Children's Literature Research Collection
113 Elmer L. Andersen Library
University of Minnesota
222 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Children's Literature
Research Collection
113 Elmer L. Andersen Library
University of Minnesota
222 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Summary Information
Collection Number: CLRC0122
Collection Size: .4 linear ft. (Manuscript and other material), 4.68 cubic ft. (Illustrative and related material)
Abstract/Notes: The James Henry Daughterty collection includes illustration materials for 30 titles and manuscripts for 5 titles. Manuscript materials include corrected typescripts, a paste-up, and a bound dummy. Illustrations include studies and illustrations in several media, some with separations. Miscellaneous materials include manuscripts and illustrations.
James Henry Daugherty began corresponding with Dr. Irwin Kerlan in the late 1940s, advising Kerlan on the merits of various editions of Daugherty work. By 1950, donated Daugherty art was traveling with other materials in the growing Kerlan Collection, and Daugherty began donating materials to expand the collection on a regular basis. Even after Dr. Kerlan donated his collection to the University of Minnesota, Daugherty remained a regular contributor.
Collection is non-circulating, in-house use only.
This collection is protected by the Copyright law of the United States (Titles 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all the necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials.
This collection was processed with financial assistance from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical/Historical Notes
James Henry Daugherty (1889-1974) was born in Ashville, North Carolina, but grew up in Indiana and Ohio. When he was 9, the family moved to Washington, D.C. where he studied at the Corcoran School of Art and the Philadelphia Art Academy. He then spent two years in London studying under Frank Brangwyn. Daugherty's first publication was an illustration for John Flemming Wilson's series, Tad Sheldon, Boy Scout (1913). He then worked camouflaging ships and creating four murals in Loew's State Theatre, Cleveland, while illustrating fiction (including The Plucky Allens and The Lost Gospel), signed and unsigned pulp and magazine work. In 1925, he was asked to illustrate R.H. Horne's King Penguin which he described as "the first book ever I illustrated." In 1926, S.E. White's Daniel Boone, Wilderness Scout appeared with Daugherty illustrations. He won the Newbery (1940) for his self-illustrated Daniel Boone, and was runner-up for two Caldecott Medals: Andy and the Lion (1939) and Gillespie and the Guards (1957).
Biographical Source:
Scope and Content Notes
The James Henry Daughterty collection includes illustration materials for 30 titles and manuscripts for 5 titles. Manuscript materials include corrected typescripts, a paste-up, and a bound dummy. Illustrations include studies and illustrations in several media, some with separations. The material is arranged by title with folder level control.
See attached inventory for folder and box contents.
Collection Inventory
Abraham Lincoln, 1943
American Life in Literature (Rev. ed.), 1949
-Watercolor & pencil studies,
5
(M.C. 1102)
-Illustration proof,
7
(M.C. 1102)
---One is inscribed "Greetings to Dr. Irwin Kerlan from James Daugherty"
Aydelotte, Dora stories, (1936?)
-Watercolor illustration for "a magazine",
1
(M.C. 1104)
---(Green Gravel (New York, Appleton-Century, 1937) included in Daugherty bibliography, Imprint: Oregon op.cit.)
Barnaby Rudge, a Tale of the Riots of '80, 1941
-Lithograph illustrations,
2
(M.C. 1102) (4 illustrations on each of 2 sheets)
Better Known as Johnny Appleseed, 1950
-Ink illustrations,
4
(M.C. 1108)
-Ink illustration with 2 separations for jacket,
1
(M.C. 1108)
-Paste-up with 2 separations for jacket,
1
(M.C. 1108)
-Ink calligraphy,
1
(M.C. 1108)
-Ink studies,
1
(M.C. 1108)
Canterbury Tales, (n.d.)
-Pencil, watercolor, & gold pigment illustration,
1
(M.C. 1106)
Daniel Boone, 1939
-Illustrator's proof,
1
(M.C. 1102)
-Illustrator's proof for end papers,
1
(M.C. 1102)
Daniel Boone, Wilderness Scout, 1926
-Watercolor & ink illustration,
1
(M.C. 1108)
-Charcoal & pencil illustration,
1
(M.C. 1108)
Early Moon, 1930
-Pencil study,
1
(M.C. 1102)
Gillespie and the Guards, 1956
-Pencil studies,
3
(M.C. 1102)
---One inscribed with a Christmas greeting to Dr. Irwin Kerlan.
The Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, 1929
-Ink illustration,
1,
(M.C. 1103)
-Charcoal & pastel studies,
2
(M.C. 1103)
Knickerbocker's History of New York, 1928
-Ink illustration,
1
(M.C. 1105)
The Landing of the Pilgrims, 1950
-Ink & watercolor study for jacket,
1
(M.C. 1102
-Illustrator's proof for endpapers,
1
(M.C. 1102)
The Last of the Mohicans, 1957
-Charcoal & pastel studies,
20
(M.C. 1105)
-Charcoal & pastel studies for jacket,
2
(M.C. 1105)
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 1947
-Charcoal & pastel illustrations,
7
(M.C. 1128/Oversize)
The Loudest Noise in the World, 1954
-Ink & pastel study for jacket,
1
(M.C. 1102)
-Pencil studies,
3
(M.C. 1102)
---One inscribed "Christmas greeting for Irwin, James Daugherty"
---One inscribed "For Irwin JD"
The Magna Charta, 1956
-Holograph and typescript, corrected,
100 p.
(M.F. 281, folder 1 & 2)
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, 1953
-Typescript, corrected,
137 p.
(M.F. 281, folders 1, 2, 3)
-Correspondence,
1 p.
(M.F. 281, folder 3)
Miscellaneous
-Speech before Washington Post Children's Book Fair,
November 1952
---Typescript, corrected,
2 p.
(M.F. 281, folder 1)
---Typescript, carbon,
3 p.
(M.F. 281, folder 1)
-Studies in wash for war bond posters and stamps
(M.C. 1102)
-Christmas card to Dr. Irwin Kerlan, 1952,
1
(M.C. 1102)
-Christmas "greetings" to Dr. Irwin Kerlan (undated),
4
(M.C.1102)
-Ink illustration for Three Comedies of Shakespeare
(M.C. 1108)
-Ink study of rats,
2
(M.C. 1102)
-Pencil study of rats,
1
(M.C. 1102)
-Pencil studies,
5
(1102)
-Charcoal study for a Christmas card,
1
(M.C. 1102)
-Ink illustration,
3 (one matted)
(M.C. 1102)
-Pencil illustration,
1 (matted)
(M.C. 1108)
-Ink and white tempera illustrations, matted,
3
(M.C. 1108)
-Crayon Illustration with 1 separation,
1
(MC. 1108)
-Illustration proof,
1
(M.C. 1108)
Of Courage Undaunted, 1951
-Page proof (with illustrations), corrected,
3 p.
(M.C. 1108)
-Ink & Pencil illustrations with 1 separation,
3
(M.C. 1102)
-Pencil illustrations with 1 separation,
62
(M.C. 1102)
-Charcoal & pastel study for jacket 1
(M.C. 1102)
-Pencil study with 1 separation,
1
(M.C. 1102)
-Ink study,
1,
(M.C. 1102)
-Lithograph (preliminary print),
1
(M.C. 1102)
-Pencil studies,
5
(M.C. 1102)
The Oregon Trail, 1931
-Water color illustration,
1
(M.C. 1106)
-Pencil study,
1
(M.C. 1106)
Over the Blue Wall, 1937
-Ink illustration,
1
(M.C. 1102)
The Picnic, 1958
-Holograph with pencil sketches,
8 p.
(M.F. 281, folder 1)
-Typescript, corrected,
7 p.
(M.F. 281, folder 1)
-Page proof,
3 p.
(MC1106)
-Cut paper & ink illustration with proof and 1 separation
1,
(M.C. 1106)
-Cut paper & ink illustration with text proof & 1 separation,
1
(M.C. 1106)
-Cut paper illustration with 1 separation,
1
(M.C. 1106)
-Ink illustrations with text proof and 1 separation,
35,
(M.C. 1106)
-Charcoal & pastel study,
1
(M.C. 1106)
-Ink study,
1,
(M.C. 1106)
-Ink & pencil studies,
1
(M.C. 1106)
-Pencil studies,
10
(M.C. 1106)
-Charcoal study,
1
(M.C. 1106)
-Layout for jacket 1
(M.C. 1106)
The Rainbow Book of American History, 1955
-Pencil studies,
2
(M.C. 1102)
-Illustrator's proof of jacket, trimmed,
with construction paper slip glued over title and inscribed: A very happy Christmas to Irwin from Sonia & Jimmie Daugherty
Robert Goddard, Trail Blazer to the Stars, 1964
-Pencil & conte crayon illustrator's dummy with text proof pasteup,
25 p.
(M.C. 1105)
-Ink & tempera illustrations with 1 separation,
25
(M.C. 1105)
Their Weight in Wildcats, 1936
-Ink study, "Babe " (the blue ox),
1
(M.C. 1102)
---Inscribed: For Irwin/Jimmie D.
-Pencil study, "Mike Fink"
1
(M.C. 1102)
Trappers and Traders of the Far West, 1952
-Charcoal studies,
6,
(M.C. 1102)
Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1929
-Pastel studies,
2
(M.C. 1102)
-Pencil studies,
11
(M.C. 1102)
-Crayon & pastel studies,
2
(M.C. 1102)
Walt Whitman's America, 1964
-Charcoal illustrations with 1 separation,
41
(M.C. 1106)
West of Boston, 1956
-Crayon study,
1
(M.C. 1102)
The Wild, Wild West, 1948
-Original dummy: ink, pencil & watercolor bound dummy with pencil & watercolor jacket study; corrected typescript text tipped in,
38p.
(M.C. 1102)
-Ink & pencil study for endpapers,
1
(M.F. 1102)
William Blake, 1960
-Typescript, corrected (1st draft),
84 p.
(M.F. 281, folder 1 & 2)
-Typescript, corrected (2nd draft),
136 p.
(M.F.281, folder 3 & 4)
-Typescript, corrected,
122 p.
(M.F. 281, folder 5, 6, 7)
-Notes,
3 p.
(M.F. 281, folder 3)
-Pencil illustration with 1 separation for jacket,
1
(M.C. 1102)
-Crayon and ink study for jacket,
1
(M.C. 1102)
-Crayon studies for jacket,
2
(M.C. 1102)
-Pastel study for jacket,
1
(M.C. 1102)
Wisher, 1960
-Ink & pencil illustrations with 2 separations,
20
(M.C. 1104)
-Ink calligraphy illustration with proof,
1
(M.C. 1104)
-Ink & pencil illustration with 2 separations for jacket,
1
(M.C. 1104)
-Ink calligraphy illustration with illustration proof for jacket,
1
(M.C. 1104)
-Ink illustration with 2 separations for end papers,
1
(M.C. 1104)
-Crayon & ink studies for jacket,
3
(M.C. 1104
-Cut paper study for jacket,
1
(M.C. 1104)
-Crayon study for end papers,
1
(M.C. 1104)
-Crayon, Ink & Pencil study with typescript,
1
(M.C. 1104)
-Crayon studies,
4,
(M.C. 1104)
-Crayon, ink and pencil studies,
10,
(M.C. 1104)
-Ink and pencil study,
1
(M.C. 1104)
Yankee Thunder, 1944
-Ink illustration,
1
(M.C. 1108)
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