Illustrations (layout features)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pictures or diagrams that clarify or provide an example or visualization. They usually accompany a text; the term is most often used to refer to pictures in books or published journal. For works that explore a subject or are preliminary to a separate, more finalized work, use "studies (visual works)." For paintings in manuscripts, use "illuminations" or "miniatures (paintings)."
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Lois and Louis Darling papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 644
Overview:
The Lois and Louis Darling Papers consist of writings, correspondence, artwork, galley proofs, mock-ups, printed material, and other papers relating to the professional lives of Lois and Louis Darling. Material relates to the Darlings' collaborative and individual publications, including Greenhead (William Morrow, 1954); The Gull's Way (William Morrow,1965); The Sea Serpents Around Us: A Complete Guide to Sea Serpentology (Little Brown, 1965); A Place in the Sun: Ecology and the Living World...
Dates:
1954-1986
Edgar Parin and Ingri D'Aulaire Papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 874
Overview:
The collection consists of art work, writings, notes and research papers, correspondence, printed material, motion picture film, art supplies, photographs and other related papers, documenting the D'Aulaires' creative process and collaborative work as authors and illustrators of children's books.
Dates:
circa 1909-1985
Stephen Longstreet papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 262
Overview:
The Stephen Longstreet Collection consists of four types of material: a heavily illustrated typescript of an undated and unpublished book project; 130 drawings in various formats and media; seven collages; and a small group of ephemeral items. The focus of the collection is Longstreet's observation of jazz culture, particularly as it engaged African Americans. He lived in cities on all three American coasts, as well as major cities in Europe, where he recorded scenes and people in local clubs,...
Dates:
1925-1990
George Barr McCutcheon collection
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 667
Overview:
The George Barr McCutcheon collection contains writings and other papers relating to the popular early Twentieth-century American novelist and playwright. There are drafts and proofs for a variety of writings, including novels, plays, and articles, dating from roughly 1900 to 1925. The collection features drafts and proofs for several of McCutcheon's novels, ranging from the early Castle Craneycrow (1902) to the penultimate Graustark story, East of the Setting Sun (1925). Other materials...
Dates:
1876-1928
Peter Newell collection
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 63
Overview:
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 wife...
Dates:
1878-circa 1920
Robert Osborn Papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 938
Overview:
The Robert Osborn Papers contain drawings, paintings, posters, correspondence, collages, printed material, clippings, a sketch notebook, a wooden plate, and dolls. Drawings include drawings of Don Quijote, Charlie Chaplin, and drawings for several publications.
Dates:
1929-1994, bulk 1949-1994
Joseph W. and Kit Reed Papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 843
Overview:
The Joseph W. and Kit Reed Papers contain correpondence, writings by Joseph and Kit Reed and others, notes and research papers, personal and professional papers, financial papers, photographs, artwork, printed material, audiocassettes and videocassettes, scrapbooks, and computer disks. The papers document their personal and professional lives and artistic endeavors.
Dates:
1905-2015, bulk 1950-2008
Miriam Schlein papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 621
Overview:
The collection consists primarily of writings, including drafts and manuscripts, and research material, as well as correspondence, clippings, printed material, photographs, slides, phonographic records and other material. The collection documents Miriam Schlein's career as a children's author and her process of researching and writing books on natural history and related topics.
Dates:
1940-2009
Harvey Weiss papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 992
Overview:
The collection consists primarily of artwork and storyboards for books authored and illustrated by Harvey Weiss, as well as correspondence, clippings, printed material, photographs and other material relating to various book projects and several illustrated journals. The collection documents Harvey Weiss's career as a children's illustrator and author, and his process of researching, writing and illustrating books.
Dates:
circa 1955-2007