Restrictions
Noncirculating; available for research.
Copyright
The collection is protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17,
U. S. Code). Reproductions can be made only if they are to be used for "private study,
scholarship, or research." It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to
obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any
portion of these materials, other than that noted above.
Biographical Sketch
Elizabeth Olds was born on December 10, 1896 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She
studied art at the University of Minnesota, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the
Art Students League of New York. In 1925, she was the first women awarded a
Guggenheim fellowship to paint abroad. The illustrations for her first book, The
Big Fire (1945) were featured in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art.
Her work is permanently displayed at the Library of Congress and the Museum of
Modern Art, as well as art museums in Baltimore, Seattle, Philadelphia and
Brooklyn.
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Scope and Content
The collection contains illustration materials for three titles. The materials are
arranged alphabetically by title. Within each title the materials are arranged in the
probable order in which they were created.
The Big Fire (1945) was inspired by a print called The Fire. After contacting a fire department about fire fighting techniques, Ms. Olds began illustrating the book using a rock lithograph method. The book was featured at the Modern Museum of Art in an exhibition of children s book illustrations. There is an oversized press sheet print for this title. Little Una (1963) is based on a true story about a town in Brazil that elects a rhinoceros as a city official because they want to sell it to pay for a monument. There is a wood block print for this title. There is a proof of a wood block print for Plop Plop Ploppie (1962), a story about three whales.
A. Books
Box/Folder
A. Books
The Big Fire written and illustrated by Elizabeth Olds (Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, 1945).
--- Press sheet, 1 item. Oversized item housed in map case
Little Una written and illustrated by Elizabeth Olds (New York:
Scribner, 1963).
1/1 Trial wood block print, 1 item.
Plop Plop Ploppie written and illustrated by Elizabeth Olds (New
York: Scribner, 1962).
1/2 Working proof of illustration, 1 item.
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