Summary Information
University of Minnesota Libraries
Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc]
Flora, James
James Flora Papers
1955-1982
CLRC-830
The collection contains original artwork for ten titles authored by James Flora plus 42 ink illustrations with one separation for Arthur Steckler's 101 More Words and How They Began. Also included is typescript and other material for five of the books written by Flora.
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Biographical SketchJames R. Flora was born January 25, 1914, in Bellefontaine, OH, and died in Rowayton, CT, on July 9, 1998. He was a magazine and album cover designer and illustrator, and author and illustrator of children's books. Known for his distinctive artwork, that combines elements of surrealism with cartoonish drawings, Flora is also recognized as one of the first artists to create illustrated covers for record albums. In 1939 Flora formed the Little Man Press with writer Robert Lowry, and together they published books and pamphlets till 1942. That year he began working as an art director and slaes promotion manager for Columbia Records. Eight years later he began his first children's book, The Fabulous Fireworks Family, after receiving encouragement from Margaret McElderry, juvenile editor at Harcourt Brace. It was published in 1955 and was an American Library Association Notable Book. Altogether he wrote and illustrated 17 books for children.
Scope and ContentThe collection contains original artwork for ten titles authored by James Flora between 1955 and 1982, plus 42 ink illustrations with one separation for Arthur Steckler's 101 More Words and How They Began. Also included is typescript and other printed material for five of the books written by Flora.
Indexing Terms
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Flora, James
Accession Information:
Some of the material in the collection was a gift from James Flora to Dr. Kerlan. After Dr. Kerlan's death, Flora was invited to donate materials to the University of Minnesota, and he graciously responded.
Gift of: Flora, James
Arrangement
Charlie Yup and His Snip-Snap Boys, 1959
Day the Cow Sneezed, 1957
Fabulous Fireworks Family, 1955
Grandpa's Ghost Stories, 1978
Grandpa's Witched-Up Christmas, 1982
Joking Man, 1968
101 More Words and How They Began, 1980
Pishtosh, Bullwash and Wimple, 1972
Sherwood Walks Home, 1966
Stewed Goose, 1975
Wanda and the Bumbly Wizard, 1980
Collection Contents
Charlie Yup and His Snip-Snap Boys
1959
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1959
M. C. 1516
Ink, pencil, and tempera study
1 p.
M. C. 1516
Collages, ink and tempera studies
3 p.
M. C. 1516
Tempera study for jacket
1 p.
Day the Cow Sneezed
1957
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1957
M. C. S 101
Ink illustration for cover
1 p.
M. C. S 101
Ink and pencil illustration with text proof and 2 separations for jacket
1 p.
M. C. S 101
Set (3 separations for endpapers)
1 set
M. C. S 101
Ink illustrations with text proof and 3 separations
2 p.
M. C. S 101
Ink illustration with 3 separations
1 p.
M. C. S 101
Ink illustration with text proof and 1 separation
1 p.
M. C. S 101
Ink illustrations with 1 separation
6 p.
M. C. S 101
Ink and pencil illustrations with 1 separation
4 p.
M. C. S 101
Set (4 separations)
1 set
M. C. S 101
Sets (3 separations)
6 sets
M. C. S 101
Pencil and tempera study
1 p.
M. C. S 101
Proof for jacket
1 p.
Fabulous Fireworks Family
1955
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1955
M. C. S 101
Ink, pencil and tempera dummy with text proof
46 p.
M. C. S 101
Ink illustration with text proof and 6 separations for jacket
1 p.
M. C. S 101
Ink illustration with 3 separations for endpapers
1 p.
M. C. S 101
Ink and pencil illustrations with 5 separations
8 p.
M. C. S 101
Ink and pencil illustrations with 4 separations
2 p.
M. C. S 101
Ink and pencil illustrations with 2 separations
2 p.
M. C. S 101
Ink and pencil illustrations with 1 separation
9 p.
M. C. S 101
Ink and tempera study for jacket
1 p.
Grandpa's Ghost Stories
1978
New York: Atheneum, 1978
M. C. 223
Black pencil illustration with 2 separations and proof text for jacket
1 p.
M. C. 223
Black pencil illustrations with 2 separations and proof text
23 p.
M. C. 223
Felt pen and black pencil study for jacket
1 p.
M. C. 223
Felt pen and black pencil studies
23 p.
M. C. 223
Color separations for jacket
2 p.
M. C. 223
2 proof dummies, corrected
16 p.
M. C. 223
Page proof
36 p.
M. F. 318
Typescript, corrected
17 p.
Grandpa's Witched-Up Christmas
1982
New York: Atheneum, 1982
Box 136
1 press copy
32 p.
Box 136
Book covers
3 p.
Box 136
Negative of cover illustration
1 p.
Box 136
Proof of book with 1 separation
1 p.
Box 136
Proof of book
1 p.
M. F. 318a
Corrected typescript
12 p.
M. F. 318a
Correspondence
1 p.
M. F. 318a
Page proof
2 p.
M. F. 318a
Page proof
2 p.
M. F. 318a
Jacket flap proof
1 p.
M. F. 318a
Notes
2 p.
Joking Man
1968
New York : Harcourt Brace and World, 1968
M. F. 318
Corrected typescript
9 p.
M. C. 509
Pencil, tempera and watercolor dummy
32 p.
M. C. 509
Ink and pencil illustration with text proof and 2 separations for jacket
1 p.
M. C. 509
Ink illustration for cover
1 p.
M. C. 509
Ink and pencil illustrations with text proof and 2 separtions
8 p.
M. C. 509
Ink and pencil illustrations with text proof and 1 separations
8 p.
M. C. 509
Ink and pencil illustration with 1 separtion
1 p.
M. C. 509
Pencil, tempera and watercolor study for jacket
1 p.
101 More Words and How They Began
1980
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1980
M. C. 381
Ink illustrations with 1 separation
42 p.
Pishtosh, Bullwash and Wimple
1972
New York: Atheneum, 1972
Box 136
Tempera jacket study
1 p.
Box 136
Ink and wash jacket illustration with 3 separations
1 p.
Box 136
Mixed-media studies
15 p.
Box 136
Mixed-media illustrations with 2 separations
12 p.
Box 136
Mixed-media illustrations with 1 separations
5 p.
Sherwood Walks Home
1966
New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1966
Box 137
Tempera study for jacket
1 p.
Box 137
Tempera illustrations with type position
17 p.
Box 137
Mixed-media studies
3 p.
Stewed Goose
1975
New York: Atheneum, 1975
Box 136
Ink illustration for jacket with 3 separations
1 p.
Box 136
Ink illustration for title page with 3 separations
1 p.
Box 136
Ink illustration
1 p.
Box 136
Ink and watercolor studies
18 p.
Box 136
Ink illustrations with 2 separations and type position
8 p.
Box 136
Ink illustrations with 3 separations and type position
6 p.
Box 136
Ink illustrations with 4 separations and type position
2 p.
M. F. 318
Typescript
8 p.
M. F. 318
Corrected typescript
8 p.
M. F. 318
Copy for jacket spine
1 p.
Wanda and the Bumbly Wizard
1980
New York: Atheneum, 1980
Box 137
Mixed-media illustrations
17 p.
Box 137
Mixed-media studies with type position
17 p.
Box 137
Color separations
20 p.
M. F. 318a
Carbon typescript
12 p.
M. F. 318a
Flap reproduction
1 p.
M. F. 318a
Corrected galley proof
9 p.