Lois Lenski Collection - Box Listing

• Charts outlining social and economic patterns for books in Regional America and Roundabout America series.
• Bayou Suzette: background letters and photographs
• Research notes on Louisiana bayou life
• Letters from J.H. Monies about bayou life
• Original pencil sketches of bayou dress and people
• Bayou Suzette: mss. pages (carbon) with annotations
• Bayou Suzette: rough sketches for illustrations
• Bayou Suzette: illustrations for, 1943
• Bayou Suzette: sketches of the French Quarter for,1941
• Bayou Barataria sketches
• Teche country, sketches of furnishings and architecture

• Benny and His Penny manuscript, 1931
• Blue Ridge Billy: background research
• Blue Ridge Billy: background material
• Blue Ridge Billy: album of background photographs
• Blue Ridge Billy: notebook of sketches of Ashe County, N.C.
• Blue Ridge Billy illustrations
• Indian Captive: research (typed carbon)
• "My Story Indian Captive":(typed carbon)
• Mr. and Mrs. Noah: (typed carbon)
• Peanuts for Billy Ben: background photographs
• Peanuts for Billy Ben: original letters used in research
• Peanuts for Billy Ben: the writing of (5 mss. pages)
• Sugarplum House: mss.
• We Live in the Country: notebook

• Deer Valley Girl: 3 original illustrations
• To Be a Logger: 3 original illustrations
• 2 maps showing sections of the U.S. below the Great Lakes
• Mr. and Mrs. Noah: photographs of exhibit on the making of the book. Includes overlays used in the Ben-Day process for printing color illustrations.
• "Christmas in Tickletown," 1934: proof sheet
• There Were Giants: original illustrations, 1929
• Pages from The Makio, Ohio State Univ. 1915 yearbook (Lenski was art editor).
• Illustrated notice of linoleum block jacket for Frederick Wilson's novel, Pok O' Moonshine.
• First linoleum block prints (5)
• 11 graphite pencil drawings
• 18 linoleum block prints
• Original drawing and program for benefit performance for the Pelham Home for Children, 1926.
• 3 original woodcuts
• Ink drawings, City Island N.Y. beach, 1926
• Reproduction of illustration in The Bookshelf for Boys and Girls, 1930.
• Illustrations for The Book Dial, 1928, 1930, 1932.
• Form letter sent to librarians along with original art when distributed by Lenski in 1956.

• We Live in the Country: galleys and illustration proofs
• We Live in the Country: page proofs
• We Live in the Country: dummy
• We Live by the River: page proofs
• We Live in the Southwest: page proofs
• Berries in the Scoop: sample case and jacket proof
• The Life I Live: galleys, page proofs, folded sheets and blueprints. Also City Poems, galleys.
• Little Sioux Girl: folded sheets
• Jacket sketches for Roundabout America series (Lippincott). Also printer's proofs for cover of Story Parade magazine, 1937.
• 24 book jackets

• 22 Christmas cards designed by Lenski
• "Prayer for This House." Christmas card, 1930
• Bookmarks and bookplates
• Booklists designed for Tarpon Springs library, 1965
• Booklists
• Lippincott notices
• Oxford University notices
• Stokes notices
• Walck notices
• Exhibition brochures - Lenski's paintings, 1927 and 1932
• Exhibit brochures and other material related to Lois Lenski Day (1957) at State University of New York, Buffalo.
• Program for the International Reading Association's 8th Annual Convention, 1963 (2 copies). Lois Lenski, speaker.
• 23 publisher's notices

• 2 panoramas
• Miniature wooden living room
• Mr. Small paperweight
• Eyeglasses, small doll, paper cut-out horse

• 28 photoengraved blocks. (two are of Lenski; 26 are her illustrations).

• 3 poems in Thoughts of God, 1960 (2 copies)
• "When Jesus Was a Little Boy" poem, in Family Worship, 1961.
• 5 references in Our Working World, Resource Unit, 1965
• Excerpts from Flood Friday in Knowing Our Neighbors in the United States study book, 1966
• 2 poems in Ready to Roll manual, 1967
• 3 poems in Rolling Along manual, 1967
• "Supermarket" poem, in Starter Concept Cards manual, 1967
• 3 poems in God Is in Many Places, 1967
• "I Like to Go to School" poem in All Around Me teacher's manual, 1968.
• "Like Me" poem inElementary School English, 1968
• "Policeman Small" song in Speech Improvement for the Mentally Retarded, 1968
• "Christ Child Small" poem, in Learn, 1968
• Drawings and songs on the Policeman Small theme to accompany speech improvement materials for the mentally retarded
• "I Like to Live on a Farm." Song, in SongTime and Music and Things, Vancouver, B.C., 1965-66
• Sound sheet with 2 poems in Scholastic Teacher, March 23, 1970
• "Three Circles." Poem, in Three, Four, May 22, 1968
• Outlines of social study units for 5th and 6th grades based on Regional America series
• 2 poems in Outreach Unlimited, 1962-63

• "Christmas in Tickletown," in Child Life, Dec. 1934
• "Let Your Child Draw," in Better Homes and Gardens, May 1935
• "Let Us Give Them Books." Reprinted from Childhood Education, Oct. 1948
• "Out of a Paper Sack," in The Horn Book Magazine July-Aug., 1949
• "Helping Children to Create." Reprinted from Childhood Education, Nov. 1949
• "The Pink China Bonbon Dish," in Christmas, 1949
• "Beyond the Rim of Our World." International Council of Religious Education, 1950
• "Living with Others," in Thoughts of God for Boys and Girls, 1952
• "Let Them Create," in The Horn Book Magazine, Feb. 1952
• "Can a Child Think?" Reprint from Education, Nov. 1954
• "A Scoop Full of Berries," in NCA News, April 1956
• "Getting Books from Life," in Children Can Read, Do Children Read?, Kent State Univ. Bulletin, Dec. 1955
• "Understanding People"- excerpts from address given to WMF Convention, San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 7, 1956. In Women's Missionary Outlook, 3 parts, includes program from the convention.
• "People," in Opening Doors for Parents and Teachers of Primary Children, 1959
• "Place and People," in Illinois State Univ. Journal, Feb. 1966
• "Adventure in Understanding." Typed mss., n.d.
• "Play-Acting Real." Typed mss., n.d.
• "White Girl Captive." Play. Typed mss., n.d.

• "Lois Lenski, A Serious Artist with a Sense of Humor" by Josiah Titzell, in The Publisher's Weekly, Oct. 25, 1930
• "The Regional Stories of Lois Lenski," by Marie L. Ram. M.A. thesis, 1952
• "Lois Lenski's Regional Literature," by Leland B. Jacobs, in Elementary English, May 1953
• Miscellaneous newspaper clippings: reviews and news items, 1940s and 1950s
• "Corn Farm Boy," by Ruth H. Wagner. Reprinted from Midland Schools, 1954
• "A Story-Teller Serves God," by Lucille E. Hein, in The Lutheran, Mar. 28, 1956
• "The Little Stoics of Flood Friday," by Lee Johnson, in the Hartford Courant, Sept.23, 1956
• "Dear Miss Lenski," by Joanne Belk, in the Lutheran Standard, Sept. 1, 1956
• "An Analysis of the Lois Lenski Literature from a Sociological Point of View," by Marie L. Ram. Reprinted from Dissertation Abstracts, 1959. (Includes comments by Lenski).
• "Mr. Small-Ambassador," by Marie L. Ram, in New York State Education, Oct. 1962
• "Is She at Work or Play?" Ohioan, winter, 1961-62
• Reference to The Little Train in Scientific American, June 1962
• Reference in George P. Wilson letter about dialect in Greensboro Daily News, Dec. 10, 1965
• "Children's Books Are Lois Lenski's Labor of Love," by Elaine Hollabaugh, in Lutheran Libraries, 1969
• "To Children with Love," by Elaine Hollabaugh, in Lutheran Standard, Sept. 15, 1970
• Review of Strawberry Girl in Northwinds, Sept. 1970
• "Friend of the Family," by Miriam Sieber Lind. Reprinted from Christian Living, n.d.
• "Lois Lenski's Use of Regional Speech," by George P. Wilson (typescript), n.d.

• Lists of Lenski collections in other libraries
• Bibliography of Lenski Collection at the University of Oklahoma Library. (typescript)
• Bibliography of Lenski Collection at the Woman's College [UNCG] Library, Jan. 1960
• Catalogue of Lenski Collection at Butler Library, State University of New York, Buffalo.
• Preliminary study for a catalogue of Lenski material in Woman's College [UNCG] Library, Jan. 1960
• Miscellaneous book catalogues for Early American children's books
• Lippincott and other publisher's catalogues

• Photographs of home and studio, at UNCG, and portrait
• Album of early family photos
• Diary, London and Italy, 1920-21 (typescript)
• Portrait, 1962
• "My Ohio Beginnings," in Ohioan Quarterly, 1970
• Brochure re the Lenski Memorial Room at Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary library, Columbus, Ohio, honoring Lenski's father.
• Biographical sketch, n.d.
• Letters to Mabel Pugh, 1916-24 (typescript)
• Misc. correspondence re Greensboro visits and collection at UNCG, 1948-63
• "Lois Lenski," by Maud Hart Lovelace, in The Horn Book Magazine, 1946; includes "Seeing Others as Ourselves," by Lenski, Newbery Award Acceptance paper

• Regina Medal Acceptance Speech, in Catholic Library Journal, 1969
• "Creating Books," in School Library Journal, 1963
• Cover design for Lois Lenski: An Appreciation, Woman's College of UNC, 1963.
• Lois Lenski: An Appreciation. Friends of the Library, [UNCG] 1963.
• Selected fan letters, 1967
• Awards announcements, 1969. Includes bibliography and chronology of works
• Lois Lenski, Friend of Children. Lippincott, 1958
• "Lois Lenski...the Rarest Kind of Best," by Elaine Hollabaugh, in This Day, 1970
• "Lois Lenski-Real Live Author." Speech by Alice
• Marie Ross, 1970 (typescript)
• 4 tape recordings: Lenski interview with Ralph Jennings, 1957.
• Interviews with Laird Covey and Stephen Covey, 1968 (reel-to-reel tapes converted to cassette tapes March, 1996)

• Bookdealers' Correspondence, 1931-39 (alphabetical by name of the firm, then chronological).
• Wilbur M. Stone Correspondence, 1931-32.

18 letters from Stone; 9 letters to Stone from individuals and dealers making offers.
• Correspondence, 1931-41 (alphabetical then chronological).

Diary of purchases and miscellaneous correspondence about the collection; includes letters from R.W.G. Vail and Clarence S. Brigham of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass .

• tax books, invoices, account books, railroad timetable, cloth samples, cut-outs, programs, transfer pictures from 19th cent.
• Autograph album of Elizabeth Douglas, 1840s
• Scrapbook from 1880s
• 5 Valentines, 1 picture card, 1 New Year's greeting in form of check
• 45 letters between members of Gould and Grant families, 1818-1895
• Physician's card and announcement.
• Draft exemption form, 1863
• "The Gosport Tragedy." manuscript poem [late 19th c.].
• Lease for a house, Bangor, Maine, 1855.
• Drawing book of Frank M. Smith, 1860s
• Photograph of Hortense Chapman [19th c.]
• 10 stencils, n.d.
• 50 Rewards of Merit from Grant and Gould families, 1820s-1860s.
• 2 friendship cards and 1 acquaintance card purchased from Miss Mabel Gould, 1930.
• 17 children's copy books from Grant and Gould families, 1819-1929
• 36 color lithographs: 27 flowers, 1 animal, 3 birds, 5 fruits [probably cut from late-19th century books.]
• Farmer's Almanac, 1930
• Story of Tommy Fisher by Stephen Covey, 1942. Printed by Stephen Covey.

BOX 16 - TOYS DESIGNED BY LOIS LENSKI

• Alphabet blocks. Commercially manufactured, manufacturer not known. 20 blocks. Each block 1 5/8" x 1 5/8" x 1 5/8" [42 mm x 42 mm x 42 mm]
  Block letter and rhyme combinations:

A/Y Andy /and Alice/ ate apples.
B/Z [or N] Baby in the buggy/ gets a/ big balloon.
C/B Clara/ and Charles/ carry corn/ to the chickens.
D/V Dottie/ dresses/ her dolls/ daily.
G/T Gay girls/ a ro_ y__ly/ over the/ _____.
H/Q Harry/hurries home/ to his house/ on the hill.
I/U Ida/ goes indoors/ and irons/ with an iron.
J/W A jar/ of jam/ is joy!/ Oh boy!
K/X Kate/ keeps/ kettles/ in the kitchen.
M/K Michael/ and Mary/ met a/ mouse.
N/O Ned and/ Nancy and/ Nick make/ nice numbers.
O/P Ollie's oars/ row over/ the ocean.
P/M Peter/ and Patty/ feed Puppy/ and Pussy.
Q/N [or Z] The Queen/ picked/ quinces/ quickly.
R/H Ralph ran after/ the rabbit/ along/ the road.
T/E The train/ toots along/ the track./ Toot! Toot!
U/D Uncle/ uses/ an unusual/ umbrella.
V/C Viola/ got a/ valentine/ from Victor.
W/A Willie/ and Winnie/ wade in/ the water.
X/U Xmas/ trees/ for/ Xmas

• 2 train sets - possibly a prototype for a manufactured toy
  Larger set includes 11 blocks, approximately 2 1/8" x 2 1/8" x 2 1/8"
  [54 mm x 54 mm x 54 mm]
  Smaller set includes 8 blocks, approximately 1 5/8" x 1 5/8" x 1 5/8
  [42 mm x 42 mm x 42 mm]

BOX (wood, not numbered)