CLRC-79 Lynd Ward PapersChristina Cowan University of Minnesota Libraries07/01/1995

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.07/01/1995Description is in English Summary Information University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc] Ward, Lynd Lynd Ward Papers 1930-1976 CLRC-79 The collection includes illustrations in a variety of media, studies, sketches, dummies, prints, proofs, reproduced lithographs and an autobiographical note for twenty titles. 4.8 cu ft. (illustrations) and 0.9 linear ft. (manuscripts) 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

Lynd Kendall Ward was born June 26, 1905, in Chicago, Illinois. He was educated at Teacher's College, Columbia University in New York and received his B.S. in 1926, and later studied art in Leipzig, Germany. He married May Yonge McNeer, the children's author and his frequent collaborator, and had two children. Throughout his long and distinguished career, Lynd Ward was well-known as a graphic artist and illustrator, illustrating his own works and others for adults and children. Lynd Ward began illustrating children's books in the 1920s. He was awarded a Caldecott Honor for America's Ethan Allen in 1950, and in 1953 won the Caldecott for The Biggest Bear, a story that drew on his love of nature and the outdoors and summers spent as a child in Ontario, Canada. Mr. Ward also illustrated the Newbery Award winner The Cat Who Went to Heaven, originally published in 1930, and did additional illustrations for subsequent editions, as well as illustrating other Newbery award and honor books, including Johnny Tremain. Lynd Ward was known for his woodcuts, but he worked in a variety of media, including ink, tempera, and watercolor. Lynd Ward died June 28, 1985, in Reston, Virginia.

Scope and Content

The collection contains production material for twenty titles published between 1930 and 1976. It includes illustrations done in tempera, ink, watercolor, some with separations, studies, sketches, dummies, proofs, including some progressive proofs, and lithographic prints, with some reproduced. For the title The Cat Who Went to Heaven there is production material for three different editions, and for The Biggest Bear, there is copy of the book bound in bearskin inscribed by Lynd Ward for Irvin Kerlan. There is also a small amount of correspondence both to and from Mr. Ward, May Yonge McNeer, and their daughter Nanda Ward, to and from Vera D. Petersen, illustrations for American Junior Red Cross News, some miscellaneous artwork done by Lynd Ward including a self-portrait done in 1930, some artwork done for the A.C.E.I. Project in the Arts (1965), and a copy of PM magazine's issue devoted to Mr. Ward, a print "Boy and Birds," inscribed for Irvin Kerlan, a three page autobiographical note, and a two page note on the writing of The Biggest Bear.

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.

Ward, Lynd Accession Information:

Part of this collection was originally given to Dr. Irvin Kerlan, who in turn donated his collection to the University of Minnesota. Additional material was given by Mr. Ward during the 1960s and 1970s.

Gift of: Ward, Lynd

Arrangement

America's Abraham Lincoln, 1957

America's Ethan Allen, 1949

American Junior Red Cross News, 1956

Bloomsday for Maggie, 1976

Boys and Birds,

Brady, 1960

Correspondence to Vera D. Petersen from Lynd Ward and Family,

Fog Magic, 1943

Gaudenzia, Pride of the Palio, 1960

John Wesley, 1951

Johnny Tremain: A Novel for Old and Young, 1943

Journey Into America, 1943

Little Baptiste, 1954

Logo of the A.C.E.I. Project in the Arts, 1965

Miscellaneous Art,

Miscellaneous Articles,

Nic of the Woods, 1965

North Star Shining: A Pictorial History of the American Negro, 1947

PM. An Intimate Journal for Production Managers, Art Directors and their Associates,

Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz, 1939

The American Indian Story, 1963

The Biggest Bear, 1952

The Cat Who Went to Heaven, 1930

The Cat Who Went to Heaven, 1958

The Cat Who Went to Heaven, 1972

The Golden Flash, 1947

The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge, 1942

The Secret Journey of the Silver Reindeer, 1968

The Swiss Family Robinson, 1949

Collection Contents America's Abraham Lincoln 1957

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MC 1296 tempera illustration 1 p. America's Ethan Allen 1949 MC 1296 ink and pencil dummy with text proof 94 p. MC 1296 tempera illustrations 3 p. MC 1296 sheets illustration proof 2 p. MC 1296 progressive proofs 8 p. American Junior Red Cross News 1956

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MC 1296 ink illustrations 2 p. MC 1296 color separations 2 p. Bloomsday for Maggie 1976 MC 843 tempera study 1 p. MC 843 tempera illustrations 34 p. Boys and Birds MC 79 print 1 p. Brady 1960 MC 844 tempera illustrations 8 p. Correspondence to Vera D. Petersen from Lynd Ward and Family MF 820 rough draft letter, Vera D. Petersen to Lynd Ward 1 p. MF 820 letter, Nanda Ward [daughter of Lynd Ward] 1 p. MF 820 letter, May McNeer Ward [wife of Lynd Ward] 1 p. MF 820 letter 1 p. MF 820 letter 1 p. Fog Magic 1943

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MC 1296 ink illustration for endpapers 1 p. MC 1296 ink illustration 1 p. Gaudenzia, Pride of the Palio 1960

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MC 844 tempera illustrations 13 p. MC 844 tempera illustrations 7 p. MC D 54 oversize tempera illustration 1 p. John Wesley 1951

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MC 843 sheets proof 13 p. Johnny Tremain: A Novel for Old and Young 1943

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MC 843 ink illustrations with 1 separation 3 p. Journey Into America 1943

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MC 1296 watercolor illustrations 2 p. Little Baptiste 1954

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MC 1296 lithographic prints from stone of illustrations 10 p. MC 1296 page proofs with illustrations 1 p. Logo of the A.C.E.I. Project in the Arts 1965

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MC 79 framed "roughs" ink illustrations 4 p. MC 79 completed scratchboards 2 p. Miscellaneous Art

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MC 843 woodcut, non illustration 1 p. MC 843 woodcuts, non illustration 4 p. Miscellaneous Articles

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MF 820 typescript 3 p. MF 820 typescript 2 p. Nic of the Woods 1965

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MC 98 tempera illustrations 5 p. North Star Shining: A Pictorial History of the American Negro 1947

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MC 843 reproduced lithographs 14 p. PM. An Intimate Journal for Production Managers, Art Directors and their Associates

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MC 843 copy of issue devoted to Lynd Ward 1 p. Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz 1939

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MC 843 ink illustration for jacket 1 p. MC 843 ink illustrations 19 p. The American Indian Story 1963

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MC 844 sketches in pencil 22 p. MC 844 progressive color prints from stone 7 p. MC 844 lithographic prints 16 p. MC 844 press sheets 1 p. MC 844 watercolor sketches 2 p. MC 844 lithographic prints with watercolor added 24 p. MC 844 printer's proof sheet 1 p. The Biggest Bear 1952

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MC 1296 tempera study 1 p. MC 435 copy of book bound in bearskin 1 p. The Cat Who Went to Heaven 1930

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MC 79 ink illustrations 11 p. The Cat Who Went to Heaven 1958

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MC 79 casein illustrations 4 p. MC 79 ink illustrations 14 p. MC 79 ink study 1 p. The Cat Who Went to Heaven 1972

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MC 79 ink illustration for jacket 1 p. The Golden Flash 1947

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MC 1296 tempera illustration for endpapers 1 p. The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge 1942

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MC 1296 watercolor dummy with typescript 50 p. MC 1296 ink illustrations with 2 separations 2 p. The Secret Journey of the Silver Reindeer 1968

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MC 843 layouts with ink, pencil and watercolor studies 49 p. MC 844 tempera illustrations 1 p. The Swiss Family Robinson 1949

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MC 844 tempera illustration 1 p.