Papers, 1883-1977.

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Papers, 1883-1977.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26143538

Correspondence, photographs, woodblocks, illustrations, proofs, wallpaper samples, and postcards. The Collection holds woodblocks for The babes in the woods (1879), The diverting history of John Gilpin (1878), Sing a song for sixpence (1880), and Hey diddle diddle and baby bunting (1880). For Jackanapes there is an illustration, and for The queen of hearts there are proofs. The postcards are hand-colored by the illustrator from illustrations of eleven titles and the wallpaper samples are from illustrations for both identified and unidentified titles. The Collection also holds a rubbing of Caldecott's tombstone.

.60 cu. ft. (2 boxes)

University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7156637

University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library

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Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886

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English artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Holland Street, Kensington, to a Mr. Gatty [prob. not Alfred Gatty], 1885 May 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133416 English children's author/illustrator, born in Chester, Cheshire, England. Since 1938, the American Library Association annually has awarded the Caldecott Medal in his honor for "most distinguished American picture book for children in the United States published during the preceding year....