, 26 (6 items) [Box 55]
        5. pages: 1, 15, 28 (5 items) [Box 55]
        6. pages: 8, 9, 20, 21, 22 (6 items) [Box 55]

      8. Color Separations [Box 54]
        1. page 1 (4 items)
        2. page 3 (3 items)
        3. page 5 (5 items)
        4. page 6 (4 items)
        5. page 7 (5 items)
        6. page 8 (4 items)
        7. page 9 (5 items)
        8. page 11 (4 items)
        9. page 12 (5 items)
        10. page 13 (5 items)
        11. page 14 (4 items)
        12. page 15 (4 items)
        13. page 18 (4 items)
        14. page 19 (4 items)
        15. page 20 (4 items)
        16. page 21 (4 items)
        17. page 22 (4 items)
        18. page 24 (4 items)
        19. page 25 (4 items)
        20. page 26 (4 items)
        21. page 27 (4 items)
        22. page 28 (4 items)
        23. page 29 (4 items)
        24. page 30 (4 items)
        25. page 31 (4 items)
        26. page 32 (4 items)
        27. page 3; originally mounted (1 item)
        28. jacket (5 items) [Box 38]
        29. pages 16-17 (4 items) [Box 49]

      9. Proof Sheets
        1. jacket, hand-corrected [Box 49]
        2. 1 copy, 12 sheets [Box 55]

      10. Press Sheet
        1. 1 sheet, 35 x 55, (folded) with notes to printer (2 items) [Box 46]
        2. (2 items) 52 x 33 (folded) with notes to printer [Box 49]
        3. 1 sheet-52 x 33 with attached note "last prtng we ok'd" [Box 49]

      11. Drawing for a Catalog [Box 53]
        1. based on page 3 (3 items)

      12. Caldecott Dinner Favors [Box 53]
        1. photocopy of dummy for favors in color, original in Helen Masten's Papers [Box 159] (See Helen Master's Papers, material Related to Marcia Brown Projects, Cinderella)
        2. color separations of favors designed for 1955 Caldecott dinner(3 items)
        3. favors designed for 1955 Caldecott dinner [there are 40 favor cards placed in duplicate folder] (10 items)
        4. press sheets of favors designed for 1955 Caldecott dinner (4 items)
        5. dummy of favors designed for 1955 Caldecott dinner (1 item)

      13. Card [Box 53]
        1. Birthday card for Helen Masten with drawing, envelope with note (2 items)

      14. Audio Visual Material (See Series X: Audio Visual Material by Brown)

      15. Award Puzzles. The Caldecott Collection: Shadow (2 Copies) [Box 129]

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    13. ANANSI THE SPIDER MAN, by Philip M. Sherlock. Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, 1954.
      Pen and ink, line reproduction. Jacket—yellow-green and brown, halftone reproduction. Editor: Elizabeth Riley. Design: Marcia Brown, Elizabeth Riley. (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book - catalogued copy (YD 398 S552 A5)

      2. Book - catalogued copy *(YD 398.2 S552 A5) one copy moved to Special Collections

      3. Manuscript for Book [Box 14]
        1. typed drafts of three stories: "Anansi and the Old Hag," "Brother Breeze and the Pear Tree," and "The Kling Kling Bird"

      4. Sketchbook [Box 48]
        1. 1 book of rough sketches and studies

      5. Working Drawings
        1. jacket (4 items) [Box 50]
        2. "Anansi and the Alligator Eggs" (19 items) [Box 46]
        3. title; introduction (10 items) [Box 47]
        4. frontispiece (6 items) [Box 47]
        5. "From Tiger to Anansi" (11 items) [Box 47]
        6. "Brother Breeze and the Pear Tree" (17 items) [Box47]
        7. "Anansi and the Old Hag" (15 items) [Box 47]
        8. "Anansi and Turtle and Pigeon" (5 items) [Box 47]
        9. "Kisander" (10 items) [Box 47]
        10. "The Kling Kling Bird" (24 items) [Box 47]
        11. "Bandalee" (17 items) [Box 47]
        12. "Yung-Kyung-Pyung" (19 items) [Box 47]
        13. "Anansi and the Plantains" (4 items) [Box 47]
        14. "Anansi and the Fish Country" (19 items) [Box 47]
        15. "Ticky Picky Boom Boom" (25 items) [Box 47]
        16. "Anansi and the Crabs" (25 items) [Box 47]
        17. "The Quarrel" (50 items) [Box 47]
        18. signed, large (2 items) [Box 48]
        19. signed, small sketches (18 items) [Box 48]
        20. general sketches and studies; 4½; x 6 or smaller (6 items)  [Box 48]
        21. general sketches or studies; 7 x 7½; or smaller (15 items)  [Box 48]
        22. general sketches or studies; 6 x 9 or smaller (11 items) [Box 48]
        23. general sketches or studies; 13½; x 8½; or smaller (6 items) [Box 48]
        24. general sketches or studies; 12 x 9 or smaller (26 items) [Box 48]
        25. general sketches or studies; 8 x 10½; or smaller (10 items) [Box 48]
        26. general sketches or studies; 14 x 11 (11 items) [Box 49]
        27. general sketches or studies; 17 x 14 (2 items) [Box 49]

      6. Dummy
        1. partial dummy of text and drawing placement [Box 48]
        2. large handmade dummy (many loose original sheets enclosed in dummy are in other folder) [Box 50]
        3. loose original sheets enclosed with dummy (95 items) [Box 50]

      7. Final Art [Box 48]
        1. pages: 1, 5, 16, 76, 91, 94; originally matted pictures 10 x 13, with picture hole cut 4 x 6; with sticker from back of one of the mountings (6 items)
        2. pages: 97, 101; from a matted panel for 2 pictures; mat was 16 x 13 with 2 spaced picture holes 4 x 6 (2 items)
        3. pages 46, 45; from a matted panel for 2 pictures; mat was 16 x 13 with 2 spaced picture holes 4 x 6 (2 items)
        4. pages 39, 46; from a matted panel for 2 pictures; mat was 16 x 13 with 2 spaced picture holes 4 x 6 (2 items)
        5. pages: 47, 50, 53 from a matted panel for three pictures; mat was 11½ x 22 with three spaced picture holes 4 x 4½cut in (3 items)
        6. pages 80, 81, 82 from a matted panel for three pictures; mat was 11 x 22 with three spaced picture holes 4 x 4 cut in (3 items)
        7. pages 74, 70, 73 from a matted panel for three pictures; mat was 11 x 22 with three spaced picture holes 4 x 4 cut in (3 items)
        8. pages 108, 110, 104 from a matted panel for three pictures; mat was 13 x 21½ with three spaced picture holes 4 x 6 cut in (3 items)

      8. Proof Sheet [Box 48]
        1. jacket; page 48–49 (8 items)

      9. Puppets & Props (See Series XII: Puppet Theater Puppets and Accompanying Material)


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    14. THE FLYING CARPET, retold by Marcia Brown from Richard Burton's translation form Arabic. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1956.
      Illustrations done with Flomaster line and watercolor, cerulean blue, chrome green, rose pink, purplish black, ochre. Art work, which had been designed for full color reproduction, was hand-separated by the artist, for line, with contact separations done on Dynobase. Various techniques were used to get tonal variety in plates—only remotely similar to the original art. Bronze powder in glue. Tone with crayon work. Editor: Alice Dalgleish. Design: Margaret Evans, Marcia Brown. (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
        1. *2 copies, English (New York: Scribner's, 1956) both copies have original drawings pasted to flyleaf

      2. Manuscript for Book
        1. hand-written drafts
        2. notebook with hand-written notes
        3. type-written drafts

      3. Manuscript for Filmstrip
        1. hand-written draft; typed drafts

      4. Research Material [Box 58]
        1. 1 small page of notes in pencil of Persian gardens; torn piece of a letter with story of a hummingbird; 3 pictures from books or magazines (5 items)

      5. . Working Drawings
        1. olor drawings; pages: 37, 48 (3 items) [Box 46]
        2. rough sketches in magic marker (2 items) [Box 49]
        3. cut out sketch in color and magic marker (1 item) [Box 49]
        4. color; pages: 4–5, 37 (4 items) [Box 49]
        5. color; page: 20–21 (1 item) [Box 49]
        6. color; page: 10–11, 18–19, 26–27,32–33 (5 items) [Box 49]
        7. color pictures with text superimposed; pages: jacket, 4–5,10–11, 32–33,36–37 (5 items) [Box 56]
        8. rough sketches in magic marker (7 items) [Box 56]
        9. rough sketches in magic marker (8 items) [Box 56]
        10. drawing of jacket cover in color and magic marker (2 items)[Box56]
        11. color drawings; pages: 1, 2–3, 16–17, 18–19,20–21, 30–31(6 items) [Box 56]
        12. color drawings; pages: 14–15, 24–25, 32–33, 34–35, 44–45,46–47 (7 items) [Box 56]
        13. color drawings; pages: 14–15, 18–19 (2 items) [Box 56]
        14. color; page: 24–25 (1 item) [Box 56]
        15. color; page: 10–11 (2 items) [Box 56]
        16. pages 12–13 (1 item) [Box 57]
        17. rough sketches in magic marker, pen, pencil, with notes (87 items) [Box 58]
        18. rough sketches in magic marker (13 items) [Box 58]
        19. rough sketches in pencil and magic marker (3 items) [Box 58]

      6. Dummies [Box 58]
        1. 5 x 6; pencil with notes
        2. 5 x 6; pen and ink with notes

      7. Final Art [Box 49]
        1. 17½ x 11½; pages: 12–13, 26–27, 34–35; originally matted 24 x 18 (3 items)
        2. 13 x 11½; page: 6–7; matted 24 x 18 (1 item)
        3. 13 x 15; page: 42–43; matted 24 x 18 (1 item)
        4. 21 x 15½; page 38–39; matted 24 x 18 (1 item) [Box 56]

      8.   Color Separations [Box 57]
        1. jacket (4 items)
        2. pages 2-3 (4 items)
        3. pages 6-7 (4 items)
        4. pages 10-11 (4 items)
        5. pages 12-13 (4 items)
        6. pages 14-15 (4 items)
        7. pages 16-17 (4 items)
        8. pages 18-19 (4 items)
        9. pages 20-21 (4 items)
        10. pages 22-23 (4 items)
        11. pages 24-25 (4 items)
        12. pages 26-27 (4 items)
        13. pages 28-29 (4 items)
        14. pages 30-31 (4 items)
        15. pages 32-33 (4 items)
        16. pages 34-35 (4 items)
        17. pages 36-37 (4 items)
        18. pages 38-39 (4 items)
        19. pages 40-41 (4 items)
        20. pages 44-45 (4 items)
        21. pages 46-47 (4 items)
        22. separation for catalog; jacket drawing (1 item) [Box 46]
        23. page 1 (4 items) [Box 46]
        24. pages 4-5 (4 items) [Box 46]
        25. pages 8-9 (4 items) [Box 46]
        26. pages 42-43 (4 items) [Box 46]
        27. pages: jacket, 1 (2 items) [Box 49]
        28. page 48 (5 items) [Box 49]
        29. text on plastic (10 items) [Box 56]

      9. Cover Stamp [Box 49]
        1. drawing and original backing with notes (3 items)

      10. Proof Sheets
        1. pages: cover, 34–35 (2 items) [Box 55]
        2. text of book (25 items) [Box 58]

      11. Suggestions for a Teaching Guide [Box 58]
        1. typed suggestions for a teaching guide by Ms. Brown

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    15. THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF, by P.C. Asbjornsen and J.E. Moe.Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1957. Illustrations in pen, line, gouache, and oil pastel. Art hand-separated from the dummy on Dynobase. Contact plates for line reproduction. Cobalt blue, chartreuse, mahogany brown, black. Editor: Margaret McElderry. Design: Marcia Brown, Judy Mills. (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
        1. *1 copy, English (New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1957) original drawing and inscription on flyleaf
        2. 1 copy, Japanese (Tokyo: Fukuinkan-Shoten, 1965)
        3. 2 copies, Afrikaans (Oranjezicht:Anansi-Uitgewers, 1993)
        4. 1 copy, Xhosa (Bantu language of Africa) (Oranjezicht: Anansi Publishers, 1993)

      2. Manuscript for Book [Box 14]
        1. typed draft

      3. Filmstrip Text [Box 118] (See Series X: Audio Visual Materials by Brown)
        1. manuscript for filmstrip
        2. filmstrip text for "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" #48, from Weston Woods

      4. Sketchbook [Box 55]
        1. sketchbook with dummy and sketches in rough pen and ink sketches and three color strips (4 items)

      5. Working Drawings [Box 60]
        1. rough sketches of goats; 18 x 12 (2 items)
        2. rough sketches of goats; 11 x 8, 3½ x 4 (2 items)

      6. Dummies [Box 60]
        1. (1 item) crayon and gouache; page 8 (with text); 15¾ x 10 (1 item)
        2. crayon and gouache; title page in pen and ink (2 items)
        3. text placement page 15, 10 x 12; folder with note (2 items)
        4. text placement; pages: jacket overleafs 11½ x 14½, 3 (title) 10½ x 14½, (dedication) 10 x 13 (3 items)
        5. pages: 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23, 24-25, 26-27, 28-29, 30-31, 32 (13 items) [Box 41]

      7. Color Separations [Box 59]
        1. page 1 (4 items)
        2. page 2 (4 items)
        3. page 3 plus text (4 items)
        4. page 4 (4 items)
        5. page 5 (4 items)
        6. page 6 (4 items)
        7. page 7 (4 items)
        8. page 8 (4 items)
        9. page 9 (4 items)
        10. page 10 (4 items)
        11. page 11 (4 items)
        12. page 12 (4 items)
        13. page 13 (4 items)
        14. page 14 (2 items)
        15. page 15 (3 items)
        16. page 18 (4 items)
        17. page 19 (4 items)
        18. page 20 (4 items)
        19. page 21 (4 items)
        20. page 22 (4 items)
        21. page 23 (4 items)
        22. page 24 (4 items)
        23. page 25 (4 items)
        24. page 26 (4 items)
        25. page 27 (4 items)
        26. page 28 (4 items)
        27. page 29 (4 items)
        28. page 30 (4 items)
        29. page 31 (4 items)
        30. page 32 (4 items)
        31. pages 16-17 (4 items) [Box 56]
        32. jacket (5 items) [Box 56]
        33. jacket (text) (5 items) [Box 56]
        34. endpapers (4 items) [Box 56]

      8. Proof Sheets [Box 60]
        1. proof sheets; 16 x 10 (8 items)
        2. text, 9 x 15 (2 items)
        3. text, 9 x 24 (2 items) [Box 56]

      9. Audio-Visual Materials [Box 156] (See Series X: Audio Visual Material by Brown)

      10. Contributed art
        1. drawings by Japanese children in response to Three Billy Goats Gruff (36 items) [Box 60]

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    16. FELICE, by Marcia Brown. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1958. Double-page spread of the Feast of the Redentore painted in Venice, Italy, summer of 1956. Pen and ink and watercolor, golden yellow, ultramarine, red-violet black. Printed in half-tone. Editor: Alice Dalgleish. Design: Margaret Evans, Marcia Brown (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book - catalogued copy (YE B878 F3)

      2. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
        1. *1 copy, English (New York: Scribner's, 1958)
        2. 1 copy, English, book with record (Talking Storybook), (New York: Scribner's, 1958)
        3. 2 copies, Japanese (Tokyo: Tuttle-Mori Agency, 1988)

      3. Manuscript for Book [Box 14]
        1. hand-written and typed drafts

      4. Sketchbook [Box 63]
        1. sketches for Felice; half of sketchbook is devoted to project Marco Polo; notes and sketches for Cat's Castle are stapled to inside cover (1 item)

      5. Working Drawings
        1. pen and ink; cats of Venice (4 items) [Box 61]
        2. rough sketches; pen and ink, pencil (12 items) [Box 61]
        3. drawings; pen and ink with color (11 items) [Box 61]
        4. rough sketches in pencil, pen and ink, pen and ink with color (10 items) [Box 61]
        5. rough sketch, pen and ink with color (1 item) [Box 61]
        6. jacket, pen and ink with color (3 items) [Box 61]
        7. pages: 5(?), 7, 16, 17; 11 x 13 (4 items) [Box 61]
        8. page 29; 12 x 15 (4 items) [Box 61]
        9. page 32; 10 x 13 (3 items) [Box 61]
        10. pages 2-3; 22 x 15 (2 items) [Box 62]
        11. pages 8-9; 22 x 15 (2 items) [Box 62]
        12. page 12-13; 22 x 15 (1 item) [Box 62]
        13. pages 14-15; 22 x 15 (2 item) [Box 62]
        14. pages 16-17; 22 x 15 (4 items) [Box 62]
        15. pages 26-27; 22 x 15 (2 items) [Box 62]
        16. pages: jacket, 10-11, 12-13, 22-23, 24-25; 22 x 15 (5 items)[Box 62]
        17. rough sketches; 11 x 6 or smaller (13 items) [Box 63]
        18. rough sketches; 10½ x 9 or smaller (6 items) [Box 63]
        19. notes and sketches originally stapled together (23 items)[Box 63]
        20. rough sketches, 6 x 9 (122 items) [Box 63]
        21. sketches in color; notes; 6 x 9 (8 items)[Box 63]

      6. Dummies [Box 63]
        1. small (3 x 3½) working dummy with colored sketches and alternate page ideas
        2. small (3 x 3½) working dummy with colored drawings; cover matches final cover and is on cardboard covered with plastic

      7. Final Art [Box 61]
        1. drawing, "Gino and the Cat" (1 item)
        2. page 32 (1 item)
        3. pages: endpaper, 12-13, 14-15 (3 items)

      8. Cover Stamp [Box 63]
        1. pen and brush with black ink (2 items)

      9. Proof Sheets
        1. pages: endpages, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14 (7 items) [Box 61]
        2. 12½ x 10½; pages: 29-30 (1 item) [Box 61]
        3. 12½ x 11; pages: 1, 6, 18, 28, 31 (7 items) [Box 63]

      10. Small Card [Box 63]
        1. small card, 2¼ x 1¾ with colored drawing re Felice and note to Helen "per la tua festa, con mio carrissimo affetto"

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    17. PETER PIPER'S ALPHABET, Old rhymes published in England 1813. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1959. Pen and ink, four-color half-tone. Red, emerald green, yellow, black. Art hand-separated by the artist. Editor: Alice Dalgleish. Design: Margaret Evans, Marcia Brown (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book - catalogued copy (YE B878 P4)

      2. Book - catalogued copy *(SPE YB P48 1959)

      3. Manuscript for Book [Box 14]
        1. typed drafts with hand-written notes

      4. Working Drawings
        1. rough sketches, pen and ink; 15½ x 10½ (8 items) [Box 61]
        2. color study, orange; 17 x 4 (1 item) [Box 61]
        3. rough sketches and notes; 13 x 8½ (8 items) [Box 65]
        4. rough sketches, pen and ink; 10 x 8 (9 items) [Box 65]
        5. working drawings in color; 10 x 8 (9 items) [Box 65]
        6. sketches, drawings, color studies; 8 x 10 or smaller (10 items) [Box 65]
        7. sketches in pen and ink, pencil with notes; 6 x 9 (12 items) [Box 65]
        8. title lettering found loose [Box 65]

      5. Dummies [Box 65]
        1. dummy pages in color, 10 x 8; pages: 8, 9, 11, 12, 23 (7 items)
        2. small partial dummy, 3 x 4; originally wrapped in saran wrap (1 item)
        3. dummy cover and endpapers, note (2 items)
        4. sketchbook, 7½ x 10; "very rough dummy" (1 item)
        5. dummy (full-sized) including pages: cover, endpapers, title page, 10-11, 20-21, 28-29, 30-31, 32; originally covered in heavy plastic (8 items)
        6. dummy pages in color, 20½ x 8; pages: 3, 8-9, 12-13, 18-19, 20-21, 26-27 (6 items) [Box 62]

      6. Final Art [Box 42]
        1. pages: 2-3 (originally matted 13¾ x 12¾ with page 3 showing), 6-7 (originally matted 23 x 12¾), 8-9 (originally matted 13¾ x 12¾ with page 8 showing), 12-13 (originally matted 23 x 12¾), 14-15 (originally matted 13¾ x 12¾ with page 15 showing), 16-17 ( originally matted 23 x 12¾), 18-19 (originally matted 13¾ x 12¾ with page 19 showing), 22-23 (originally matted 13¾ x 12¾ with page 22 showing), 26-27 (originally matted 23 x 12¾) (9 items)

      7. Color Separations [Box 64]
        1. page unknown (3 items)
        2. page 1, title (4 items)
        3. page 3 (4 items)
        4. page 4 (4 items)
        5. page 5 (4 items)
        6. page 8 (4 items)
        7. page 9 (4 items)
        8. page 10 (4 items)
        9. page 11 (4 items)
        10. pages 12-13 (6 items)
        11. pages 14-15 (6 items)
        12. pages 24-25 (6 items)
        13. pages 30-31 (4 items)
        14. page 32 (4 items)
        15. jacket (4 items) [Box 66]
        16. endpapers (4 items) [Box 66]
        17. pages 6-7 (3 items) [Box 66]
        18. pages 12-13 (1 items) [Box 66]
        19. pages 14-15 (1 item) [Box 66]
        20. pages 16-17 (4 items) [Box 66]
        21. pages 18-19 (4 items) [Box 66]
        22. pages 20-21 (4 items) [Box 66]
        23. pages 22-23 (4 items) [Box 66]
        24. pages 24-25 (1 item) [Box 66]
        25. pages 26-27 (4 items) [Box 66]
        26. pages 28-29 (4 items) [Box 66]
        27. pages 30-31 (2 items) [Box 66]

      8. Birthday Card [Box 65]
        1. birthday card done for Anne Carroll Moore re Peter Piper, in envelope; 3½ x 4 (1 item)

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    18. TAMARINDO! by Marcia Brown. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1960. Pen and ink, colored pencils; vermillion, ochre, cobalt blue, charcoal. Art work hand-separated by the illustrator on Dynobase for contact line offset printing. Editor: Alice Dalgleish. Design: Margaret Evans. (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book - catalogued copy (YE B878 T12)

      2. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
        1. *1 copy, English (New York: Scribner's, 1960) original drawing pasted onto flyleaf, with inscription

      3. Manuscript for Book [Box 14]
        1. early versions of book "Uncle Neddu's Lost Donkey"
        2. typed drafts

      4. Working Drawings [Box 172]
        1. rough sketches (4 items)
        2. pages originally stapled together (small) (6 items)
        3. title page (3 items)
        4. drawing of boys in wagon with donkey (not used) (1 item)
        5. drawing in color of donkey (not used) (1 item)
        6. drawings with text placement, 18 x 12; pages: jacket, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 10-11, 14-15, 16-17, 20-21, 28-29, 30-31, 32 (11 items)
        7. drawings with text placement, matt 21½ x 16; pages: 8-9, 12-13, 18-19, 22-23, 24-25, 26-27 (6 items)
        8. drawing, originally matted 13½ x 16; page 1 (title page) (1 item)

      5. Dummies [Box 172]
        1. pen and ink; 3 x 4 (1 item)
        2. pen and ink with color; 3 x 4 (1 item)

      6. Color Separations [Box 173]
        1. jacket; 4 black (4 items)
        2. page 1; 4 color, originally stapled together; 4 black (8 items)
        3. page 3; 4 color, originally stapled together; 4 black (8 items)
        4. pages 4-5; 4 color, originally stapled together; 4 black (8 items)
        5. pages 6-7; 4 color, originally stapled together; 4 black (8 items)
        6. pages 8-9; 4 color, originally stapled together; 4 black (8 items)
        7. pages 10-11; 4 color, originally stapled together; 4 black (8 items)
        8. pages 12-13; 4 color, originally stapled together; 4 black (8 items
        9. pages 14-15; 4 color, originally stapled together; 4 black (8 items)
        10. pages 16-17; 4 color, originally stapled together; 4 black (8 items)
        11. pages 18-19; 4 color, originally stapled together; 4 black (8 items)
        12. page 21; 4 color, originally stapled together; 4 black (8 items)
        13. pages 22-23; 3 color, originally stapled together; 3 black (6 items)
        14. pages 24-25; 3 color, originally stapled together; 3 black (6 items)
        15. pages 26-27, 4 color, 7 black (4 with notes "redone plate" (11 items)
        16. pages 28-29; 4 color, originally stapled together; 4 black (8 items)
        17. pages 30-31; 4 color, originally stapled together; 4 black (8 items)
        18. page 32; 4 color, originally stapled together; 4 black (8 items)

      7. Proof Sheets
        1. proof sheets stapled together with jacket (1 item) [Box 172]
        2. alternative pages 26-27 (1 item) [Box 171]

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    19. ONCE A MOUSE, Retold by Marcia Brown from the Hitopadesa. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1961 Three-color woodblock prints; red, chartreuse, deep yellow-green. Hand-separated by the artist. Using thin Japanese mending tissue, artist pulled black prints for all the colors for contact plates. Handwork on plates done at the printer's, Riehl Company. Editor: Morrell Gipson. Design: Margaret Evans Marcia Brown. (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book - catalogued copy (YB O63 1961)

      2. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
        1. *1 copy, English (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1961)

      3. Manuscript for Book [Box 14]
        1. hand-written drafts
        2. typed drafts
        3. drafts of jacket text

      4. Working Drawings
        1. 1. rough sketches (1tems) [Box 74]
        2. rough sketches (2 items) [Box 74]
        3. rough sketches and color studies (8 items) [Box 74]
        4. gouache of hermit (1 item) [Box 74]
        5. title Page (1 item) [Box 76]
        6. colored drawings (3 items) [Box 77]
        7. colored drawings on tracing paper; pages: endpapers, 18-19, 22-23 (3 items) [Box 77]

      5. Dummies [Box 74]
        1. small (4¼ x 4¼); colored dummy (1 item)
        2. rough sketches with notes; 3 x 4½; original title "How Big..." Pages stapled together (1 item)
        3. rough sketches on loose sheets; 6½ x 4¼; original title "How Big is Big" (8 items)
        4. complete dummy with hand pulled prints and text (1 item)
        5. information for estimate
        6. dummy for "Once a Mouse" with chalk talks [Box 9]

      6. Woodblocks
        1. Thick woodblocks, two-sided (18 items) [Box 69]
          1. 12-13 (1 side)
          2. 22-23, jacket
          3. framed discard of page 8 with note
          4. cat page 11, tiger pages 22-23
          5. 3 (both sides)
          6. 4, 5
          7. mouse (both sides) small
          8. mouse (both sides) small
          9. bird (both sides) small
          10. bird (both sides) small
          11. 14-15 (1 side)
          12. 1, alternate 4
          13. alternate 4
          14. miscellaneous trees (1 side)
          15. hermit by tree (1 side, not used)
          16. piece of wood used as background texture
          17. 7, alternate 8
          18. jacket, texture for red (1 side)

        2. Thick woodblocks, two-sided (6 items) [Box 70]
          1. 10, 24-25
          2. 30-31 (both sides)
          3. 16-17 (1 side)
          4. 18-19, end pages
          5. 18-19 (both sides)
          6. 18-19 (both sides)

        3. Thick woodblocks, two-sided (5 items) [Box 71] 22, 32 12-13 (1 side) jacket, alternate page 16-17, alternate page 12-13, 26-27

        4. piece of driftwood, texture for "magic" on page 16 [Box 72]

        5. Thick woodblocks, two-sided (6 items) [Box 72]
          1. 14-15 both sides
          2. 22-23, 28-29
          3. 4-5, 20-21
          4. 8-9, 24-25
          5. 20-21 both sides
          6. 28-29, uncut with drawing

        6. Thick woodblocks, two-sided (7 items) [Box 73]
          1. 26-27, uncut with drawing
          2. 26-27 both sides
          3. 30-31 both sides
          4. 22-23, unidentified
          5. endpapers both sides
          6. 7, 9
          7. 3, 11

      7. Trial Prints and Working Material
        1. pages 12-13; prints in yellow, green, green and black, and hand-colored yellow and black and pasted to paper (4 items) [Box 42]
        2. pages: alternate page 1, 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 alternate 7, 8, 10, alternate 10, alternate 11, 22-23 (20 items) [Box 75]
        3. alternate pages and texture tests (9 items) [Box 75]
        4. trial prints in black; pages: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 32 (17 items) [Box 75]
        5. prints; pages: 3, 6-7, 8 (4 items) [Box 75]
        6. trial prints and color studies; pages: 2-3, 7 (4 items) [Box 75]
        7. (3 items) artists proofs page 3 (3 items) [Box 75]
        8. prints in blue; pages: 10, 11 (3 items) [Box 75]
        9. loose color tests (6 items) [Box 76]
        10. green color tests originally stapled together (2 items) [Box 76]
        11. red color tests originally stapled together (10 items) [Box 76]
        12. olive green tests originally stapled together (5 items) [Box 76]
        13. color and texture tests (9 items) [Box 76]
        14. single prints; mouse, hermit (7 items) [Box 76]
        15. pages: title, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11 (17 items) [Box 76]
        16. suggested colors for cover plus note (2 items) [Box 76]
        17. title page (2 items) [Box 76]
        18. hand-colored wood block prints; pages: 18-19, 22-23, 26-27, 30-31 (7 items) [Box 77]
        19. artists proof pages 22-23; print hot pressed to matting board (1 item) [Box 77]
        20. multi-colored prints; pages: jacket, endpapers, 12-13, 14-15, alternate 14-15, 18-19, 26-27, 30-31 (13 items) [Box 77]
        21. two-color prints -yellow and black; pages: 8-9, 18-19 (2 items) [Box 77]
        22. two-color prints, green and black; pages: 4-5, 12-13, 20-21 (4 items) [Box 77]
        23. pages 16-17, brown and black with text (1 item) [Box 77]
        24. prints pasted to paper; pages: 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17 (7 items) [Box 77]
        25. artists proofs; pages; 4-5, 8-9, 12-13, 16-17, 20-21, 24-25, 28-29 (23 items) [Box 77]
        26. artists proofs, pages 10-11 and labels identifying prints "from the touring exhibition, The Illustrator as Storyteller: Caldecott Medal and Honor Books 1938-84 (3 items) [Box 77]

      8. Final Art [Box 42]
        1. color wood cut print, pages 22-23 (1 item)

      9. Color Separations
        1. (7 items) p. 1, 3, 7, 10 (7 items) [Box 75]
        2. 3-color contact separations; pages: 1, 7, 10, 11, 32 (7 items) [Box 75]
        3. (3 items) acetate; pages: alternate 8, 11 (3 items) [Box 76]
        4. (3 items) acetate; pages: jacket, 30-31 (3 items) [Box 77]
        5. color separations in black; pages: jacket, endpapers, 4-5, 8-9, 12-13, 14-15, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23, 24-25, 26-27, 28-29, 30-31 (43 items) [Box 77]
        6. 3-color contact separations; jacket, endpapers, 4-5, 8-9, 12-13, 14-15, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23, 24-25, 26-27, 28-29, 30-31 (34 items) [Box 77]
        7. 2-color picture, green contact separation; pages 24-25 (1 item) [Box 77]

      10. Proof Sheets [Box 76]
        1. 3 sets plus note (4 items)
        2. loose pieces of text (12 items)
        3. pages: 7, 32, 14-15, 30-31 (7 items) [Box 77]

      11. Press Sheets [Box 76]
        1. 1 sheet, 38 x 58, (folded)

      12. Printed Material for 1962 Newbery, Caldecott Award Dinner [Box 42]
        1. printed cloth, page 22-23; 25 x 16 (3 items)

      13. Audio Visual Materials (See Also Series X: Audio Visual Material by Brown)

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    20. THE WILD SWANS, by Hans Christian Andersen. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1963. illustrations, lettering pen and wash on cold press watercolor paper; black and rose. Contact separations for rose were done with sepia crayon on Dynobase. Pen and wash work was photographed for halftone plates. Editor: Nancy Quint. Design: Margaret Evans. (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book - catalogued copy (SPE YB W55 1963)

      2. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
        1. *2 copies, English (New York: Scribner's, 1963) 1 copy with original drawing on flyleaf

      3. Manuscript for Book [Box 14]
        1. printed copy of text translated by M.R. James, Illustrated by Marcia Brown with hand-written additions

      4. Manuscript for Slide Show [Box 14]
        1. typed drafts with hand-written notes

      5. Research material [Box 78]
        1. postcards and newspaper photos of swans (6 items)

      6. Working Drawings [Box 78]
        1. sketches of swans originally stapled together (9 items)
        2. sketches of swans originally stapled together (47 items)
        3. sketches of swans originally stapled together (12 items)
        4. sketches of swans originally stapled together (19 items)
        5. sketches of swans originally stapled together (9 items)
        6. rough sketches in pencil, pen and ink, color (16 items)
        7. hand-made folder of sketches originally stapled together with note "note book of swan studies made in preparation for The Wild Swans" (1 item)
        8. drawings (alternates of pages 10-11) originally stapled together (6 items)
        9. drawings (alternates of pages 16-17) originally stapled together (3 items)
        10. sketches and drawings (21 items)
        11. alternate drawings of pages 28, 37, 45 (8 items)
        12. alternate drawings of page 40 pasted to paper (3 items)
        13. sketches originally stapled together (2 items)
        14. loose sheets; sketches and notes and folder (6 items)
        15. sketches and drawings (10 items)
        16. sketches of swans originally stapled together (from folder of sketches of swans) (6 items)
        17. jacket (3 items) [Box 79]
        18. pen and ink and wash; alternate drawings of pages: 2-3, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 22-23, 26-27, 34-35, 40-41 (12 items) [Box 79]
        19. drawings pages 2-3 (2 items) [Box 79]
        20. watercolor related to The Wild Swans (1 item) [Box 79]

      7. Dummies [Box 81]
        1. small dummy with two-color sketches and cardboard covers (1 item)
        2. rough pencil sketches with notes in dummy layout originally stapled together (contained in folder of sketches
        3. wans) (12 items)
        4. small partial dummy (up to page 17) (1 item)

      8. Final Art [Box 81]
        1. pen and ink and wash; pages: 5, 6, 14, 15, 25, 28, 36, 37, 43, 56, 59, 67, 72, 80 (9 items)
        2. pen and ink and wash; pages: 2-3, 8-9, 12-13, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23, 26-27, 32-33, 34-35, 38-39, 40-41, 48-49, 52-53, 54-55, 60-61, 62-63, 64-65, 70-71, 72, 74-75, 76-77, 78-79 (24 items)
        3. pen and ink and wash; pages 30-31 originally matted 19½ x 16¼; pages 46-47; 76-77 originally matted 18 x 16¼ (3 items)
        4. pen and ink and wash; page 45 originally matted 15 x 20 (1 item)

      9. Color Separations
        1. jacket (1 item) [Box 79]
        2. pages: 1, 6, 7, 14, 15, 28, 36, 37, 45, 56, 57, 59, 67, 72, 80 (15 items) [Box 80]
        3. pages: 2-3, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23, 26-27, 30-31, 32-33, 34-35, 38-39, 40-41, 46-47, 48-49, 52-53, 54-55, 60-61, 62-63, 64-65, 70-71, 74-75, 76-77, 78-79 (24 items) [Box 80]

      10. Proof sheets
        1. comparison prints of flower; Shadow, fine line, no Shadow (1 item) [Box 40]
        2. title pages 2-3 (2 items) [Box 40]
        3. one set with two jacket covers (1 item) [Box 78]
        4. "test" sheets; pages: 2-3, 52-53 (18 items) [Box 78]

      11. Press Sheets [Box 79]
        1. 52 x 71 (folded)

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    21. BACKBONE OF THE KING, Retold by Marcia Brown after a literal translation by Dorothy Kahananui form the Hawaiian of Moses Nakuina, circa 1850. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1966. Linoleum block prints in deep olive green. Knife cuts and engravings. Tone on Kapa cloth design on endpapers done in sepia crayon for contact plate. All prints for the printer were pulled by the illustrator on Japanese mending tissue for contact line printing. Editor: Janet Lorranger. Design: Margaret Evans. (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book - catalogued copy (Y B8795 B1)

      2. Book - catalogued copy (SPE YB B33 1984)

      3. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
        1. *1 copy, English (New York: Scribner's, 1966) (green cover)
        2. 1 copy, English (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press Edition, 1984) with pencil markings in margin (red cover); Gift of Marcia Brown

      4. Manuscript of Book [Box 15]
        1. hand written draft
        2. glossary, 1 of 2
        3. glossary, 2 of 2
        4. typescript 1965-66, 1st draft; 1 of 4
        5. typescript 1965-66, 1st draft; 2 of 4
        6. typescript 1965-66, 1st draft; 3 of 4
        7. typescript 1965-66, 1st draft; 4 of 4
        8. typescript, 2nd draft; 1 of 5
        9. typescript, 2nd draft; 2 of 5
        10. typescript, 2nd draft; 3 of 5
        11. typescript, 2nd draft; 4 of 5
        12. typescript, 2nd draft; 5 of 5
        13. work in progress; 1 of 4
        14. work in progress; 2 of 4
        15. work in progress; 3 of 4
        16. work in progress; 4 of 4
        17. typescript for printer; 1 of 6
        18. typescript for printer; 2 of 6
        19. typescript for printer; 3 of 6
        20. typescript for printer; 4 of 6
        21. typescript for printer; 5 of 6
        22. typescript for printer; 6 of 6
        23. typescript with art editions and corrections; 1 of 5
        24. typescript with art editions and corrections; 2 of 5
        25. typescript with art editions and corrections; 3 of 5
        26. typescript with art editions and corrections; 4 of 5
        27. typescript with art editions and corrections; 5 of 5
        28. typescript with glottals indicated for printer and notes of art editor, ch. 1-5; 1 of 4
        29. typescript with glottals indicated for printer and notes of art editor, ch. 6-10; 2 of 4
        30. typescript with glottals indicated for printer and notes of art editor, ch. 11-15; 3 of 4
        31. typescript with glottals indicated for printer and notes of art editor, ch. 16-20; 4 of 4
        32. draft, chapter 5
        33. draft, chapter 8
        34. draft, chapter 9
        35. draft, loose sheets, pages 1-4, 56, 67, 71-72, 75, 109
        36. glossary [Box 10]

      5. Research Material
        1. versized, newspaper articles (14 items) [Box 42]
        2. notebook (1 item) [Box 82]
        3. book requests from NY Public Library (6 items) [Box 82]
        4. selective reading list of Hawaiian Books 1963, compiled by Janet E. Bell, Curator, Hawaiian and Pacific Collection, Sinclair Library, University of Hawaii [Box 82]
        5. selective reading list of books on Hawaiian material composed by University of Hawaii, 1964 (10 items) [Box 82]
        6. assorted material: pamphlet on Jean Charlot's Fresco mural; magazine pages; map of Hawaii (9 items) [Box 82]
        7. Polynesian Cultural Center, newspaper clippings (4 items) [Box 82]
        8. Hawaiian chants and dances (8 items) [Box 82]
        9. glossary, two sets of Hawaiian terms and definitions (2 items) [Box 82]
        10. notes on creation of book (8 items) [Box 82]
        11. notes on text (13 items) [Box 82]
        12. material pasted to typing paper (35 items) [Box 82]
        13. notebook of legends, chants, and notes (1 item) [Box 83]
        14. newspaper clippings (7 items) [Box 83]
        15. pamphlets: Ulu Mau village, Polynesian Cultural Center, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (3 items) [Box 83]
        16. pictures from magazines (4 items) [Box 83]
        17. magazine pages (8 items) [Box 83]
        18. The Hawaiian story of Pakaa and Ku-a-pakaa by Moses K. Nakuina, translated by Dorothy M. Kahananui, 1964; chapter 1; 1 of 6 [Box 83]
        19. The Hawaiian story of Pakaa and Ku-a-Pakaa by Moses K. Nakuina, translated by Dorothy M. Kahananui, 1964; chapter 2; 2 of 6 [Box 83]
        20. The Hawaiian story of Pakaa and Ku-a-Pakaa by Moses K. Nakuina, translated by Dorothy M. Kahananui, 1964; chapter 3; 3 of 6 [Box 83]
        21. The Hawaiian story of Pakaa and Ku-a-Pakaa by Moses K. Nakuina, translated by Dorothy M. Kahananui, 1964; chapter 4; 4 of 6 [Box 83]
        22. The Hawaiian story of Pakaa and Ku-a-Pakaa by Moses K. Nakuina, translated by Dorothy M. Kahananui, 1964; chapter 5; 5 of 6 [Box 83]
        23. The Hawaiian story of Pakaa and Ku-a-Pakaa by Moses K. Nakuina, translated by Dorothy M. Kahananui, 1964; chapter 6; 6 of 6 [Box 83]
        24. pamphlet: The Islands of Hawaii, Photography by Ansel Adams [Box 84]
        25. Hawaiian chants (10 items) [Box 85]
        26. story of creation of book (8 items) [Box 85]
        27. numbered set of notes (33 items) [Box 85]
        28. numbered set of notes (17 items) [Box 85]
        29. notes (25 items) [Box 85]
        30. notes (7 items) [Box 85]
        31. notes on creation of books (8 items) [Box 85]
        32. notes (4 items) [Box 85]
        33. (32 pages) Calabash of the Winds-The Boy Who Ruled the Winds by William Hyde Rice and folder cover with note "kernal of backbone" [Box 85]
        34. photograph of "A Canoe of the Sandwich Islands, the Rowers Masked" from the Baker Collection of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum (1 item) [Box 85]
        35. notebook with legend of Laukiamanu i Tcahiki and sketches (1 item) [Box 85]

      6. Sketchbooks [Box 85]
        1. sketchbook; rough pencil sketches and watercolor drawings (1 item) . maroon sketchbook; rough sketches and notes (1 item)
        2. sketch book with green plaid cover, ink and brush Hawaiian sketches; pen and ink studies of animals (dogs, foxes, rabbits, cat); color sketch of two middle eastern figures; figures and heads 4. rough pen and ink sketches related to Backbone of the King and to Puss in Boots (in folder marked Puss in Boots e. 2) [Box 39]

      7. Working Drawings [Box 90]
        1. cover
        2. part sketch -part print taped together
        3. list of drawings by page (7 items)
        4. small sketches (4 items)
        5. sketches originally stapled together (9 items)
        6. sketches originally stapled together (18 items)
        7. sketches originally stapled together (15 items)
        8. sketches and notes originally stapled together (14 items)
        9. sketches and notes originally stapled together (15 items)
        10. sketches (7 items)
        11. sketches (17 items)
        12. sketches (28 items)
        13. sketches (15 items)
        14. sketches (31 items)
        15. notes on drawings (19 items)
        16. sketches and notes (15 items)
        17. sketches and notes originally stapled together (9 items)
        18. sketches (26 items)
        19. sketch, autographed and titled "Hawaiian baby"
        20. brush and ink sketches (3 items)
        21. jacket, pages 162-63 (2 items) [Box 42]

      8. Watercolors Related to Backbone [Box 84]
        1. surfing at Kahana Bay, water and mountain scene (3 items)

      9. Dummies [Box 88]
        1. small dummy 3 x 5, pen and brush and ink (1 item)
        2. partial dummy 3 x 3, color (1 item)
        3. drawings and notes on layout (9 items)
        4. partial dummy pages; prints and text (5 items)
        5. cover with endpaper print (1 item)
        6. notes, pictures to chapter II (11 items)
        7. handmade cover, pages with text pasted in and prints (1 item)

      10. Linoleum Blocks
        1. uncut block with drawing, variant on page 124 (1 item) [Box 89]
        2. Linoleum blocks (69 items) [Box 92]
          1. blocks and alternates of pages 9, 11, 25, 56, 75, 79, 85, 133, 138, 158 (11 items)
          2. blocks or alternates of pages 2, 60-61, 86 (6 items)
          3. blocks and alternates for pages 20, 46, 108, 136 (11 items)
          4. texture (woodblock)
          5. blocks and alternates for pages 7, 16, 39, 90-91, 104, 123, 148 (8 items)
          6. alternate: figure in the wind
          7. clouds (large)
          8. clouds (5 items in envelope)
          9. woman and child (incomplete); figures carrying water with children (4 items in envelope)
          10. misc.: idol figure; boy; figure in waves (?); figures in forrest; surfing figure (5 items in envelope)
          11. man and boy (3 items in envelope)
          12. misc.: 2 people; head; head and shoulders in wind (3 items in envelope)
          13. warrior with child (3 items in envelope)
          14. misc.: palm tree; star; texture; wind(?); hook; head (7 items in envelope)
        3. Thin linoleum blocks (92 items) [Box 94] endpapers, Scribner's Edition (there is no endpaper print in the University of Hawaii edition), woodblock (1" x 8" x½") of endpaper print from Scribner's Edition, jacket, 2-3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16-17, 20, 25, 28, 30-31, 35, 39, 40, 44, 46, 48, 50, 53, 56, 60-61, 63, 65, 71, alternate 71 (?), 75, 79, 81, 85, 86, 88, 90, 91, 94, 98, 100, 103, 104, 108, 111, 116, 120, 123, 124, 126, 129, 133, 136, 138, 141, 146, 148, 151, 154, 157, alternate 157, 158, 161, 162-63, boy surfing, woodcut of trees, mountains and dwellings with print on other side, clouds, man and boy, spear with unidentified items, child, bowl
        4. Linoleum blocks (2 items) [Box 94]
          1. texture background block, wood
          2. figure in Hawaiian headdress

      11. Trial Prints & Working Materials [Box 86]
        1. autographed prints pasted to heavy paper; pages: 2, 11, 50, 66, 81, 88, 120 (7 items) autographed prints; pages: 28, 35, 41, 44, 46, 53, 81, 85, 86, 98, 103, 104, 108, 111, 116, 120, 123, 124, 126, 129, 136, 140, 148, 154, 157, 158, 161 (30 items)
        2. autographed prints; pages 60-61, 71 (2 items)
        3. autographed prints; pages; 2-3, 16-17, 30-31 (5 items)
        4. trial prints; pages; alternate 25, 36, 50, 56, 75, 103, 108, 136, 146, 151, 158 (10 items)
        5. trial prints; pages: 9, 66, 79 (4 items)
        6. trial prints; pages: 9, 11, 13, 20, 23, 40, 46, 48, 56, 71, 79, 85, 88, 94, 98, 100, 108, 111, 116, 120, 124, 126, 129, 133, 136, 138, 141, 154, 157 (45 items)
        7. trial prints; pages: 7, 39, 44, 48, 56, 71, 75, 81, 89, 91, 104, 116, 123, 129, 148 (19 items)
        8. alternative trial prints; bowl, young boy back view figure by water, bull (10 items)
        9. alternative trial prints; 7½ x 5; woman and boy, man and boy, clouds or waves, boy, star designs for north arrow page 63, young man (14 items)
        10. trial prints; pages: 7, 50, 86 (3 items)
        11. autographed prints and note; pages: 11, 79 (2 items)
        12. trial prints; pages: 2-3, 162-63 (6 items)
        13. trial prints; pages: 30-31, 60-61 (2 items)
        14. trial prints; pages: 35, 40, 53, 79, 161 (5 items)
        15. alternate prints (20 items)
        16. autographed prints; pages: endpapers, cover, 66, 146 (6 items)
        17. early prints with dedications; pages: 11, 20, alternate (3 items)
        18. trial prints; pages: parts of page 1, 25, 35, 90-91, 158, 162-63 (13 items)
        19. prints: page 162-63, star design for north arrow; tracing paper design of map (3 items)
        20. page 71, print taped to plastic (1 item)
        21. print of page 79 with note "To Helen—with love from Marcia" (1 item)
        22. prints, jacket, cover, endpapers (7 items) [Box 84]
        23. jacket (2 items) [Box 84]

      12. Final Art [Box 89]
        1. final prints; pages: 25, 28, 35, 66, 146, 158 (6 items)
        2. final prints; pages:9, 13, 20, 39, 40, 44, 46, 48, 53, 75, 79, 81, 85, 86, 90, 94, 98, 100, 103, 104, 108, 111, 116, 120, 123, 124, 126, 129, 133, 136, 138, 141, 154, 157, 161, 180 (37 items)
        3. final prints; pages: 7, 56, 148 (3 items)
        4. final prints; pages: jacket, endpapers (2 items)
        5. final print; page 16-17 (1 item)

      13. Hand Pulled Matted prints
        1. dedication of set of prints to editor Janet Loranger; two plates for jacket design;2-3 title; 16-17 variant-outriggers on right side of canoes; 30-31, 60-61, 90-91, 162-63 map of the islands (9 items) [Box 84]
        2. idea for 1st chapter; stamp for tapa-cloth cover of trade edition; awa bowl; catalogue (4 items) [Box 89]
        3. pages: cover, endpaper, 7, 9, 9 variant, 11, 13, 20, 25, 25 variant, 28, 28 variant, 35 variant, 35, 39, 40, 40 variant, 44, 46, 47, 48, 53, 53 variant, 56, 66, 71, 71 variant, 75, 79, 81, 85, 86, 88, 94 variant, 94 variant, 98, 100, 103, 104 variant, 104, 108, 108 variant, 111, 116, 120, 123, 124, 126, 129, 133, 136, 138, 141, 146, 148, 154, 157 variant, 157, 158, 161 (63 items) [Box 89]

      14. Galleys [Box 42]
        1. first proof; 11-12-65; partial page 10-23 (14 items)
        2. first proof; 11-13-65; pages 24-38 (15 items)
        3. first proof; 11-15-65; pages 39-44 (6 items)
        4. second proof; 12-8-65; pages 1-45 (45 items)
        5. first proof; 11-11-65; text cut into pieces (9 items) [Box 86]

      15. Color Separations [Box 84]
        1. green contact plate for endpapers (1 item)

      16. Proof Sheets [Box 93]
        1. proof sheets with hand printed endpapers and cover (1 item)
        2. title page, page 57, color proofs (5 items)

      17. Press Sheets [Box 84]
        1. 2 sheets; 38 x 52

      18. Card [Box 89]
        1. (4 items) original woodblock (page 79) hand printed and signed, Scribner's season's greetings; envelope with note

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    22. THE NEIGHBORS, by Marcia Brown. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1969. Architect's pen line, (fine to broad). Vermillion, turquoise blue, Payne's grey and black. Photographic half-tone reproduction. Editor: Janet Lorranger. Design: Jean Krulis. (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book - catalogued copy (YE B878 N3)

      2. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
        1. *1 copy, English (New York: Scribner's, 1967)

      3. Manuscript for Book [Box 16] 1. hand-written and typed drafts

      4. Working Drawings
        1. sketches and drawings; pen and ink and color (7 items) [Box 95]
        2. sketch , 18 x 6; jacket design (2 items) [Box 95]
        3. sketches and drawings; pen and ink and color (9 items) [Box 95]
        4. color drawings (6 items) [Box 95]
        5. sketches and drawings, pen and ink and color (19 items) [Box 95]
        6. pen and ink studies of fox on white rice(?) paper (3 items) [Box 96]
        7. pen and ink sketches and 1 color drawing (4 items) [Box 96]
        8. sketches and drawings; pen and ink and color (7 items) [Box 96]
        9. sketches and drawings; pen and ink and color (10 items) [Box 96]

      5. Final Art
        1. pages 14-15, 24-25, 26-27 (matted) (3 items) [Box 95]
        2. pages 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 24-25 (3 items) [Box 95]
        3. pages 4-5, 28-29, 30-31 (3 items) [Box 95]
        4. pages endpapers, 1, 3, 6-7, 18-19 (5 items) [Box 95]
        5. pages 16-17, 20-21, 22-23 (3 items) [Box 95]
        6. page 32 (1 item) [Box 96]

      6. Proof Sheets [Box 96]
        1. one set with jacket (1 item)
        2. final printers proof (1 item)

      7. Press Sheets [Box 96]
        1. 38 x 25 (1 sheet)

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    23. HOW HIPPO! by Marcia Brown. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1969. Four-color woodblock prints. Rose-red, violet blue, yellow-green, charcoal. Hand-separated by the illustrator. Black prints of each color of each print given to printer for line contact reproduction. Printed by finger pressure to achieve shading of forms. Editor: Janet Lorranger. Design: Jean Krulis. (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book - catalogued copy (YE B878 H8)

      2. Manuscript for Book [Box 16]
        1. hand-written drafts
        2. typed drafts

      3. Informational Notes [Box 105]
        1. loose sheets; notes for book (12 items)

      4. Working Drawings
        1. jacket -type (5 items) [Box 102]
        2. pen and ink (1 item) [Box 102]
        3. color drawings (5 items) [Box 103]
        4. pencil drawings (19 items) [Box 103]
        5. jacket (2 items) [Box 103]
        6. color samples (5 items) [Box 103]
        7. pen and ink sketches (33 items) [Box 104]
        8. sketches with notes; pages loosely attached (14 items) [Box 104]
        9. jacket drawings in color (3 items) [Box 104]
        10. color drawings (3 items) [Box 104]
        11. pencil drawings (2 items) [Box 104]
        12. notes and sketches in hand-made notebook with printed map of the American Museum of Natural History [Box 104]

      5. Dummies [Box 105]
        1. loose sheets; written out plan for book (2 items)
        2. loose sheets-color sketches (5 items)
        3. type dummy (2 items)

      6. Woodblocks
        1. Thin woodblocks, one-sided (11 items) [Box 97]
          1. jacket
          2. alternates -not used
          3. endpapers
          4. 8-9
          5. 11
        2. Thin woodblocks, one-sided (9 items) [Box 97] 14-15, 18-19, 32
        3. Thick woodblocks, two-sided (6 items) [Box 98]
          1. 26-27, 30-31
          2. 22-23, 24-25
          3. 18-19, 24-25
          4. 20-21, 22-23
          5. 24-25, 26-27
        4. Thick woodblocks, two-sided (6 items) [Box 99]
          1. 5, 12-13
          2. blank, 12-13
          3. alternate, 12-13
          4. 6-7, 8-9
          5. blank, 2-3
          6. 2-3, 28-29
        5. Thick woodblocks, two-sided (4 items) [Box 100]
          1. 12-13, 18-19
          2. 12-13, 16-17
          3. blank, 16-17
          4. blank, alternate
        6. thick woodblocks, two-sided (13 items) [Box 101]
          1. alternate 9, unidentified
          2. 1, uncut
          3. 11, bird (not used)
          4. alternate tree (page 5?), uncut
          5. texture (pages 22-23, 24-25), uncut
          6. 4, uncut
          7. thin woodblocks, one-sided
          8. cover, with missing center piece of hippo
          9. alternate 18-19, not used
          10. 5
          11. texture
          12. alternate cut of hippo (not used)
          13. hippo and mother with note on back, "Christmas Card 1968"

      7. Final Art [Box 103]
        1. jacket (1 item)

      8. Trial Separations
        1. miscellaneous textures (9 items) [Box 102]
        2. miscellaneous trees (15 items) [Box 102]
        3. alternative pages (4 items) [Box 102]
        4. page 1 (9 items) [Box 102]
        5. page 4 (7 items) [Box 102]
        6. page 5 (7 items) [Box 102]
        7. page 32 (9 items) [Box 102]
        8. wood grain prints (8 items) [Box 103]
        9. jacket (4 items) [Box 103]
        10. endpapers (16 items) [Box 103]
        11. pages 2-3 (23 items) [Box 103]
        12. pages 10-11 (11 items) [Box 103]
        13. pages 12-13 (20 items) [Box 103]
        14. pages 14-15 (14 items) [Box 103]
        15. pages 16-17 (10 items) [Box 103]
        16. pages 8-9 (16 items) [Box 103]
        17. pages 18-19 (21 items) [Box 103]
        18. pages 20-21 (5 items) [Box 103]
        19. pages 22-23 (2 items) [Box 103]
        20. pages 24-25 (8 items) [Box 103]
        21. pages 26-27 (10 items) [Box 103]
        22. pages 28-29 (3 items) [Box 103]
        23. pages 30-31 (7 items) [Box 103]
        24. page 12-13; printers negatives (6 items) [Box 103]

      9. Color Separations [Box 105]
        1. jacket (4 items)
        2. endpapers (4 items)
        3. pages 2-3 (4 items)
        4. pages 4-5 (2 items)
        5. pages 6-7 (3 items)
        6. pages 8-9 (2 items)
        7. pages 10-11 (4 items)
        8. pages 12-13 (4 items)
        9. pages 14-15 (4 items)
        10. pages 16-17 (2 items)
        11. pages 18-19 (4 items)
        12. pages 20-21 (4 items)
        13. pages 22-23 (4 items)
        14. pages 24-25 (4 items)
        15. pages 26-27 (4 items)
        16. pages 28-29 (3 items)
        17. pages 30-31 (4 items)
        18. page 1 (4 items) [Box 102]
        19. page 5 (2 items) [Box 102]
        20. page 32 (4 items) [Box 102]
        21. pages 12-13 positives, acetate (4 items) [Box 103]
        22. (3 items) pages 2-3, acetate [Box 103]
        23. (3 items) pages 6-7, acetate [Box 103]

      10. Proof Sheets
        1. text (2 items) [Box 102]
        2. artist's proof; pages: title, 16-17, 20-21, 22-23, 26-27, 28-29 (18 items) [Box 103]
        3. pages; jacket, 12-13, 24-25 (7 items) [Box 103]
        4. color proofs, page 12-13 (7 items) [Box 103]
        5. pages 24-25, proof sheets with notes to printer (7 items) [Box 103]
        6. jacket, proofs with note to Japanese printer (7 items) [Box 103]
        7. print proofs and envelope (5 items) [Box 104]

      11. Design for Cover Stamp [Box 102]
        1. (1 item)

      12. Catalogue [Box 102]
        1. color separation for catalogue (Spring 1969) (1 item)
        2. color separations for catalog print (2 items)

      13. Audio Visual Materials [Box 156] (See Series X: Audio Visual Material by Brown)

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    24. GISELLE OR THE WILIS. Translated by Violette Verdy from the French of Theophile Gautier. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1970. Architect's Pen and Ink. Very fine screen half-tone reproduction. Jacket in pen line and water color. Editor: Ann Sperber. Design: Peggy Conroy.
      1. Book - catalogued copy (SPE YB G57 1970) (Click here to see a sample image from this project)

      2. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
        1. *1 copy, English (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1970)

      3. circa Manuscript for Book [Box 16]
        1. typed drafts 2. typed draft with hand-written notes and sketches; sample 1 and 2

      4. Research Material [Box 106]
        1. photocopies of the story of Giselle, with other translations (25 items)
        2. synopsis of ballet; parody of libretto

      5. Dance Material
        1. interview in folder marked "Villella" [Edward Villella] re dancing Giselle and Apollo [Box 106]

      6. Sketchbooks
        1. Drawings made by Marcia Brown performance of Giselle by Royal ballet—Old Met in 50's; 6 x 9 (1 item) [Box 106]
        2. large book of ballet sketches (1 item) [Box 109]

      7. Working Drawings
        1. sketches and studies on tracing paper; 5½ x 7 (51 items) [Box 106]
        2. sketches and studies on white tracing paper; 8½ x 11 (4 items) [Box 106]
        3. sketches on tracing paper (20 items) [Box 106]
        4. sketches on tracing paper (7 items) [Box 106]
        5. sketches and studies on tracing paper; 14 x 7½ (12 items) [Box 106]
        6. sketches and studies; 5¼ x 8½ (30 items) [Box 106]
        7. sketches and studies originally stapled together; 5½ x 8½ (5 items) [Box 106]
        8. page 13; pen and ink, color, and alternate (3 items) [Box 106]
        9. drawings; pen and ink, color (8 items) [Box 106]
        10. sketches and drawings (19 items) [Box 106]
        11. notes, originally stapled together [Box 106]
        12. jacket (5 items) [Box 107]
        13. working notes (20 items) [Box 107]
        14. drawings and sketches; pen and ink, color (7 items) [Box 107]
        15. drawings; pages 10-11, 13, 26-27 (5 items) [Box 107]
        16. sketches; 12 x 9 (11 items) [Box 107]
        17. sketches; pen and ink, color (5 items) [Box 107]
        18. drawing in pencil; page 8 (1 item) [Box 107]
        19. finished drawing with line through it—not used (1 item) [Box 108]
        20. sketches and drawings on tracing paper (6 items) [Box 109]
        21. acrylic sketch for background on canvas (1 item) [Box 109]
        22. trial title, watercolor study for endpapers (2 items) [Box 109]
        23. ballet sketches (2 items) [Box 109]
        24. jacket layout for library edition (1 item) [Box 109]
        25. jacket layout; paste-up [Box 105]

      8. Dummies
        1. Pencil dummy; 31 sheets with cardboard cover; 8 x 10 (1 item) [Box 107]
        2. written description of drawings by page (1 item) [Box 107]
        3. layout with notes (10 items) [Box 107]
        4. notes of layout (6 items) [Box 107]
        5. first working dummy-incomplete; 5 x 5½ (1 item) [Box 108]
        6. for type placement; 4 parts with cardboard cover; 8 x 10 (1 item) [Box 108]
        7. Camera copy, stats of illustrations for position only (30 items) [Box 109]

      9. Final Art
        1. page 45 (1 item) [Box 108]
        2. 8 x 6½ or smaller; pages vii, x, 1, 30, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 42, 44, 59, 79 (13 items) [Box 108]
        3. 8 x 8½ or smaller; pages:5, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 28, 29, 31, 36, 41, 53 (15 items) [Box 108]
        4. 8 x 11 or smaller; pages: 8, 18, 25, 51, 52 (5 items) [Box 108]
        5. 15½ x 10½ or smaller; pages: 10-11, 22-23, 26-27 (3 items) [Box 109]
        6. jacket, endpapers, title (3 items) [Box 109]

      10. Proof Sheets
        1. progressive proof sheets; jacket (4 items) [Box 105]
        2. two sets progressive proof sheets; jacket; 31 x 11; one sheet is in blue-green color and one is black-and-white, with text. Five sheets have no text but are in different colors: pink, blue-green-gray, blue-green, blue, yellow (14 items) [Box 105]
        3. jacket, progressive proof (color differences) (1 item) [Box 105]
        4. jacket (1 item) [Box 105]
        5. proof sheet of fine line and drop-out halftone (1 item) [Box 105]
        6. jacket, 1 in blue, 1 in blue with black overlay [Box 105]
        7. picture proofs on kodak paper; 8 x 10; pages; 40, 41, 43, 47, 50 (5 items) [Box 108]
        8. positive half-tone film plus envelope with note; pages 1, 32, 33 (4 items) [Box 108]
        9. positive line films plus envelope; pages 1, 32, 33 (4 items) [Box 108]
        10. page 48-49 (1 item) [Box 108]
        11. jacket (1 item) [Box 108]
        12. proof sheet of fine line and drop-out halftone (ignore written note) (1 item) [Box 109]

      11. Galleys [Box 42]
        1. 8 s heets of galleys (text only) with notes to printer; 9 x 24

      12. Press Sheets [Box 105]
        1. 2 sheets 42 x 59, folded (2 items)

      13. Design for Foil Stamp [Box 109]
        1. pale gold for library edition (1 item)

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    25. THE BUN: A TALE FROM RUSSIA. Retold from the Russian by Marcia Brown. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1972. Four-color crayon and gouache, vermillion, turquoise, ochre, brown. Hand-separated by the illustrator. Contact plates on Dynobase for the line reproduction. Editor: Margaret McElderry. Design: Judy Mills.
      1. Book - catalogued copy (YD 398.2 B942)

      2. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
        1. *1 copy, English (New York: Harcourt Brace Jananovich, Inc., 1972)
        2. 2 copies, Japanese (Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1976)

      3. Research Material [Box 110]
        1. loose sheets of translation of Russian folktale "The Doughnut" (4 items)

      4. Working Drawings [Box 110]
        1. sketches (5 items)
        2. sketches (16 items)
        3. sketches (30 items)

      5. Dummies [Box 110]
        1. small, pen and ink with numbered pages (1 item)
        2. full-sized dummy (1 item)

      6. Color Separations [Box 110]
        1. title page (2 items)
        2. pages 4-5 (1 item)
        3. page 32 (17 items)

      7. Proof Sheet [Box 110]
        1. one set with jacket; hand-written note "A Happy Birthday! to Helen with my love, Marcia" in flyleaf (1 item)

      8. Press Sheet [Box 110]
        1. 34 x 52 (folded) (1 item)

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    26. SNOW QUEEN, by Hans Christian Andersen. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1972. Architect's pen and ink. Very fine screen halftone reproductions. Jacket watercolor. Editor: Lee Deadrick. Design: Diana Hrisinko. (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Manuscript for Book [Box 16]
        1. typed draft; photocopy draft
      2. Notebook
        1. 2 pages of notes in sketchbook for Puss in Boots (in folder marked Puss in Boots e. 1) [see Box 39]
        2. 23 attached pages of mostly notes with some sketches (1 item) [Box 111]

      3. Working Drawings [Box 111]
        1. page 48 (originally taped together) (2 items)
        2. studies and drawings, pen and ink; 13 x 9 (6 items)
        3. flower sketches; 8 x 11 (3 items)
        4. . flower sketches; 7 x 9½ (11 items)
        5. sketches, pen and ink; 5 x 7 (53 items)
        6. sketches on tracing paper (30 items)
        7. sketches stapled together (7 items)
        8. sketches, pen and ink; 14 x 9 (3 items)
        9. sketches; 9 x 12 (6 items)
        10. sketches, pen and ink; 5¼ x 8½ (46 items)
        11. sketches, pen and ink; 6½ x 9 (20 items)
        12. color drawing-"Frost"; 8 x 11 (1 item)
        13. sketches 8½ x 9 (6 items)
        14. sketches, "Imp," 9 x 9 (4 items)
        15. color drawing; 6 x 8 (1 item)
        16. notes on publication (4 items)
        17. flower studies; 13 x 11 (1 item) [Box 113]
        18. color study; 18 x 16 (1 item) [Box 113]
        19. jacket with notes to printer; 18 x 14 (1 item) [Box 113]

      4. Dummies [Box 112]
        1. page ideas (1 item)
        2. repro (camera copy dummy showing text and picture placement) (1 item)

      5. Final Art [Box 112]
        1. pages: 1, 5, 8, 11, 14, 59, 69 (7 items)
        2. pages: 17, 18, 23, 33, 36, 53, 61, 64, 73, 77 (11 items)
        3. pages: 9, 12, 16, 19, 21, 27, 28, 30, 35, 38, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 51, 55, 62, 67, 71, 74, 76, 79, 80, 90, 92, 93, 95, 96 (32 items)
        4. page 82-83 (1 item)
        5. pages: 14, 91a, 91b (91a and 91b originally stapled together) (3 items)
        6. page 2; 14 x 11 (1 item) [Box 113]
        7. endpaper [Box 113]

      6. Proof Sheet [Box 112]
        1. picture 12½ x 8½; 2 notes (3 items)

      7. Galleys
        1. 1 set 6½ x 9 (text only); 2 sheets -notes to printer; 1 sheet -cover (4 items) [Box 111]
        2. 2 sets of galleys; 6½ x 25; text only (2 items) [Box 42]

      8. Cover Stamp [Box 111]
        1. (1 item)

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    27. ALL BUTTERFLIES, by Marcia Brown. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1974. Rose-red, golden-yellow, violet-blue, black. An A B C cut in four-color wood block prints. Hand-separated by the illustrator. Black contact prints made for each color of each print for the printer. Line contact reproduction. Note: woodcut prints were reproduced from contact black prints by the illustrator, who had an aversion to having woodcuts reproduced photographically. This applies to all woodcut books by the author and illustrator. Editor: Lee Deadrick. Design: Diana Hrisinko, Marcia Brown. (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book - catalogued copy (YE B878 A4)

      2. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
        1. *1 copy, English (New York: Scribner's, 1974)

      3. Notes on Project [Box 118]
        1. 8½ x 11; notes and storyboard type of plan (9 items)
        2. 5¼ x 8½; notes (17 items)

      4. Working Drawings [Box 119]
        1. cover; 20 x 14

      5. Dummies [Box 118]
        1. early dummy; 8¼ x 5¼
        2. small dummy and envelope; 3 x 3

      6. Woodblocks
        1. thick woodblocks, two-sided (5 items) [Box 114]
          1. 8-9, 12-13
          2. 14-15, 30-31
          3. 28-29, blank
          4. 28-29, blank
          5. 8-9, blank
          6. thin woodblocks, one-sided, pages 18-19
        2. woodblocks, two-sided (7 items) [Box 115]
          1. 14-15, 30-31
          2. 6-7, 24-25
          3. 8-9, 24-25
          4. 12-13, 24-25
          5. 12-13, 16-17
          6. thin woodblocks, one-sided, jacket
          7. thin woodblocks, one-sided, pages 20-21
        3. woodblocks (9 items) [Box 116]
          1. 16-17, blank
          2. 26-27, 30-31
          3. endpapers, 22-23
          4. 26-27 (both sides)
          5. endpapers, blank
          6. thin woodblocks, one-sided, jacket (4 copies)
        4. woodblocks, one-sided (23 items) [Box 117]
          1. a. thin woodblock, blank
          2. thin woodblock, 2-3 (title pages)
          3. thin woodblock, 6-7
          4. thin woodblock, 10-11
          5. thin woodblock, alternate 12-13
          6. thin woodblock, 18-19
          7. thick woodblock, 20-21
          8. thick woodblock, 22-23, uncut
          9. thick woodblock, alternate lion (not used), print on other side
          10. thick woodblock, 22-23, alternate lion
          11. thick woodblock, alternate 8-9 cat dancing (not used)
          12. thin woodblocks, p. 1 (3 copies)
          13. thin woodblock, p. 1 (not used)
          14. thin woodblock, p. 4
          15. thin woodblock, p. 5
          16. thin woodblock, alternate 1
          17. thick woodblock, trial block

      7. Trial Prints
        1. color prints; pages: 1, 4, 5 (3 items) [Box 118]
        2. artists proof, page 1 (1 item) [Box 118]
        3. artists proofs, color block prints, pages: 14-15, 16-17, 22-23; 18½ x 11½ (5 items) [Box 119]
        4. artists proofs, color block prints; pages: endpapers, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23 (4 items) [Box 119]
        5. trial prints on wax paper; pages: 1, 4 (3 items) [Box 119]
        6. working proofs of block prints in black; pages: 1, 4, 5, alternate 16-17, 28-29 (26 items) [Box 119]
        7. color prints; pages: jacket, endpapers, 1, 2-3, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23, 24-25, 26-27, 28-29 (24 items) [Box 120]
        8. artists proofs, color block prints, pages: 16-17, 24-25, 30-31 (4 items) [Box 120]
        9. artists proofs, color block prints; pages: jacket, title (2 items) [Box 120]
        10. trial prints on wax paper; pages: jacket, endpapers, 5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15, 16-17, alternate 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23, 24-25, 26-27, 28-29, 30-31 (30 items) [Box 120]
        11. working proofs of block prints in black; pages: jacket, endpapers, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23, 24-25, 26-27, 28-29, 30-31 (62 items) [Box 120]
        12. trial print in color; pages 22-23 (1 item) [Box 120]

      8. Final Art [Box 120]
        1. matted 23½ x 18; pages: jacket, title, 6-7, 20-21, 22-23 (5 items)
        2. matted 22 x 14; pages: endpapers, 1, 4, 5, 8-9, 12-13, 14-15, 16-17, 20-21, 26-27, 28-29, 30-31 (11 items)

      9. Color Separations (fragile) [Box 120]
        1. color separations in handmade portfolio, extremely fragile and not to be moved until preservationist can treat; pages; (4) jacket, (4)endpapers, (4) 1, (4) 2-3, (4) 4, (5) 5, (3) 6-7, (4) 8-9, (4)10-11, (4) 12-13, (4) 14-15, (4) 16-17, (4) 18-19, (4) 20-21, (4) 22-23, (4) 24-25, (4) 26-27, (4) 28-29, (4) 30-31, (3) 32 (78 items)

      10. Proof Sheets
        1. pages: 6-7, 10-11 (2 items) [Box 119]
        2. jacket; 24½ x 10½ 3 items) [Box 120]

      11. Press Sheet [Box 118]
        1. 1 sheet, 35 x 55 (folded)

      12. Portfolios of ABC Prints from All Butterflies [Box 119]
        1. 14 sheets with envelope; pages: endpapers, 6-31; 17½ x 11½ (15 items)
        2. 14 sheets with envelope; pages: endpapers, 6-31; 17½ x 11½ (15 items)

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    28. THE CRYSTAL CAVERN (FILMSTRIP) 1974 (See Also Series X: Audio Visual Material by Brown)
      1. Manuscript for filmstrip [Box 157]
        1. hand-written drafts
        2. typed drafts

      2. Filmstrip [Box 156]
        1. set from Lyceum Productions, Inc. in yellow video box, with catalog cards and audio cassette tape.

      3. Teacher's Guide [Box 157]
        1. photocopy of teacher's guide (See also accompanying letter in Correspondence Re: Projects—The Crystal Cavern)

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    29. THE BLUE JACKAL, by Marcia Brown, from the Panchatantra. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1977. Four-color woodcut prints and prints from 3M composition. Cobalt blue, red, ochre, charcoal. Hand-separated by the illustrator. Black prints of each color of each picture for line contact plates. Editor: Lee Deadrick. Design: Marcia Brown, Olga Richmond. (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book - catalogued copy (YD 398.2 B878 B5)

      2. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
        1. *1 copy, English (New York: Scribner's, 1977)

      3. Manuscript for Book [Box 16]
        1. 1. hand-written drafts with sketches
          2. typed drafts

      4. Working Drawings [Box 123]
        1. watercolor sketches (12 items)
        2. sketches (5 items)
        3. sketches, originally stapled together (5 items)
        4. pencil sketch, watercolor sketches on tracing paper (3 items)
        5. sketch with color notes (1 item) [Box 118]
        6. sketches (11 items) [Box 120]

      5. Dummy [Box 124]
        1. strips in pencil (1 item)

      6. Linoleum Blocks
        1. thin blocks, one-sided [Box 121]
          1. jacket
          2. endpapers
          3. 8-9
          4. alternate 8-9
          5. 14-15
          6. alternate 16-17
          7. 20-21
          8. 22-23
          9. 24-25
          10. 28-29
          11. 30-31

        2. thin blocks, one-sided [Box 122]
          1. vine from endpapers
          2. 1
          3. 2
          4. alternate 2
          5. alternate 3
          6. 5
          7. 6-7
          8. 8
          9. 10-11
          10. 12
          11. 12-13
          12. 14-15
          13. 16-17
          14. 18-19
          15. 22-23
          16. 24-25
          17. 26-27
          18. 32
          19. 32 in envelope with two loose pieces
          20. uncut piece
          21. alternate p. 9 dogs
          22. two blocks stuck together, top block is pages 16-17, bottom unknown

      7. Trial Prints
        1. artists proofs in black; pages; 1, 5 (2 items) [Box 118]
        2. artists proofs in color; page 32 (4 items) [Box 118]
        3. artists proofs in color; page 5 (1 item) [Box 118]
        4. artists proofs; page 2 (2 items) [Box 118]
        5. graphite rubbing; page 3 (1 item) [Box 118]
        6. trial print; alternate page 2 (1 item) [Box 118]
        7. artists proofs; pages; jacket wit text overlay, 1, 2-3, 6-7, 8-9, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 24-25, 26-27, 30-31, 32 (11 items) [Box 123]
        8. trial print page 5 (1 item) [Box 123]
        9. graphite rubbings, one in color; pages: 5, 32 (3 items) [Box 123]
        10. artists proof in color; page 3 (1 item) [Box 123]
        11. graphite rubbing of endpaper, note "damaged by studio ceiling leak" (1 item) [Box 125]
        12. artists proofs; pages; jacket, endpapers, 6-7, 8-9, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 24-25 (13 items) [Box 125]

      8. Final Art [Box 123]
        1. pages 28-29 (1 item)

      9. Color Separations (fragile)
        1. color separations in handmade portfolio, extremely fragile and not to be moved until preservationist can treat; pages; jacket, (4) endpapers, (2) 1, (3) 2, (3) 3, (5) 6-7, (4) 8-9, (4) 10-11, (4) 12-13, (4) 14-15, (4) 18-19, (5) 20-21, (4) 22-23, (5) 24-25, (4) 26-27, (5) 28-29, (4) 30-31, (4) 32 (69 items) [Box 125]
        2. color separations in handmade stapled portfolio, extremely fragile and not to be moved until preservationist can treat; pages: (3) jacket, (5) 16-17, (3) 5 (11 items) [Box 120]

      10. Proof Sheets [Box 123]
        1. pages: jacket, 5, 16-17 (5 items)

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    30. GISELLE: A ROLE OF A LIFETIME, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1977. Architect's pen and ink. Very fine screen halftone reproduction. Jacket in pen line and watercolor.
      1. Book - catalogued copy (GV 1790 G5 V47 1977)

      2. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
        1. *1 copy, English (New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1977)

      3. Manuscript for Book [Box 16]
        1. typed draft
        2. assorted proofs of text for new edition with memo from Marcel Dekker, Inc. of June 17, 1977

      4. Final Art [Box 123]
        1. drawing plus overlay (2 items)

      5. Color Separations [Box 123]
        1. jacket (3 items)

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    31. LISTEN TO A SHAPE. Text and Photographs by Marcia Brown. Franklin Watts, New York, 1979. 35mm slides reproduced in full color. Three related concept books published simultaneously (along with Walk Through Your Eyes and Touch Will Tell). Editor: Jeanne Vestel. Design: Ginger Giles.
      1. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
        1. *1 copy, English (New York: Franklin Watts, 1979) with dedication

      2. Manuscript for Book [Box 16]
        1. hand-written and typed drafts

      3. Dummy [Box 127]
        1. Dummy with pencil drawings and typed text

      4. Slides [Box 126]
        1. 6 sheets of slides and text, in envelope (47 items)
        2. listing of slides, page numbers and notes to printer (4 items)

      5. Proof Sheets [Box 123]
        1. color photo proofs; pages: 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30-31, 32 (13 items)
        2. color photo proofs: jacket, 2-3, 7, 8, 12, 15, 16, 26, 27, 28
        3. proofs in black and white with text corrections (17 items) [Box 124]
        4. jacket (1 item) [Box 125]
        5. one set pages 1-32, one partial set pages 17-32 (3 items) [Box 126]
        6. photocopy set [Box 126]
        7. one color set [Box 126]

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    32. SHAPE AND FORM (British edition of Listen to a Shape) 1979
      1. Manuscript for Book [Box 17]
        1. hand-written draft (text rewritten by Henry Arthur Pluckrose)

      2. Proof Sheets [Box 126]
        1. one set in color

      3. Catalog Record Provided by Collection Processors [Box 126]
        1. print-out of OCLC record

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    33. TOUCH WILL TELL. Text and photographs by Marcia Brown. Franklin Watts, New York, 1979 35mm slides reproduced in full color. Three related concept books published simultaneously (along with Listen to a Shape and Walk Through Your Eyes). Editor: Jeanne Vestel. Design: Ginger Giles.
      1. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
        1. *1 copy, English (New York: Franklin Watts, 1979)
        2. 2 copies, Japanese (Tokyo: Yugaku, Ltd., 1980)

      2. Manuscript for Book [Box 17]
        1. hand-written and typed drafts

      3. Dummy [Box 127]
        1. dummy with pencil drawings and typed text

      4. Slides [Box 127]
        1. 6 sheets of slides and text, in envelope; note on envelope "1 transparency has been removed, see new transparency in envelope marked "substitutions" (not found) (49 items)
        2. listing of slides, page numbers and notes to printer (4 items)

      5. Proof Sheets [Box 123]
        1. 1. color photo proofs; pages: 1, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30-31 (14 items) . color photo proofs; Touch Will Tell
        2. pages: 2-3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 16, 25, 28, 29
        3. proofs in black and white with text corrections (32 items) [Box 124]
        4. jackets (1 items) [Box 125]
        5. two sets, pages 1-32 (4 items) [Box 127]
        6. photocopy set [Box 127]
        7. color set [Box 127]

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    34. TOUCH AND FEEL (British Edition of Touch Will Tell) 1979
      1. Manuscript for Book [Box 17]
        1. hand-written draft (text rewritten by Henry Arthur Pluckrose)

      2. Proof Sheets [Box 127]
        1. one set in color

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    35. WALK WITH YOUR EYES. Text and photographs by Marcia Brown. Franklin Watts, New York, 1979. 35mm slides reproduced in full color. Three related concept books published simultaneously (along with Listen to a Shape and Touch Will Tell). Editor: Jeanne Vestel. Design: Ginger Giles.
      1. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
        1. *1 copy, English (New York: Franklin Watts, 1979 Dedication: "To Helen, also a walker in new paths. With my love, Marcia July, 1979."

      2. 1 copy, Japanese (Tokyo: Yugaku-Sha., 1980)
        1. Manuscript for Book [Box 17]

      3. hand-written draft and typed drafts
        1. Dummy [Box 128]
        2. dummy with pencil drawings, typed text
        3. shapes and directions for cropping photographs

      4. Slides [Box 128]
        1. 4 sheets of slides and text, in envelope; note on envelope "2 transparencies have been removed. See new transparencies in envelope marked "substitutions" (37 items)
        2. listing of slides, page numbers and notes to printer (3 items)
        3. Proof Sheets [Box 123]
        4. color photo proofs; pages: 1, 2-3, 4-5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10-11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30-31, 32 (17 items)
        5. color photo proofs: jacket, 10, 17, 18, 20, 29 (10 items)
        6. proofs in black and white with text corrections (19 items) [Box 124]
        7. jacket (1 item) [Box 125]
        8. photocopy set [Box 128]

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    36. LOOK AND SEE(British Edition of Walk with Your Eyes) 1979
      1. Manuscript for Book [Box 17]
        1. hand-written draft (text rewritten by Henry Arthur Pluckrose)

      2. Catalog Record Provided by Collection Processors [Box 128]
        1. print-out of OCLC record

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    37. SHADOW, translated from the French of Blaise Cendrars by Marcia Brown. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1982. Cut paper, woodblock prints, torn papers, acrylic washes, blotted textures (acrylic between glossy and matte papers, pressed together and pulled apart suddenly), collage. Large slides laser scanned for color separation. Editor: Lee Deadrick. Design: Olga Richmond, Marcia Brown.(Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book - catalogued copy (YD 841 C395 S5)

      2. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
        1. *1 copy, English (New York: Scribner's, 1982)

      3. Manuscript for Book [Box 17]
        1. hand-written and typed drafts with notes

      4. Research Material [Box 130]
        1. four copies of "La Feticheuse" from Petits Contes Negres Pour Les Enfants Des Blancs by Blaise Cendrars (4 items)

      5. Censorship Material [Box 130]
        1. articles re: Jake and Honeybunch Go to Heaven by Margot Zemach (This children's book was published around the same time as Shadow and faced some of the same charges of offending black readers and perpetuating stereotypes) note included makes it obvious that Ms. Brown was interested in this subject and requested material. [Jake and Honeybunch Go to Heaven by Margot Zemach (Juvenile YE Z534 J3)]

      6. Working Drawings and Material
        1. drawing in color washes (1 item) [Box 125]
        2. brush and ink drawings and sketches (8 items) [Box 125]
        3. studies, watercolors and ink (3 items) [Box 125]
        4. background washes (16 items) [Box 103]
        5. sketches (10 items) [Box 130]
        6. sketches (3 items) [Box 130]
        7. sketches (3 items) [Box 130]
        8. texture (1 item) [Box 130]
        9. studies in acrylic (2 items) [Box 130]
        10. sketchbook full of cut pieces, in envelope [Box 130]
        11. jacket description of Ms. Brown; list of stories from "Little Black Stories for Little White Children"; odd sketches; sheet with Blaise Cendrars name; type examples; front flap copy (12 items) [Box 130]
        12. sheets of photocopied figures (10 items) [Box 131]
        13. background washes (4 items) [Box 131]
        14. drawings in color (6 items) [Box 131]
        15. sketches (17 items) [Box 131]
        16. brush and ink sketch; originally matted 22 x 18; autographed (1 item) [Box 131]
        17. background washes in sheets and cut pieces (39 items) [Box 131]
        18. sketches, brush and ink (12 items) [Box 131]
        19. studies, ink, felt-tip pens (2 items) [Box 131]
        20. sumi-e studies (3 items) [Box 131]
        21. study for a jacket idea in acrylic (1 item) [Box 131]
        22. rolls of sketches labeled "Shadow working" (7 items) [Box 91]

      7. Dummies [Box 130]
        1. sheets with layout of book in block form (2 items)
        2. early dummy (1 item)

      8. Woodblocks [Box 132]
        1. 6 linoleum cuts, 3 cardboard patterns; (9 items)
        2. wood cuts (7 items)
        3. linoleum on wood, face on page 1 (1 item)

      9. Trial Prints [Box 131]
        1. prints in white: texture print and figure from page 22 (2 items)
        2. woodcut texture (2 items)
        3. white prints of wood blocks on black, blue (2 items)
        4. print of mask on page 1 on an orange background wash (1 item) [Box 130]

      10. Final Art
        1. ages: jacket, 2-3, 6-7, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15, 16-17, 20-21, 22-23, 24-25, 28-29, 30-31, 32-33, 34-35, 38-39 (15 items) [Box 129]
        2. 38-39 "mighty birds of the heavens" alternate illustration, originally matted 21 x 15½ (1 item) [Box 129]
        3. white mask prints on black with label from back of matting, originally matted 12 x 16 (2 items) [Box 130]
        4. pages: 1, 40, alternate (4 items) [Box 131]

      11. Proof Sheets
        1. proof sheets from Japanese printer; pages: 1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23, 24-25, 26-27, 28-29, 30-31, 32-33, 34-35, 36-37, 38-39 (in damaged condition) (20 items) [Box 125]
        2. proof sheets from the Japanese printer; pages: 12-13, 3 labeled transparencies, 3 labeled direct winding (6 items) [Box 125]
        3. proof sheets from Japanese printer; pages; 1, 2-3, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23, 24-25, 26-27, 28-29, 30-31, 32-33, 34-35, 36-37, 38-39 (in damaged condition) (17 items) [Box 125]
        4. proof sheets from Japanese printer; jacket (in damaged condition) (1 item) [Box 125]
        5. proof (or possible poster); pages 34-35 (in damaged condition) (1 item) [Box 125]
        6. photocopy of jacket (1 item) [Box 125]
        7. page 40, text (1 item) [Box 130]
        8. jacket (2 items) [Box 130]
        9. proof from Japanese printer; page 40 (2 items) [Box 131]
        10. . full text (2 items) [Box 131]

      12. Color Separation [Box 130]
        1. color plate of pages 12-13 (1 item)

      13. Catalog Cover Art [Box 131]
        1. plates of jacket design for cover of Scribner's Spring 1982 catalog, copy of galley (3 items)

      14. Audio Visual Materials (See Series X: Audio Visual Material by Brown)

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    38. LOTUS SEEDS: CHILDRENS PICTURES AND BOOKS. Speeches, papers, essays by Marcia Brown. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1985. Chinese brush and ink. Halftone photographic reproduction. Editor: Clare Costello. Design: Olga Richmond, Marcia Brown. (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book - catalogued copy (SPE/ Ref NC 975.5 B74 A2 1986)

      2. Manuscript of Book [Box 17]
        1. format of book and titles of pieces (7 items)

      3. Research material [Box 134]
        1. photo of artwork (1 item)
        2. Working Drawings
        3. brush and ink with watercolor (1 item) [Box 42]
        4. photocopies of drawings (4 items) [Box 133]
        5. working photocopies of jacket (12 items)[Box 133]
        6. jacket design and note from "Vikki" of Charles Scribner's and Sons (30 items) [Box 133]
        7. drawing with taped on text "Tao Chi Color The Metropolitan of Art New York Tao Chi Colors" (1 item) [Box 133]
        8. rough sketches 7 x 9 and note (24 items) [Box 134]
        9. examples of type (15 items) [Box 134]
        10. color tests, red (1 item) [Box 134]

      4. Proof Sheets [Box 134]
        1. title p age; table of contents; preface; chapters (14 items)
        2. title page to page 31 (20 items)
        3. pages 32-75 (22 items)
        4. pages 76-129 (28 items)
        5. pages 130-173 (22 items)
        6. pages 174-210 (19 items)
        7. jacket copy (2 items)
        8. jacket (1 item) [Box 133]

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    39. SING A SONG OF POPCORN. Poems selected by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers, Eva Moore, Mary Michaels White, Jan Carr. Illustrations by Caldecott Medal artists. Scholastic, New York, 1988. Watercolor, reproduced with full color halftone. Editor: Diane Hess. Design: Claire Counahan. (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book - catalogued copy (YD 808.81 S617)

      2. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
        1. *1 copy, English (New York: Scholastic Inc., 1988)

      3. Working Material [Box 134]
        1. sheets of poems (12 items)
        2. sheets of poems and working list (12 items)

      4. Working Drawings [Box 133]
        1. sketches with poems and page layout (8 items)
        2. drawings in color (3 items)
        3. drawings in color (9 items)
        4. sketches in color and black and white (12 items)
        5. tracing of pages 22-23 (1 item)
        6. drawings in color on board; pages: 20-21, 28-29, 34-35, 36-37, alternate 36-37 (4 items)
        7. weather and haiku sections -rough ideas (17 items) [Box 134]
        8. sketches (9 items) [Box 134]

      5. Final Art [Box 133]
        1. pages: 14-15, 16-17, 20-21, 22-23, 24-25, 27, 28-29, 30-31, 32-33, 34-35, 131 (11 items)
        2. page 13 (1 item)
        3. pages; 26, 129, 130, 132 (4 items) [Box 134]

      6. Proof Sheets [Box 133]
        1. photocopies of pages from book; note on sheet 63 "Marcia we need two illustrations (one or two pages) for these poems. Thanks Diane," poems on page are "Snow" and "Snow Melting"
        2. photocopies of pages from book; pages: 14-15, 16-17, 18-19, 24-25, alternate 24-25, 26-27, alternate 28-29, 30-31, 32-33, 34-35, 128-129, 130-131, 132-33 (16 items)
        3. color proofs; pages: 13, 26, 27, 33, 127, 128, 130, 131, 133; sheets had "Post-It" notes to printer which have been copied to back (10 items)
        4. color proofs; pages: 14-15, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23, 24-25, 28-29, 30-31, 32-33, 34-35, 36-37; sheets had "Post-It" notes to printer which have been copied to back (11 items)
        5. photocopies of pages 13-37, 127-33 [Box 134]

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    40. OF SWANS, SUGAR PLUMS AND SATIN SLIPPERS. Ballet stories for children told by Violette Verdy. Scholastic, New York, 1991. Watercolor and gouache, reproduced with full color halftone. Editor: Karen Backstein. Design: Claire Counahan (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
        1. *1 copy, English (New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1991)

      2. Sketch Book [Box 135]
        1. full sketch book with cover note "sketches for ballet illustrations," pencil and magic marker

      3. Working Drawings
        1. notes on drawings (1 item) [Box 135]
        2. sketches 11 x 8½ (51 items) [Box 135]
        3. sketches 12 x 9 (9 items) [Box 135]
        4. two loose sketches and attached pad of sketches in color (3 items) [Box 135]
        5. sketches 11 x 8½ (20 items) [Box 135]
        6. sketches (4 items) [Box 135]
        7. photocopies of sketches 11 x 8½ (6 items)[Box 135]
        8. sketches 12 x 9 (3 items) [Box 135]
        9. sketches on tracing paper 12 x 9 (13 items) [Box 135]
        10. sketches 22 x 16 (3 items) [Box 136]
        11. sketches (3 items) [Box 136]
        12. drawing page 39 (1 item) [Box 136]
        13. drawing in pencil with taped on sections (1 item) [Box 136]
        14. drawings; pages: alternate 2, 9, 39, 54, "Swan Lake" (not used), "Coppelia" (not used) (6 items) [Box 136]
        15. sketches, page 9 "Firebird" (4 items) [Box 136]
        16. sketches, "Swan Lake" (8 items) [Box 136]
        17. sketches (9 items) [Box 136]
        18. drawing, p. 9 (1 item) [Box 137]
        19. ballet sketches (12 items) [Box 137]
        20. sketches labeled for "Nutcracker," "Sleeping Beauty," and "Firebird (4 items) [Box 137]
        21. ballet sketches (24 items) [Box 137]
        22. watercolor drawings (7 items) [Box 137]
        23. sketches, page 51 "Nutcracker" (6 items) [Box 137]
        24. photocopies, sketches, page 55 (3 items) [Box 137]

      4. Final Art
        1. pages: jacket, 4, 7, 9, 18, 24, 26, 33, 35, 37, 39, 51, 54, 57, 62, 74, 83, 89 (18 items) [Box 136]

      5. Galleys [Box 135]
        1. author's galleys with correspondence removed (see letter of 1/10/91 from Karen Backstein, Scholastic, Inc.

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    41. FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA. A Treasury of American folklore and folk songs. Compiled by Amy L. Cohn. Scholastic, New York, 1993. Illustrated by eleven Caldecott Medal and four Caldecott Honor Book artists. Watercolor and gouache, reproduced with full color halftone. Editor: Diane Hess. Design: Claire Counahan. (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book - catalogued copy (YD 810.8 F76 1993)

      2. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
        1. *1 copy, English (New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1993)

      3. Research Material [Box 135]
        1. postcards of the Statute of Liberty (5 items)
        2. photo-copies of pictures of the Statute of Liberty (20 items)

      4. Working Drawings [Box 138]
        1. pencil sketches (5 items)
        2. photo-copied sketch of jacket; 11 x 17 (1 item)
        3. color sketches of jacket-not used (5 items)
        4. photo-copies of sketches; 8½ x 11 (14 items) [Box 135]

      5. Final Art [Box 138]
        1. illustration of Greenland Fisheries-not used (1 item)
        2. p. 100 "Water, water, everywhere," page 111 "The Salem Ghost Ship" (2 items)
        3. p. 105 "With a Hey, Mister Stormalong"; p. 107 "With a way Hey, Mister Stormalong"; p. 113 "Blow, boys, blow"; p. 117 "Erie Canal"; p. 119 "Mike Fink" (5 items)
        4. p. 121 "Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett" (1 item)
        5. p. 104 "...Mister Stormalong" (1 item) [Box 135]
        6. jacket "Liberty"; p. 102-03 "Blow Ye Winds in the Morning"; p. 108-09 "The Sailors Alphabet"; p. 122-23 "Sounding Calls"; p. 124-25 "Shenandoah" (5 items) [Box 136]

      6. Proof Sheets [Box 138]
        1. finished presentations of Statute of Liberty with jacket text overlays, not used (6 items)

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    42. HOW THE OSTRICH GOT ITS LONG NECK. Retold by Verna Aardema. Scholastic, New York, 1995. Felt marker line and watercolor and gouache, reproduced with full color halftone. Editor: Diane Hess. Design: Claire Counahan. (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Book (SPE-Unprocessed)
        1. 1 copy supplied by collection processors, English (New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1995)
        2. one copy supplied by Marcia J. Brown

      2. Research Material [Box 164]
        1. pictures of animals and birds, photocopies from books (26 items)

      3. Manuscripts [Box 17]
        1. typed, original, handwritten suggested revisions, projected page divisions (3 items)

      4. Sketches
        1. sketchpad (small), "loose and early ideas" done in pencil and pen/ink (19 pages, double-sided) [Box 164]
        2. p-slip drawings, pencil with notes (17 items) [Box 164]
        3. rough preliminary work, ink wash (6 items) [Box 125]
        4. sketchpad (large), rough preliminary work, marker pen, some color notations (9 pages) [Box 165]

      5. Working Drawings
        1. sketches on tracing paper, marker pen (5 items) [Box 165]
        2. sketches on tracing paper, marker pen (23 items) [Box 164]
        3. copies of roughs, use in page design (1 item) [Box 164]
        4. drawings, architect's pen, for ideas and text placement, pages: 2-3 del, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23, 24-25, 26-27, 28-29, 30-31 (16 items) [Box 165]

      6. Dummies [Box 164]
        1. rough dummy, pen/ink or felt pen and watercolor and crayon, loose pages (21 items)
        2. rough sketches, marker on vellum and tissue paper, loose pages (16 items)
        3. horizontal layout (rejected)
        4. trial dummy (two versions), photocopied pages

      7. Galleys [Box 164]
        1. ext only, marked for printer (handwritten) and title page and copyright page (6 items)

      8. Jacket design [Box 164]
        1. rough sketches (5 items)
        2. photocopies, cut/pasted for type and placement, two with water color wash (48 items)
        3. jacket design type/font options with M. Brown's and editor's comment

      9. Final Art [Box 165]
        1. pages: cover, 1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15 (9 items)
        2. pages: 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23, 24-25, 26-27, 28-29, 30-31, jacket (9 items)

      10. Correspondence [Box 164]
        1. 2/11/94 letter from editor, Dianne Hess

      11. Page Proofs color page proofs from the printer; includes notes from the editor and M. Brown (18 items) [Box 165]

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    43. MARCO POLO (NOT PUBLISHED) undated
      1. Sketchbook [Box 63]
        1. notes and sketches; can be found in sketchbook which also contains notes and sketches on projects Felice and Cat's Castle; [see Felice
          d. 1]

      2. Working Drawings (originally in dummy sketchbook) [Box 138]
        1. sketches (17 items)

      3. Dummy [Box 138]
        1. sketchbook with numbered pages; note on cover "Marco Polo Material (projected book)" (book never published)

      4. Wood Blocks [Box 139]
        1. miscellaneous animals: cat, rabbit, dog (5 items)
        2. miscellaneous letters for title (7 items)
        3. miscellaneous letters from title (2 items)
        4. shields (3 items)
        5. horse with rider (3 items)
        6. camel with rider, with birds on other side
        7. figure of man; one block with horse and rider on back (2 items) [Box 140]
        8. donkey with cart [Box 140]
        9. ships [Box 140]
        10. ships (linoleum) (6 items) [Box 140]
        11. horse and rider with shield [Box 140]
        12. buildings (5 items in envelope) [Box 140]
        13. riders in front of castle on hill (1 item in envelope) [Box 140]

      5. Trial Prints (originally in dummy sketchbook) [Box 140]
        1. donkey with cart (3 items)
        2. letters, title (3 items)
        3. male figure (3 items)
        4. texture (8 items)
        5. animals and ship (5 items)
        6. horse and rider (21 items)
        7. riders in front of castle on hill (9 items) [Box 138]

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    44. BEARINO & BEAROWSKY (NOT PUBLISHED) undated
      1. Manuscript for Book [Box 17]
        1. hand-written draft

      2. Dummy [Box 141]
        1. small 2 x 2½ in pen and ink
        2. envelope with note re: dummies

      3. Card [Box 141]
        1. bon voyage card to Helen Masten with sketch on back re: Bearino and Bearowsky (2 items)

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    45. BEWARE THE SON OF ADAM, (NOT PUBLISHED) undated
      1. Manuscript for Book [Box 17]
        1. hand-written and typed drafts

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    46. CAT'S CASTLE, undated (NOT PUBLISHED)
      1. Manuscript for Book [Box 17]
        1. hand-written and typed drafts

      2. Sketchbook [Box 63]
        1. notes and sketches; can be found in sketchbook which also contains notes and sketches for projects Felice and Marco Polo; (See Felice)

      3. Working Drawings [Box 141]
        1. pencil, pen and ink, color sketches (20 items)

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    47. THE GLASS SLIPPER, undated [Note: This was a play that was produced in England for which Ms. Brown did the scenery and costumes]
      1. Manuscript of Play [Box 17]
        1. unbound copy of "The Glass Slipper" written by Herbert and Eleanor Farjeon
        2. copy of script

      2. Working Drawings [Box 142]
        1. sketches attached from pad (9 items)
        2. sketches, studies with notes (20 items)
        3. drawings (5 items)
        4. sketch in pencil (1 item)
        5. sketches in pencil (2 items)
        6. drawings-footman, with notes (2 items)

      3. Costume Designs [Box 142]
        1. note s on costumes (3 items)
        2. costume designs for: Fairy godmother, Zany, Prince, Cinderella, Water, Fire, Air, Earth, footman, herald, major-domo, unidentified character
        3. costume designs with attached fabric samples: Araminta, Arathusa, unidentified man, unidentified woman, Baroness of Allspice, Viscountess of Cloves, Marquissa of Cinnamon
        4. costume design with attached fabric sample: wicked stepmother

      4. Set Designs [Box 142]
        1. drawings originally stapled together: Arethusa's dressing table, chandelier, carriage
        2. series of numbered drawings 1-9 with notes for sets: #1-originally stapled to backing paper, kitchen; #2-#3 originally stapled to backing paper, kitchen, doors to bunkbed; #4-#5 drawings on brown paper stapled to backing paper, Araminta's and Arethusa's dressing tables; #6-#7 drawings on brown paper stapled to backing paper, chandelier, carriage; #8 drawing on brown paper, originally stapled to backing paper, orangerie, prince's throne; #9 drawings on brown paper originally stapled to backing paper, palace (6 items)
        3. scale drawing of the Finch College auditorium stage
        4. set model made out of cardboard [Box 51]

      5. Playbill [Box 142]
        1. small, four-page accordion playbill with credits and notes on production (2 items)

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    48. MARY AND THE BIG HOLE (NOT PUBLISHED) undated
      1. Manuscript for Book [Box 17]
        1. hand-written and typed drafts

      2. Proposed Project [Box 141]
        1. 28 loose sheets of text and notes; 4 x 7 (28 items)

      3. Working Drawings [Box 141]
        1. drawings in color, studies in pen and ink; 7½ x 8 (7 items)
        2. drawings and studies; 9 x 8 (10 items)
        3. drawings and sketches; 12 x 9 (7 items)
        4. sketches, drawings, notes in assorted sizes (16 items)
        5. sketches, endpapers (4 items) [Box 142]
        6. endpapers (2 items) [Box 142]

      4. Dummies [Box 141]
        1. in color; 3 x 3 (1 item)
        2. dummy pages, pencil; 6 x 4 (15 items)
        3. dummy pages in color; 8½ x 5½ (6 items)
        4. dummy pages in color; 5½ x 2¾ (8 items)
        5. dummy, 22 loose sheets with text and drawings and notes, envelope with note; 4 x 7 (23 items)

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    49. THE SKIN FIT MONKEY (NOT PUBLISHED) undated
      1. Manuscripts for book [Box 17]
        1. typed drafts with notes

      2. Dummies [Box 141]
        1. small (3 x 3) dummies and envelope (2 items)
        2. drawings and notes (4 items)

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    50. ABC WHAT SHALL I BE? (NOT PUBLISHED) undated
      1. Dummy [Box 143]
        1. small dummy (stapled) with note on back " Ideas for little book Alice Dalgliesh wanted done-Never published (Thank God!) MB," envelope with note" I was asked to do this little book by Alice Dalgliesh, my editor at Scribners. It was not published, fortunately. A commercial and ill-judged idea. (MB)"
      2. Color Separations [Box 143]

        1. sheet with 4-colors: black, blue, yellow, red
        2. cover, jacket (5 items)
        3. page 1 (5 items)
        4. pages 2-3 (3 items)
        5. pages 4-5 (5 items)
        6. pages 6-7 (3 items)
        7. pages 8-9 (5 items)
        8. pages 10-11 (3 items)
        9. pages 12-13 (5 items)
        10. pages 14-15 (3 items)
        11. pages 16-17 (5 items)
        12. pages 18-19 (3 items)
        13. pages 20-21 (5 items)
        14. pages 22-23 (3 items)
        15. page 24 (5 items)

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    51. CONNECTIONS Slide Show undated (See Also Series X: Audio Visual Material by Brown)
      1. slide carousel (140 slides) [Box 156]

      2. speech [Box 157]
        1. index cards
        2. photo-copies of index cards with note "Connections slide lecture-(Photographic Books) 1978?"

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    52. THE CRYSTAL AND THE ROSE: PICTURING FOLK TALES Slide Show undated (See Also Series X: Audio Visual Material by Brown)
      1. manuscript for slide show [Box 157]
        1. excerpts from a presentation with slides
        2. quotations from "The Crystal and the Rose"

      2. slide carousel [Box 156]
        1. 140 slides

      3. speech
        1. index cards [Box 157]
        2. photo-copies of index cards on long sheets [Box 156]

      4. lecture [Box 157]
        1. typed draft
        2. hand-written notes for suggested bibliography; typed suggested bibliography

      5. audio tape of lecture

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    53. HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN Slide Show undated (See Also Series X: Audio Visual Material by Brown)
      1. Manuscript for film [Box 157]
        1. hand-written narrative with numbered paragraphs

      2. notes for film [Box 157]
        1. typed and hand-written notes for filmstrip; advertisement for "Tales the Moon Can Tell"
        2. notes for film

      3. slides [Box 156]
        1. labeled "Filmstrip on H. circa Andersen" (2 cases)

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    54. BOOK WEEK AND STORY HOUR POSTERS
      1. Book Week Streamers [Box 144]
        1. "Take Off With Books"
          1. sketches in pencil and color (2 items)
          2. linoleum cuts of streamer, originally wrapped in paper with note "sponsored by Children's Book Council, NY City" (2 items)
          3. trial prints in color and black and white (6 items)
        2. "Lets Read More" (boy in space suit, children on flying carpet)
          1. final art in one color (1 item)
          2. color separations: black plate; blue plate (2 items)
          3. poster
        3. "Lets Read More" (children with wagon, dog, cat)
          1. final art in one color
          2. color separations: black plate; blue plate (2 items)

      2. Book Week Posters [Box 144]
        1. New Horizons with Books, Book Week, November 11-17, 1951, printed (5 items)
        2. Original Art-alternative poster: New Horizons with Books, Book Week, November 11-17, 1951
        3. Original Art-poster: Make Friends with Books, Book Week, November 2-18, 195?
        4. typed page re: poster [Box 145]
        5. pamphlets: Children's Book Council Calendar with book week poster cover; Young Wings: The Junior Literary Guild, November 1951; Young Wings: The Junior Literary Guild, November 1952; American Service Committee Newsletter [Box 145]
        6. photographs of exhibit including posters, note on back of photos "Paris United States Information Center (Library) April 1-22, 1952 Children's Book Fair. Exhibition of books selected and given by 22 American publishers members of the Children's Book Council for an exhibition to open in Paris and later to travel throughout France and other Western European countries." (2 items) [Box 145]

      3. story hour sign made for Central Children's Room of the New York Public Library based on Puss in Boots (1952)
        1. trial prints: 2 color prints, 2 black color separations (4 items) [Box 144]
        2. plates for poster (2 items) [Box 145]
        3. poster (2 items)

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    55. MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS BY BROWN
      1. Polish Story Idea 1944 (all material was originally in folder marked " Polish Story idea 1944 working at Tompkins Square Polish Ukranian Section of NY [Box 146]
        1. sketches of Suzanne Block with notes "1st of May 1946" and "Suzanne Block recorder player came to Ch... NYPL daughter of Ernest Block" (2 items)
        2. sketches (assorted sizes) (15 items)
        3. sketches in color (11 items)
        4. attached sketches (6 items)
        5. sketches, pen and ink (3 items)
        6. sketches, pencil (2 items)

      2. Christmas Cards [Box 146]
        1. Christmas Card made in Venice 1961?
          1. print on paper, card and envelope (3 items)
          2. original print, card and envelope (3 items)
          3. woodblock
        2. Christmas Card-Angel and Child
          1. colored trial prints (5 items)
          2. card and envelope (2 items)
          3. woodblock
          4. woodblock
          5. gouache (11 x 14) working drawing [Box 148]
        3. Card based on "How Hippo!" [Box 147]
          1. woodblock for card with circus figures on the back
          2. print of hippo mother and child
        4. Christmas Card-Woman and Child [Box 147]
          1. card
        5. Angel and King
          1. colored print inside blank greeting card [Box 147]

      3. Self-Portrait [Box 147]
        1. print
        2. linoleum block

      4. mitten pattern [Box 147]
        1. mitten pattern for chamois made from sketch for "Henry Fisherman"

      5. Socko [Box 147]
        1. Socko drawings and other monkeys; small cover drawing on wrapping paper with monkey sketch inside; Socko postcard from Paris; "Socko wintering in Cannes"

      6. Mark Twain Library [Box 147]
        1. original art, done for cookbook published by Mark Twain Library; note "near Falls Hole, West Redding (across Street)"

      7. Valentines in chinese manner, gift to Helen Masten [Box 148]
        1. fishes; two frogs with words "I'm gonna get you"; crayfish? (3 items)

      8. Techniques of Separation [Box 148]
        1. material found in envelope with notation "Techniques of Separation," including: cardboard with display of 5 color separations from Puss in Boots; experimental test drawing from Puss in Boots (drawing separations are for); contact prints from The Flying Carpet; color separations from The Flying Carpet (8 items)

      9. Bertha Brimmer Medal [Box 147]
        1. drawings (2 items)

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    56. MISCELLANEOUS SKETCHES
      1. Early Sketches [Box 149]
        1. sheet with studies of pixie, church, mouse, head (done when young)
        2. assorted sketches in pencil, pen, and ink (9 items)
        3. pen and ink (11 items)
        4. pencil sketches on blue paper with note "drawings to amuse my mother 12 or so [years?] (3 items)
        5. pencil sketches (11 items)

      2. Loose Sketches and Ideas from Manuscript Box [Box 149]
        1. sketches originally stapled together (17 items)
        2. sketches originally stapled together (31 items)
        3. sketches originally stapled together (37 items)
        4. sketches originally stapled together (6 items)
        5. sketches originally stapled together (13 items)
        6. sketches originally stapled together (15 items)
        7. sketches originally stapled together (52 items)
        8. pencil sketches originally stapled together (6 items)
        9. sketches and notes originally stapled together (34 items)
        10. pen and ink sketches originally stapled together with note "after two days among the great Italians and Flemings—Modigliani remains—Chateau Noir—Cezanne"
        11. pencil sketches (32 items)
        12. pen and ink sketches (64 items)
        13. pencil, pen and ink, pen and watercolor (7 items)

      3. Sketches with Chinese Brush and Ink [Box 150]
        1. girl with donkey; face with color strips; rear view of elephants eating from tree (3 items)

      4. Circus Sketches [Box 150]
        1. attached sketches in pen and ink with note "sketches in 40s—made at the circus" (14 pages)
        2. sketch of clown glued to backing board

      5. Pen and ink and magic marker sketches [Box 150]
        1. assorted sizes, blue ink and black magic marker (15 items)
        2. pen and ink and water color (7 items)

      6. Treasures of the Sea [Box 150]
        1. pen and ink (2 items)

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    57. MISCELLANEOUS DRAWINGS
      1. Early Drawings [Box 150]
        1. two pixies; mouse family; The Rhine Maidens—pencil; The Cumaean Sibyl—Copied from a painting by Michael Angelo, note "age 13?" (4 items)

      2. color Drawings [Box 150]
        1. "working drawing Maui—Boy ensnaring the sun—for World Book" (1 item)
        2. nuns in black, white and gray (1 item)
        3. drawing of harlequin on wrapping paper (or bag) for Helen Masten [Box 148]
        4. mountain, ship and railroad tracks going into tunnel with note on back " about time of Henery Fisherman" [Box 148]

      3. Drawings with Chinese Brush, Ink and Color [Box 150]
        1. boy on bed in hut; woman with child on back; running figure (3 items)
        2. elephant in jungle
        3. church and other buildings by sea; man walking in wind (black only) (2 items) [Box 148]

      4. Sewing Machine [Box 150]
        1. brush and ink (2 items)

      5. Nijinsky in "Scheherazade" [Box 150]
        1. pencil drawing glued to brown backing paper

      6. Doll on Pillow [Box 150]
        1. pencil study

      7. Figure on horse [Box 144]
        1. brush and ink drawing

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    58. MISCELLANEOUS SKETCH BOOKS
      1. In New York [City?], 1943 [Box 151]
        1. pen and ink sketches of children and adults, street scenes

      2. Of Dolls, undated [Box 151]
        1. pen and ink drawings with notes, one with color, sketch book also included postcard of doll circa 1850 and 4 loose drawings pen and ink, three in color

      3. Hawaiian Vista Dome Trip, undated [Box 151]
        1. mixed and assorted media, sketch book originally covered in plastic with label "Hawaii Vista Dome Trip," inside cover notation "Train across U.S. Hawaii—hulas...Swans"

      4. Animal Sketches & Notes from British Encyclopedia [Box 151]
        1. pen and ink sketches and notes

      5. Miscellaneous Sketches in colored marker [Box 151]
        1. assorted sketches including: balloon; carousel; cats; Stone Soup title page

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    59. MISCELLANEOUS WOOD AND LINOLEUM BLOCKS
      1. Wood [Box 152]
        1. wry puppeteer figure
        2. woodcut with note "blocks for cuts for Field Publications "Young Lincoln Stories"
        3. Little gay woodblock—children playing (two dates are inked on: 1/6/49 and 1/9/49)
        4. angel?
        5. blocks for 4-color woodblock print "children and balloon," ca 1948—note "studied with Louis Schanker at New School" (1 of 2)
        6. blocks for 4-color woodblock print "children and balloon," ca 1948—note "studied with Louis Schanker at New School" (2 of 2)

      2. Linoleum [Box 152]
        1. small self-portrait (originally found in envelope of discards from Backbone of the King) linoleum
        2. elephants, giraffes, ostriches, linoleum (4 items)
        3. flowers and animals (2 items)
        4. man in plaid jacket; railway track; children playing; two figures (4 items)
        5. clown; marionettes; dancing skeleton; woman in window (resembles picture from Henry Fisherman); woman riding bull; figure? with bird, linoleum (6 items)

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    60. MISCELLANEOUS WOOD BLOCK PRINTS
      1. Black Wood Block Prints [Box 150]
        1. Grief 1969? (sobbing skeleton)
        2. woman, man with child, one copy dedicated "to Helen..." (4 items)
        3. Childcraft, March 1963 (pigs and people, man carrying barrel) (12 items) [Box 148]
        4. young man; angel and kings; circus figures [Box 148]

      2. Color wood block prints [Box 148]
        1. Face of Enui½5/49; color print of children with balloons; face with figure in reeds; figures and horse? (4 items)
        2. dancing figures; Submarine, 1950; On the Wharf, 1950 (3 items)
        3. "Bottles" [Box 144]

      3. Color Samples [Box 150]
        1. covers of assorted colors
        2. color swatches and cards kept for their colors

Marcia J. Brown Papers, 1940-2000

Box and Folder List

Series VIII: PROJECTS BY OTHERS

  1. Projects by Others
    1. Original Art [Box 148]
      1. Original Drawing from Elizabeth Olds "For Miss Helen Masten," envelope (2 items)
      2. Three drawings made with reed pen by Elizabeth Mackinstry (with note from Ms. Brown "Influenced by english ill. circa Hovat? Fraser": Pussy Cat Pussy Cat Where Have You Been?, originally matted 14 x 14 with note on back "Original Drawing by Elizabeth MacKinistry done with a reed pen"; The Huntsman, originally matted 15 x 11; 18th Century Character with a Long Pipe, originally matted 12¼ x 8¼
      3. Jungle painting originally mounted and framed with note "Roger Du Voisin ill for end papers of Hudsons publ by Kropf—book designed by Dorothy Waugh friend of Helen Masten, Marcia Brown"
      4. Drawing of mole?, hand and flower by Susan Suba, undated given to Helen Masters (2 items)
      5. Christmas Cards by Fritz Eichenberg, 1960—The Peaceable Kingdom; 1963—Quo Vadis Orbis?
      6. Fritz Eichenberg, Wood Engravings, 1955
      7. Chinese Cut-Out of Wild Ponies—from collection of Helen Masten, artist unknown, undated
      8. Proof sheet, poem "The Wind," poem and illustrations by circa Lovat Fraser
      9. Hand-made booklet "The Gothic or Mixed Technique of Painting" by Bill Haynes, a work shop course of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, April 1949
      10. colored cover with maps and sailing ship, told by Ms. Brown that artwork "is probably by Elizabeth McKinstry"
      11. drawing of Marcia Brown by Vera Belsky, a friend from New York Public Library
      12. Old Age Pension/Retirement of Other Animals (cartoon) undated, with note on back "Drawing by Mason?," (some water damage) [Box 153]
      13. Horses-Western, undated (Glen Rounds), originally matted 22 x 19 with note on back "Bought at auction for N.Y. Public Library for $90.00" [Box 153]
      14. Design for Fountain in Copenhagen by Merle Bierberg with note "To Miss Marcia Brown from Bierberg. April 1957," in cardboard folder (2 items) [Box 153]
      15. Large Origami by Japanese Puppeteer based on Three Billy Goat's Gruff [Box 161]
      16. Christmas card print to Helen Masten from Little Fiery Gizzard Creek Land, Cattle & Hymn Co., 1982 (Glen Rounds) [Box 144]

    2. Printed Artwork [Box 153]
      1. "The Artist's Alphabet" reprint of article by Anne Carroll Moore November 11, 1928. Reprinted to commemorate the presentation of the Regina Medal to Anne Carroll Moore by the Catholic Library Association April 18, 1960. Compliments of the F.E. Compton & Company.
      2. Dancing in Prints [book moved to Marcia Brown's Library]
      3. Hans Christian Andersen Cloth Print tea towel, undated, artist unknown
      4. Christmas cards by Fritz Eichenberg (3 items)
      5. Stamp collection in Italian, with stamps from different countries by assorted artists, with accompanying biographies of artists (8 pages, 24 stamps) [Box 148]

    3. Artwork by Children [Box 153]
      1. Scroll (approx. 283" long) of cut-outs by Mrs. Head's 6th grade class from the Baldwin School, based on Shadow b. Children's Drawings inspired by Marcia Brown's books from the Potter School, Danbury, CT, circa 1982 (9 items)

    4. Puppet [Box 153]
      1. sketch and photo of puppet based on "Nicholas" by Anne Carroll Moore with envelope with hand-written note "Nicholas of Anne Carroll Moore—2nd figure made for her by people at psychiatric Inst.—lost in taxi en route from Greenwich Village to have dinner with Helen Masten and me at 76 st. all advertising proved in vain"

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Marcia J. Brown Papers, 1940-2000

Box and Folder List

Series IX: Reviews, Clippings and Promotional Material

  1. Reviews, 0.33 cubic ft. [Box 154]
    1. All Butterflies, 1974
    2. Anansi The Spider Man, 1954
    3. Backbone of the King, 1966-86
    4. Blue Jackal, 1977-80
    5. The Bun: A Tale From Russia, 1972
    6. Cinderella, 1950-83
    7. Crystal Cavern, 1974-75
    8. Dick Whittington and His Cat, 1950-89
    9. Felice, 1958
    10. Flying Carpet, 1956-57
    11. Giselle or the Wilis, 1970
    12. Giselle: A Role of a Lifetime, 1977
    13. Henry Fisherman, 1949
    14. How Hippo!, 1969
    15. Listen to a Shape, Touch Will Tell; Walk with your Eyes, 1979-80
    16. The Little Carousel, 1946-47, 1981, undated
    17. Lotus Seeds: Children's Pictures and Books, 1986-87, undated
    18. Neighbors, 1967-68
    19. Once a Mouse, 1961-83, undated
    20. Peter Piper's Alphabet, 1959
    21. Puss in Boots, 1952-76, undated
    22. Shadow, 1982-84
    23. Shadow, review of filmstrip and cassette
    24. Sing A Song of Popcorn, 1988-89, undated
    25. Skipper John's Cook, 1951, undated
    26. Snow Queen, 1972-79
    27. Steadfast Tin Soldier, 1953, 1971, undated
    28. Stone Soup, 1947-85, undated
    29. Stone Soup (filmstrip), 1979-81
    30. Tamarindo!, 1960-61, undated
    31. Three Billy Goats Gruff, 1957, 1970, 1981
    32. Trail of Courage, 1948
    33. The Wild Swans, 1963-64, 1969, undated
    34. pages from A.L.A. Bulletins, notable children's books 1952, 1962 (Puss in Boots, Once a Mouse)

  2. Clippings [Box 155]
    1. Backbone of the King
    2. The Blue Jackal
    3. Dick Whittington and His Cat (puppet show)
    4. Giselle
    5. Henry Fisherman

  3. Promotional Material [Box 155]
    1. All Butterflies
      1. ad
    2. Anansi The Spider Man
      1. a. radio station contest
    3. Backbone of the King
      1. Scribner's 1966 catalog for Young readers"
    4. Cinderella
      1. ad
    5. Dick Whittington and His Cat
      1. Scribner's 1950 catalog for Young readers
    6. Giselle or the Wilis and Giselle: A Role of a Lifetime
      1. black and white photos of Violette Verdy; one photo of male dancer Igor Youskevitch
      2. promotion pamphlet from Marcel Dekker Inc.
      3. cover for McGraw-Hill Junior Books Catalog, page 7
      4. black and white photos with overlays; deep etched positives (5 items)
      5. photo negatives of Ms. Brown and Ms. Verdy
      6. pamphlet, McGraw-Hill Junior Books flyer from New York City Ballet
      7. letter from Gerry Goldschmidt of Marcel Dekker, Inc. with biographical sketches of Violette Verdy, Ann Sperber, Marcia Brown
      8. flyer from Marcel Dekker, Inc.
    7. Henry Fisherman
      1. Scribner's 1949 catalog for "Books for Young Readers"
    8. Listen to a Shape
      1. newsletter "Watts New! from Franklin Watts" fall 1979 with interviews
    9. The Little Carousel
      1. full page Scribner ad -New York Herald Tribune Weekly Review of Books, November 10, 1946; also appeared in the Saturday Review of Literature, November 9, 1946, vol. 29, #45; Scribner's 1946 catalog for "Books for Younger Readers"
    10. Lotus Seeds
      1. Re: show at Hammond Museum "Lotus Seeds and Dragon Breath"
    11. Of Swans, Sugarplums and Satin Slippers
      1. "Books of Wonder News" October, 1991
    12. Once a Mouse
      1. announcement sheet with cover print; card from The Mary Gould Davis Collection, New York Public Library; photo of Book Display
      2. posters for Adams-Morgan Gallery (5 items) [Box 144]
    13. Puss in Boots
      1. Ad-NY Times, Nov. 16, 1952; Scribner's 1952 catalog for "Books for Younger Readers"
    14. Shadow
      1. Scribner's 1982 catalog for "Books for Young Readers"; copy of "Marcia Brown Speaks of Shadow"
      2. sheets, "News from Charles Scribner's Sons"
      3. Charles Scribner's Sons Spring 1982 catalog (cover by Marcia Brown)
      4. bookmark -1983 Caldecott award winner
    15. The Snow Queen
      1. ad
    16. Stone Soup
      1. Scribner's 1947 catalog for "Books for Young Readers"; ad -NY Times 11/16/47
    17. Tamarindo!
      1. cover
    18. Audio Visual Material
      1. color advertisement for Time-Life Audio's "Tell Me A Story" (Stone Soup)
      2. catalog for Lyceum color-sound filmstrips 1973-74; catalog for Lyceum color-sound filmstrips 1975
    19. Children's Book Council
      1. two pamphlets
    20. General
      1. ad, "Top of the News" october 1960

Marcia J. Brown Papers, 1940-2000

Box and Folder List

Series X: AUDIO VISUAL MATERIALS BY BROWN

  1. CONNECTIONS, Slide Show undated (See Also Series VII: Projects by Brown)
    1. slide carousel (140 slides) [Box 156]
    2. speech [Box 157]

  2. THE CRYSTAL AND THE ROSE: PICTURING FOLK TALES, Slide Show undated (See Also Series VII: Projects by Brown)
    1. manuscript for slide show [Box 157]
    2. slide carousel [Box 156]
    3. speech
      1. index cards [Box 157]
      2. photocopies of index cards on long sheets [Box 156]
    4. lecture [Box 157]
    5. audio tape of lecture [Box 157]

  3. THE CRYSTAL CAVERN, Filmstrip 1974 (See Also Series VII: Projects by Brown)
    1. manuscript for filmstrip [Box 157]
    2. filmstrip [Box 156]
    3. teacher's guide [Box 157] (See also accompanying letter in Correspondence Re: Projects—The Crystal Cavern)

  4. HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, Slide Show undated (See Also Series VII: Projects by Brown)
    1. Manuscript for Film [Box 157]
    2. Notes for Film [Box 157]
    3. Slides [Box 156]

  5. THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF, 1957 [Box 156] (See Also Series VII: Projects by Brown)
    1. sound filmstrip (includes record with accompanying sound track)
    2. filmstrip only
    3. filmstrip text booklet #48 from Westin Woods
    4. record of story tellers telling Three Billy Goats Gruff
    5. videocassette
      1. from book by Asbjornsen & Moe, illustration on cassette box by Marcia Brown

  6. SHADOW, 1982 [Box 156] (See Also Series VII: Projects by Brown)
    1. filmstrip and booklet in hangup bag from Weston Woods
    2. audiocassette
      1. Shadow Caldecott Medal Acceptance Speech Marcia Brown

  7. HOW HIPPO, 1969 [Box 156] (See Also Series VII: Projects by Brown)
    1. filmstrip and cassette from Charles Scribner's Sons

  8. PUSS IN BOOTS [Box 156] (See Also Series VII: Projects by Brown)
    1. Filmstrip: "Famous Author/Illustrator Filmstrips Puss in Boots" by Marcia Brown, filmstrip, cassette, catalog cards, information sheet in hangup bag from Random House Educational Media

  9. CINDERELLA [Box 156] (See Also Series VII: Projects by Brown)
    1. Filmstrip: 2 canisters of filmstrip labeled "Cinderella part 1, part 2" and 4 audiocassettes: handwritten label "100 Cinderella: part one inaudible: ok audible: sp checked 10/18"; "101 Cinderella: part two Automatic: ok 10/17 Manual sp.ch. 10/17"; "Cinderella/Book Version; typed label "Cinderella copy MIX DOWN"; all in plastic bag.

  10. STONE SOUP [Box 156] (See Also Series VII: Projects by Brown)
    1. Filmstrips: 1 in yellow canister; 1 in black canister (2 items)
    2. Filmstrip text booklets: "Stone Soup" and "Stone Soup #7"

  11. CROW BOY [Box 156]
    1. Record: Picture Book Parade
    2. Filmstrip text booklet: "Crow Boy #42" from Weston Woods

  12. ONCE A MOUSE [Box 156] (See Also Series VII: Projects by Brown)
    1. Audiocassette: test cassette

  13. Misc. Audiocassettes [Box 156]
    1. WNYC interview 12/28/74
    2. Andersen -text for filmstrip (not produced)
    3. Andersen A & B

  14. Misc. Audiotape [Box 156]
    1. magnetic recording soundtape with written note "Marcia's Speech to Peggy's Class"
    2. Scotch recording tape labeled "Recorded at 3¾ I.P.S. "Marcia Brown Interview" Hawaii 1964?"
    3. audiotape easy-threading "C-slot" reel labeled "Marcia Brow—Distinction Picture Books NY State Library Convention—Syracuse 1949?"

Marcia J. Brown Papers, 1940-2000

Box and Folder List

Series XI: AUDIO VISUAL MATERIALS BY OTHERS [Box 158]

  1. FILMSTRIPS: a series of boxed filmstrips and cassette tapes from Lyceum Productions, Inc. in yellow boxes with catalog cards (series includes The Crystal Cavern, by Marcia Brown (See VII f. 1).
    1. "America's Leeward Shore: The Outer Banks" by Nancy Roberts, 58 fr. color. 35 mm. and cassette, 11 min.; "The Blue Ridge: America's First Frontier by Nancy Roberts, 64 fr. color. 35 mm. and cassette, 10¾ min.;
    2. "A Kinship with Wild Beavers" (My Forty Years with Beavers: Part 1) by Elizabeth Baldwin Hazelton from material by Dorothy B. Richards. Photographed by Ann Atwood. 60 fr. color. 35 mm. and cassette, 13½ min." A Houseful of Beavers," "My Forty Years of Beavers: Part 2" by Elizabeth Baldwin Hazelton from material by Dorothy B. Richards. Photographed by Ann Atwood. 65 fr. color, 35 mm. and cassette, 14½ min.
    3. "The Kingdom of the Forest" by Ann Atwood, 57 fr. color. 35 mm. and cassette, 12 min., "Trees: an Ancient Kinship" by Ann Atwood, 57 fr. color 35 mm. and cassette, 13 min.; "The Making of a Desert" by Ann Atwood, 49 fr. color, 35 mm. and cassette, 10 min.
    4. "The Wild Young Desert: The Making of a Desert" based on the book The Wild Young Desert by Ann Atwood, 49 fr. color. 35 mm. and cassette, 10 min.; "The Wild Young Desert: Life Conquers the Desert" based on the book The Wild Young Desert by Ann Atwood, 50 fr. color. 35 mm. and cassette, 10 min.
    5. "The Heart of Haiku: the Mood of the Earth" author unknown. Film and cassette but no cataloging cards; "Inscape: the Realm of Haiku" author unknown. Cassette only. (Label on the box is "Haiku: The Hidden Glimmering")
    6. "Haiku: The Hidden Glimmering" based on book My Own Rhythm: An Approach to Haiku 60 fr. color. 35 mm. and cassette, 14½ min.; "The Mood of the Earth: Haiku: A Photographic Interpretation" author unknown, cassette but no cataloging cards.
    7. "Haiku-Vision in Poetry & Photography" written and photographed by Ann Atwood. 59 fr. color. 35 mm. and cassette, 13 min. (Includes Teacher's Guide)

  2. FILMSTRIPS AND CASSETTES IN BAGS
    1. "The Little Circle" by Ann Atwood, filmstrip and cassette and catalog card from Lyceum Productions, Inc.
    2. "Teeka the Otter" by Elizabeth Baldwin Hazelton, photographed by Ann Atwood, filmstrip, cassette and catalog cards from Lyceum Productions, Inc.
    3. "Randolph Caldecott: The Man Behind the Medal" by Lyn Lacy, filmstrip, cassette and booklet in hangup bag from Weston Woods
    4. "Evolution of a Graphic Concept: The Stonecutter" by Gerald McDermott, filmstrip, cassette, booklet in hangup bag from Weston Woods

  3. AUDIOCASSETTE
    1. side 1: "Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions" Caldecott Medal acceptance Speech Leo and Diane Dillon; side 2: "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" Newbery Medal Acceptance Speech Mildred D. Taylor

  4. FILMSTRIP TEXT BOOKLET [Box 156]
    1. filmstrip text booklet, Petunia, #45, from Weston Woods
    2. filmstrip text booklet, Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain #47, from Weston Woods

  5. RECORDS [Box 156]
    1. Record, Petunia, Picture Book Parade
    2. Record, Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain, Picture Book Parade

Marcia J. Brown Papers, 1940-2000

Box and Folder List

Series XII: PUPPET THEATER PUPPETS AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIAL

  1. ANANSI THE SPIDER MAN (See Also Series VII: Projects by Brown)
    1. Scripts and Musical Scores
    2. Puppets
      1. Anansi
      2. Jamaican Girl
      3. Tiger
      4. Monkey
      5. (1-12)Extra Puppet Hands
    3. Costumes
      1. Tiger's Coat
      2. Tiger's Hat
      3. Monkey's Coat
      4. Monkey's Hat
    4. Scenery [Box 62]
      1. Foliage, left front
      2. Foliage, right front
      3. Anansi's Hut
      4. Rum Shop
      5. Outside Girl's Hut
      6. The Forest Road and General Scene [Box 175]
    5. Props
      1. Mouse
      2. Trumpet
      3. Trombone
      4. Flugle horn
      5. Kazoo
      6. Pitcher with lid and bird spout
      7. Square pitcher
      8. Small round pitcher
      9. Copper Bell
      10. 9½" Hoe
      11. 6" Hoe
      12. 5¾" Hoe
      13. Funnel
      14. Jingle Bells
      15. Yellow Straw Hat #1 (1 of 2 identical)
      16. Yellow Straw Hat #2 (2 of 2 identical)
      17. Straw Color Hat # 1 (1 of 2 identical)
      18. Straw Color Hat # 2 (2 of 2 identical)
      19. Flower Straw Hat
      20. Guitar
      21. Banjo
      22. Flowers
      23. Cloth (Unknown Usage

  2. DICK WITTINGTON AND HIS SENSATION CAT (See Also Series VII: Projects by Brown)
    1. Scripts an d musical scores [Box 63]
      1. Script Puppet play in four acts
      2. Music scores
      3. Miscellaneous notes
      4. Graft of Lights, Scenery, Props Characters, and Curtain
      5. Dick Whittington -Lights
      6. Dick Whittington -Lights
      7. Dick Whittington -Lights
      8. Musical Score -Moors
      9. Musical Score -My Dancing Day
      10. Musical Score -Monkey's Dance
    2. Puppets [Box 63]
      1. Young Dick
      2. Big Dick
      3. Alice
      4. Sensation Cat
      5. The King
      6. Fritz
      7. The Captain
      8. The Cook
      9. The Taylor
      10. Queen Fatima
      11. Armed
      12. Monkey 1 [Box 64]
      13. Monkey 2 [Box 64]
    3. Costumes [Box 63]
      1. Alice's Costume
      2. King's Costume
      3. Alice's Veil
    4. Scenery [Box 175]
      1. London Street and Fitzwarren's House
      2. The Sea and Barbay Palace
    5. Props [Box 64]
      1. hest of jewels
      2. Dishes
      3. Money Table
      4. Jam Pot
      5. Handkerchief on stick
      6. Cloth
      7. Bill of lading
      8. Broom
      9. Blue Bowl w/Cloth
      10. Ladle
      11. Cook's Pot
      12. Pallet and Blankets
      13. Bolt of Cloth
      14. Feather Fan
      15. Flower Bouquet Pin
      16. Four Mice
      17. Single Black Mouse
      18. Banquet Table
      19. Whistle
      20. Upside Down Brass Bowl
      21. Dick's Ship
      22. Dick's Flag w/Emblem

  3. PUSS IN BOOTS (See Also Series VII: Projects by Brown)
    1. Scripts and Musical Scores [Box 66]
      1. Script 1
      2. Script 2
      3. Script 3
      4. Narration Between Scenes
      5. Script for on the Carousel (copy)
      6. Script for on the Carousel (copy 2)
      7. Summery of Acts
      8. Lights
      9. Music Score
      10. Miscellaneous Scrip Pages
    2. Puppets [Box 65] (Click here to see a sample image from this project)
      1. Puss
      2. Miller's Son (youth)
      3. Marquis (Miller's Son)
      4. Fleurette
      5. The King
      6. Armand
      7. The Mower
      8. The Lion
      9. The Ogre
      10. The Monkey
    3. Costumes [Box 65]
      1. Puss's Boots
      2. Puss's Hat
      3. Puss's Cape
      4. Puss's Sword
      5. Puss's Old Sword [Box 66]
      6. Miller's Son's Hat
      7. Marquis Hat
      8. Fleurette's Fan
      9. King's Hat
      10. Monkey's Parasol
    4. Scenery [Box 66]
      1. Mill
      2. Reed's
      3. Bushes
      4. Wheat 1
      5. Wheat 2
      6. Title Drop
      7. Interior Kings Castle and River Scene [Box 175]
      8. Outside and Inside of Ogre's Castle [Box 175]
      9. Blue Curtain in King's Palace [Box 175]
      10. Red Curtain in King's Palace [Box 175]
    5. Props [Box 66]
      1. Coach
      2. Flag for Puss
      3. Feast Table
      4. Gate House
      5. Live Rabbit
      6. Bat
      7. Hand Mouse
      8. Golden Tree
      9. Rich bundle of Clothes
      10. Poor Bundle of Clothes
      11. Sack
      12. Dead Rabbit
      13. Dead Partridges
      14. Stone
      15. Frog Clicker
      16. King's Flute
      17. Whip

  4. Tom Tit Tot
    1. Scripts [Box 67]
      1. Script 1
      2. Script 2
    2. Puppets [Box 67]
      1. Tom Tit Tot
      2. Darter's Mother
      3. Darter
      4. The King
    3. Costumes
      1. Darter's Apron & Scarf [Box 67]
      2. Darter's Fancy Dress
      3. Darter's Crown
    4. The Scenery [Box 67]
      1. Fireplace in Country Kitchen
      2. Door of Country Cottage
      3. Dungeon Door
      4. Dungeon Window
      5. Country Cottage (England)/Dungeon [Box 175]
    5. The Props [Box 67]
      1. Spinning Wheel
      2. Stool
      3. Table
      4. Small Table
      5. Bundle of Flax
      6. Straw Basket w/Cloth
      7. Five Skeins
      8. Key
      9. Tray with Dishes
      10. Pie in Tin
        1. Pie in Tin 1/5
        2. Pie in Tin 2/5
        3. Pie in Tin 3/5
        4. Pie in Tin 4/5
        5. Pie in Tin 5/5
      11. Pie Tins
        1. Pie Tins 1/5
        2. Pie Tins 2/5
        3. Pie Tins 3/5
        4. Pie Tins 4/5
        5. Pie Tins 5/5
      12. Mother's Straw Hat

  5. Miscellaneous Puppet Theater
    1. Scripts and Musical Scores
    2. Puppets
      1. Woman Puppet [Box 173]
      2. Clown Puppet [Box 173]
      3. Green Man Puppet [Box 173]
      4. Cardboard Puppets (5 items)[Box 173]
      5. Extra Puppet Hands (12 items)[Box 62]
    3. Costumes
      1. Fabric for the puppets
    4. Scenery [Box 173]
      1. Small Cardboard set
      2. Small Cardboard set with Fire Place
      3. Small Cardboard set with Couch
      4. Small Cardboard set with Archways
      5. Small Cardboard set "Palace Ball"
      6. Back Drops for Small Sets (2 items)
      7. (1 & 2) Two Chinese Scenes [Box 62]
      8. (1 & 2) Two Plain Green Backdrops [Box 62]
      9. Plain White Backdrop [Box 62]
    5. Props
      1. small cardboard props (2 items)
        1. chandelier

        2. coach

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  6. Puppet Theater Parts
    1. Curtains
      1. puppet theater curtains
    2. Lights
      1. light bulbs for theater (28 items)
      2. extra light bulbs for theater (10)
      3. light on a clip fixture
      4. light board
    3. Theater Parts and Hardware
      1. silver metal box containing hardware to put theater together; feathers; and 1 Louis Sherry Box with trimmings
      2. red metal box with miscellaneous hardware
      3. petit beurre box with misc. puppet theater tools
      4. green wood strip 48" long
      5. 10 light unit
      6. green wood strip with snaps 49 x 2
      7. green wood strip 48 x 7
      8. green wood strip with 2 flaps 42 x 6
      9. green wood strip 48 x 6 with 2 flaps
      10. green wood strip 48 x 1¾ with curtain rod
      11. green wood strip 48 x ¾ with shade roller holders
      12. 13 light unit 45 x 13
      13. green painted pole 47 L
      14. green wood strip 48 x 2 with attached 4 x 48 green canvas cloth
      15. empty shade holder
      16. unpainted wood strips 32" for weighing scenes (3 items)
      17. grouping of wires
      18. green silk curtain on brass rods 47½
      19. bottom "bones" of theater
      20. top "bones" of theater

Marcia J. Brown Papers, 1940-2000

Box and Folder List

Series XIII: HELEN MASTEN PAPERS

  1. Personal/Biographical/Professional Material [Box 159]
    1. draft of review of Illustrators of Children's Books: 1744-45 by Helen Masten published in Saturday Review
    2. "Give Me A Sailor," Branch Library Book News, vol. 23, no. 2, (The New York Public Library, February 1946)

  2. Correspondence [Box 159]
    1. Select, 1934-84
      1. Laura Beuet, 1956-58 (2 items)
      2. Margery Bianco, 1934-40 (2 items)
      3. Pamela Bianco, 1935-80 (10 items)
      4. Robert Burch, 1966-73, undated (4 items)
      5. James Daugherty, 1971, undated, includes photocopy of review of gallery show, 1983 (3 items)
      6. Ruth Durand, 1940-56, undated (5 items)
      7. Roger Duvoisin, 1968 (1 item)
      8. Marie Ets, 1950-72 (3 items)
      9. Dorothy P. Lathrop, includes 2 printed cards made by artist, 1930-64 (5 items)
      10. Katherine Milhous, 1948 (1 item)
      11. Bertha M. Miller, 1947-59 (3 items)
      12. Anne Carroll Moore
        1. 1927-40 (9 items)
        2. 1941-47 (15 items)
        3. 1948-58 (16 items)
        4. undated (7 items)
        5. [Nicholas Knickerbocker, 1931-32, undated (5 items)
      13. Glen Rounds, 1984 (1 item)
      14. Frances Clarke Sayers, includes photo, 1961-73 (4 items)
      15. Violette Verdy, 1977 (1 item)
    2. General Correspondence [Box 159]
      1. Letters re: review of Illustrators of Children's Books: 1744-45 (3 items)
      2. Anne Parish, Janet ?, Remy Charlip, Edward G. Freehafer, Babette Deutsch, Valenti Angelo, Jean Charlot, Euann Furjean, F. Louise Thomas, Joseph Cornell (10 items)

  3. General Material [Box 159]
    1. visiting cards, cards, poster, invitation to exhibit, Listing of Ms. Masten as member of Juvenile Book Selection for Ambassador of Honor Awards
    2. photographs: [Marcia Brown at New York Public Library?; storytelling-NYPL-Children's Room c1947 [Marcia Brown]; Maria Cimino Story Hour -NYPL; Party on the Rochambeau bound for France Kit, Lucille & I in picture; NYCT, Albany '40 Lion Staff, Humor Magazine; Claire Huchet (Bishop) taken in Paris; Regina Woody or Claire Bishop?; 5 unidentified with undated (12 items)
    3. material related to Marcia Brown winning the Regina Medal

  4. Material Related to Marcia Brown Projects [Box 159]
    1. The Little Carousel 1946: review
    2. Skipper John's Cook 1951: envelope made out of sketch paper, reviews
    3. Puss in Boots 1952: review
    4. Cinderella, or the Glass Slipper 1954: reviews, articles
    5. Cinderella, or the Glass Slipper 1954: dummy for the Caldecott Dinner Favors
    6. The Flying Carpet 1956 (letter from Alice Dalgliesh)
    7. Tamarindo! 1960: review
    8. Once a Mouse 1961: review
    9. The Blue Jackal 1977: reviews
    10. Shadow 1982: article, reviews and promotional material
    11. The Glass Slipper undated: copy of playbill
    12. Hans Christian Andersen undated: postcard and magazine pictures
  5. Gifts: Original Artwork by Marcia Brown [Box 160]
    1. "monotype" from The Steadfast Tin Soldier, handpainted in color
    2. watercolor sketches (still life plate on table, blue coat) (2 items)
    3. cards: "To Anne Caraway..." donkey; "Happy Birthday to Helen..." raccoon; "Happy New Year..." chinese characters; "For Helen Masten Christmas 1945..." hand-made accordion card of party in castle seen through doors [based on Cinderella?] (3 items)
    4. small (2 7/8" x 2¼") hand made book with envelope with note "memento of a trip to Mexico, 1946 guest of Jean and Zorach [?] Charlot given to Helen Masten, ill in hospital with pneumonia"
  6. Gifts, Original Artwork by Others [Box 160]
    1. Pamela Bianco: 4 cards
    2. Addison Burbank: pencil drawing of boy
    3. James Daugherty: Christmas Card
    4. Glen Rounds: Christmas Card 1966 with note "original drawing from Wild Orphan
    5. hand colored book signed by Maurice Sendak—gift from Robert Brooks of Capricorn Press, card envelope and gift tag (all in separate acid free envelope) (3 items)
    6. gifts from Joseph Cornell: reprint of "Tom Thumb's Play-book," and small commemorative booklet "Maria" re Maria Malibran-Garcia [opera singer?]; gift from Frederic Mulcher 5/4/45, reprint of "Mother Goose's Melody: or sonnets for the cradle in two parts"
    7. Glen Rounds: large (19 x 24½) brush and ink drawing of owl with mouse [Box 153]

Marcia J. Brown Papers, 1940-2000

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Series XV: Duplicates [Box 162]

  1. Biographical Sketches
    1. two-sided printed biographical sketch
  2. Dick Whittington and His Cat
    1. yellow separation prints done in black (9 items)
    2. black separation prints (57 items)
    3. colored trial prints (24 items)
  3. Cinderella
    1. Caldecott dinner favors
  4. Anansi The Spider Man
    1. proof sheets, pages 48-49

Marcia J. Brown Papers, 1940-2000

Box and Folder List

Series XV: Marcia Brown's Library

  1. Books and Magazines donated by Marcia Brown
    1. Books and magazines written or illustrated by Marcia Brown

    Andersen, Hans Christian. Steadfast Tin Soldier. New York: Scribner's, 1953. (2 copies)

    ———. Steadfast Tin Soldier

    ———. The Wild Swans. New York: Scribner's, 1963. 2 copies.

    Asbjornsen, P.C. and J. E. Moore. Three Billy Goats Gruff. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1957.

    ———. Three Billy Goats Gruff. Japanese. Tokyo: Fukuinkan-Shoten, 1965.

    ———. Three Billy Goats Gruff. Afrikaans. Oranjezicht:Anansi-Uitgewers, 1993. (2 copies)

    ———. Three Billy Goats Gruff. Xhosa (Bantu language of Africa). Oranjezicht: Anansi Publishers, 1993.

    Brown, Marcia. All Butterflies. New York: Scribner's, 1974.

    ———. Backbone of the King. New York: Scribner's, 1966.

    ———. Backbone of the King. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press Edition, 1984.

    ———. The Blue Jackal. New York: Scribner's, 1977.

    ———. The Bun. New York: Harcourt Brace Jananovich, Inc., 1972.

    ———. The Bun. Japanese. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1976. (2 copies)

    ———. Dick Whittington and his Cat. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1950

    ———. Dick Whittington and his Cat. Afrikaans. Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau, 1968. (2 copies)

    ———. Felice. New York: Scribner's, 1958.

    ———. Felice. Book with record (Talking Storybook), New York: Scribner's, 1958.

    ———. Felice. Japanese. Tokyo: Tuttle-Mori Agency, Inc., 1988. (2 copies)

    ———. The Flying Carpet. New York: Scribner's, 1956. (2 copies)

    ———. Henry Fisherman. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1949.

    ———. Listen to a Shape. New York: Franklin Watts, 1979.

    ———. The Little Carousel. New York: Scribner's, 1946.

    ———. The Neighbors. New York: Scribner's, 1967.

    ———. Once a Mouse. New York: Scribner's, 1961.

    ———. Skipper John's Cook. New York: Scribner's, 1951.

    ———. The Steadfast Tin Soldier. New York: Scribner's, 1953. (2 copies)

    ———. The Steadfast Tin Soldier. Japanese; combined with Puss in Boots.

    ———. Stone Soup. English. New York: Scribner's, 1947. (2 copies)

    ———. Stone Soup. Afrikaans. Mandini: Qalitas Uitgewers, 1975.

    1. Books and magazines by others Aardema, Verna. How the Ostrich Got Its Long Neck. Scholastic, New York, 1995. (Book Supplied by Collection Processors)


    Adams, Ansel. An Introduction to Hawaii. Text by Edward Joesting. San Francisco: Five Associates, 1964.

    The Advocate. (periodical) Vol. 1, no. 3, Spring 1982.

    Aesop. Twelve Fables of Aesop. Narrated by Glenway Westcott and illustrated by Antonio Frasconi. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1954.

    ———. Den lille Aesop. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1945.

    ———. Fables of Aesop. According to Sir Roger L'Estrange. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1931.

    AIGA Journal. (periodical) vol. III, no. 2

    Album de Animales Mexicanos. Illustrated by Gabriel Fernandez Ledesma. Mexico: Ediciones de la Secretaria de Educacion, 1944.

    American Library Association. Notable Children's Books 1940-70. Chicago: American Library Association, 1977.

    Andersen, Hans Christian. The Little Mermaid, The Little Match Girl and The Wild Swans. undated (Japanese Edition)

    ———. Fairy Tales and Legends by Hans Christian Andersen. London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1935. (Enclosures)

    ———. (Translated by Mary Howitt) The Improvisatore. New York: Hard & Houghton, 1870.

    ———. The Little Mermaid. 1951.

    ———. The Snow Queen. Miller Brody Publications, 1975. (Read by Eva Le Galliene, Part I & Part II)

    ———. Six Fairy Tales. Translated by Jean Hersholt and illustrated by Vilhelm Pedersen. Copenhagen: Det Berlingske Bogtrykkeri, 1955. (2 copies)

    ———. Kate Greenaway's Original Drawings for The Snow Queen.

    ———. Andersen's Tales for Children. London: George Bell & Sons, 1883.

    ———. The Complete Fairy Tales & Stories of Hans Christian Andersen. New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1974. (Translated by Erik Christian Haugaard)

    ———. Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen. New York: Crown Publishers Inc., [1975?].

    ———. Hans Andersen Forty-Two Stories. London: Faber & Faber, 1971.

    ———. H.C. Andersen Eventyr OG Historier. Odense: Flensteds Forlag, 1961.

    ———. Hans Andersen Fairy Tales. London: Frederick Warne & Co. undated (Translated by Mrs. H.B. Paul)

    ———. Hans Christian Andersen: The Fairy Tale of My Life. New York: British Book Centre Inc., 1951

    L'Art Du Livre. New York: Le Studio LTD., [1914?].

    Atwood, Ann and Erica Anderson. For All That Lives. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975.

    Atwood, Ann. Fly with the Wind, Flow with the Water. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979.

    ———. The Little Circle. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967.

    ———. Haiku: The Mood of Earth. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. (2 copies)

  2. Books and Magazines owned by Helen Masten, donated by Marcia Brown
    1. Books written or illustrated by Marcia Brown
    2. Books and Magazines written by others


    Aldin, Cecil. An Artist's Models. London: H.F. & G. Witherby, undated This is number 288 of a signed edition series of 310 copies.

    Andersen, Hans Christian. Fairy Tales. New York: Charles scribner's Sons, 1869. With case.

    Contemporary American Illustrators of Children's Books. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Art Gallery, 1974.

    Dick Whittington and his Cat. New York: Holiday House, 1937.

    14 Jamaican Short Stories. Kingston, Jamaica: Pioneer Press, 1950.

    Horn Book Magazine. Volume XXV, number 5, September-October 1949.

    Horn Book Magazine. Volume XXXVII, number 2, April 1961.

    Horn Book Magazine. Volume XL, number 5, October 1964.

    Ishii, Momoko. Seven Years of My Little History. Japanese. The Children's Libraries (?), 1965 (?).

    ———. Folk Toys of Japan. Color Books. (With accompanying card "To Helen With warmest greetings! Momoko.")

    Lane, Margaret. Hill Top Sawrey. London: The National Trust, 1947. (14 page booklet in color)

    Lebedeff, Jean. Perrault: Histoires Ou Contes Du Temps Passe. Paris: A. Tallone, 1950. Hand printed with case.

    Mother Shipton's Legacy or, A Favorite Fortune-Book, to which is given, a pleasing interpretation of Dreams: and a collection of Prophetic Verfes, Moral and Entertaining. York: Wilson, Spence, & Mawman, 1797.

    Nisizawa, Tekiho. Japanese Folk Toys. Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, 1939.

    Radlov, N. Rasskazy v kartinkakh. Leningrad, 1972.

    Reed, Henry Hope. The New York Public Library: Its Architecture and Decoration. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1986.

    Sackville-West, V. Nursery Rhymes. London: Dropmore Press, undated This is number 327 of a numbered series of 550 copies.

    Shepard, Ernest H. Drawn From Memory. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1957.

    Shishido, Misako. The Folk Toys of Japan. Tokyo: Japan Publications Trading Company, 1963.

    Spink, Reginald. Hans Christian Andersen and his World. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1972.

    Tolstoy, L. N. Rasskazy. Illustrated by V. Fëdotava. Moscow, 1973.

    Vildrac, Charles. Rose Island. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., Inc., 1957.

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