Marcia L. Owen collection, [ca. 1945-1964].

Brown, John Mason, 1900-1969

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Brown was an American author born in Louisville, Ky. in 1900. He graduated from Harvard College in 1923. He was drama critic for the New York Evening Post (1929-1941) and New York World (1941-1942) and was a columnist and editor for Saturday Review (1944-1969). He served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy beginning in 1942 and took part in the invasions of Africa, Sicily, and Normandy. Brown also served on the Pulitzer Prize drama jury in 1963 but resigned when the advisory board refused ...

Caesar, Irving, b. 1895.

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Weisgard, Leonard, 1916-2000

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Leonard Weisgard, Caldecott award-winning illustrator of more than 200 children's books was perhaps best known for his collaboration with the author Margaret Wise Brown. Weisgard was born in New Haven, Connecticut but spent much of his early childhood in England, where his father originally came from. "Books", he once said in an interview, "have always, for as long as I can recall, been a source of real magic in this wildly confusing world." From the description of Leonard Weisgard p...

Cassel-Wronker, Lili, 1924-

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Lili Cassel-Wronker was born May 5, 1924 in Berlin, Germany. She and her family fled the Nazis in 1938, and came to the United States in 1940. She attended the Art Students League in New York City and the Brooklyn Museum Art School. Early in her career, Lili Cassel-Wronker worked for Time, Incorporated's art department, as a book jacket designer for World Publishing, and taught calligraphy. She illustrated her first children's book, The Rainbow Mother Goose, in 1947. Throughout her long and prol...

Bare, Arnold Edwin

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Arnold Edwin Bare was born June 20, 1920 in New York. He attended Yale University for two years where he learned the importance of setting in a story. In 1943 he illustrated his first book for children, Pierre Pidgeon, by Lee Kingman. The book's artwork was widely praised and the book was the Caldecott Award runner-up for 1944. Arnold Bare continued to illustrate books for children throughout the 1940s and 1950s, and 1952 wrote his book, Maui's Summer. Throughout his career, he has tried to make...

Owen, Marcia L., 1921-

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Kerlan, Irvin, 1912-1963

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Ripper, Charles L.

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Charles Lewis Ripper was born in Pittsburgh, PA, October 28, 1929 to an ornamental iron worker and an art teacher. Inheriting a talent for art, he studied at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and had illustrated his first book before reaching the age of twenty. His signature inscription, "That path of nature declared most interesting is but the path most patiently observed." sums up his feelings of the outdoors. A deep commitment to conservation and education, Ripper has used his artwork as a tool...

Colby, Merle, 1902-1969

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Stanley, Edward, 1903-

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Dennis, Dorothy

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Dennis, Wesley

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Dennis Wesley was an author and illustrator of children's books; he was best known for his drawings of horses, but began working in the art departments of Boston newspapers and department stores. He wrote six children's books (self-illustrated), but is best known for his work illustrating Marguerite Henry's novels, including the 1949 Newbery Medal winner, "King of the Wind." From the description of Wesley Dennis papers, 1942-1976. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat reco...

Milhous, Katherine, 1894-1977

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American illustrator and author of children's picture books. From the description of Herodia the lovely puppet : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685286 American illustrator and author of children's books. From the description of Wings around South America : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62436313 From the description of Happily ever after : fairy tales : ...