Petersham, Maud Fuller, 1890-1971

Born September 20, 1888 in Hungary, Miska Petersham came to the U.S. in 1912. He met Maud Fuller (born August 5, 1890) when both were working for the advertising agency International Art Service in New York, and they were married in 1917. Their first book was published in 1929, and they went on to have lengthy careers as authors and illustrators of children's books. They won the Caldecott Medal in 1946 for The Rooster Crows: A Book of Children's Rhymes and Jingles . Miska Petersham died May 15, 1960. Maud Petersham died November 29, 1971.

From the guide to the Maud and Miska Petersham illustrations, 1930-1958, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries)

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