Papers, 1940-1960.

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Papers, 1940-1960.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62518365

The collection contains production material, including manuscript and illustrative material 17 Weisgard children's books, 2 magazines, production materials for the original Kerlan Collection bookplate, miscellaneous illustrations for Christmas cards, a typescript for Pelican Here, Pelican There, and a self-portrait by Abigail Weisgard, drawn for Dr. Kerlan.

Manuscript Ca. 0.03linear ft.Illustration 1.48 cubic ft.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 7817420

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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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...