CLRC-729 Beth and Joe Krush Papers Jim Eyer University of Minnesota Libraries 4-20-04
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. 4-20-04 Description is in English Summary Information University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections Krush, Beth and Joe Beth and Joe Krush Papers 1953-1963 CLRC-729 The collection contains art work by the husband and wife team of Beth and Joe Krush, and includes ink and wash illustrations, ink illustrations, some with separations, correspondence, ink and colored pencil drawings with separations, ink and tempera study, ink and watercolor illustrations with separations, a pasteup. 4 boxes 1 folder 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

See Beth Krush Papers for biography of Beth. Joe Krush was born May 18, 1918, in Camden, New Jersey. He became a teacher of illustration, and an illustrator of books for young people. He did much of his illustrative work in co-operation with his wife, Beth. During World War II he served in the O.S.S., and was present at the signing of the United Nations Charter in San Francisco, and the war trials in Nuremberg.

Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vol. 18

 Scope and Content

The collection contains art work by the husband and wife team of Beth and Joe Krush, and includes ink and wash illustrations, ink illustrations, some with separations, correspondence, ink and colored pencil drawings with separations, an ink and tempera study, ink and watercolor illustrations with separations, and a pasteup.

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Krush, Beth and Joe Accession Information:

Gift of: Krush, Beth and Joe

Arrangement

Mysterious Christmas Shell, 1961

Terrible Chunadyne, The, 1959

Borrowers, The, 1953

Correspondence,

Jack and Jill Magazine, n.d.

Magic Circle, The: Stories and people in poetry, 1952

Miracles on Maple Hill, 1956

Swapping Boy, The, 1960

Ol' Dan Tucker, 1963

Collection Contents Mysterious Christmas Shell 1961

Boston: Little, Brown, 1961

 MC885 ink and wash illustration 1 p. Terrible Chunadyne, The 1959

Boston: Little, Brown, 1959

 MC885 ink and wash illustration 1 p. Borrowers, The 1953

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1953

 MC1059 ink jacket illustration 1 p. MC1059 ink illustration 1 p. Correspondence MF530 correspondence 2 p. Jack and Jill Magazine n.d. MC1006 ink and colored pencil drawings with one separation each 3 p. Magic Circle, The: stories and people in poetry 1952

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1952

 MC1055 original ink illustration 1 p. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1956

 MC1059 ink and tempera jacket study 1 p. MC1059 ink and watercolor jacket illustration with 2 separations 1 p. MC1059 ink illustrations 12 p. MC1059 ink and watercolor jacket illustration 1 p. MC1059 pasteup 1 p. Swapping Boy, The 1960

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1960

 MC1055 ink jacket illustration with 3 separations 1 p. MF1055 ink endpapers illustration with 1 separation 1 p. MF1055 ink illustrations with 3 separations 3 p. MC1055 ink illustrations with 1 separation 4 p. Ol' Dan Tucker 1963

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1963

 MC1059 separations 13 p. MC1059 jacket study 1 p.