CLRC-49 Blair Lent Papers David E Byer University of Minnesota Libraries 05/31/2005
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. 05/31/2005 Description is in English Summary Information University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc] Lent, Blair Blair Lent Papers 1964-1979 CLRC-49 Blair Lent's papers focus on his work as an author and illustrator of children's picture books. The collection contains production material for eighteen titles published between 1964 and 1979, and some artwork for a Durr Reader published in 1969. The collection includes illustrations done in a variety of media and many with separations, studies, dummies, proofs, notes, and typescripts. 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

Blair Lent was born January 22, 1930 in Boston Massachusetts. He graduated from the Museum of Fine Arts School of Art in 1953 and later studied art in Switzerland and Italy. In the 1950s, he worked as an assistant art director and creative designer and in the 1960s began illustrating and writing children's books. Many of his ideas for books and illustrations come from the folklore of Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa, and his own travel experiences. He received the Caldecott Medal in 1973 for The Funny Little Woman, a Caldecott Honor for Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky in 1969; he also received Caldecott Honors for The Angry Moon (1971) and The Wave (1965). Blair Lent works in a variety of media including cardboard cuts, pen and ink and wash drawings, and acrylic painting, His attention to detail and sense of place are evident in his works. Blair Lent has continued to write and illustrate children's books throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

 Scope and Content

The collection contains production material for eighteen titles published between 1964 and 1979, and some artwork for a Durr Reader published in 1969. The collection includes illustrations done in a variety of media and many with separations, studies, dummies, proofs, notes, and typescripts.

 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.

Lent, Blair Accession Information:

This collection was placed on permanent loan at the University of Minnesota Children's Literature Research Collection by Blair Lent in 1979

Gift of: Lent, Blair

Arrangement

Angry Moon, 1970

Baba Yaga, 1966

Bear Teeth for Courage, 1964

The Christmas Sky, 1966

Durr Reader Grade 5, 1969

Favorite Fairy Tales Told in India, 1973

From King Boggen's Hall to Nothing-At-All, 1967

The Funny Litte Woman, 1972

I Stood Upon a Mountain, 1979

John Tabor's Ride, 1966

The Little Match Girl, 1968

The Miracle of the Talking Jungle, 1965

Oasis of the Stars, 1965

Pistachio, 1964

The Telephone, 1977

Tikki Tikki Tembo, 1968

The Wave, 1964

Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky, 1968

Collection Contents Angry Moon 1970

Sleator, William

Boston: Little, Brown, 1970

 MC1066 acrylic and ink illustrations 4 p. MC1066 pastel and pencil study for jacket 1 p. MC1066 pastel and pencil studies 12 p. MC1066 sheet proof for jacket 1 p. MC1066 covers 2 p. MC1066 sheets proof 5 p. MC1066 sheet BL notes 1 p. MC1066 Sheets color jacket proofs 8 p. Baba Yaga 1966

Boston: Houghton, 1966

 MF3045 typescript, corrected with front matter 13 p. MC60 felt pen and pencil dummy with holograph and corrected text proof 56 p. MC60 cardboard cut illustration with 2 separations 1 p. MC60 cardboard cut studies 14 p. MC60 photostat of cardboard cut study for jacket 1 p. MC60 sheet color jacket proof 1 p. Bear Teeth for Courage 1964

1964

 MC64 ink and pencil study for jacket 1 p. MC64 pencil studies 14 p. MC64 sheet proof for jacket 1 p. MC64 sheet BL noptes 1 p. The Christmas Sky 1966

Branley, Franklyn M.

Crowell-Collier, 1966

 MC62 cardboard cut illustrations with 2 separations 3 p. MC62 cardboard cut illustration with 1 separation 1 p. MC62 wood trial proof for jacket 1 p. MC62 woodcut trial proofs 9 p. Durr Reader Grade 5 1969

Houghton Mifflin, 1969

 MC60 sheets illustration proof 5 p. MC60 sheet BL notes 1 p. Favorite Fairy Tales Told in India 1973

1973

 MC60 ink and wash illustration for cover 1 p. MC60 ink and wash illustrations 5 p. MC60 ink and wash illustrations with 2 separations 3 p. MC60 color proof of jacket with illustrator notes 1 p. From King Boggen's Hall to Nothing-At-All 1967

Boston: Little, Brown, 1967

 MF3045 typescript, corrected 15 p. MF3028 notes 1 p. MC166 pastel and pencil dummy with holograph and text proofpescript 48 p. MC166 typecardboard cut studies 14 p. The Funny Litte Woman 1972

Mosel, Arlene

New York: Dutton, 1972

 MC62 acrylic and ink illustration for jacket 1 p. MC62 acrylic and ink illustrations with 1 separation 4 p. MC62 acrylic and ink illustrations 2 p. MC62 pastel and pencil studies for jacket 3 p. MC62 sheet pencil studies 1 p. MC62 sheet illustration proof (illus doen't appear in book) 1 p. MC62 progressive proofs 8 p. MC62 sheet color jacket proof 1 p. MC62 sheets color page proofs 5 p. MC62 sheet ink calligraphy in Japanese by Naoko Matsubara 1 p. MC62 sheets illustration proof 3 p. I Stood Upon a Mountain 1979

Fisher, Aileen

New York: Crowell, 1979

 sheet proof for rejected jacket 1 p. John Tabor's Ride 1966

Boston: Little, Brown, 1966

 MF3045 typescript, coirrected 8 p. MF3045 typescript, corrected carbon 12 p. MC166 etchings illustrations 8 p. MC166 mixed-media dummy 48 p. MC166 trial proofs of etchings 6 p. The Little Match Girl 1968

Andersen, Hans Christian

Boston: Houghton, 1968

 MF1561 typescript, corrected 7 p. MF3045 typescript, corrected carbon 6 p. MC62 mixed-media dummy with holograph and corrected text proof 52 p. MC62 ink and wash illustration with illustration proof for jacket 1 p. MC62 ink and wash illustration with 3 separations for endpapers 1 p. MC62 ink and wash illustrations with 3 separations 2 p. MC62 ink and wash illustration 1 p. MC62 sheet pencil studies 1 p. MC62 sheet proof 1 p. MC62 sheet color jacket proof 1 p. The Miracle of the Talking Jungle 1965

1965

 MC166 cardboard cut illustration with 2 separations 1 p. MC62 cardboard cut illustrations with 1 separation 2 p. MC62 cardboard cut illustrations 3 p. MC62 pastel and felt pen study for jacket 1 p. MC62 cardboard cut studies 6 p. MC62 sheets proof for jacket 2 p. Oasis of the Stars 1965

Economakis, Olga

New York: Coward, 1965

 MC166 cardboard cut illustration with 2 separations for jacket 1 p. MC166 cardboard cut illustrations with 2 separations 2 p. MC166 cardboard cut studies 2 p. Pistachio 1964

Boston: Little Brown, 1964

 MF3045 typescript, corrected 5 p. MF3045 typescript, corrected 4 p. MC60 felt pen and pencil dummy with holograph and corrected text proof 36 p. MC60 cardboard cut study for cover 1 p. MC60 cardboard cut studies 4 p. MC60 preliminary paste up print 1 p. The Telephone 1977

Chukovsky, Kornei

Seymour Lawrence, 1977

 MC166 ink and wash illustration with 3 separations for jacket 1 p. MC166 ink and wash illustrations with 3 separations 3 p. MC166 sheets proof for jacket 3 p. MC166 sheets color proof for jacket 2 p. MC166 sheets black and white proof for jacket 3 p. Tikki Tikki Tembo 1968

Mosel, Arlene

New York: Holt, 1968

 MC62 ink and wash illustration with 2 separations for jacket 1 p. MC62 ink and wash illustrations with 2 separations 4 p. The Wave 1964

Boston: Houghton, 1964

 MC65 mixed-media dummy with holograph and corrected text proof 52 p. MC65 cardboard cut illustrations with 2 separations 3 p. MC65 cardboard cut illustration 1 p. MC65 cardboard cut collage studies 5 p. MC65 sheet pastel and pencil studies 1 p. MC65 sheet proof 1 p. Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky 1968

Dayrell, Elphinstone

Boston: Houghton, 1968

 MC65 felt pen and pencil dummy with holograph and corrected text proof 38 p. MC65 ink and wash illustration with 2 separations for jacket 1 p. MC65 ink illustration for endpapers 1 p. MC65 ink illustration for cover 1 p. MC65 ink and wash illustrations with 2 separations 6 p. MC65 sheet pastel and pencil studies 1 p. MC65 sheet proof for jacket 1 p. MC65 cardboard cutouts used for ACI film 1 p.