CLRC-889 James and Ruth McCrea Papers Jim Eyer University of Minnesota Libraries 6-22-04

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. 6-22-04 Description is in English Summary Information University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc] McCrea, James and Ruth James and Ruth McCrea Papers 1952-1969 CLRC-889 The collection contains both written and illustrative materials for 4 titles. Written material includes a holograph, corrected typescripts, front matter, and notes. Illustrative material includes a dummy, ink illustrations on boards with prepared margins, lettering layout, a jacket pasteup, an original water color, and jacket illustrations and proofs, including 2 color separations, and notes. 2 folders--written; 3 boxes--illustrative 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

James McCrea was born September 12, 1920, in Peoria, Ill. Ruth (Pirman) McCrea was born May 28, 1921, in Jersey City, NJ. They met in art school, and were married shortly thereafter. They have worked together as writers, designers, and illustrators ever since. They operate their own press, The Little Press, from the basement of their own home. Their published writing (as of 1972) was for children's books, although they think of their stories as being for human beings of all ages.

Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vol. 3

Scope and Content

The collection contains written material for one title, and includes a holograph, corrected typescripts, one carbon, front matter, notes, and front and back jacket text. It also contains illustrative material for 3 titles, and includes a pencil dummy, ink illustrations on boards with prepared margins, lettering layout, a jacket pasteup, an original water color, and original black and white jacket illustration, and 2 color separations, an original colored illustration, and 2 proofs, all for the jacket. There is also a finished jacket, and notes.

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McCrea, James and Ruth Accession Information:

Gift of: McCrea, James and Ruth

Arrangement

King's Procession, The, 1963

Shakespearean Sallies, Sullies and Slanders: Insults for All Occasions, 1969

Story of the Other Wise Man, The, n.d.

Where Nothing is Long Ago, 1963

Collection Contents King's Procession, The 1963

New York: Atheneum, 1963

MF1993 holograph 1 p. MF1993 typescript, corrected 39 p. MF1993 typescript, corrected carbon 54 p. MF1993 front matter 2 p. MF1993 front and back jacket flap text 2 p. MF1993 notes 1 p. Shakespearean Sallies, Sullies and Slanders: Insults for All Occasions 1969

New York: Crowell Co., 1969

MC1348 pencil dummy with proof pasted in as text 128 p. MC1348 ink illustrations on boards with prepared margins 57 p. MC1348 lettering layout 17 p. MC1348 jacket pasteup in ink and cut out paper 1 p. Story of the Other Wise Man, The n.d.

Mt. Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, n.d.

MC1053 original water color 1 p. Where Nothing is Long Ago 1963

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1963

MC1236 original black and white jacket illustration 1 p. MC1236 color separations for dust jacket 2 p. MC1236 original colored jacket illustration 1 p. MC1236 dust jacket proofs 2 p. MC1236 finished jacket 1 p. MC1236 notes 1 p.