Kurt Werth Papers 1953-1974

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Kurt Werth Papers 1953-1974

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Kurt Werth's papers focus on his work as an author and illustrator of children's books with an emphasis on the latter. The collection contains production material for thirty-two titles published between 1953 and 1974. The collection contains a small amount of manuscript material including corrected typescripts, page proofs, as well as correspondence from publishers, teachers, children, and others. Illustrative materials include studies, sketches, illustrations, many with separations, dummies, proofs, film positives, and some photographs, including one of Kurt Werth. Several items were signed by Kurt Werth for Dr. Irvin Kerlan.

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University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections

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Werth, Kurt

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Kurt Werth was born September 21, 1896 in Leipzig, Germany. He studied at the Academy for Graphic Arts in Leipzig and later worked as a book and magazine illustrator in Germany. With the rise of Nazism in the 1930s, Kurt Werth left Germany and came to the United States where he did magazine and text book illustrations. He became a United States citizen in 1947 and that same year he illustrated his first book for children, Rosemary Sprague's Northward to Albion . During his long and ...