CLRC-17 Louis Darling Papers Jim Eyer University of Minnesota Libraries 8/26/03
University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455
EAD 2002 Validated Finding Aid generated with the aid of a custom FileMaker Pro database developed by the staff of the Children's Literature Research Collections, University of Minnesota Libraries. Many thanks to all the staff and volunteers. 8/26/03 Description is in English Summary Information University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc] Darling, Louis Louis Darling Papers 1946-1970 CLRC-17 Louis Darling's papers focus on his work as an illustrator and author of children''s books, with an emphasis on illustrations. The collection contains production material for 37 titles published between 1946-70; including one title, Exploring Science, jointly illustrated by Louis Darling and I. N. Steinberg. The collection includes illustrations done in a variety of media, some with separations, prints, studies, and sketches done in various media, dummies, paste-ups, proofs, photostats, layouts, photographs, and ink lettering, color and type samples, book jackets, miscellaneous separations, and 1 miscellaneous drawing. There is a small amount of manuscript material, mostly for one title, Greenhead. This material includes a holograph, corrected typescript and galley proof, contracts, and a few pieces of correspondence and notes, including some from Lois Darling, Louis Darling's wife. 21 boxes, 4 folders totalling 0.3 linear ft. for the manuscript and non-illustrative material; 11 cubic ft. of illustrative material. See Detailed Descriptions for Each Title Item for Box Locations English Important Information for Users of the Collections Access and Use:

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Biographical Sketch

Louis Darling was born 4/26/16 in Stamford, Connecticut. He studied art at the Grand Central School of Art in New York City in 1936-37, and also studied privately. He began his career as an artist in the 1940s, doing both commercial and fine art, and also began illustrating children's and young adult books. Throughout his prolific career he illustrated several dozen books, both fiction and non-fiction, by many authors, as well as his own works. He also collaborated frequently with his wife, Lois Darling, on both juvenile and adult works; they jointly did the illustrations for Rachel Carson's classic, Silent Spring .

Louis Darling worked in both black and white, and full color, and in a variety of media including pencil and tempera, suiting his style and medium to the individual title. His interest in nature and conservation were reflected in his books and illustrations, which are noted for their accuracy, realism, and attention to detail. In 1966 he was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for The Gull's Way . He is also well-known for his illustrations for Beverly Clearly's series of books dealing with the adventures of Henry Huggins, Beezux and Ramona Quimby and their friends and neighbors. In the illustrations for these books, Louis Darling vividly brought to life the characters' unique personalities and feelings; his illustrations also brought out the humor inherent in many of the situations in which the characters found themselves. Louis Darling died on 1/21/70.

Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vol. 3, 23

Scope and Content

The collection contains production material for 37 titles published between 1946-70, and contains both manuscript and illustrative materials, with emphasis on the illustrative. It includes illustrations done in a variety of media, with separations, studies, sketches, prints, dummies, paste-ups, proofs, photostats, layouts, photographs, an ink lettering, color and type samples, and jackets. The manuscript is mainly for the title Greenhead and includes a holograph, corrected typescript and galley proof. There are also contracts and a small amoung of notes and correspondence, including some from his wife Lois Darling.

Indexing Terms

The collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Subjects Darling, Louis Accession Information:

Part of this collection was originally placed on permanent loan at the University of Minnesota Children's Literature Research Collections by Louis Darling's widow, Lois Darling, during the 1980s, with the loan later changed to a gift. Additional material was given by Lois Darling's estate in 1991.

Gift of: Darling, Louis

Arrangement

Mr. Bass's Planetoid, 1958

Arctic Tundra, The,

Beezus and Ramona,

Chickens and How to Raise Them,

Country Garage,

Country School,

Deserts,

Ellen Tebbits,

Eric on the Desert,

Exploring Science,

Grasslands,

Greenhead,

Henry and Beezus,

Henry and Ribsy,

Henry and the Clubhouse,

Henry and the Paper Route,

Henry Huggins,

Independent Blue-Bird, The,

Kangaroos and Other Animals with Pockets,

Kids' Letters to President K ennedy,

Lincoln's Animal Friends,

Miscellaneous,

Miss Charity Comes to Stay,

Mountains,

Mouse and the Motorcycle, The,

Otis Spofford,

Penguins,

Ramona the Pest,

Ribsy,

River Never Sleeps, A,

Runaway Ralph,

Seals and Walruses,

Shag,

Shoeshine Boy,

Swamps,

Swimming Hole,

Tropical Rain Forest,

Waggles and the Dog Catcher,

Appalachians, The, 1965

Before and After Dinosaurs, 1959

Bird, 1962

Coral reefs, 1963

Miscellaneous Materials,

Place in the Sun, A, 1968

Science of Life, The, 1961

Sea Serpents Around Us, 1965

Silent Spring, 1962

Sixty Million Years of Horses, 1960

Worms, 1972

Collection Contents Mr. Bass's Planetoid 1958 MC 885 Ink illustration 1 p. MC 726 Prints 27 p. Arctic Tundra, The MC 273 Oil, watercolor and pencil illustration for jacket, with 1 separation 1 p. MC 273 Pencil, oil, and ink illustration for title page 1 p. MC 273 Pencil and oil illustrations 12 p. MC 273 Pencil, oil and watercolor illustrations 14 p. MC 273 Watercolor, oil and ink illustration 1 p. MC 273 Pencil and oil study for jacket 1 p. Beezus and Ramona MC 273 Ink and oil illustration for jacket 1 p. MC 273 Ink and oil illustrations Tempera, watercolor and pencil study for jacket 1 p. MC 273 Jacket proofs 2 p Chickens and How to Raise Them MF 1836, folder 1 Contract 1 p. MC 264 Pencil illustration for jacket, with 2 separations 1 p. MC 264 Pencil illustrations 12 p. Country Garage MC 109 Ink and tempera illustrations 2 p. Country School MC 726 Pencil dummy 1 p. Deserts MC 267 Pencil illustration for title page 1 p. MC 267 Pencil, oil and watercolor illustrations 4 p. MC 267 Pencil and oil illustrations 6 p. MC 267 Watercolor, ink and oil illustration 1 p. MC 267 Pencil illustration 1 p. MC 267 Pencil and watercolor illustration 1 p. MC 267 Pencil and acrylic illustrations 3 p. Ellen Tebbits MC 488 Ink illustrations 4 p. MC 488 Ink and oil illustrations 12 p. MC 488 Ink, oil and watercolor illustrations 2 p. MC 488 Proof of cover and title page illustration 1 p. MC 488 Boards with illustration proof 3 p. MC 488 Sheets proof 2 p. Eric on the Desert MC 109 Ink, tempera and pencil illustrations 3 p. Exploring Science MC 111 Ink illustrations 8 p. MC 111 Ink and pencil illustrations 2 p. MC 111 Acrylic and oil drawings 9 p. MC 111 Oil illustration 1 p. MC 111 Acrylic illustrations 2 p. Grasslands MC 265 Pencil and oil illustration for jacket, with 1 separation 1 p. MC 265 Ink and oil illustration for cover 1 p. MC 265 Pencil and oil illustrations 31 p. MC 265 Ink illustration 1 p. MC 265 Pencil dummy with text 1 p. MC 265 Pencil layout for jacket, with 1 separation 1 p. MC 265 Photostat of title page illustration with 1 separation 1 p. Greenhead MF 1834, folders 1-2 Holograph 87 p. MF 1834, folder 2 Typescript corrected 42 p. MF 1834, folder 3 Galley proof corrected photocopy 13 p. MF 1834, folder 3 Correspondence 3 p. MF 1834, folder 3 Notes 1 p. MF 1834, folder 3 Contract 1 p. MC 264 Pencil illustration for cover 1 p. MC 264 Pencil illustration for title page 1 p. MC 264 Pencil and watercolor illustration for endpaper 1 p. MC 264 Pencil illustration 1 p. MC 264 Pencil and oil illustrations 7 p. MC 264 Watercolor and oil illustration 1 p. MC 264 Pencil, oil and watercolor illustrations 25 p. MC 264 Photostats of illustrations, with text 9 p. MC 264 Photostat of illustration 1 p. MC 264 Jacket proofs 4 p. MC 264 Galley, corrected for printer 21 p. MC 264 Pen and acrylic illustration 1 p. MC 264 Acrylic illustration 1 p. MC 264 Pencil drawings--oversize 3 p. Henry and Beezus MC 682 Acrylic and ink illustrations on 17 boards 18 p. Henry and Ribsy MC 489 Ink paste-up for jacket, with 3 separations 1 p. MC 489 Tempera layout for cover 1 p. MC 489 Ink illustrations 41 p. Henry and the Clubhouse MC 682 Acrylic and ink illustration for jacket 1 p. MC 682 Acrylic and ink illustrations 25 p. MC 682 Sheet illustration proof for jacket with 1 separation 1 p. MC 682 Sheet illustration proof for title page 1 p. MC 682 Paste-up for jacket (jacket layout) 1 p. MC 682 Paste-up for title page 1 p. MC 682 Sheets illustration proof 3 p. Henry and the Paper Route MC 110 Ink paste-up with 1 separation for cover 1 p. MC 110 Ink illustrations 28 p. MC 110 Black and white proof 1 p. Henry Huggins MC 110 Ink paste-up for jacket 1 p. MC 110 Mixed-media layout for jacket 1 p. MC 110 Color proof for jacket 1 p. MC 110 Ink illustrations 2 p. MC 110 Ink illustrations (on 11 boards) 12 p. Independent Blue-Bird, The MC 109 Pencil illustrations 16 p. Kangaroos and Other Animals with Pockets MC 306 Pencil, watercolor and ink illustration with 2 separations for jacket 1 p. MC 306 Pencil, oil and ink illustration with 1 separation for title page 1 p. MC 306 Ink illustration 1 p. MC 306 Pencil illustrations 2 p. MC 306 Pencil, oil and ink illustration 1 p. MC 306 Pencil, oil and watercolor illustrations 10 p. MC 306 Pen illustration 1 p. Kids' Letters to President Kennedy MC 488 Paste-up for cover 1 p. MC 488 Mixed-media illustration for cover 1 p. MC 488 Page of ink lettering for cover 1 p. MC 488 Ink illustrations 26 p. Lincoln's Animal Friends MC 726 Prints 29 p. Miscellaneous MC 726 Drawing 1 p. Miss Charity Comes to Stay MC 726 Ink and watercolor illustration for jacket 1 p. MC 726 Pencil and oil illustrations 31 p. Mountains MC 269 Pencil and ink illustration for jacket 1 p. MC 269 Ink and oil illustration 1 p. MC 269 Pencil and oil illustrations 14 p. MC 269 Pencil, oil and watercolor illustrations 15 p. MC 269 Photostat of illustration for jacket 1 p. MC 269 Photostat of illustration for title page with 1 separation 1 p. Mouse and the Motorcycle, The MC 110 Pencil sketches for jacket 3 p. MC 110 Acrylic and ink illustrations 44 p. MC 110 Acrylic and ink illustration for jacket with one overlay and one separagion 1 p. MC 110 Acrylic and ink illustration for jacket on acetate (matted) 1 p. MC 110 Paste-ups for jacket 2 p. MC 110 Separations for jacket 4 p. MC 110 Black and white photographs 4 p. Otis Spofford MC 264 Paste-up with 2 separations for jacket 1 p. MC 264 Mixed-media layout for cover 1 p. MC 264 Ink illustrations 35 p. Penguins MC 305 Pencil, tempera, Oil and watercolor illustration for jacket with 2 separations 1 p. MC 305 Pencil and oil illustrations 10 p. MC 305 Pencil, oil and watercolor illustrations 17 p. MC 305 Watercolor, ink and oil illustration 1 p. MC 305 Tempera and watercolor study for jacket 1 p. Ramona the Pest MC 488 Acrylic and ink illustration on acetate for jacket (attached to yellow paper) 1 p. MC 488 Ink illustrations 39 p. MC 488 Sheets of pencil sketches 25 p. MC 488 Illustration blueprint paste-up and text proof paste-up, 41 p. 1 p. MC 488 Blueprint dummy corrected (in 6 signatures) 1 p. Ribsy MC 110 Pencil sketch for jacket 1 p. MC 110 Ink illustrations 28 p. MC 110 Ink and tempera illustration for jacket 1 p. MC 110 Ink illustration with paste-up 1 p. MC 110 Acrylic and ink illustration for jacket with text proof paste-up and 1 separation 1 p. MC 110 Illustration proof 1 p. MC 110 Sheets sample type 2 p. MC 110 Color samples 2 p. River Never Sleeps, A MC 726 Pencil, pen and ink illustrations 7 p. MC 726 Proofs 4 p. MC 726 Book jacket 1 p. Runaway Ralph MC 726 Proof of illustrations 20 p. MC 726 Pen and ink illustrations 19 p. MC 726 Copy of illustration 1 p. MC 726 Book jacket 1 p. MC 726 Note from Lois Darling 1 p. Seals and Walruses MC 272 Pencil illustration for cover 1 p. MC 272 Pencil and ink illustration 1 p. MC 272 Pencil and oil illustrations 5 p. MC 272 Pencil, oil and watercolor illustrations 21 p. MC 272 Pencil, oil, ink and watercolor illustration 1 p. MC 272 Watercolor and ink illustration 1 p. Shag MC 492A, 492B Acrylic and pencil illustrations 40 p. MC 492A Note (by Lois Darling?) 1 p. MC 492B Note (by Lois Darling?) 1 p. MC 492B Acrylic and pencil illustration for jacket with text paste-up 1 p. Shoeshine Boy MC 488 Ink illustration 1 p. Swamps MC 268 Pencil, oil and watercolor illustration for jacket with 1 separation 1 p. MC 268 Ink illustration for cover 1 p. MC 268 Pencil and oil illustrations 9 p. MC 268 Pencil, oil and watercolor illustrations 25 p. MC 268 Pencil, oil, tempera and watercolor study for jacket 1 p. Swimming Hole MC 836, folder 1 (MF 836?) Correspondence 2 p. MC 110 Mixed-media black and white illustrations 6 p. Tropical Rain Forest MC 270 Pencil illustration 1 p. MC 270 Pencil and oil illustrations 5 p. MC 270 Pencil, oil and watercolor illustrations 16 p. MC 270 Pencil and watercolor illustration 1 p. MC 270 Watercolor and ink illustration 1 p. MC 270 Acrylic illustration with 1 overlay 1 p. Waggles and the Dog Catcher MC 1463 Paste-up for cover 1 p. MC 1463 Paste-up for title page 1 p. MC 1463 Ink and tempera illustrations 12 p. MC 1463 Ink and tempera illustrations with typescript added 12 p. Appalachians, The 1965 MC676 Pencil illustrations 18 p. Before and After Dinosaurs 1959 MC263 Pencil, ink and watercolor illustrations for jacket with 2 separations 1 p. MC263 Pencil, Ink and watercolor illustrations 35 p. MC263 Ink illustrations 6 p. MC263 Pencil study for title page 1 p. MC263 Pencil study for title page text 1 p. MC263 Title page layout 1 MC263 Page proof, title page text 1 p. Bird 1962 MF1834 folder 4 Holograph 31 p. MF1834 folder 2 Holograph and typescript, corrected 38 p. MF1834 folder 2 Typescript corrected 3 p. MF1834 folder 1 Typescript corrected 26 p. MF1834 folder 1 Typescript corrected, carbon 24 p. MF1834 folder 2 Typescript corrected, carbon 18 p. MF 1902 folder 7-12 Page proof corrected 265 p. MF1834 folder 4,6,7 Correspondence 36 p. MF1834 folder 3-5, MF1902 folder 7 Notes 101 p. MF 1834 folder 3 Clippings and reviews 45 p. MC740 Ink illustration (portrait of Darwin by Louis, 8/27/1960) 1 p. MC 1090 Ink illustrations 201 p. MC 1090 Pencil illustrations 9 p. MC1090 Pencil and ink illustrations 6 p. MC 1090 Pencil studies 96 p. MC 1090 Colored pencil studies 4 p. MC1090 Photocopy, reduced 1 p. MC1090 Illustrator's notes 23 p. MC1090 Illustration negatives 5 p. MC1090 Research material: photographs 3 p. MC1090 Layout page sketches with notes 17 p. MC1090 Silverprint 1 p. Coral reefs 1963 MC487 Pencil illustrations 4 p. MC487 Pencil studies 46 p. MC487 Sheet proof for jacket 1 p. MC487 Layout 40 p. MC487 Sheet proof, colored 1 p. MC487 Correspondence 1 p. Miscellaneous Materials MF1914 folder 1 Royalty statements 57 p. MF1914 folder 2 Holograph 1 p. MF1914 folder 2 Copyright registration 4 p. MF1914 folder 2 Correspondence from publishers 43 p. MF1914 folder 3-5 Correspondence, chiefly to and from children 138 p. MF1914 folder 6 Correspondence, general 11 p. MF1914 folder 6 Clippings 3 p. Place in the Sun, A 1968 MF1841 folder 1 Holograph 49 p. MC1841 folder 17-18 Typescript and holograph corrected 51 p. MF1347 folder 20 Typescript for bibliography 11 p. MF1347 folder 20 Typescript for bibliography, carbon 10 p. MF1841 folder 2-5 Typescript corrected 196 p. MF1841 folder 5-8 Typescript corrected 129 p. MF1841 folder 8-9 Typescript corrected, partial photocopy 68 p. MF1841 folder 10-11 Typescript corrected 87 p. MF1841, folder 11-14 Typescript corrected, carbon 144 p. MF1841 folder 14-15 Typescript corrected, partial carbon 63 p. MF1841 folder 15-17 Typescript corrected " 1st typed draft " 77 p. MF1841, folder 18-19 Typescript for illustration captions 65 p. MF1841 folder 19 Galley proof for captions, corrected 5 p. MF1347 folder 20 Galley proof corrected 30 p. MF1347 folder 21 Correspondence (with original outline, 2 pp) 29 p. MF1347 folder 21-22 Notes 62 p. MF1347 folder 22 Examples of type sizes 6 p. MF1347folder 23 Illustrator's blueprints with cover letter 17 p. MF1347folder23 Page proof with holograph notes on separate pages 129 p. MC745 Pencil and ink illustrations, 1 with separation 58 p. MC745 Pencil illustration for jacket 1 p. MC745 Pencil study for jacket 1 p. MC745 Pencil layouts 24 p. MC745 Notes for layouts 2 p. Science of Life, The 1961 MF1914 folder 1 Typescript corrected, for jacket copy 1 p. MF1914 folder 1 Typescript corrected carbon for jacket copy 2 p. MF1914 folder 1 Photocopy of jacket copy 1 p. MF1914 folder 1 Proof for jacket 2 p. MF1914 colder 1 Correspondence 1 p. MF1914 folder 1 Notes 1 p. MF1914 folder 1 Notes on damage to illustrations by borrowers 1 p. MF1914 folder 1 Jacket layout notes 2 p. MC730 Ink illustrations 156 p. MC730 Pencil studies 6 p. MC730 Blueprint 56 p. MC730 Illustration lettering, 2 pieces in an envelope 2 p. Sea Serpents Around Us 1965 MC745 Pencil studies 129 p. MC745 Binder's directions 1 p. MC745 Notes 1 p. MC745 Sheet proofs 4 p. MC745 Silverprints 5 p. Silent Spring 1962 MC747 Pencil studies 26 p. MC747 Notes 4 p. Sixty Million Years of Horses 1960 MF1836 folder 3 Holograph, corrected 71 p. MF1836 folder 1 Typescript and holograph 25 p. MF1836 folder 2 Typescript corrected 43 p. MF1836 folder 1 Typescript corrected, carbon 24 p. MF1836 folder 4 Correspondence 11 p. MF1836 folder 4 Notes 25 p. MF1836 folder 4 Clippings 2 p. MC272 Ink illustration 1 p. MC272 Pencil illustration 1 p. MC271, 272 Pencil and oil illustrations 27 p. MC271 Pencil, oil and watercolor illustration 1 p. MC271 Pencil, ink and watercolor illustration 1 p. MC272 Pencil and oil illustration for title page 1 p. MC272 Pencil, oil and ink illustration with 2 separations for jacket 1 p. MC272 Ink illustration for cover 1 p. MC272 Silverprint halfsize reduction of cover illustration 1 p. Worms 1972 MF1834 folder 1 Typescript corrected 17 p. MF1834, folder 2,4 Correspondence 93 p. MF1834 folder 3,4 Notes 26 p. MF1834 folder 2 Layout notes 2 p. MF1834 folder 3 Reviews 19 p. MF1834 folder 3 Research materials 13 p. MF1834 folder 2 Pencil study for jacket 1 p. MF1834 folder 2 Jacket 1 p. MC676 Pencil illustrations 31 p. MC676 Pencil studies 192 p. MC676 Pencil dummy in 4 parts 1 p. MC676 Pencil illustration for jacket with 1 separation 1 p. MC676 Pencil study for jacket 7 p. MC676 Photographs 2 p.