CLRC-88 Lili Cassel-Wronker Papers Christina Cowan and Christine DeZelar-Tiedman University of Minnesota Libraries February 1996; revised September 2003 and September 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. February 1996; revised September 2003 and September 2005 Description is in English Summary Information University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections Cassel-Wronker, Lili, 1924- Lili Cassel-Wronker Collection 1947-1993 CLRC-88 Lili Cassel-Wronker's papers focus on her work as an illustrator of children's books. The collection includes production material for twenty-seven titles published between 1947 and 1979, and contains illustrations done in a variety of media, some with separations, calligraphy, sketches, studies, negatives, proofs, dummies, paste-ups and two photographs. There is also a substantial amount of miscellaneous art work including some greeting cards done for the Kerlan Collection by Lili Cassel-Wronker, an un-published self-portrait, miscellaneous samples of greeting cards, art work done for some titles not verified as published or unidentified, art done for an issue of the Journal of the Long Island Book Collectors, and art done for "The Little Kerlan Golden Book" created by Lili Cassel-Wronker, and miscellaneous original art that includes some valentines done by the illustrator's children, Rona and Eytan Wronker, for Dr. Irvin Kerlan, and ephemera. The collection also includes holograph copies of a speech given by Lili Cassel-Wronker at the Children's Literature Research Collection in 1993, and some correspondence. ca. 0.4 linear ft. (non-illustrative material); ca. 4.0 cubic ft. (illustrations and non-book illustrative material) 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

Lili Cassel-Wronker was born May 5, 1924 in Berlin, Germany. She and her family fled the Nazis in 1938, and came to the United States in 1940. She attended the Art Students League in New York City and the Brooklyn Museum Art School. Early in her career, Lili Cassel-Wronker worked for Time, Incorporated's art department, as a book jacket designer for World Publishing, and taught calligraphy. She illustrated her first children's book, The Rainbow Mother Goose, in 1947. Throughout her long and prolific career, she has illustrated many works of fiction and non-fiction, several drawing on her interest in Jewish history and life. Lili Cassel-Wronker works primarily in black and white using pen and/or ink. She characterizes her work as linear and realistic. Some of her works such as Bring a Torch Jeanette, Isabella, also demonstrate her proficiency as a calligrapher. Lili Cassel-Wronker had also worked with her husband, Erich Wronker, publishing books on their own hand press.

 Scope and Content

The collection contains production material for twenty-seven titles published between 1947 and 1979 and contains illustrations done in a variety of media some with separations, calligraphy, sketches, studies, negatives, proofs, dummies, paste-ups, and two photographs. There is also a substantial amount of miscellaneous art work including an un-published self-portrait, greeting cards done for the Kerlan collection, samples of greeting cards, art work done for titles not verified as published or unpublished, art done for The Journal of the Long Island Book Collectors, art done for The Little Kerlan Golden Book created by Lili Cassel-Wronker, and some miscellaneous art work that includes valentines done by her children, Rona and Eytan, for Dr. Irvin Kerlan. There is also some correspondence and holograph copies of a speech given by Lili Cassel-Wronker at the Children's Literature Research Collection in 1993.

 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.

Cassel-Wronker, Lili, 1924- 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 added to the collection by Lili Cassel-Wronker during the 1960s-1990s.

Gift of: Cassel-Wronker, Lili, 1924-

Arrangement

All About Us, 1972

Book of Knowledge, n.d.

Boy and the Donkey, The, 1958

Boy Wanted, 1964

Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella, 1963

Budongo: An African Forest and Its Chimpanzees, 1965

Chanukah Fun and Story Book, 1952

Children of the Old House, The, 1963

Clarence Darrow, 1965

Happy New Year Round the World, 1966

House Next Door, The: Utah, 1896, 1954

Jewish Heroes: Book One, 1953

Jewish Heroes: Book Two, 1956

Jolly Jingles for the Jewish Child, 1947

Joseph and Me in the Days of the Holocaust, 1979

Lament for the Small Book, A, 1961

Madame Curie, 1957

Pepys' Boy, n.d.

Picture Dictionary of Jewish Life, A, 1956

Rainbow Mother Goose, The, 1947

Riddles of Many Lands, 1956

Santa Fe, 1965

Secret of the Marmalade Cat, The, 1960

Tell Me About the Cowbarn, Daddy, 1963

To Build a Land, 1957

Unmarried Sisters, 1958

Weddings in the Family, 1956

Wonderful Shabbos, A, 1954

World Over Magaine

Yusuf: Boy of Cyprus, 1958

Correspondence and Miscellaneous, n.d.

Journal of the Long Island Book Collectors, 1991

Speech Given at the Children's Literature Research Collection, 21 June 1993

Greeting Card, 1964

Kerlan Collection Christmas Card, 1964

Kerlan Collection Christmas Card, 1965

Little Kerlan Golden Book, The, n.d.

Miscellaneous Original Art, n.d.

Self-portrait, n.d.

Miscellaneous Unidentified Art, n.d.

Miscellaneous Sketchbook Pages, n.d.

Dr. Irvin Kerlan Tribute Card, n/a

Collection Contents All About Us 1972

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 M.C. 1084 Ink and watercolor dummy with some calligraphy text 12 p. Book of Knowledge n.d.

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 M.C. 1453 Sheet proof for illustration 1 p. Boy and the Donkey, The 1958

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 M.C. 1453 Tempera study for jacket 1 p. M.C. 1453 Ink and pattern film sketches 7 p. M.C. 1453 Ink and pencil sketch 1 p. M.C. 1453 Ink sketches 16 p. M.C. 1453 Pencil sketch 1 p. Boy Wanted 1964

Fenisong, Ruth

New York: Harper and Row, 1964

 M.C. 1453 Ink illustration with text proof and 2 separations for jacket 1 p. M.C. 1453 Ink illustrations 12 p. M.C. 1453 Ink and tempera sketch for jacket 1 p. M.C. 1453 Ink sketches 4 p. M.C. 1266 Ink illustration for cover w/text paste-up 1 p. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella 1963

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 M.C. 1453 Sheet (2 ink calligraphy sketches for jacket and 1 ink calligraphy sketch) 1 p. M.C. 1453 Sheets ink calligraphy sketches 4 p. Budongo: An African Forest and Its Chimpanzees 1965

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 M.C. 1453 Colored proof of endpaper map 1 p. Chanukah Fun and Story Book 1952

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 M.C. 1453 Original pen and crayon drawings with ms. text 26 p. M.C. 1453 Original pen and crayon drawing for title page 1 p. M.C. 1453 Original pen and crayon drawing for table of contents 1 p. M.C. 1453 Original pen and crayon drawings for dust jacket 2 p. Children of the Old House, The 1963

Borchard, Ruth

Garden City: Doubleday, 1963

 M.C. 1453 Ink dummy 20 p. M.C. 1453 Ink illustration with text proof and 3 separations 1 p. M.C. 1453 Ink illustrations 25 p. M.C. 1266 Ink and watercolor illustration for cover 1 p. M.C. 1453 ink studies 12 p. Clarence Darrow 1965

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 M.C. 1454 Paste up for dust jacket 1 p. M.C. 1454 Photograph for dust jacket 1 p. M.C. 1454 First printing of dust jacket 1 p. Happy New Year Round the World 1966

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 M.C. 579 Ink illustrations 4 p. M.C. 579 Studies 56 p. M.C. 579 Boards of illustrations and negatives 16 p. M.C. 579 Sheets of negatives 2 p. M.C. 579 Jacket 1 p. M.C. 579 Research material 2 p. House Next Door, The: Utah, 1896 1954

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 M.C. 1453 Ink illustrations 20 p. M.C. 1453 Ink sketches 19 p. M.C. 1453 Sheets of ink sketches 7 p. Jewish Heroes: Book One 1953

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 M.C. 1453 Ink and crayon illustrator's dummy 1 p. M.C. 1453 Typescript 236 p. M.C. 1453 Pen and ink sketches on 1 board 6 M.C. 1453 Pen and ink sketches 12 p. M.C. 1453 Ink illustration 1 p. Jewish Heroes: Book Two 1956

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 M.C. 1084 Color pencil and ink studies 2 p. M.C. 1084 Ink studies 7 p. M.C. 1084 Dummy 24 p. M.C. 1084 Sheet proof 1 p. Jolly Jingles for the Jewish Child 1947

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 M.C. 1454 Original ink illustration 1 p. Joseph and Me in the Days of the Holocaust 1979

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 M.C. 1454 Illustrator's dummy 1 p. Lament for the Small Book, A 1961

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 M.C. 1454 Original black and white illustrations 1 p. Madame Curie 1957

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 M.C. 1454 ink sketches 3 p. M.C. 1454 Sheet of ink sketches 1 p. Pepys' Boy n.d.

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 M.C. 1454 Ink and watercolor sketch for jacket 1 p. M.C. 1454 Ink sketch for jacket 1 p. M.C. 1454 Ink sketches 18 p. Picture Dictionary of Jewish Life, A 1956

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 M.C. 1454 Ink, pencil and tempera dummy with text proof 1 p. M.C. 1454 Ink and pencil illustrations with 1 separation 2 p. M.C. 1454 Pencil illustration with 1 separation 1 p. M.C. 1454 Illustration on one board 1 p. M.C. 1454 Notes 1 p. Rainbow Mother Goose, The 1947

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 M.C. 1454 Ink sketches 3 p. M.C. 1454 Sheets of ink sketches 3 p. M.C. 1454 Watercolor studies 2 p. Riddles of Many Lands 1956

Withers, Carl and Benet, Sula

New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1956

 M.C. 1454 Ink illustrations 2 p. M.C. 1454 Tempera and ink study for jacket 1 p. M.C. 1454 Watercolor and ink study 1 p. M.C. 1454 Ink sketch 1 p. M.C. 1266 Ink illustration 1 p. Santa Fe 1965

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 M.C. 1084 Boards with pasted illustrations most with overlays 34 p. M.C. 1084 Correspondence 1 p. M.C. 1084 Proof 1 p. M.C. 1084 Piece of text 1 p. Secret of the Marmalade Cat, The 1960

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 M.C. 1454 Ink sketches 8 p. M.C. 1454 Sheet of ink sketches 1 p. Tell Me About the Cowbarn, Daddy 1963

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 M.C. 580 Separations 103 p. M.C. 1454 Tempera dummy 50 p. M.C. 580 Tempera study for jacket 1 p. M.C. 580 Paste-ups 22 p. M.C. 1454 Ink and pencil sketch with 3 separations 1 p. M.C. 580 Proof sheet 1 p. M.C. 580 Pencil sketches 4 p. To Build a Land 1957

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 M.C. 1454 Ink illustrations 21 p. M.C. 1454 Ink sketches 4 p. M.C. 1454 Photograph of illustration 1 p. Unmarried Sisters 1958

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 M.C. 1084 Ink study for jacket 1 p. M.C. 1084 Ink studies 22 p. Weddings in the Family 1956

Fife, Dale

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956

 M.C. 1084 Ink illustrations 15 p. M.C. 1084 Pencil study for jacket 1 p. M.C. 1084 Pencil studies 25 p. M.C. 129A Pencil studies 3 p. M.C. 1454 Ink sketches 5 p. M.C. 1454 Sheet of ink sketches 1 p. M.C. 1454 Ink illustration 1 p. Wonderful Shabbos, A 1954

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 M.C. 1454 Crayon, ink and tempera dummy with holograph and text proof 32 p. M.C. 1454 2 pencil sketches 1 p. World Over Magazine

M.F. 3405 Jewish Community of N.Y. (multiple issues) M.F. 3405 Clippings, periodicals with illustrations by Cassel-Wronker 63 Yusuf: Boy of Cyprus 1958

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 M.C. 579 Pen and ink illustrations 22 p. M.C. 579 Pen and ink sketches 3 p. M.C. 579 Piece of text for endpaper 1 p. Correspondence and Miscellaneous n.d.

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 M.F. 2000, folder 1 Correspondence 20 p. M.F. 2000, folder 2 Correspondence 17 p. M.F. 2000, folder 1 Exhibit Catalog 1 M.F. 2000, folder 1 Bookmarks 2 p. M.F. 2000, folder 1 Publicity sheets 2 p. M.F. 2000, folder 1 Newspaper clippings containing information on Dr. Kerlan's death 2 p. M.F. 3677 Pamphlets 2 pam. M.F. 3677 Clippings 2 p. M.F. 3677 Greeting cards M.F. 3677 Correspondence with Kerlan Collection 54 p. M.F. 3677 Notes 10 p. M.F. 3677 Photos 2 p. M.F. 3677 Sketch 1 p. M. F. 3677 Carbon copy 1 p. Research materials: M.F. 3677 Info about Irvin Kerlan 15 p. M.F. 3677 Kerlan Newsletter 4 packets M.F. 3677 Kerlan Collection 10 pam. M.F. 3677 CLRC announcement 1 p. Journal of the Long Island Book Collectors 1991

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 M.C. 1084 Ink drawing for p. 158 1 p. M.F. 2018, folder 2 Copy of journal, Twenty-five years, 1966-1991, no. 5 1 p. Speech Given at the Children's Literature Research Collection 21 June 1993

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 M.F. 2018, folder 1 Holograph (1 tablet) 44 p. M.F. 2018, folder 2 Holograph and photocopy 43 p. Greeting Card 1964

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 M.C. 1084 Hand colored greeting card 1 p. M.C. 1084 Pencil sketches 2 p. M.C. 1084 Layout sheet 1 p. Kerlan Collection Christmas Card 1964

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M.C. 1454 Original black and white drawings 2 p. M.C. 1454 Proof of drawings and text 3 p. M.C. 1454 Copy of card 1 p. Kerlan Collection Christmas Card 1965

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 M.C. 1454 Black and white drawing for envelope 1 p. M.C. 1454 Layout with black and white drawing for card 1 p. M.C. 1454 Copies of card and envelope 2 p. Little Kerlan Golden Book, The n.d.

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 M.C. 1454 Photostats 2 p. M.C. 1454 Pencil sketches 20 p. M.C. 1454 Watercolor sketch 1 p. M.C. 1454 Dummy, photocopy 22 p. M.C. 1454 Typescript 1 p. Miscellaneous Original Art n.d.

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 M.C. 1454 Pen and ink drawings 8 p. M.C. 1454 Souvenir booklet with watercolors made for Dr. Kerlan 1 p. M.C. 1454 Endpaper proof 1 p. M.C. 1454 Watercolors as greeting cards 3 p. M.C. 1454 Valentines to Dr. Kerlan from Rona and Eytan Wronker 7 p. M.C. 1454 Samples of holiday greeting cards 11 p. M.C. 1454 Miscellaneous pages 2 p. M.C. 1454 Ink sketch - Ben Franklin for private press 2 p. Self-portrait n.d.

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 M.C. 1454 Ink sketch 1 p. M.C. 1454 Photo of Lili Cassel-Wronker with Cubism overlays 1 p. Miscellaneous Unidentified Art n.d.

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 M.C. 1084 Sketches/studies/separations done in ink, pen, and pencil 26 p. M.C. 1266 Unidentified ink illustrations 2 p. Miscellaneous Sketchbook Pages n.d.

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 M.C. 1266 Pencil studies 41 p. M.C. 1266 Ink studies 41 p. M.C. 1266 Pencil and marker study 1 p. M.C. 1266 Ink and watercolor study 1 p. M.C. 1266 Ink and pencil study 1 p. Dr. Irvin Kerlan Tribute Card n/a

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 MC 1453 note card 1 p. MC 1453 photocopy 1 p. MC 1453 ink study 1 p.