CLRC-69 Maurice Sendak PapersJim Eyer University of Minnesota Libraries1-18-05

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.1-18-05Description is in English Summary Information University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc] Sendak, Maurice Maurice Sendak Papers 1951-1965 CLRC-69 Maurice Sendak's papers focus on his work as an author and illustrator of children's books, with emphasis on the latter. The collection contains production materials for 21 titles published between 1951-1965, an illustration for a Robert Frost poem contained in a book of children's literature published in 1958, some miscellaneous art work, including studies for Esquire magazine, an ink and watercolor study inscribed for Irvin Kerlan, and a study for a version of Oscar Wild's The Happy Prince, not verified as published. The collection contains studies done in a variety of media, proofs, a dummy, a signed lithograph, and typescripts, notes, and galley proofs. .4 linear feet--written 2.5 cubic feet--illustrative 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

Maurice Sendak was born June 10, 1928, in Brooklyn, New York. He began his art career as a cartoonist and display artist, and in the 1940s he started to illustrate children's books. Sendak illustrated many well-known author's books in the early years of his career, including Meindart De Jong, Ruth Krause, Charlotte Zolotow, and Janice Udry; he also illustrated Else Holmelund Minarik's Little Bear series. In the 1950s he began to write children's picture books. Throughout his long career he has continued to illustrate his own and other author's works, retellings of folk and fairy tales, and to write and direct plays for children, as well as to write for adults. He has been honored many times by the Caldecott committee, winning the Medal in 1964 for Where the Wild Things Are, and the Caldecott Honor for A Very Special House; Little Bear's Visit; The Moon Jumpers; Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present; In the Night Kitchen; Outside Over There; What Do You Say, Dear?. He has also illustrated a number of Newbery Honor books. He was one of the first authors/illustrators to deal honestly and openly with the feelings of young children, and their emotional reality. He vividly brings to life their dreams and fantasies, and how they make discoveries about themselves and their world. He also uses flights into adventure and/or fantasy to help children deal with their feelings of anger, sadness, etc. recognizing that all of these are present in the young child, and they need to be able to come to grips with them. Some of Sendak's detractors claim that he is too serious in some of his works, but Sendak, and many other critics, assert that children should not and can not be shielded from reality and harsh truths. Sendak continues to write and and illustrate children's books that challenge readers and critics to look at the world of the young child from new perspectives, and to appreciate the way Sendak brings this world of young children and their feelings and fantasies to life. Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vols. 1, 27, 113 Children's Literature Review, vol. 74

Scope and Content

The collection contains production material for 21 titles, as well as an illustration for a Robert Frost poem included in a collection of children's literature published in 1958. There is manuscript material for 1 title only, Kenny's Window, consisting of typescripts, some corrected or carbon, corrected galley proofs, and notes. The rest of the collection consists of illustrative material and includes studies done in a variety of media, including ink and pencil, illustrations, jacket and endpaper studies, illustration proofs, a dummy, and a signed lithograph. It also contains miscellaneous artwork done for Esquire magazine, a version of The Happy Prince not verified as published, and an ink and watercolor study inscribed for Irvin Kerlan.

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.

Sendak, Maurice Accession Information:

This collection was given originally to Dr. Irvin Kerlan, who in turn donated his collection to the University of Minnesota.

Gift of: Sendak, Maurice

Arrangement

Along Came a Dog,

Animal Family, The,

Birthday Party, The,

Circus Girl,

Esquire magazine,

Happy Prince, The,

Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water,

Hole is to Dig, A: A First Book of First Definitions,

House of Sixty Fathers, The,

Hurry Home, Candy,

I'll Be You and You Be Me,

I Want to Paint My Bathroom Blue,

Kenny's Window,

Let's Be Enemies,

Little Bear's Visit,

Lullabies and Night Songs,

Maggie Rose, Her Birthday Christmas,

Magic Pictures, The: More About the Wonderful Farm,

Miscellaneous art,

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm,

No Fighting, No Biting,

Pencil, Pen, and Brush Drawing for Beginners,

Seven Tales,

Sign on Rosie's Door, The,

Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening,

Wonderful Farm, The,

Happy Inauguration (President Clinton), 1993

Collection Contents Along Came a Dog

MC1175 pencil studies 29 p. Animal Family, The

MC1175 sheet illustration proofs 1 p. Birthday Party, The

MC1175 jacket pencil study 1 p. MC1175 pencil studies 8 p. Circus Girl

MC D78 ink and watercolor jacket study 1 p. MC78 pencil jacket study 1 p. MC78 pencil studies 18 p. Esquire magazine

MC1175 pencil studies 2 p. Happy Prince, The

MC1175 ink and watercolor study 1 p. Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water

MC1174 illustration proofs on 2 pp. 7 p. Hole is to Dig, A: A First Book of First Definitions

MC1174 ink and watercolor jacket study 1 p. MC1174 ink studies 6 p. House of Sixty Fathers, The

MC1175 watercolor jacket study 1 p. MC1175 pencil studies 31 p. Hurry Home, Candy

MC1175 crayon and tempera jacket study 1 p. MC1175 ink studies 4 p. MC1175 pencil studies 2 p. MC1175 sheet illustration proofs 1 p. I'll Be You and You Be Me

MC1174 pencil jacket study 1 p. MC1174 ink endpaper study 1 p. MC1174 pencil endpaper study 1 p. MC1174 crayon and pencil study 1 p. MC1174 ink and pencil studies 7 p. MC1174 ink and watercolor studies 10 p. MC1174 ink studies 38 p. MC1174 pencil studies 3 p. I Want to Paint My Bathroom Blue

MC78 watercolor jacket study 1 p. MC78 sheets ink and watercolor studies 2 p. MC78 watercolor studies 6 p. Kenny's Window

MF703 folder 1 3 holographs 10 p. MF703 folder 1 typescript 5 p. MF703 folder 1 6 typescripts, corrected 38 p. MF703 folder 2 13 typescripts, corrected 46 p. MF703 folder 3 8 typescripts, corrected 17 p. MF703 folder 3 3 typescripts, carbon 8 p. MF703 folder 3 4 typescripts, corrected carbon 12 p. MF703 folder 4 3 galley proofs, corrected 51 p. MF703 folder 4 notes 1 p. MC78 ink and watercolor dummy with text proof 64 p. MC78 ink and watercolor jacket and/or title page studies 10 p. MC78 ink and watercolor studies 6 p. MC78 pencil studies 33 p. Let's Be Enemies

MC1175 ink and watercolor jacket studies 4 p. MC1175 pencil jacket study 1 p. MC1175 ink studies 2 p. MC1175 pencil studies 19 p. MC1175 layout 1 p. Little Bear's Visit

MC1174 lithograph, #26 of a signed, limited edition of 500 copies. 1 p. Lullabies and Night Songs

MC1175 photographs of illustrations 2 p. Maggie Rose, Her Birthday Christmas

MC1174 ink and watercolor jacket study 1 p. MC1174 ink studies 7 p. Magic Pictures, The: More About the Wonderful Farm

MC1175 ink studies, 1 framed 7 p. MC1175 pencil studies 30 p. MC1175 sheets illustration proof 6 p. Miscellaneous art

MC1175 ink and watercolor study inscribed for Irvin Kerlan, probably unpublished 1 p. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm

MC1175 ink studies 4 p. No Fighting, No Biting

MC1174 pencil studies 35 p. MC1174 sheets pencil studies 2 p. Pencil, Pen, and Brush Drawing for Beginners

MC78 ink studies 2 p. Seven Tales

MC1174 sheet ink, pencil and watercolor studies 1 p. MC1174 ink and watercolor studies 2 p. MC1174 ink studies 4 p. MC1174 pencil studies 9 p. Sign on Rosie's Door, The

MC1174 jacket pencil study 1 p. MC1174 pencil studies 31 p. Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening

MC1174 ink and watercolor drawing, inscribed To Irvin. 1 p. Wonderful Farm, The

MC1175 ink and watercolor jacket study 1 p. MC1175 ink studies 20 p. MC1175 jacket sheet proof 1 p. MC1175 sheets illustration proof 2 p. Happy Inauguration (President Clinton) 1993

1993

MC78 print 1 p.