Materials received from Maud Petersham and purchased from Victoria Book Shop, and Justin G. Schiller, Ltd. between 1966 and 1979.
Non-circulating; available for research.
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Maud Fuller Petersham was born in Kingston, New York on August 5, 1890. The daughter of a Baptist minister, Maud grew up with three sisters in a parsonage. The family moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to Newburg, New York, and finally to Scranton, Pennsylvania. As a child, Maud loved picture books and liked to draw. After graduating from Vassar College she studied at the New York School of Fine and Applied Art. Her first job was in the art department at the International Art Service, an advertising firm, where she met her future husband, Miska Petersham.
Miska was born Petrezselyem Mikaly in Toeroekszentmiklos, Hungary, near Budapest on September 20, 1888. The son of a carpenter and blacksmith, Miska grew up in a simple Hungarian peasant home. Money was scarce, but he managed to scrape together a few pennies to buy a box of oil paints. In 1911 Miska moved to London. Unable to support himself with his art and upon the advice of a friend he came to America in 1912. Shortening his name to Petersham, he obtained work with the International Art Service where he met Maud Fuller.
The Petershams began illustrating books together, at first only for other authors. In 1929 they wrote and illustrated their first book, Miki, about their son. In 1946, the couple received the Caldecott Medal for The Rooster Crows, a book of American songs, rhymes, and games in the tradition of Mother Goose. Often they traveled to foreign lands such as Holland, Greece, Germany, and Palestine to do research for their books. They had a close working relationship with their juvenile editor and were allowed to plan their own books entirely from making the dummy to choosing the format, layout, colors, and type. Their routine consisted of Maud writing the stories and doing the roughs; then Miska would finish, doing the color separations on acetate and all the tedious hand work.
The Petershams wrote and illustrated more than sixty books for children and illustrated more than one hundred by other authors. When Miska died in 1960, Maud sold the Woodstock, New York, house in which they had lived and worked for forty years and moved to a smaller home in Woodstock. She died in 1971.
In addition to the 1946 Caldecott Medal for The Rooster Crows, the Petershams also received the 1942 Caldecott (Honor) Award in 1942 for An American ABC.
Sources:
The collection contains personal material, published works, unpublished and unidentified works, and works by other or unidentified artists. Personal papers are arranged within the categories of autobiographical material, biographical material, Maud Fuller family papers, Miska Petersham vital records, correspondence, miscellaneous personal papers, Caldecott Award memorabilia, promotional items, newspaper clippings and scrapbook. This material, dating from 1888 through 1971, includes photographs, holograph notes, manuscripts and typescripts, naturalization papers, passports, articles about the Petershams, book reviews, obituaries, correspondence with the de Grummond Collection, publishers, child fans and others, advertisements and promotional material.
Published works consist primarily of book-related material, with a few magazine illustrations, Children's Book Week material, and miscellaneous published works. The ninety-three book titles represented in the collection span a wide range both in date (1917-1958) and genre, including books written and illustrated by the Petershams and books illustrated by the Petershams for other authors.
Of the fifteen titles held in the collection that were both written and illustrated by the Petershams The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes (1945) stands out as a Caldecott Medal winner. This book is a collection of traditional American nursery rhymes, finger games, skipping rhymes, jingles, and counting-out rhymes. The collection includes an illustration and a proof for this title.
The first book the Petershams both wrote and illustrated was Miki: The Book of Maud and Miska Petersham (1929), the story of a boy who goes to Hungary, which was modeled after their own son, Miki. The collection holds several ink and watercolor illustrations and a proof for this title. Later they followed with Miki and Mary: Their Search for Treasures (1934) about a boy and girl's search for adventure and treasure and was also patterned after their son and his cousin, Mary. For this title the collection includes illustrations, dummies, press sheets, and proofs.
The Petersham's Story Book Series is a collection of twenty-five books published between 1933 and 1939 explaining different subjects such as coal, cotton, houses, oil, rice, silk, trains, and wheels. For these titles the collection contains sketches, dummies, and proofs, as well as press sheets for many of the books and color separations for The Story Book of Wheels (1935).
Several Petersham titles fall into the historical genre. America's Stamps: The Story of One Hundred Years of U.S. Postage Stamps (1947) tells the history and development of postage stamps in America. The collection includes manuscript notes, dummies, an illustration, press sheets, and proofs. Another historical title is Story of the Presidents of the United States of America (1953) which gives a short biographical profile of the presidents from Washington through Eisenhower. Included for this title are sketches and tracings, a dummy, illustrations, and material for new chapters on John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Baines Johnson.
The Petershams also created many religious books for which the collection holds material for seven titles. Among them is The Christ Child: As Told by Matthew and Luke (1931). For this title, the collection contains a sketch, an illustration, proofs, slides, and a pop-up nativity scene.
The Petershams illustrated many primers and readers. The collection holds materials for fourteen titles, five of which were written by Mabel Guinnip La Rue: Under the Story Tree (1923), The F-u-n Book (1924), In Animal Land (1924), The Billy Bang Book (1927), and Little Indians (1930). For each of these books the collection includes several proofs.
Unpublished and identified works include book and story titles, proofs of illustrations, poster illustrations, handkerchief designs, Miska Petersham's sketchbooks, and miscellaneous sketches and illustrations. The collection holds material for twenty-five book or short-story titles of uncertain publication. Among them is "Who's Who in Fairylore" (undated) which includes extensive manuscript notes from research, typescripts, illustrations, and a dummy. Another title is "The Brown Elf and the Cypress Tree" (undated) for which the collection holds manuscript notes, four typescripts, and a dummy. Most of these titles are represented by manuscripts or typescripts or sketches. Most, though not all, appear to have been written by one or both of the Petershams. The proofs, and many of the sketches and illustrations, were probably published in books, primers or magazines; however, their publication has not been determined at this time. The four sketchbooks of Miska Petersham are undated but appear to have predated his immigration to the United States.
Works by other or by unidentified artists include original sketches and paintings which are not identified or recognizable as the Petershams work, as well as art prints which may have served as inspiration to the Petershams.
PERSONAL MATERIAL
Box/Folder
PERSONAL MATERIAL
A. Autobiographical Material
1/1 Notes and manuscripts, 88 items.
Notebook, bound, titled "Remember," 1 item.
1/2 Typescripts, some titled, 20 items.
1/3 Articles about Petershams, 1925-1969 and undated, 9 items.
B. Biographical Material
1/4 Photographs, typescripts, and published articles, obituaries for Miska
Petersham, 1932-1965 and undated, 28 items.
C. Maud Fuller Family Papers
1/5 Photographs, correspondence, printed sermons, and other
papers, 1882-1962 and undated, 15 items.
D. Miska Petersham Vital Records
1/6 Birth certificate, certification of naturalization, military
discharge, and other documents written in Hungarian, 1888-1936 and
undated, 17 items.
1/7 Passports, 1908/9, 1910/11, 1924/25, 1926, and 1931, 5 items.
E. Correspondence
See also: Scrapbook, Box 4.
De Grummond Collection
2/1 1966-1971, 10 items.
Publishers
2/2 1934-1969 and undated, 41 items.
Children's Fan Mail
2/3 1937-1942, 45 items.
2/4 1943-1960, 56 items.
2/5 1961-1969, 68 items.
2/6 Undated, 28 items.
General
2/7 1934-1940, 50 items.
2/8 1941-1963, 51 items.
2/9 1964-1969, 50 items.
2/10 1970-1971 and undated, 35 items.
Drafts
3/1 1971 and undated, 12 items.
F. Miscellaneous Personal Papers
3/2 Notes on tribute to publisher, May Massee; social invitations, steamer
ticket, medical and financial notes; photographs; Bible lessons,
ephemera, 1915-1968, 23 items.
G. Caldecott Award Memorabilia
3/3 Notes and typescript of acceptance speech, 15 pp.
Acceptance speech, pasted into Dummy, "Me: A Story Book of My First
Five Years," graphite, watercolor, and chalk sketches, published as My
Very First Book.
3/4 Memorabilia, press releases, articles, and photograph, 1946, 16 items.
H. Promotional Material
3/5 Advertisements by publisher, magazine advertisements, bookmarks,
endorsement for Grumbacher watercolors, 1940-1947 and undated,
16 items.
I. Clippings
3/6-10 Articles,
3/6 1929-1936, 48 items;
3/7 1937-1945, 53 items;
3/8 1946-1950, 63 items;
3/9 1951-1970, 35 items;
3/10 undated, 24 items.
J. Scrapbook
4/1-8 Newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, biographical
articles, book reviews, proofs and serials, 1922-1937.
PUBLISHED WORKS
K. Books
ALBANIAN WONDER TALES by Post Wheeler, illustrated by
Maud and Miska Petersham (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1936).
5/1 Dummy with paste-ups, front matter and foreword, pp. i-xx.
Note regarding paste-up, 1 item.
Title page material, 4 items.
Note regarding illustrations, 1 item.
Sketch, dust jacket specifications.
5/2 Sketches and tracings, graphite, frontispiece, pp. 3-273 and endpapers,
50 items.
Illustrations, watercolor, graphite, and ink, frontispiece, 2 items.
5/3-5 Illustrations, acrylic and ink,
5/3 frontispiece and pp. 3, 13, 19;
5/4 pp. 129, 156, 163, and 219;
5/5 pp. 273 and endpapers.
5/6 Proofs, pp. 3-247 and endpapers, 13 items.
Press sheet, pp. 19-273. (Stored separately)
AN AMERICAN ABC by Maud and Miska Petersham (New York:
Macmillan, 1941).
5/7 Proofs, pp. 9, 19, 29, 37, 47 and cover.
AMERICA'S STAMPS: THE STORY OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS
OF U. S. POSTAGE STAMPS by Maud and Miska Petersham (New York:
Macmillan, 1947).
5/8 Manuscript notes, 2 items.
Dummy, graphite.
5/9 Dummy with paste-ups, graphite and crayon.
5/10 Dummy with paste-ups, graphite, and crayon, and dust jacket.
6/1 Illustration, graphite and crayon, p. 13.
Press sheets, proofs of stamps, 6 items. (Stored separately)
Proofs, pp. 3-138, dust jacket, 96 items. (Stored separately)
6/2 Proofs of stamps, 2 envelopes.
AUNTIE AND CELIA JANE AND MIKI by Maud and Miska Petersham
(Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1932).
6/3 Dummy with graphite text and illustrations.
6/4 Dummy with paste-ups of text and illustrations.
6/5 Illustrations, crayon and ink, pp. 13, 27, 30, 37, and 54.
6/6 Press sheet, title page, pp. 13, 16, and 30. (Stored separately)
6/7-7/3 Proofs, some colored with crayon.
6/7 pp. 4-19, 9 items.
6/8 pp. 20-31, 13 items.
7/1 pp. 33-41, 11 items.
7/2 pp. 42-52, 13 items.
7/3 pp. 54-62, 12 items.
Junior Books, 1932, title page.
THE BILLY BANG BOOK By Mabel Guinnip La Rue, illustrated by
Maud and Miska Petersham (New York: Macmillan, 1927).
7/4 Proofs, pp. 4-167, 22 items.
A BIRD IN THE HAND: SAYINGS FROM POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC
by Benjamin Franklin, illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham (New York:
Macmillan, 1951).
7/5 Illustration, ink, alternate for cover.
THE BOX WITH RED WHEELS by Maud and Miska Petersham (New
York: Macmillan, 1949).
7/6 Final proof and dust jacket.
THE BOY WHO HAD NO HEART by Maud and Miska Petersham
(New York: Macmillan, 1955).
7/7 Dummy, layout.
7/8 Dummy with graphite text and illustrations.
7/9 Sketches and tracings, graphite, title page, pp. 4-32, and dust jacket,
57 items.
7/10 Illustrations, graphite, ink, and crayon, pp. 6-31, 13 items.
Typescript, pp. 1-8.
7/11-8/2 Color separations,
7/11 pp. 4, 6, 8, 11;
7/12 pp. 13, 14, 17, 18;
8/1 pp. 20, 23, 25, 27;
8/2 pp. 28, 31, 32.
8/3 Final proof and dust jacket.
Proof, Macmillan promotional material, p. 14.
CHILDREN OF THE MOUNTAIN EAGLE by Elizabeth Cleveland Miller,
illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page,
1927).
8/4 Proof, frontispiece.
A CHILD'S OWN BOOK OF VERSE, BOOK I by Ada M. Skinner and
Frances Gillespy Wickes, illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham (New
York: Macmillan, 1917).
8/5 Illustrations, ink and acrylic, 2 items.
A CHILD'S OWN BOOK OF VERSE, BOOK II by Ada M. Skinner and
Frances Gillespy Wickes, illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham (New
York: Macmillan, 1919).
8/6 Illustration, ink, 1 item.
THE CHRIST CHILD as told by Matthew and Luke, illustrated by Maud
and Miska Petersham (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1931).
8/7 Sketch, graphite, p. 6.
Illustration, ink, p. 27.
Proofs, title page, p. 27 and endpapers.
Dust jacket.
Slides, cover and pp. 17, 24-25, 27, and 41. (Stored separately)
Creche, pop-up nativity scene.
THE CIRCUS BABY by Maud and Miska Petersham (New York:
Macmillan, 1950).
8/8 Sketches and tracings, graphite, watercolor, and ink, pp. 4-32,
dust jacket, and miscellaneous, 45 items.
8/9 Illustrations, graphite and watercolor, title page and pp. 5, 9, 10
(2 items), 15, 19, 22, and 29.
Illustrations, graphite and ink, pp. 13, 27, and 31.
8/10 Color separation, p. 13.
DAVID: FROM THE STORY TOLD IN THE FIRST BOOK OF
SAMUEL AND THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS by Maud and Miska
Petersham (Philadelphia: J. C. Winston, 1938).
8/11 - 12 Sketches and tracings, graphite, and crayon,
8/11 title page and pp. 5-14, 35 items;
8/12 pp. 16-28, 29 items.
8/13 Dummy with paste-ups, graphite, crayon, and watercolor.
9/1 Proofs, title page and pp. i-28 and alternates, 24 items.
9/2 Final proof with dust jacket.
Story Map of the Adventures of David.
THE ENCHANTED FOREST by William Bowen, illustrated by Maud
and Miska Petersham (New York: Macmillan, 1920).
9/3 Illustrations, ink, pp. 1-25, 25, and 117, 3 items.
Proofs, pp. 1, 12, 24, 25, 31, and 49, 2 items.
THE FOUR AND LENA by Marie Barringer, illustrated by Maud and
Miska Petersham (New York: Junior Literary Guild, 1938).
9/4 Proof, pp. 10-11 and endpapers.
THE F-U-N BOOK by Mabel Guinnip La Rue, illustrated by Maud and
Miska Petersham (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924).
9/5 Proofs, pp. iv-105, and cloth cover, 19 items.
GULD, THE CAVERN KING by Mary L. B. Branch, illustrated by Maud
and Miska Petersham (Boston: Bookshop for Boys and Girls, Women's
Educational and Industrial Union, 1918).
9/6 Sketch, graphite, p. 30.
HEIDI by Johanna Spyri, illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham
(Garden City, NY: Garden City, 1932).
9/7 Proofs, pp. 96, 281, endpapers, and dust jacket.
HEIGHTS AND HIGHWAYS by Wilhelmina Harper and Aymer J. Hamilton,
illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham (New York: Macmillan, 1929).
9/8 Proofs, pp. 3-324, 14 items.
HISTORY STORIES FOR PRIMARY GRADES by John W. Wayland,
illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham (New York: Macmillan, 1919).
9/9-11 Illustrations, ink,
pp. 2, 7, 37, 61;
9/10 pp. 77, 98, 104, 133;
9/11 pp. 140, 189, 203.
Indiana Supplement
9/11 Proofs, pp. 1, 5, 11, 31, 35, 38, 39, 47, 53, and 56.
IN ANIMAL LAND by Mabel Guinnip La Rue, illustrated by Maud and
Miska Petersham (New York: Macmillan, 1924).
9/12 Proofs, pp. 3-144, 22 items.
IN CLEAN HAY by Eric Philbrook Kelly, illustrated by Maud and Miska
Petersham (New York: Macmillan, 1953).
9/13 Sketches and tracings, graphite, watercolor, and crayon, pp. 5-31
and 10 miscellaneous, 44 items.
9/14 Galleys, 4 pp.
Text paste-ups, 7 pp.
Notes on layout, 2 pp.
Illustration, ink, p. 5.
Illustration with text paste-ups, ink, title page.
Type samples for dust jacket.
10/1 Color separations,
pp. 5-11, 12 items;
10/2 pp. 13-21, 14 items;
10/3 23-32, 17 items.
10/4 Proofs, pp. 5-32, 13 items.
Final proof with dust jacket.
JESUS' STORY selected from King James version, illustrated by
Maud and Miska Petersham (New York: Macmillan, 1942). See
STORY OF JESUS
JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS from the story told in the book of
Genesis, illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham (Philadelphia: John C.
Winston, 1938).
10/5 Miscellaneous proof, possibly used for research.
Sketches and tracings, graphite, colored pencil and crayon,
pp. 1-13, 32 items.
10/6 pp. 14-29, 37 items.
Illustrations, graphite, pp. 4, 8, 10, 16, 18, 23, 27, 7 items.
10/7 Proofs, pp. 1, 9, 13, 16, 17, 20, 24, 25, 29, 15 items.
10/8 Dummy with paste-ups.
10/9 Final proof and dust jacket, 2 versions.
10/10 Hardbound cover.
THE LANGUAGE GARDEN: A PRIMARY LANGUAGE BOOK by
Inez M. Howard, Alice Hawthorne and Mae Howard, illustrated by Maud
and Miska Petersham (New York: Macmillan, 1924).
11/1 Proofs, pp. 2-93, 2 items.
LITERATURE: A SERIES OF ANTHOLOGIES by E. A. Cross and
Elizabeth Lehr, illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham (New York:
Macmillan, 1943-1946).
1943 Edition
11/2-3 Sketches, graphite,
11/2 frontispiece and pp. 11-293, 63 items;
11/3 pp. 311-415, 56 items.
Other Editions (1944-1946)
11/4-8 Sketches, graphite, pages unidentified,
11/4 76 items;
11/5 74 items;
11/6 84 items;
11/7 86 items;
11/8 91 items.
11/9 Proofs, pages unidentified, 20 items.
A LITTLE BOOK OF PRAYERS by Emilie Fendall Johnson, illustrated
by Maud and Miska Petersham (New York: Viking, 1941).
11/10 Sketches and tracings, graphite and crayon, title page, pp. 1-36,
and dust jacket, 54 items.
11/11 Sketches and tracings, miscellaneous, 38 items.
LITTLE INDIANS by Mabel Guinnip La Rue, illustrated by Maud
and Miska Petersham (New York: Macmillan Co., 1930).
11/12 Proofs, pp. i-165, 31 items.
LITTLE UGLY FACE by Florence Claudine Coolidge, illustrated by
Maud and Miska Petersham (New York: Macmillan, 1925).
11/13 Proofs, black and white, pp. 11-179, 14 items.
Proofs, color, pp. 18-174, 5 items.
THE MAGIC DOLL OF ROUMANIA by Marie, Queen of Roumania,
illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham (New York: Frederick A. Stokes,
1929).
11/14 Proof, dust jacket and book cover, 1 item.
MARTIN THE GOOSE BOY by Marie Barringer, illustrated by Maud
and Miska Petersham (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1936).
11/15-12/1 Illustrations, ink and acrylic,
11/15 frontispiece, title page, pp. vii, ix and 137, 1,
facing page 4;
11/16 pp. 9, 15, 20, 27, 31, 33, 35, 42, 50, 57, 65, 71;
12/1 facing page 90, pp. 95, 99, 109, 115, 118, 125, 132, 138,
149, 158, 159, 161, 168, 175, and 185.
12/2 Illustrations, ink and watercolor, endpapers, 2 items.
Proofs, title and p. 1, 2 items.
Proofs, color, frontispiece, facing page 4, facing page 74, facing
page 90, and facing page 132, 7 items.
11/15 Junior Books, 1932, cover.
MIKI: THE BOOK OF MAUD AND MISKA PETERSHAM by Maud and Miska
Petersham (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1929).
12/3-13/1 Illustrations, ink and watercolor,
12/3 title page, pp. 3, 6, 7, 8, 10;
12/4 pp. 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 22;
12/5 pp. 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32;
12/6 pp. 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41;
12/7 pp. 43, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50;
13/1 pp. 51, 52, 54, 58, 59, 60, 63.
Proof, p. 30, alternate.
Junior Books, 1929, p. 36.
MIKI AND MARY: THEIR SEARCH FOR TREASURES by Maud and Miska
Petersham (New York: Viking, 1934).
13/2 Illustrations, ink, graphite, crayon, and watercolor, dust
jacket, 2 items.
Dummy, graphite and crayon.
13/3 Dummy, graphite and crayon.
Illustration, graphite, ink, crayon, and opaque watercolor,
dust jacket. (Stored separately)
Proof, dust jacket. (Stored separately)
13/4 Proofs, title page,
pp. 4-34, 17 items.
13/5 pp. 35-63 and dust jacket, 23 items.
Proofs, not published but possibly used for
promotion, 4 items
MISS POSY LONGLEGS by Miriam Evangeline Mason, illustrated by
Maud and Miska Petersham (New York: Macmillan, 1955).
13/6 Illustrations, graphite and ink, pp. 1-56 and dust
jacket, 21 items.
Dust jacket material, 3 items.
13/7-14/2 Color separations,
pp. 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17;
13/8 pp. 21, 23, 27, 31, 34, 37, 39;
14/1 pp. 40, 42, 45, 49, 53, 55, 56, and dust jacket.
14/2 Final proof and dust jacket.
MOSES: FROM THE STORY TOLD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT by Maud and Miska
Petersham (Philadelphia: J. C. Winston, 1938).
14/3-4 Sketches and tracings, graphite, crayon, watercolor,
14/3 title page, pp. 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, and 16, 28 items.
14/4 pp. 18, 20, 22, 25, 26, and 29, 30 items.
14/5 Dummy with text paste-ups, graphite.
14/6 Illustrations, graphite, crayon, and watercolor, pp. 5, 9,
10, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 26, and 29.
14/7 Illustration, ink, not published.
14/8 Proofs, half title page, pp. 3-29 and endpapers, 11 items.
14/9 Final proof, 1938 and 1958 versions.
MY VERY FIRST BOOK by Maud and Miska Petersham (New York:
Macmillan, 1948).
See also: Dummy, Folder 3/3.
14/10 Dummy, graphite and watercolor.
14/11-12 Sketches and tracings, graphite, watercolor, and crayon,
14/11 front matter, title page, pp. 6-48, front cover, chapter
headings, and miscellaneous, 55 items;
14/12 pp. 11, 18, 19, 23, 26, 27, 47, endpapers, 9 items.
14/13-14 Proofs,
14/13 front matter, title page, and pp. 7-22, 43 items;
14/14 pp. 26-48, front cover, and miscellaneous, 47 items.
14/15 Intermediate proof with cover.
14/16 Final proof with cover.
NEW TRAILS by Sidney Vanferson Rowland, illustrated by Maud and
Miska Petersham (Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1930).
15/1 Illustrations, ink, watercolor, pp. 76, 110, 145 alternate,
148, 183, 315 alternate, and 338.
15/2-3 Proofs,
15/2 facing p. 1, p. 3-173, 38 items;
15/3 pp. 178-355, 33 items.
NURSERY FRIENDS FROM FRANCE by Olive Kennon Miller, illustrated by
Maud and Miska Petersham (Chicago: The Book House for Children, 1925).
15/4 Proofs, pp. 5, 91, and 103.
OFF TO BED: STORIES FOR WIDE-AWAKES by Maud and Miska Petersham
(New York: Macmillan, 1954).
15/5 Dummy, graphite.
Sketches and tracings, graphite, watercolor, and crayon,
title page, pp. 5-32, illuminated letters, and
miscellaneous, 53 items.
15/6 Dummy with text paste-ups, graphite, watercolor, and crayon.
Illustrations, graphite and ink, title page, pp. 5-31, 24 items.
15/7 Paste-ups, title page, 2 items.
Proofs, pp. 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 22, and 26, 10 items.
15/8-16/4 Color separations,
15/8 title page, pp. 5, 6, and 7, 10 items;
15/9 pp. 9, 10, and 11, 9 items;
15/10 pp. 12, 13, 14, and 15, 12 items;
16/1 pp. 17, 18, and 19, 9 items;
16/2 pp. 20, 21, 22, and 23, 12 items;
16/3 pp. 24, 25, 26, and 27, 12 items;
16/4 pp. 28, 29, 31, 32, and illuminated letters, 11 items;
16/5 Dust jacket, graphite sketch with printed text, marked for
typesetter, 1 item.
Proofs, incomplete set, 3 versions.
16/6 Final proof and dust jacket.
THE OPEN ROAD TO READING by Reed Smith and Annie Henshall Sutton,
illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham (Boston: Ginn and Co., 1928).
16/7 Promotional pamphlets, 2 items.
THE PATHWAY TO READING: PRIMER by Bessie Blackstone Coleman, illustrated
by Maud and Miska Petersham (New York: Silver, Burdett, 1925).
16/8 Proof, title page.
THE PEPPERNUTS by Maud and Miska Petersham (New York: Macmillan, 1958).
16/9-10 Sketches and tracings, graphite and crayon,
16/9 pp. 7-33, 30 items.
16/10 pp. 34-61, dust jacket, and miscellaneous, 31 items.
17/1-3 Illustrations, graphite and ink,
pp. 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 17, 20;
17/2 pp. 23, 26, 28, 30, 33, 34, 36, 37, 39, 43;
17/3 pp. 44, 47, 50, 54, 57, 58, 61, 63, and dust jacket.
17/4-5 Color separations,
pp. 7-33, 14 items.
17/5 pp. 34-63 and jacket, 14 items.
Proof, dust jacket.
PINOCCHIO by C. Collodi, illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham
(Garden City, NY: Garden City, 1932).
17/6 Proof, dust jacket.
THE POPPY SEED CAKES by Margery Clark, illustrated by Maud and
Miska Petersham (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, 1924).
17/7 Press sheets, pp. 77, 79, 81, and 83, 2 items.
(Stored separately)
Slides, frontispiece, facing title page, title page,
pp. 3, 129, cover, and miscellaneous, 7 items.
(Stored separately)
PRAN OF ALBANIA by Elizabeth Cleveland Miller, illustrated by Maud
and Miska Petersham (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1930).
17/8 Sketches and tracings, graphite, frontispiece, facing p. 1, and
miscellaneous, 6 items.
READING TO FIND OUT: A SILENT READER FOR PRIMARY GRADES by
Frances Ross, illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham (New York:
Macmillan, 1923).
17/9 Proofs, facing page 1 and pp. 4-85, 11 items.
THE RING OF THE LOWENSKOLDS by Selma Lagerlof, illustrated by Maud
and Miska Petersham (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1931).
17/10 Dummy, graphite, ink, and watercolor, dust jacket only.
RIP VAN WINKLE by Washington Irving, illustrated by Maud and Miska
Petersham (New York: Macmillan, 1951).
17/11 Color separation, title page.
Proof, negative, frontispiece.
Proofs, dust jacket, 2 items.
THE ROOSTER CROWS: A BOOK OF AMERICAN RHYMES AND JINGLES by Maud
and Miska Petersham (New York: Macmillan, 1945).
17/12 Illustration, graphite and crayon, p. 15.
Proof, p. 45.
Promotional material, 1 item.
ROOTABAGA PIGEONS by Carl Sandburg, illustrated by Maud and Miska
Petersham (New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1923).
17/13 Proofs, frontispiece, p. 3, 8, 9, 11, 15, and 19.
ROOTABAGA STORIES by Carl Sandburg, illustrated by Maud and Miska
Petersham (New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1922).
17/14 Illustration, ink, p. 215.
Proof, frontispiece.
RUTH: FROM THE STORY TOLD IN THE BOOK OF RUTH by Maud and Miska
Petersham (Philadelphia: J. C. Winston, 1938).
17/15-16 Sketches and tracings, graphite and crayon,
17/15 title page, pp. 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13, 33 items;
17/16 pp. 15-30 and miscellaneous, 37 items.
17/17 Dummy with text paste-ups, graphite, crayon, and watercolor.
17/18 Illustrations, graphite, ink, and watercolor, half
title page, title page, pp. 5-30, 13 items.
17/19 Proofs, pp. 7-30, 13 items.
18/1 Final proof, 2 versions, 1938, 1958.
THE SILVER MACE: A STORY OF WILLIAMSBURG by Maud and Miska
Petersham (New York: Macmillan, 1956).
18/2 Sketches and tracings, graphite and crayon, pp. 6,
7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, endpapers, and miscellaneous,
81 items.
18/3 Dummy with text paste-ups, graphite, watercolor, and crayon.
18/4 Illustrations, graphite and ink, pp. 6-37, 12 items.
18/5 Dummy, marked for color separations.
18/5-6 Color separations,
18/5 pp. 6-21, 18 items.
18/6 pp. 22-40, 24 items.
18/7 Front matter material, 5 items.
18/8 Dust jacket material, 3 items.
18/9 Final proof, 2 copies.
STORIES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT by Maud and Miska Petersham
(Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1938).
18/10 Lettering, graphite, 2 items.
Proofs, unidentified pages, 4 items.
The Story Book Series
THE STORY BOOK OF AIRCRAFT by Maud and Miska Petersham
(Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1935).
18/11 Dummy with text paste-ups, ink, graphite, and watercolor.
18/12 Dummy with text paste-ups, graphite, watercolor, crayon, and ink.
THE STORY BOOK OF CLOTHES by Maud and Miska Petersham
(Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1933).
19/1 Sketches and tracings, graphite, ink, and crayon, title page,
pp. 2-32, cover, and not published, 22 items.
19/2 Dummy with paste-ups, graphite, crayon, and opaque watercolor.
19/3 Dummy, opaque watercolor, crayon, and graphite, cover and
endsheets only.
Press sheets, pp. 2-31 and Omnibus dust jacket, 3 items.
(Stored separately)
Proofs, pp. 14-15 and dust jacket, 3 versions.
Final proof and dust jacket.
THE STORY BOOK OF COAL by Maud and Miska Petersham
(Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1935).
19/4 Sketches and tracings, graphite, title page, pp. 2-32 and
dust jacket, 24 items.
19/5 Final proof.
See also Cover, Folder 22/6
THE STORY BOOK OF CORN by Maud and Miska Petersham
(Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1936).
19/6 Dummy with text paste-ups, graphite, crayon, opaque watercolor.
19/7 Dummy with text paste-ups, ink, crayon, and graphite.
19/8 Press sheets, pp. 17, 24-25, and 32, 6 versions.
(Stored separately)
Proofs, pp. 24-25 and dust jacket, 2 versions.
Final proof and dust jacket.
THE STORY BOOK OF COTTON by Maud and Miska Petersham
(Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1939).
19/9 Dummy with paste-ups, graphite and crayon.
19/10 Press sheets, pp. 14-15, 22-23, 26-27, and 30-31, 3 versions.
(Stored separately)
Press sheet, pp. 2-3, 6-7, 10-11, and 18-19, 1 item.
(Stored separately)
Press sheet, pp. 1-32, 12-13, 16-17, 24-25, and 28-29, 1 item.
(Stored separately)
Proofs, dust jacket, 2 versions.
Final proof.
THE STORY BOOK OF EARTH'S TREASURES by Maud and Miska
Petersham (Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1939).
20/1 Sketches and tracings, title page and dust jacket, 3 items.
Proof, dust jacket.
THE STORY BOOK OF FOOD by Maud and Miska Petersham
(Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1933).
20/2 Sketches and tracings, graphite, ink, and crayon, pp. 4-32
and dust jacket, 18 items.
20/3 Dummy with paste-ups, graphite, and crayon.
Dummy, opaque watercolor, crayon, and graphite, cover.
20/4 Press sheet, pp. 2-3, 6-7, 10-11, and 22-23, 1 item.
(Stored separately)
Press sheet, pp. 14-15, 18-19, 26-27, 30-31, and cover.
(Stored separately)
Proofs, pp. 6-7, 8, 9, 12-13, and 24-25, 5 items.
Final proof.
THE STORY BOOK OF FOODS FROM THE FIELDS: WHEAT, CORN,
RICE, SUGAR by Maud and Miska Petersham (New York: Junior Literary Guild,
1936).
20/5 Sketches and tracings, title page, 1 item.
Proofs, pp. 49 and 64, 2 versions.
Proofs, pp. 14, 45, 70-71, and 111, 1 item.
Proofs, dust jacket, 6 versions.
20/6 Final proof, pp. 1-64.
20/7 Final proof, pp. 65-128.
THE STORY BOOK OF GOLD by Maud and Miska Petersham
(Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1935).
20/8 Sketches and tracings, title page, pp. 2-32, dust jacket,
and alternate, 28 items.
20/9 Illustrations, graphite, ink, and acrylic, pp. 2, 4-5, 8-9,
14, 23, and alternate, 6 items.
20/10 Proofs, black and white, pp. 2, 8, 14, and 23.
Proofs, black, white, and orange, pp. 8, 14, 23,
4-5, 32, and alternate, 5 items.
Proof, color, p. 9.
Final proof.
THE STORY BOOK OF HOUSES by Maud and Miska Petersham
(Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1933).
21/1 Sketches and tracings, graphite, crayon, ink, and
colored pencil, title page, pp. 2-32.
21/2 Dummy with paste-ups, charcoal, crayon, graphite,
watercolor, and ink.
21/3-4 Color separations,
21/3 pp. 2, 7, 11, and 15, 16 items;
21/4 pp. 19, 23, 27, and 32, 16 items.
21/5 Press sheet, cut, black and white, pp. 14-15, 16-17,
and dust jacket.
Press sheet, cut, brown and white, pp. 18-19, 22-23,
26-27, and 28-29, 4 items.
Press sheet, cut, black and white, pp. 2, 7, 11, 15, 19,
23, 27, and 30, 2 items.
Press sheet, black and white, pp. 2, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23,
and 27, 1 item.
Press sheet, pp. 2-3, 6-7, 14-15, and 26-27, 1 item.
(Stored separately)
Press sheet, pp. 10-11, 18-19, 22-23, and 30-31, 1 item.
(Stored separately)
Paste-ups of text and illustration proofs, pp. 2, 7, 11,
15, 19, 23, 27, and 32, 4 items.
Proof, dust jacket.
Final proof.
Best in Children's Books, pp. 37-44.
THE STORY BOOK OF IRON AND STEEL by Maud and Miska
Petersham (Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1935).
21/6 Illustrations, graphite, title page, pp. 2-32, and
dust jacket, 4 items. (Stored separately)
Final proof.
THE STORY BOOK OF OIL by Maud and Miska Petersham
(Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1935).
21/7 Sketches and tracings, graphite pp. 4-32, cover,
and dust jacket, 17 items.
21/8 Final proof.
THE STORY BOOK OF RAYON by Maud and Miska Petersham
(Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1939).
21/9 Sketches, graphite, pp. 7 and 32, 3 items.
Dummy with paste-ups, graphite and crayon.
21/10 Illustrations, ink, title page, pp. 2-32, and dust jacket,
4 items. (Stored separately)
Press sheets, title page, pp. 2-32, and dust jacket, 6 items.
(Stored separately)
Proofs, pp. 6, 10, dust jacket, and not published, 7 items.
THE STORY BOOK OF RICE by Maud and Miska Petersham
(Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1936).
22/1 Sketches and tracings, ink, dust jacket.
Dummy with paste-ups, graphite, ink, and crayon.
22/2 Proofs, pp. 2-32 and dust jacket.
Final proof and dust jacket.
THE STORY BOOK OF SHIPS by Maud and Miska Petersham
(Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1935).
22/3 Dummy, graphite, ink, opaque watercolor, and crayon, titled
"Picture Primer of Early Navigators."
22/4 Dummy with paste-ups, ink, graphite, and crayon.
Dummy with paste-ups, graphite, opaque watercolor, and crayon.
22/5 Illustrations, graphite, opaque watercolor, and crayon,
dust jacket, 2 versions.
Press sheets, pp. 20-21 and 28-29, 4 versions. (Stored separately)
Final proof and dust jacket.
THE STORY BOOK OF SILK by Maud and Miska Petersham
(Chicago: John C. Winston, 1939).
22/6 Sketches and tracings, p. 2 and dust jacket, 2 items.
Dummy (upside down and in back of cover titled The Story
Book of Coal), text, graphite.
Illustrations, ink, dust jacket. Also illustration for
The Story Book of Things We Wear, ink and crayon,
dust jacket. (Stored separately)
Press sheets, proofs of color separations.
red, pp. 6-7, 14-15, 18-19, and 22-23, 2 versions.
(Stored separately)
red and yellow, pp. 6-7, 14-15, 18-19, and 22-23,
2 versions. (Stored separately)
Press sheet, proofs, black, brown, and white, title page,
pp. 1, 4-5, 8-9, 12-13, 16-17, 20-21, 24-25, 28-29
and 32, 2 versions, 4 items. (Stored separately)
Press sheet, proofs, full color, pp. 6-7, 14-15, 18-19,
and 22-23, 2 versions. (Stored separately)
Press sheet, proofs, full color, pp. 2-3, 10-11, 26-27,
and 30-31. (Stored separately)
Proof, dust jacket. Also proof for The Story Book of Things
We Wear, dust jacket. (Stored separately)
22/7 Final proof.
THE STORY BOOK OF SUGAR by Maud and Miska Petersham
(Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1936).
22/8 Dummy with paste-ups, graphite, crayon, opaque
watercolor, and ink.
23/1 Dummy with paste-ups, graphite, ink, and crayon.
Proofs, p. 11 and dust jacket, 6 items.
Final proof.
THE STORY BOOK OF THINGS WE USE: HOUSES, CLOTHES, FOOD,
TRANSPORTATION by Maud and Miska Petersham (Philadelphia: John C.
Winston, 1933).
23/2 Sketches and tracings, ink, opaque watercolor, crayon, and
graphite, title page and dust jacket, 4 items.
Proof, dust jacket.
THE STORY BOOK OF THINGS WE WEAR: WOOL, COTTON, SILK,
RAYON by Maud and Miska Petersham (Philadelphia: John C. Winston,
1939).
23/3 Sketches and tracings, ink and graphite, title page and p. 25,
chapter headings, p. 24, and dust jacket, 4 items.
Press sheet, title page, pp. 12-13, 16-17, 24-25, and title
pages for The Story Book of Silk and The Story
Book of Rayon, 1 item. (Stored separately)
Proof, title page. Also proof of The Story Book of Rayon,
title page. (Stored separately)
Proofs, title page, chapter headings, and dust jacket, 4 items.
Proof, dust jacket. (Stored separately)
23/4 Final proof and dust jacket.
THE STORY BOOK OF TRAINS by Maud and Miska Petersham
(Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1933).
23/5 Sketches, graphite, crayon, and opaque watercolor.
Dummy with paste-ups, graphite, ink, and crayon.
23/6 Proof, dust jacket.
Final proof and dust jacket.
THE STORY BOOK OF TRANSPORTATION by Maud and Miska
Petersham (Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1933).
23/7 Sketches and tracings, graphite, ink, and crayon, title page,
pp. 2-32, cover, and dust jacket, 22 items.
23/8 Dummy with paste-ups, graphite, crayon, and opaque watercolor.
23/9 Press sheet, pp. 2-3, 10-11, 14-15, and cover, 1 item.
(Stored separately)
Proof, brown and white, pp. 10-11, 1 item.
Proofs, color, pp. 7-31, 5 items.
Final proof.
THE STORY BOOK OF WHEAT by Maud and Miska Petersham (Philadelphia:
John C. Winston, 1936).
24/1 Tracing, ink, dust jacket.
Dummy with paste-ups, graphite, crayon, and opaque watercolor.
24/2 Dummy with paste-ups, ink, crayon, and graphite.
24/3 Proofs, pp. 17-32 and dust jacket, 6 items.
Final proof and dust jacket.
THE STORY BOOK OF WHEELS by Maud and Miska Petersham
(Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1935).
24/4 Sketches and tracings, graphite, ink, and crayon, pp. 2-3, 22,
28, 32, and dust jacket, 6 items.
Illustration, graphite, crayon, and opaque watercolor, dust jacket.
Dummy with paste-ups, graphite, crayon, opaque watercolor, and ink.
24/5 Dummy with paste-ups, ink, crayon, and graphite.
24/6 Color separations, pp. 2-32, 13 items.
24/7 Press sheet, pp. 2-32, 1 item. (Stored separately)
Photographs, negative [damaged] and positive, pp. 7, 9, 12,
14, 17, 19, 23, 25, and 28.
24/8 Proofs, title page and pp. 2-32.
Proofs, pp. 85-101, 4 items.
Proofs, color, dust jacket, 4 versions.
THE STORY BOOK OF WHEELS, SHIPS, TRAINS, AIRCRAFT by Maud
and Miska Petersham (Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1935).
25/1 Sketches and tracings with text paste-ups, graphite and ink
title page, 2 items.
Proof, black and blue, incomplete, title page, pp. 2-32 and 65-97.
25/2 Proof, black and blue, and three-color, incomplete, title page,
pp. 2-32 and 65-97.
25/3 Final proof, incomplete, title page, pp. 2-32 and 65-97.
THE STORY BOOK OF WOOL by Maud and Miska Petersham
(Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1939).
25/4 Sketches and tracings, graphite, pp. 13, 14, 22, and 29.
Illustrations, ink, and crayon, pp. 22-23 and cover, 2 items.
Dummy with paste-ups, graphite, crayon, and opaque watercolor.
25/5 Press sheets, black, brown, and white, title page and pp. 2-32,
4 items. (Stored separately)
Press sheets, color, pp. 2-3, 6-7, 10-11, 14-15, and cover,
5 versions. (Stored separately)
Press sheets, pp. 6-7, 11, 18-19, 26-27, and cover, 2 items.
(Stored separately)
Proofs, cover and dust jacket, 2 items.
Final proof and dust jacket.
THE STORY OF JESUS: A LITTLE NEW TESTAMENT Bible text selected
from the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine edition with illustrations by
Maud and Miska Petersham (New York: Macmillan, 1942).
25/6 Sketches, graphite, 2 items. (Stored separately)
Sketches and tracings, graphite, crayon, and watercolor,
frontispiece and pp. 9-75, 76 items;
25/7 pp. 79-117 and miscellaneous, 61 items.
26/1 Dummy, graphite, ink, and watercolor, incomplete.
Typescript, "Brave Children of the Bible," 1 item.
Dummy with paste-ups, graphite and crayon.
26/2 Illustrations, graphite and crayon, pp. 9-117, 35 items.
Press sheets, pp. 9-111, 2 items. (Stored separately)
26/3 Proofs, black and white, pp. 9-117, 24 items.
Proofs, black and white with blue crayon or watercolor,
pp. 9-117, 15 items.
26/4 Proofs, color, frontispiece, pp. 11-117, and dust jacket, 32 items.
26/5 Final proof and dust jacket.
STORY OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA by Maud
and Miska Petersham (New York: Macmillan, 1953).
26/6 - 7 Sketches and tracings, graphite, ink, crayon, and opaque watercolor,
26/6 title page, pp. 6-40, 53 items;
26/7 pp. 42-75 and miscellaneous, 46 items.
27/1 Dummy with paste-ups, graphite, ink, crayon, and opaque watercolor,
incomplete.
27/2 - 3 Illustrations, ink,
27/2 title page and pp. 3-26, 24 items;
27/3 pp. 27-51, 24 items;
27/4 pp. 52-78, 25 items.
Illustrations, ink, layout for dust jacket. (Stored separately)
27/5 Material for new chapters on John F. Kennedy and Lyndon
Baines Johnson.
Notes for research, 2 items.
Typescripts, 16 pp.
Sketches, graphite, 7 items.
Illustration, ink.
Color separations, 3 items.
SUSANNAH, THE PIONEER COW by Miriam E. Mason, illustrated by Maud
and Miska Petersham (New York: Macmillan, 1941).
27/6 - 7 Sketches and tracings, graphite, crayon, and ink,
27/6 title page and pp. 8-52, 31 items;
27/7 pp. 57-149, dust jacket, and miscellaneous, 40 items.
27/8 Proofs, title page, pp. 8-152 (irregular pagination),
and dust jacket, 20 items.
27/9 Final proof and dust jacket.
Proofs, pp. 16 and 116, Macmillan promotional card, 2 items.
TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE by Charles & Mary Lamb, illustrated by Maud
and Miska Petersham (New York: Macmillan, 1923).
28/1 Proofs, pp. i, frontispiece, iii, 1, 16, 17, opposite p. 20,
and 33. opposite p. 40, opposite p. 158, and opposite
p. 204, 4 items.
TALES OF ENCHANTMENT FROM SPAIN retold by Elsie Spicer Eells,
illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham (New York: Harcourt, Brace, and
Howe, 1920).
28/2-3 Illustrations, ink,
28/2 pp. 32, 54, and 82;
28/3 pp. 123 and 151;
illuminated letters, chapters 1-15.
Proofs of color separations, plate preceding p. 59, 4 items.
*34/8 Illustration, color, plate preceding p. 59
[located in box 34, item 8].
TALES TOLD IN HOLLAND edited by Olive Beaupre Miller, illustrated
by Maud and Miska Petersham (Chicago: The Book House for Children, 1926).
28/4 Proof, title page.
TOLD UNDER THE CHRISTMAS TREE by the Association for Childhood Education,
illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham (New York: Macmillan, 1948).
28/5 Sketches and tracings, graphite, pp. 4-290, dust jacket,
and miscellaneous, 52 items.
28/6-7 Illustrations, ink and graphite,
28/6 pp. 4-138, 12 items;
28/7 pp. 154-290 and miscellaneous, 13 items.
Dust jacket material, 3 items.
TREASURE TROVE by Sydney V. Rowland, William Dodge Lewis and
Elizabeth J. Marshall, illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham
(Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1930).
28/8 Proofs, pp. 5-386, 25 items.
TWENTY-FOUR UNUSUAL STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS arranged and retold
by Anna Cogswell Tyler, illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham (New York:
Harcourt Brace, 1921).
28/9-29/1 Illustrations, ink,
28/9 pp. 1, 7, 31, 59, 107;
28/10 pp. 123, 155, 183, 195, 223;
29/1 pp. 233, 245, 285, 297, and 309.
UNDER THE STORY TREE by Mabel Guinnip La Rue, illustrated by Maud
and Miska Petersham (New York: Macmillan, 1923).
29/2 Illustration, ink, p. 18 alternate.
Proofs, pp. 3, 40, 42, 46, 49, 51, 88, 131, and 134.
WHERE WAS BOBBY? by Marguerite Clement, illustrated by Maud and
Miska Petersham (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1928).
29/3 Illustrations, ink, watercolor, and acrylic, pages unidentified,
4 items.
29/4 Proofs, title page, pp. 1, 4, 44, 45, 56, 57, and
unidentified pages, 16 items.
YOUNG TRAJAN by Elizabeth Cleveland Miller, illustrated by Maud
and Miska Petersham (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1931).
29/5 Illustration, ink, crayon, and watercolor, endpapers.
Proof, dust jacket.
ZIP, THE TOY MULE, AND OTHER STORIES by Mabel Guinnip La Rue,
illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham (New York: Macmillan, 1932).
29/6 Proofs, frontispiece, pp. 1-43, and dust jacket, 10 items.
Proofs with added watercolor and crayon, pp. 35, 41, and dust jacket.
L. Magazine Illustrations
CHILD LIFE
29/7 Proof, "Shine, Star!" by Nancy Byrd Turner, illustrated by Maud
and Miska Petersham, December 1936, pp. 539-542.
Printed pages, "Lullaby" by Margaret Widdemer, illustrated by
Maud and Miska Petersham, March 1937, pp. 99-102.
Printed pages, "Shine, Star!" by Nancy Byrd Turner, illustrated
by Maud and Miska Petersham, December 1941, pp. 532-533.
Proof, "The Mocking Bird" by Maurice Lesemann, illustrated
by Maud and Miska Petersham, undated, not paginated, 1 item.
CHILDHOOD INTERESTS: A DIGEST FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS
29/7 Printed cover, vol. 1, no. 1, June 1934.
GATEWAY TO BOOKLAND
29/7 Printed cover, illustration by Maud and Miska Petersham, 1932-1933.
THE PORTAL: A PAPER FOR GIRLS
29/8 Printed pages, illustrations from "The Story of the Christ Child"
by Maud and Miska Petersham,
vol. 91, no. 51, 19 December 1931, pp. 1-4;
vol. 92, no. 1, 2 January 1932, pp. 1-4;
vol. 92, no. 2, pp. 1-2, 9 January 1932, pp. 1-2.
ST. NICHOLAS
29/9 Illustration, proofs, and printed cover, August 1921, 5 items.
Proofs and printed cover, October, 1921, 4 items.
STORY PARADE
29/10 Sketches, illustrations, and printed pages, "The Cream-Colored
Pony - Part One" by Chesley Kahmann, illustrated by Maud and
Miska Petersham, vol. 2, no. 7, July 1937, pp. 3-40, 33 items.
STORY-A-DAY
29/11 Sketches, graphite, "The Little Girl Who Wouldn't Say `Tak'"
by Esma Rideout Booth, pictures by Maud and Miska Petersham,
undated, pp. 27-40, 13 items.
VIKING PRESS JUNIOR BOOKS
29/12 Printed cover, illustration from "Get-a-Way and Hary Janos"
by Maud and Miska Petersham, 1933.
29/12 Printed cover, illustration by Maud and Miska Petersham, 1934.
YOUNG WINGS: THE MAGAZINE OF THE BOY'S AND GIRL'S OWN BOOK CLUB
29/12 Printed cover, illustration from "Get-a-Way and Hary Janos"
by Maud and Miska Petersham, October 1933.
Unidentified Magazine
29/12 Proofs, "Snaps, Pops and Creaks" illustrated by Maud and Miska
Petersham pp. 190-191, undated.
M. Children's Book Week
29/13 Illustration for Book Week, 10-16 November 1946, opaque watercolor.
(Stored separately)
Illustrations, graphite, ink, crayon and watercolor, for
"Round the World Bookfair," and accompanying article, 4 items.
Calendar with illustration by Maud and Miska Petersham
for May, 1969 (Original removed to vertical file: Children's
Book Week).
N. Miscellaneous Published Works
29/13 Print, "Christmas on the Zuyder Zee," by Maud and Miska
Petersham, Country Life Print, 1 item.
Printed illustration by Miska Petersham, unidentified program,
Woodstock, New York, 1 item.
UNPUBLISHED AND UNIDENTIFIED WORKS
O. Stories
"Alfy, the Faithful"
29/14 Typescript, edited, pp. 1-11, 2 versions.
"Belinda the Bee"
29/15 Dummy, bound, cover and title page only, graphite and crayon.
29/16 Typescript, edited, table of contents, pp. 1-19.
"Beware! Keep Out"
29/17 Typescript, 2 pp.
"The Bouncy Feather Bed"
30/1 Typescript, edited, 2 pp., 2 versions.
"The Brown Elf and the Cypress Tree"
30/2 Sketch, graphite.
Manuscript notes, 3 items.
Typescript, edited, pp. 1-7, 3 versions.
Typescript, marked "final copy," pp. 1-7.
30/3 Dummy, graphite, with loose text and illustrations.
"The Christ Story"
30/4 Typescript, 3 pp.
"The Cocky Plane"
30/5 Dummy, graphite, crayon, watercolor, and ink.
"The Delicate Princess"
30/6 Typescript, 1 page.
"The Fairy Baby-Sitters"
30/7 Manuscript, 7 pp.
"A Friendly Book"
30/8 Illustration, graphite, and crayon.
Typescript, edited, table of contents, pp. 1-24.
Typescript, edited, pp. 1-22.
Typescript, edited, pp. 12-22.
"The Heavenly Sled"
30/9 Typescript, 4 pp.
"Jasper's Camel"
30/10 Illustrations, graphite, 10 items.
Manuscript, 7 items.
Typescript, 7 pp., 2 versions.
Typescript, edited, 10 pp.
30/11 Dummy with paste-ups, graphite.
"Jimmie's Christmas Tree"
30/12 Typescript, 3 pp.
"The Machine Gun"
30/13 Typescript, pp. 14-39.
"Miklos"
30/14 Typescript, title page, table of contents, pp. 1-41.
30/15 Typescript, pp. 42-82.
"The Morning Prayer"
30/16 Manuscript, 1 page.
Typescript, 2 pp.
"The Painted Bed"
30/17 Typescript, 4 pp.
"Picture Primer of Rubber"
31/1 Dummy, graphite, crayon, and opaque watercolor.
"The Poor Man's Christmas"
31/2 Typescript, 5 pp.
"Rickety Ricks"
31/3 Sketch, graphite.
Typescript, 3 pp.
"Tom the Lucky"
31/4 Illustrations, graphite and crayon, 10 items.
Typescript, edited, 7 pp., 2 versions.
Dummy with paste-ups, graphite and crayon.
"The Trundle-Bed"
31/5 Sketch, graphite.
Typescript, 1 page.
"When I Grow Up"
31/6 Typescript, pp. 1-13.
"Who's Who in Fairylore"
31/7 Illustrations, graphite, 4 items.
Article for research, 1 item.
Manuscript, notes and early drafts, 77 items.
31/8 Typescript, edited, 33 items.
Typescript and paste-ups, text, edited, with manuscript
notes added, 11 items.
31/9 Notebook with loose text.
31/10 Dummy with paste-ups, graphite, watercolor, and ink.
"The Witch"
31/11 Manuscript, 2 pp.
Typescript, 2 pp.
Untitled
31/12 Manuscript, 14 items.
Typescript, 2 pp.
P. Proofs
Probably from Smith-Sutton First Reader
32/1 pp. 13-75, 61 items.
32/2 pp. 77-128, 66 items.
32/3 pp. 129-165, endpapers, and unpaged, 41 items.
Probably from Smith-Sutton Second Reader
32/4 pp. 15-121, endpapers, and unpaged, 16 items.
From Far Away Hills
32/5 11 items.
Unidentified
32/6 22 items.
32/7 23 items.
32/8 39 items.
32/9 26 items.
32/10 48 items.
32/11 64 items.
Q. Christmas Cards
32/12 Illustrations and proofs, 16 items.
R. Posters
32/13 Illustrations for "Why Not Books," crayon, ink, and watercolor, 2 items.
S. Handkerchief Designs
32/14 Sketches, tracings, and illustrations, graphite, crayon, and opaque watercolor, 36 items.
T. Miska Petersham Sketchbooks
33/1 Sketchbook, graphite, ink, and watercolor, undated.
33/2 Sketchbook, graphite, ink, and watercolor, undated.
33/3 Sketchbook, graphite, ink, and watercolor, undated.
33/4 Sketchbook, graphite, ink, and watercolor, undated.
U. Sketches and Illustrations
34/1 - 4 Sketches, graphite, ink, and crayon, 34/2 114 items; 34/3 114 items; 34/4 89 items. 34/5 - 7 Illustrations, ink. 34/5 6 items; 34/6 7 items; 34/7 11 items; 34/8 TALES OF ENCHANTMENT FROM SPAIN... illustration, color, plate preceding p. 59. 35/1 Illustrations, watercolor, 7 items. 35/2 Illustrations, ink, watercolor, acrylic, crayon, and graphite, 11 items.
WORKS BY OTHER OR UNIDENTIFIED ARTISTS
V. Sketches and Paintings
35/3 Sketches, graphite, watercolor and ink, 6 items. 35/4 Paintings, oil, 4 items.W. Prints
35/5 23 items. 35/6 15 items.
Processed: October 1991
Revised: July 2001
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