CLRC-62 Elizabeth Olds Papers Jim Eyer University of Minnesota Libraries 9-14-04
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. 9-14-04 Description is in English Summary Information University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc] Olds, Elizabeth Elizabeth Olds Papers 1945-1958 CLRC-62 The Elizabeth Olds papers focus on her work as an author and illustrator of children's books. The collection contains production material for 4 titles published between 1945-1958. It includes illustrations in a variety of media, some with separations, dummies with and without text, studies done in a variety of media, sketches, pasteups, technical notes, and 1 piece of miscellaneous art, a woodcut print inscribed for Irvin Kerlan. 6 cubic feet 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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Processing Information

This collection was processed with financial assistance from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical Sketch

Elizabeth Olds was born December 10, 1896, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She attended the U. of Minn. from 1916-1918, the Minneapolis Institute of Art from 1918-1821, and the Art Students League of New York from 1921-1923. Throughout her long career in the arts, Ms. Olds became known for her paintings and prints, and was the first woman awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for her work. She began writing and illustrating children's books in the 1940s, publishing The Big Fire in 1945, a work that developed out of one of her prints. In 1952 she received a Caldecott Honor for Feather Mountain. Her children's books demonstrate her versatility as an artist working in a variety of media, as well as showcasing her storytelling abilities. Elizabeth Olds died March 4, 1991, in Sarasota, Florida.

Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vols. 3, 66

Scope and Content

The collection contains production material for 4 titles, and includes illustrations done in tempera, tempera and collage, and ink wash, some with separations, lithograph illustrations, studies, and sketches done in a variety of media, including ink wash and charcoal, ink and charcoal, tempera and watercolor, and collage. There are also two oversize silkscreen prints for The Big Fire, technical notes for The Big Fire and for Riding the Rails, dummies, a proof, pasteups, and a woodcut print inscribed for Irvin Kerlan.

Indexing Terms

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Olds, Elizabeth Accession Information:

Part of this collection was given to Dr. Irvin Kerlan, who in turn donated his collection to the U. of Minn. In 1969 and 1982, Ms. Olds added additional material to the collection.

Gift of: Olds, Elizabeth

Arrangement

Big Fire, The,

Deep Treasure: A Story of Oil,

Feather Mountain,

Miscellaneous Art,

Riding the Rails,

Collection Contents Big Fire, The MC841 black and white uncut page proofs 2 p. MC841 colored uncut page proofs 3 p. MC833 tempera and pencil illustrator's dummy 26 p. MC833 endpaper illustration 1 p. MC833 tempera jacket illustrations 2 p. MC841 technical notes 1 p. MC841 lithographic endpaper illustration 1 p. MC841 lithographic jacket illustrations 2 p. MC841 lithographic and watercolor endpaper illustrations 4 p. MC841 sheets with 17 lithograph illustrations 10 p. MC1111 silkscreen prints 2 p. Deep Treasure: A Story of Oil MC172 author-illustrator's tempera and collage dummy with typescript 24 p. MC172 author-illustrator's tempera and collage dummy with text proof 20 p. MC172 temperas and collage illustrations with 3 separations each 8 p. MC172 tempera and collage illustration with 2 separations 1 p. MC172 ink wash illustration with 2 separations 1 p. MC172 sheets with 8 tempera and collage illustrations 7 p. MC172 ink wash illustrations 2 p. MC172 collage studies 2 p. MC172 tempera study 1 p. MC172 proof 1 p. Feather Mountain MC173 ink wash illustration with 3 separations for jacket/last page 1 p. MC173 ink wash illustration for endpapers/title page 1 p. MC173 ink wash illustrations with 3 separations each 6 p. MC173 ink wash illustrations with 2 separations each 2 p. MC173 ink wash illustrations 9 p. MC173 tempera and watercolor studies mounted on tagboard--originally framed 4 p. MC173 sheets watercolor and ink sketches 2 p. MC173 sheets ink and wash sketches 8 p. MC173 sheets ink and charcoal sketches 2 p. Miscellaneous Art MC841 woodcut print, The Eclipse, inscribed for Dr. Kerlan 1 p. Riding the Rails MC174 author-illustrator's tempera and pencil dummy 56 p. MC174 sheets with 18 ink wash illustrations 14 p. MC174 jacket pasteup 1 p. MC174 endpaper pasteup 1 p. MC174 technical notes 1 p. MC174 ink wash illustrations with 3 separations each 4 p. MC414 ink wash illustration 1 p. MC414 ink wash illustrations with 3 separations each (one is mission 1 separation) 8 p. MC414 separation, not connected to an illustration 1 p. MC414 ink wash illustration 1 p. MC414 uncut page proof 1 p.