CLRC-1778 Christine PriceLarry Peterson, April 2005 University of Minnesota Libraries4/25/2005
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.4/25/2005Description is in English Summary Information University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc] Price, Christine Christine Price 1958-1970 CLRC-1778 The collection contains illustrative material for nine titles plus manuscript material for three of them. 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

Christine Price was born April 15, 1928, in London, England. She died January 13, 1980, in Albuquerque, NM. She was an illustrator and writer of children's books on art history, dance, and folklore. Price's extensive travels provided her with material for many of her books. Biographical Source: Something About the Author, Vol. 23, p. 192

 Scope and Content

The major part of this collection consists of illustrative material for nine different titles. Also included is manuscript material for three of the books that she wrote.

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.

Price, Christine Accession Information:

Some of the material in this collection was given to the University of Minnesota by Christine Price in 1967. In 1969 and 1971 she gave additional material.

Gift of: Price, Christine

Arrangement

Loner, 1963

Made in Ancient Egypt, 1970

Made in the Middle Ages, 1961

Men of the HIlls, 1958

One is God: Two Old Counting Songs, 1970

Sixty at a Blow: A Tall Tale from Turkey, 1968

Owl Book, 1970

Unicorn Who Wanted to be Seen, 1961

Widdecombe Fair: An Old English Folk Song, 1968

Collection Contents Loner 1963

New York: D. McKay Co., 1963

 M. C. 1092 Black and white ink illustrations 10 p. M. C. 1092 Design for dust jacket 1 p. M. C. 1092 Design for title page 1 p. M. C. 1092 Sheet of sketches, 2 sides 1 p. Made in Ancient Egypt 1970

New York: Dutton, 1970

 M. C. 1092 Blueprint illustrator's dummy with typescript 160 p. M. C. 1092 Typescript layout 6 p. M. C. 1092 Miscellaneous 1 p. Made in the Middle Ages 1961

New York: Dutton, 1961

 M. C. 1091 Illustrations in ink on acetate, each with 1 separation in tempera on paper 59 p. M. C. 1091 Jacket illustration in ink on acetate with 1 acetate separation and 1 board separation 1 p. M. C. 1091 Map illustration in ink on acetate 1 p. Men of the HIlls 1958

New York: Criterion Books, 1958

 M. C. 1094 Ink illustration with two separations 1 p. M. C. 1094 Ink illustrations 16 p. One is God: Two Old Counting Songs 1970

New York: Warne, 1970

 M. F. 2820 Linoleum print illustration plates for jacket 2 plates M. F. 2820 Linoleum print illustration plates 41plates M. F. 2820 Linoleum preliminary plates 2 plates M. C. 1239 Linoleum print, pencil and watercolor dummy with text proof 52 p. M. C. 1239 Linoleum print illustration with 3 separations for jacket 1 p. M. C. 1239 Linoleum print illustration for jacket 1 p. M. C. 1239 Ink calligraphy and linoleum print illustration with 2 separations 1 p. M. C. 1239 Linoleum print illustrations with text proof and 2 separations 19 p. M. C. 1239 Ink calligraphy illustrations with text proof 2 p. M. C. 1239 Linoleum print illustration 1 p. M. C. 1239 Linoleum preliminary prints 9 p. M. C. 1239 Preliminary layout 1 p. M. C. 1239 Sheet (photocopy) of research material 1 p. M. F. 661 Typescript, corrected 14 p. M. F. 661 Notes 4 p. Sixty at a Blow: A Tall Tale from Turkey 1968

New York : Dutton, 1968

 M. C. 1092 Jacket paste-up with 3 separations 1 p. M. C. 1092 Ink illustrations without separations 11 p. M. C. 1092 Ink illustrations with 3 separations 11 p. M. C. 1092 Jacket sketch in crayon and tempera 1 p. M. C. 1092 Layout for pages of book in pencil and crayon on one sheet 1 p. M. C. 1092 Jacket proofs 2 p. M. C. 1092 Color proof for p. 30-31 1 p. Owl Book 1970

New York: Warne, 1970

 M. C. 1239 Linoleum print in color 1 p. Unicorn Who Wanted to be Seen 1961

New York: Warne, 1961

 M. C. 1091 Scratch board illustrations 8 p. M. C. 1091 Illustrations in tempera with 2 separations 11 p. M. C. 1091 Jacket illustration in tempera with 3 separations 1 p. Widdecombe Fair: An Old English Folk Song 1968

New York: Warne, 1968

 M. F. 2820 Linoleum print illustration plates 75 plates M. C. 1094 Pencil illustrator's dummy 33 p. M. C. 1094 Pencil and colored pencil illustrator's dummy with watercolor jacket sketch and some linoleum prints 40 p. M. C. 1094 Linoleum print jacket illustration with 1 acetate separation and 2 linoleum print separations 1 p. M. C. 1094 Linoleum print tailpiece illustration with 1 linoleum separation 1 p. M. C. 1094 Linoleum print illustrations each with 1 linoleum print separation 19 p. M. C. 1094 Linoleum print illustration 1 p. M. C. 1094 Linoleum print proofs 7 p. M. C. 1094 Blurb typescript 1 p. M. F. 1094 Sheet illustration proofs 1 p.