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Creator: | Ray Cruz |
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Title: | Ray Cruz Papers | ||
Dates: | 1971 - 1988 | ||
Quantity: | 4.30 cubic feet (6 boxes) | ||
Identification: | DG0240 |
Abstract: | Graphic design artist Ray Cruz has worked in several design fields and illustrated a wide variety of children's books, but he is probably best known as the illustrator of the popular book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. The Ray Cruz Papers contain illustrations, color separations, layouts, and dummies for nine books illustrated by Cruz between 1971 and 1987. |
Raymond Cruz was born in New York City in 1933 to Ramon and Rosaline Cruz. He grew up in Spanish Harlem and began drawing at age five. After studying at the High School of Art and Design in New York City and at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, Cruz graduated from Cooper Union, majoring in fine and graphic arts. He worked in many areas of art and design, including textile and wallpaper design, and he created advertising illustrations, fashion illustrations, and cosmetic package designs for New York City advertising agencies.
As a children's book illustrator, Cruz found remarkable success. He illustrated more than twenty books, none more popular than Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, the story of a crabby little boy who has a series of misadventures. The success of the original Alexander book inspired several sequels, all illustrated by Cruz. Cruz lived in New York City until his death.
Sources:
Something About the Author, v. 6, pp.
54-55
Illustrators of Children's Books, 1967 -
1976, p.110
The Ray Cruz Papers contain original illustrations, color separations, layouts, and book dummies for nine books illustrated by Cruz between 1971 and 1987. They also include correspondence between Cruz and the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection between 1977 and 1988. The material is organized into two series: books and correspondence.
The material in the books series includes original illustrations and early sketches, book dummies, layouts and color separations for nine books published between 1971 and 1987. Most illustrations are made either in pencil or pen & ink, but two dust jacket color illustrations appear to have been painted in gouache, a watercolor variation. The papers in the book series are arranged alphabetically by title and the material for each book is arranged chronologically in order of creation where known.
The correspondence series contains correspondence between Ray Cruz and the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection between 1977 and 1988. The letters have been selected and photocopied from the de Grummond Collection correspondence file because they provide information on Cruz's life, personality, or work. They are arranged chronologically.
Noncirculating; available for research.
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.
(Identify the item and cite the series), Ray Cruz Papers, de Grummond Children's Literature Collection, University of Southern Mississippi Libraries.
These papers were donated to the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection of the University of Southern Mississippi Libraries by Ray Cruz and Doubleday Publishers between 1977 and 1988.
Processed by C. Alder, February 2002. Encoded into EAD Version 1.0 by Danielle Bishop Stoulig. This finding aid is the product of a grant funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Related Collections
The Peggy Mann Papers (DG1283); The Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Papers (DG0885); The M. Jean Craig Papers (DG0232)
Books |
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Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst, illustrations by Ray Cruz (New York: Atheneum, 1978) | |||||||||||||
1/1 | Dummy, (8 sheets) | ||||||||||||
1/2 | Layout, with original pen & ink illustrations: title page, pp. 5 - 7, 10 - 15, and 18 - 19, (7 sheets) | ||||||||||||
1/3 | Layout, with original pen & ink illustrations: pp. 20 - 21, 24 - 29, and 32, (5 sheets) | ||||||||||||
1/4 | Paste-up and layout of dust jacket, (2 items) | ||||||||||||
1/5 | Color separation of front cover illustration | ||||||||||||
Baseball Fever by Johanna Hurwitz, illustrations by Ray Cruz (New York: Morrow, 1981) | |||||||||||||
1/6 | Original pencil and pen & ink illustrations: title page, pp. 21, 31, 45, 52, 58, 62, and 71, (8 sheets) | ||||||||||||
1/7 | Original pencil and pen & ink illustrations: pp. 73, 83, 91, 103, 107, 108, 116, and 123, (8 sheets ) | ||||||||||||
1/8 | Original dust jacket illustration, with paste-up text (black cover removed) | ||||||||||||
1/9 | Dust jackets, (4 items) | ||||||||||||
King Laurence the Alarm Clock by Peggy Mann, illustrations by Ray Cruz (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1976) | |||||||||||||
1/10 | Reverse illustrations: half title page, title page, and pp. 5 - 13, (7 sheets) | ||||||||||||
1/11 | Reverse illustrations: pp. 14 - 25, and 28 - 29, (7 sheets) | ||||||||||||
1/12 | Reverse illustrations: pp. 30 - 45, (8 sheets) | ||||||||||||
1/13 | Reverse dust jacket illustrations, including a mock dust jacket, (3 sheets) | ||||||||||||
1/14 | Color separations: half title page, (4 sheets) | ||||||||||||
1/15 | Color separations: title page, (6 sheets) | ||||||||||||
1/16 | Color separations: pp. 5 - 7, (7 sheets) | ||||||||||||
1/17 | Color separations: pp. 8 - 11, (7 sheets) | ||||||||||||
1/18 | Color separations: pp. 12 - 15, (7 sheets) | ||||||||||||
2/1 | Color separations: pp. 16 - 19, (7 sheets) | ||||||||||||
2/2 | Color separations: pp. 20 - 23, (7 sheets) | ||||||||||||
2/3 | Color separations: pp. 22 - 27, (8 sheets) | ||||||||||||
2/4 | Color separations: pp. 28 - 31, (9 sheets) | ||||||||||||
2/5 | Color separations: pp. 32 - 35, (7 sheets) | ||||||||||||
2/6 | Color separations: pp. 36 - 39, (8 sheets) | ||||||||||||
2/7 | Color separations: pp. 40 - 45, (11 sheets) | ||||||||||||
2/8 | Reproduction of dust jacket illustration; reverse of dust jacket illustration | ||||||||||||
2/9 | Cover illustration; cover illustration with text paste-up, mounted | ||||||||||||
The Knight and the Squire by Argentina Palacios, illustrations by Ray Cruz (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1979) | |||||||||||||
2/10 | Early pen & ink illustrations: (pp. 6 and 14) | ||||||||||||
2/11 | Original pencil illustrations, mounted: title page, ( pp. 6, 9, and 13) | ||||||||||||
2/12 | Original pencil illustrations, mounted: (pp. 14, 18, 20, and 24 - 25) | ||||||||||||
2/13 | Original pencil illustrations, mounted: (pp. 30, 34, 39, and 42 - 43) | ||||||||||||
2/14 | Original pencil illustrations, mounted: (pp. 46, 49, 52, and 56 - 57) | ||||||||||||
2/15 | Original pencil illustrations, mounted: (pp. 61, 65, 75, and 69) | ||||||||||||
3/1 | Original pencil illustrations, mounted: (pp. 77, 81, 86, and 91) | ||||||||||||
3/2 | Reverse of early illustrations: pp. 20, 30, 34, 39, 42, 47, 49, 52, 56, 61, 65, 69, 75, 77, 81, 86, 91, and unidentified | ||||||||||||
3/3 | Reverse of early pen & ink illustrations: (pp. 6 and 14) | ||||||||||||
3/4 | Reverse of later pen & ink illustrations: (pp. 6 and 9) | ||||||||||||
3/5 | Reverse of final illustrations: (pp. 6, 9, 13, 18, 20, 30, 34, 39, 46, 52, 61, 65, 75, 81, 88, and 91) | ||||||||||||
3/6 | Reverse sketches of Sancho Panza (head and torso), book, hat, and goblet | ||||||||||||
3/7 | Larger reverses of final illustrations: dust jacket, title page, (pp. 14, 24 - 25, 39, 42, 49, 56 - 57, 69, and 77) | ||||||||||||
3/8 | Photographic negative and print of illustration on (p. 65) | ||||||||||||
3/9 | Title page layouts, 2 items; lithographer's guide sheet, 1 item | ||||||||||||
3/10 | Layout and paste-up, marked for publication: title page, facing page and table of contents, chapters 1 - 2 | ||||||||||||
3/11 | Layout and paste-up, marked for publication: chapters 3 - 5 | ||||||||||||
3/12 | Layout and paste-up, marked for publication: chapters 6 - 9 | ||||||||||||
3/13 | Layout and paste-up, marked for publication: chapters 10 - 14 | ||||||||||||
3/14 | Layout and paste-up, marked for publication: chapters 15 - 20 | ||||||||||||
3/15 | Reproductions of the illustrations under title chapters and at the end of the text, mounted; reproduction of language and photography acknowledgements, mounted | ||||||||||||
3/16 | Layout of alternate dust jacket text | ||||||||||||
3/17 | Photocopy of dust jacket proof; reverse of dust jacket illustration; reverse of dust jacket text attached to reverse of cover illustration | ||||||||||||
3/18 | Full color original dust jacket illustration, mounted. | ||||||||||||
Neat-O the Supermarket Mouse by Tom Tichenor, illustrations by Ray Cruz (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1981) | |||||||||||||
4/1 | Layout of original pencil illustrations, with text: copyright, half title page, and pp. 6, 8, 25, 27, 29, 32 | ||||||||||||
4/2 | Layout of original pencil illustrations, with text: pp. 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21, and 23, (4 sheets) | ||||||||||||
4/3 | Layout of original pencil illustrations, with text: pp. 7, 9, 13, 15, 18, 20, 22, 24, and 26, (5 sheets) | ||||||||||||
4/4 | Layout of original pencil illustrations, with text: title page and pp. 5, 28, 30, 31, (3 sheets) | ||||||||||||
4/5 | Original pencil illustration, p. 11, matted | ||||||||||||
Please Excuse Jaspar by Nathan Zimelman, illustrations by Ray Cruz (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1987) | |||||||||||||
4/6 | Layouts of original watercolor or gouache illustrations and text: half title page, title page, and pp. 6 - 11, (5 sheets) | ||||||||||||
4/7 | Layouts of original watercolor or gouache illustrations and text: pp. 12 - 19, (4 sheets) | ||||||||||||
4/8 | Layouts of original watercolor or gouache illustrations and text: pp. 20 - 25, (3 sheets) | ||||||||||||
4/9 | Layouts of original watercolor or gouache illustrations and text: pp. 26 - 32, (4 sheets) | ||||||||||||
4/10 | Layout of dust jacket, with early pen sketch of cover illustration | ||||||||||||
4/11 | Original watercolor or gouache dust jacket illustration | ||||||||||||
There's A Hippopotamus Under My Bed by Mike Thaler, illustrations by Ray Cruz (New York: F. Watts, 1977) | |||||||||||||
4/12 | 'Blue' color separations: pp. 1 and 3 - 32, 17 sheets; separation sheet of pp. 18 - 19, no color designation, 1 sheet | ||||||||||||
4/13 | 'Yellow' color separations: pp. 1 and 3 - 32, (17 sheets) | ||||||||||||
4/14 | 'Black' color separations: pp. 1 and 3 - 32, (17 sheets) | ||||||||||||
4/15 | Layout and paste-up, with original pen & ink illustrations: pp. 1 - 15, (8 sheets) | ||||||||||||
4/16 | Layout and paste-up, with original pen & ink illustrations: pp. 16 - 32, (9 sheets ) | ||||||||||||
What Are We Going To Do About Andrew? by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, illustrations by Ray Cruz (New York: Macmillan, 1980) | |||||||||||||
5/1 | Book dummy with early pencil and watercolor illustrations | ||||||||||||
5/2 | Layout and paste-up, with original pen & ink illustrations: pp. 1 - 11 and 32, (6 sheets) | ||||||||||||
5/3 | Layout and paste-up, with original pen & ink illustrations: pp. 12 - 21, (5 sheets) | ||||||||||||
5/4 | Layout and paste-up, with original pen & ink illustrations: pp. 22 - 31, (5 sheets) | ||||||||||||
5/5 | Layout for dust jacket, with original pen & ink illustrations, (2 sheets) | ||||||||||||
5/6 | Color separations: pp. 1, 4 - 7, and 32, (9 sheets) | ||||||||||||
5/7 | Color separations: pp. 8 - 11, ( 6 sheets) | ||||||||||||
5/8 | Color separations: pp. 12 - 15, (6 sheets) | ||||||||||||
5/9 | Color separations: pp. 16 - 19, (6 sheets) | ||||||||||||
5/10 | Color separations: pp. 20 - 23, (6 sheets) | ||||||||||||
5/11 | Color separations: pp. 24 - 27, (6 items) | ||||||||||||
5/12 | Color separations: pp. 28 - 31, (6 sheets) | ||||||||||||
5/13 | Color separation of dust jacket, (3 sheets) | ||||||||||||
Where Do I Belong? by M. Jean Craig, illustrations by Ray Cruz (New York: Four Winds Press, 1971) | |||||||||||||
6/1 | Layout and paste-up, with original pen & ink and watercolor illustrations: dust jacket and endpapers, (2 sheets) | ||||||||||||
6/2 | Layout and paste-up, with original pen & ink and watercolor illustration: title page, (2 sheets) | ||||||||||||
6/3 | Layout, with original pen & ink and watercolor illustrations: pp. 8 (beginning of text) - 21, (7 sheets) | ||||||||||||
6/4 | Layout, with original pen & ink and watercolor illustrations: pp. 22 - 36, (8 sheets) | ||||||||||||
6/5 | Color separations: dust jacket and title page, (6 sheets) | ||||||||||||
6/6 | Color separations: pp. 2 - 3 (endpapers) and 8 - 9 (beginning of text), (6 sheets) | ||||||||||||
6/7 | Color separations: pp. 10 - 15, (9 sheets) | ||||||||||||
6/8 | Color separations: pp. 16 - 21, (9 sheets) | ||||||||||||
6/9 | Color separations: pp. 22 - 27, (9 sheets) | ||||||||||||
6/10 | Color separations: pp. 28 - 33, (9 sheets) | ||||||||||||
6/11 | Color separations: pp. 34 - 36, (6 sheets) | ||||||||||||
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Correspondence |
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6/12 | Selected correspondence between Ray Cruz and the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection, 1977 - 1988, (4 items) | ||||||||||||
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