Maud Sylvia Fuller Petersham and Miska Petersham manuscripts, 1930-1945.

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Maud Sylvia Fuller Petersham and Miska Petersham manuscripts, 1930-1945.

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Manuscripts of two children's books by Maud Sylvia Fuller Petersham and Miska Petersham, New York State writers and illustrators: (1) Partial manuscript of "Auntie and Celia Jane and Miki", published by Doubleday, Doran and Company in 1932; handwritten on blank pages in the back of a card of Maud and Miska Petersham", "The Ark of Father Noah and Mother Noah" (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1930); and (2) "The Rooster Crows". Dummy paste-up with original color illustrations of "American Rhymes and Jingles", published in 1945 as "The Rooster Crows."

2 vols.

University at Albany, University Libraries

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University at Albany, University Libraries

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Petersham, Miska, 1888-1960

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Hungarian children's author/illustrator, born in Toeroekszentmiklos, Hungary in 1888. Emigrated to the United States in 1912. Married Maud Fuller who was born in Kingston, New York in 1890. Together, they wrote more than one hundred and fifty books for children. From the description of Papers [part 5], 1882-1971. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 26650768 From the description of Papers [part 4], 1882-1971. (University of Southern Miss...

Petersham, Maud Fuller, 1890-1971

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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, ...