Lathrop, Dorothy Pulis, 1891-1980

American illustrator and author of children's books; won the first Caldecott Medal for Animals of the Bible in 1938.

From the description of An angel in the woods : production material, [1947?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79893194

From the description of The three Mulla-mulgars : production material, [1919?]. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62451414

From the description of The grateful elephant : and other stories translated from the Pali : production material, [1923?]. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62443656

From the description of Hitty, her first hundred years : production material, [1929?]. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62494545

From the description of Papers, 1919-1963 (bulk 1919-1954). (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62494544

From the description of Puffy and the seven leaf clover : production material, [1954?]. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62680570

From the description of An angel in the woods : production material, [1947?]. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62406003

Dorothy Pulis Lathrop was born April 16, 1891 in Albany, New York. She graduated from the Teacher's College at Columbia University and studied illustration at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Art Students League. She taught high school for several years and in 1919 illustrated her first books, Japanese Prints by John Gould Fletcher, and Three Mulla-Mulgars, a children's book by Walter De la Mare. She always emphasized the importance of loving what you draw and throughout her long career illustrated many books for children, mostly about one of her favorite subjects, animals. In 1938 she received the first Caldecott Medal for Animals of the Bible by Helen Dean Fish. Dorothy Pulis Lathrop also illustrated the 1930 Newbery Award winner Hitty, Her First Hundred Years (1929) by Rachel Field. During her prolific career she illustrated several of her own works, beginning with The Fairy Circus in 1931. She continued to write and illustrate children's books until the 1960s. Dorothy Pulis Lathrop died on December 30, 1980 in Falls Village, CT.Biographical Sources:Something About the Author vol. 14, pp. 116-120.Something About the Author vol. 24, p. 140.

From the description of Dorothy Lathrop Papers 1919-1963. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 428024760

Dorothy Lathrop, a prominent illustrator of children's books, was born in Albany, NY. in 1891 and was trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. In 1938 Lathrop was awared the first Caldecott Award for her illustrations in Animals of the Bible. She was known for the accuracy of her drawings for books about animals and nature. Lathrop died in Falls Village, Conn. in 1981.

From the description of De la Mare Book illustrations, 1922-1931. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122582586

Epithet: author and illustrator

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000544.0x000039

Dorothy Pulis Lathrop was born April 16, 1891 in Albany, New York. She graduated from the Teacher's College at Columbia University and studied illustration at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Art Students League. She taught high school for several years and in 1919 illustrated her first books, Japanese Prints by John Gould Fletcher, and Three Mulla-Mulgars, a children's book by Walter De la Mare. She always emphasized the importance of loving what you draw and throughout her long career illustrated many books for children, mostly about one of her favorite subjects, animals. In 1938 she received the first Caldecott Medal for Animals of the Bible by Helen Dean Fish. Dorothy Pulis Lathrop also illustrated the 1930 Newbery Award winner Hitty, Her First Hundred Years (1929) by Rachel Field. During her prolific career she illustrated several of her own works, beginning with The Fairy Circus in 1931. She continued to write and illustrate children's books until the 1960s. Dorothy Pulis Lathrop died on December 30, 1980 in Falls Village, CT.

Biographical Sources:

Something About the Author vol. 14, pp. 116-120.

Something About the Author vol. 24, p. 140.

From the guide to the Dorothy Lathrop Papers, 1919-1963, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])