de Grummond Collection

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
Mable Pyne was born on January 15, 1903 in Mount Vernon, New York. She studied art at the Pratt Institute Art School and Columbia University. Her first book, From Morning to Night was published in 1929. Her two books about the United States, The Little Geography of the United States (1941) and The Little History of the United States (1940), were both translated into Turkish, Korean, and Malay for the United States Information Agency. In addition to illustrating, she was also a fashion artist. She died in 1969.

Source:

• Something About the Author, vol 9, p. 216.
• Contemporary Authors, vol. 103, p. 412.

Scope and Content
The collection contains a dummy and illustrations for The Little Geography of the United States, (1941) an informational book about geography and history by regions and states.

Series and Subseries

A. Books

• THE LITTLE GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES (1941)

< center>Box Inventory

Box/Folder 

A. Books

     The Little Geography of the United States written and illustrated
     by Mable Pyne (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941). 

     1/1            Dummy, pasted text and illustrations.        

     1/2-1/6        Illustrations, 

     1/2                 Endpapers, 2 items.

     1/3                 4 items.

     1/4                 4 items.

     1/5                 5 items. 

     1/6                 4 items.

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The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
Box 5148
Hattiesburg, MS 39406
(601) 266-4349
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