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Mays, Victor, 1927-. Captured by the Mohawks, and : other adventures of Radisson : production material, ca. 1960.

Title: Captured by the Mohawks, and : other adventures of Radisson : production material, ca. 1960.

Tempera illustration for jacket, pencil illustrations on acetate each with a watercolor separation on illustration board, ink and wash illustrations on boards, pencil illustration on acetate, maps in ink on acetate with a watercolor separation on illustration board. Based on the autobiographical "Voyages," this is a biography of Pierre Esprit Radisson, from his capture at age 16 by the Mohawks, his adventures as a French Canadian voyageur, missions to the royal courts of England and France, and the founding of the Hudson's Bay Company.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 61 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62373539 View

Mays, Victor, 1927-. Devil to pay : production material, ca. 1973.

Title: Devil to pay : production material, ca. 1973.

Watercolor studies for jacket.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62495161 View

Mays, Victor, 1927-. Yankee Doodle boy : a young soldier's adventures in the American Revolution : production material, ca. 1964.

Title: Yankee Doodle boy : a young soldier's adventures in the American Revolution : production material, ca. 1964.

Ink illustrations, maps in ink. In 1776 a 15-year-old Connecticut farmboy enlisted in a revolutionary regiment. He served seven years in the Continentals and saw action in little skirmishes and in many of the major campaigns. Back home, Joseph Martin wrote a forthright, colorful, and often humorous account of his experiences, here edited for young adult readers.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 17 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62444503 View

Mays, Victor, 1927-. Meet George Washington : production material, ca. 1964.

Title: Meet George Washington : production material, ca. 1964.

Pencil illustrations on acetate with separation in watercolor on illustration board, map in pencil with separation in watercolor on illustration board and separation of lettering on acetate. Highlights the life of the first President, known as the Father of his Country.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 49 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62681110 View

Mays, Victor, 1927-. A sound of trumpets : production material, ca. 1966.

Title: A sound of trumpets : production material, ca. 1966.

Jacket illustration in tempera with separations on Bourges sheets, proof of illustration with text layout. In 1885, the death of the Laird on the Isle of Skye was a disaster for the crofters, because the harsh, former Factor was reinstated as manager. Alasdair Stewart is drawn into the conflict until his only choice is between out-lawry and exile to America to find justice and freedom.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62373548 View

Mays, Victor, 1927-. No more tomorrow : production material, ca. 1971.

Title: No more tomorrow : production material, ca. 1971.

Jacket studies in watercolor. A faithful dog accompanies his old master on travels through the Australian outback.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62444499 View

Mays, Victor, 1927-. When the city stopped : production material, ca. 1978.

Title: When the city stopped : production material, ca. 1978.

Watercolor illustrations for jacket, proof for jacket with separation, book jacket. When a series of strikes and labor disputes immobilize the Australian city where they live, a young boy and his sister join their cleaning lady and her crippled husband and try to make their way out of an increasingly hostile environment.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62451984 View

Mays, Victor, 1927-. The voyage begun : production material, ca. 1981.

Title: The voyage begun : production material, ca. 1981.

Watercolor illustration with separation for jacket, ink illustrations, study for jacket with separations, book jacket. Living in the not-so-distant future when the energy supply has been almost depleted, a teenage boy explores the deserted colonies near his father's Cape Cod research station and begins to understand the long-term effects of recent climate and weather changes and environmental pollution on the land and the people.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 9 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62444502 View

Mays, Victor, 1927-. Phillis Wheatley, America's first black poetess : production material, ca. 1971.

Title: Phillis Wheatley, America's first black poetess : production material, ca. 1971.

Ink and pencil sketch, pencil sketches, scratchboard sketches. Follows the life of one of America's first black poets from her sale as a child slave on the Boston auction block to her death as an impoverished freedwoman in 1784.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 7 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62444501 View

Mays, Victor, 1927-. Meet the men who sailed the seas : production material, ca. 1966.

Title: Meet the men who sailed the seas : production material, ca. 1966.

Pencil illustrations on acetate with watercolor separation on illustration board, map in ink with separation in watercolor on illustration board. Stories of famous sailors such as Magellan, Marco Polo, Drake, and Columbus, who found new routes and lands in unknown waters.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 60 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62373542 View

Mays, Victor, 1927-. Operation Arctic : production material, ca. 1973.

Title: Operation Arctic : production material, ca. 1973.

Ink and pencil study for jacket, watercolor study for jacket. Stranded alone in a trapper's cabin on an arctic island, three children struggle for survival, hoping their whereabouts will be discovered before the arctic winter closed in completely.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 2 items.

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Mays, Victor, 1927-. Whitney Young, Jr., crusader for equality : production material, ca. 1972.

Title: Whitney Young, Jr., crusader for equality : production material, ca. 1972.

Pencil studies. A brief biography of the black crusader for civil rights who for many years was head of the National Urban League.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 10 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62681113 View

Mays, Victor, 1927-. Country of broken stone : production material, ca. 1980.

Title: Country of broken stone : production material, ca. 1980.

Watercolor illustration for jacket with separations, watercolor study for jacket, sheets of proof for jacket, pencil and watercolor study. From the moment that she and her newly-formed family arrive at the isolated old stone house in the north of England, 14-year-old Penelope has a sense of foreboding that is borne out by the events of the following summer.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 13 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62495160 View

Mays, Victor, 1927-. Guns in the heather : production material, ca. 1963.

Title: Guns in the heather : production material, ca. 1963.

Jacket illustration done in scratchboard. In this fast-moving tale of international espionage, Jonathan Flower is lured by a false telegram from the school he is attending in Edinburgh. With his father, he becomes involved in a grim hunt in which they are stalked by a ruthless band of foreign agents.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62373540 View

Mays, Victor, 1927-. Moving west on 122 : a novel : production material, ca. 1970.

Title: Moving west on 122 : a novel : production material, ca. 1970.

Jacket studies in pencil and colored pencil. After he is arrested at a demonstration, a young State trooper cadet has to decide what sort of policeman he is going to be.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 2 items.

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Mays, Victor, 1927-. Jacqueline Cochran, first lady of flight : production material, ca. 1973.

Title: Jacqueline Cochran, first lady of flight : production material, ca. 1973.

Charcoal and watercolor studies. A biography of the woman pilot who organized and commanded the Women's Airforce Service Pilots during World War II and became the first civilian woman to receive the Distinguished Service Medal.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 16 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62451978 View

Mays, Victor, 1927-. Papers, 1953-1977 (bulk: 1953-1970).

Title: Papers, 1953-1977 (bulk: 1953-1970).

Correspondence, promotional material, sketches and/or illustrations, color separations, negatives, and typescripts. For twenty-one titles, Action starboard (1956); The battle for Quebec (1965); The Battle of Lake Erie (1960); A blow for liberty (1965); Dead reckoning (1967); Fast iron (1953); The first steamboat on the Mississippi (1962); Flatboat days on frontier rivers (1968); Grandma Moses (1969); Great days of whaling (1958); Lumberjacks of the north woods (1967); Mark Twain and the river (1961); Martin Luther King, Jr. (1969); Meet Christopher Columbus (1968); Pirate rock (1969); The sly one (1966); Ticonderoga (1959); Under the pirate flag (1965); Washington and the revolution (1959); Wells Fargo (1961); Will Rogers (1970); and Yankee doodle boy (1964), the Collection holds sketches and/or illustrations. The Collection includes color separations for The Battle of Lake Erie; Mark Twain and the river; Meet Christopher Columbus; Washington and the revolution; and Wells Fargo. There are negatives for The Battle of Lake Erie and The first steamboat on the Mississippi. The Collection also includes typescripts for Dead reckoning. Finally, the Collection holds some unidentified sketches for books.

ArchivalResource: 5.40 cu. ft. (10 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26753673 View

Mays, Victor, 1927-. Rachel Carson, who loved the sea : production material, ca. 1973.

Title: Rachel Carson, who loved the sea : production material, ca. 1973.

Charcoal and watercolor study for jacket, charcoal and watercolor studies. A biography of the marine biologist and nature writer well-known for her campaign against the careless use of chemicals.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 13 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62495164 View

Mays, Victor, 1927-. Journey behind the wind : production material, ca. 1981.

Title: Journey behind the wind : production material, ca. 1981.

Watercolor illustration for jacket with separation, photocopy of jacket illustration with separation and text proof paste-up, book jacket. Once again, Wirrun the young Australian Aborigine is called to free his land from an alien red-eyed thing whose master steals men's spirits, though he is sidetracked when his wife is reclaimed by her water-spirit sisters.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62451979 View

Mays, Victor, 1927-. When men first flew : production material, ca. 1969.

Title: When men first flew : production material, ca. 1969.

Pencil sketches. Traces the history of the airplane from its first flight at Kitty Hawk through its use in World War I as it developed into an important means of transportation, a weapon of war, and an object of sport.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 20 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62495165 View

Mays, Victor, 1927-. A blow for liberty : production material, ca. 1965.

Title: A blow for liberty : production material, ca. 1965.

Ink illustrations, a map (illustration) done in ink. Sixteen-year-old Jed Starbuck of Nantucket joins the crew of an American privateer schooner, The True Patriot, to fight the British at sea during the Revolutionary War.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62373538 View

Mays, Victor, 1927-. Home is over the mountains : the journey of five black children : production material, ca. 1972.

Title: Home is over the mountains : the journey of five black children : production material, ca. 1972.

Pencil sketch for jacket, watercolor studies for jacket, tempera studies with separation, charcoal and watercolor study, pencil sketches. The author recounts the events of his journey with four brothers and sisters from Mississippi to Tennessee to rejoin their parents who had fled from an angry white man.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 31 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62495162 View

Mays, Victor, 1927-. Sojourner Truth, fearless crusader : production material, ca. 1972.

Title: Sojourner Truth, fearless crusader : production material, ca. 1972.

Pencil sketches, illustration proof. A brief biography of the northern slave who became the first black woman to give antislavery lectures in the United States.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 16 items.

https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/4/archival_objects/572260 View

Mays, Victor, 1927-. The kite that won the Revolution : production material, ca. 1963.

Title: The kite that won the Revolution : production material, ca. 1963.

Ink illustrations. Benjamin Franklin's study of electricity led to his invention of the lightning rod, which helped establish his name in Europe as well as in the North American Colonies. When the Colonies needed France's help to gain independence, Franklin's scientific reputation, his skill as a diplomat, and his popularity with the French aristocracy secured the alliance needed to defeat the British.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 8 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62681109 View

Mays, Victor, 1927-. Papers, 1960-1981.

Title: Papers, 1960-1981.

The collection contains production material, consisting of illustrative material only, for twenty-three titles published between 1960 and 1981. Illustrative materials include illustrations done in a variety of media including some with separations, sketches and studies done in a variety of media, illustrations done for maps, proofs, and book jackets. The collection also contains some miscellaneous art work consisting of pencil sketches done for some Basic Readers published by the Open Court Publishing Company in 1970 and 1971.

ArchivalResource: Ca. 1.1 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62495159 View