Don Freeman papers, 1955-2002 (bulk 1955-1978).

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Don Freeman papers, 1955-2002 (bulk 1955-1978).

Illustrations, book dummies, color separations, galleys, and other materials created and accumulated by Don Freeman between 1955 and 1978.

9.10 cu. ft.

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USM Libraries. De Grummond Children's Literature Collection.

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Freeman, Don, 1908-1978

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Don Freeman was born August 11, 1908, in San Diego, CA. He attended the Art Students League in New York City for two years. In 1931 he married Lydia Cooley, an art student, and the couple had one son. Don Freeman worked as a freelance artist and as a graphic artist for the New York Times and New York Herald Tribune before beginning to illustrate books in the 1940s. In 1940 he illustrated William Saroyan's My Name is Aram . During his career, Don Freeman illustrated children's books by other well...