CLRC-7 Ashley Bryan Papers Nancy Larsen University of Minnesota Libraries 5/4/2005
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. 5/4/2005 Description is in English Summary Information University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections Bryan, Ashley Ashley Bryan Papers 1974-1998 CLRC-7 Ashley Bryan's papers contain material for six titles. The collection includes illustrative material, proofs, layouts for text and music, typescript, notes, and correspondence. 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

Ashley Bryan was born July 13, 1923 in New York, New York, and grew up in the Bronx. He studies at Cooper Union Art School and Columbia University in New York. Bryan has taught art for many years, and serves as professor emeritus of art and visual studies at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. He began his career as an illustrator in the 1960s, illustrating a collection of poetry by Rabindranath Tagore, Moon For What Do You Want, published in 1967, and has since published many works. Throughout the past few decades, Bryan has received praise for his illustrated retellings of African and West African folktales and as a compiler of African American poems and spirituals that help children explore Black culture and history. Bryan's retellings of folktales are noted for their emphasis on the tales' place in the oral tradition and his retention of their "read aloud" quality and word play. His illustrations add to the tales' appeal for readers with their detail and vitality.

 Scope and Content

The collection contains material for six titles. The collection consists of original art, illustrative material, including print proofs and three framed illustrations, typescripts, layouts, a galley proof, notes, and correspondence.

 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.

Bryan, Ashley Accession Information:

The collection was donated to the Children's Literature Research Collection by the illustrator.

Gift of: Bryan, Ashley

Arrangement

Walk Together Children: Black American Spirituals, 1974

Cat's Purr,

Dancing Granny, 1977

House with No Door, 1998

Lion and the Ostrich Chicks, 1986

What a Morning! The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals, 1987

How God Fix Jonah, 2000

Collection Contents Walk Together Children: Black American Spirituals 1974

1974

 MC 386, folder 1 original brush painting 1 p. MC 386, folder 1 tracing of illustration for transfer 1 p. MC 386, folder 1 first proof [linoleum block print] 1 p. MC 386, folder 1 second proof [linoleum block print] 1 p. MC 386, folder 1 third proof [linoleum block print] 1 p. MC 386, folder 1 final proof [linoleum block print] 1 p. MC 386, folder 1 retouched final proof 1 p. MC 386, folder 1 proof for title 1 p. MC 386, folder 1 layout for text and music 1 p. MC 386, folder 1 layout for text and music 1 p. MC 386, folder 1 description of sequence 3 p. MC 386, folder 2 first proofs [linoleum prints on rice paper] 8 p. MC 386, folder 2 description by illustrator 1 p. MC 386, folder 3 notes 1 p. MC 386, folder 3 correspondence 2 p. MC 386, folder 3 typescript, corrected 6 p. MC 386, folder 3 galley proof 2 p. MC 386, folder 3 text proof layout 3 p. MC 386, folder 3 text proof layout, corrected 1 p. MC 386, folder 3 correspondence 4 p. MC 386 framed illustrations 3 p. MC 386, folder 3 greeting card 1 p. Cat's Purr

New York: Atheneum Books for Young REaders,

MC 162 colored pencil illustration 1 p. Dancing Granny 1977

New York : Alladin Paperbacks, 1977

 MC 162 tempera illustration 1 p. House with No Door 1998

Swann, Brian

San Diego: Harcourt Brace and Co., 1998

 MC 162 tempera illustrations w/text 2 p. Lion and the Ostrich Chicks 1986

New York: Atheneum, 1986

 1986 tempera illustrations 2 p. What a Morning! The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals 1987

New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1987

 MC 162 tempera illustration 1 p. How God Fix Jonah 2000

by Lorenz Graham

Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mill, 2000

 MC 1713 woodcut prints 6 p.