Newell, Peter, 1862-1924
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1862 - 1924
Biography
Peter Newell (1862-1924), American artist and writer.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Peter Newell collection
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 63
Abstract:
The collection contains 73 drawings by illustrator Peter Newell which were acquired by the library, either by purchase or gift, primarily through funds left to the library by Newell's grandson Alfred Z. Baker (1907-1987). They include illustrations created for the Harper and Brothers firm and their periodicals Harper's Weekly, Harper's Monthly, and Harper's Bazar; illustrations created for other publishers; examples of Newell's personal artwork, such as a self-portrait and portraits of his...
Dates:
1878-circa 1920
Peter Newell family papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 62
Abstract:
The Peter Newell Family Papers consists of correspondence, manuscripts, printed material, photographs, drawings, paintings, prints, toys, and sculpture by or relating to Peter Newell and his family, including his sons-in-law Howard McCormick and Alfred Z. Baker. Correspondence files contain letters from artists, writers, and editors of the period; family in Kansas, Illinois, New Jersey; Clendenon Sheaf Newell at Cornell University; as well as family friends Frances Sage Bradley, Walter Karig...
Dates:
1840-1986, bulk 1884-1950
Betsy Beinecke Shirley collection of American children's literature
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 764
Abstract:
Collection consists of manuscripts (correspondence and drafts of writings), illustration material (drawings in all media, photographs, book dummies, and printing blocks and plates), and publication proofs by various authors and artists including Louisa May Alcott, Alexander Anderson, Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel, Gelett Burgess, Harrison Cady, Palmer Cox, F. O. C. Darley, W. W. Denslow, Jo Mora, Peter Newell, and Symeon Shimin, as well as work produced for the McLoughlin Brothers...
Dates:
1640-2001