Erika Weihs papers

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Erika Weihs papers

1949-1994

The Erika Weihs papers measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1949-1994. Included are resumes; letters to Weihs; photographs of Weihs and her family and photographs and slides of her work; financial records, 1961; works of art including eighteen small pencil sketches and ten greeting cards with original artwork by Weihs; and printed material consisting of exhibition catalogs and announcements, articles about Weihs, and reproductions of her work and clippings.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6743652

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Weihs, Erika

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Erika Weihs was born on November 4, 1917 in Vienna, Austria. She earned her degree in 1937 from the Graphische Lehr und Versuchanstalt in Vienna and attended the Leonardo da Vinci Art School in New York. Erika Weihs has been a freelance illustrator and painter since 1942. She is the illustrator of over 30 books for children and the author and illustrator of Count the Cats. Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vol. 107, pp. 206-209. From the description of Erika Weihs Pape...