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Lois Lenski Collection - Portfolio Box Listing
PORTFOLIO 1 PICTURE BOOKS
Season Books
- P-1 Spring is Here, illustration #8
- P-2 On a Summer Day, illustration #12
Davy Books
- P-3 A Dog Came to School, illustration #14
- P-4 Big Little Davy, illustration #7
- P-5 Davy and His Dog illustration #5
- P-6 Davy and His Dog acetate overlay for blue jacket plate
- P-7 Davy and His Dog jacket design
- P-8 Surprise for Davy illustration #14
Mr. Small Books
- P-9 Papa Small illustration #10
- P-10 Cowboy Small illustration # 15
- P-11 Cowboy Small illustration #22
- P-12 Songs of Mr. Small illustration p. 27
- P-13 The Little Fire Engine illustration #13
Read and Sing books
- P-14 I Went for a Walk illustration
- P-15 I Went for a Walk illustration p. 16-17
- P-16 At Our House cover overlay
- P-17 At Our House illustration. #13
- P-18 At Our House original tailpiece
- P-19 When I Grow Up cover overlay p. 43
- P-20 When I Grow Up illustration #20
Additional items
- P-21 Animals for Me illustration #13
- P-22 Susie Mariar illustration #12
- P-23 Policeman Small press sheet
- P-24 Policeman Small dust jacket, reissue 2001
- P-25 Big Little Davy printer's proofs
- P-26 The Little Auto dust jacket, reissue 2001
- P2-1 Berries in the Scoop illustration p.85
- P2-2 Peanuts for Billy Ben jacket design
- P2-3 Peanuts for Billy Ben color jacket design
- P2-4 Project Boy cloth case design
- P2-5 We Live by the River illustration p.28
- P2-6 We Live in the City title page design
- Peanuts for Billy Ben jacket design
- P2-7 We Live in the City illustration p.102
- P2-8 We Live in the Country cloth case design
- P2-9 We Live in the Country illustration p.72
- P2-10 We Live in the Country jacket design
- P2-11 We Live in the South jacket design
- P2-12 We Live in the South color jacket design
- P2-13 We Live in the South mock-up for jacket
- P2-14 We Live in the South map illustration p.2
- P2-15 We Live in the Southwest illustration p.103
- P3-1 Bayou Suzette title page
- P3-2 Bayou Suzette illustration
- P3-3 Bayou Suzette illustration p.9
- P3-4 Bayou Suzette illustration pp.20-21
- P3-5 Bayou Suzette illustration p.41
- P3-6 Bayou Suzette illustration pp.48-49
- P3-7 Bayou Suzette illustration pp. 118-19
- P3-8 Bayou Suzette illustration p. 153
- P3-9 Bayou Suzette illustration pp.178-79
- P3-9a Maps of New Orleans (pt. 1 & pt. 2)
- P3-10 Blue Ridge Billy jacket design
- P3-11 Blue Ridge Billy color jacket design
- P3-12 Blue Ridge Billy frontispiece and title page
- P3-13 Blue Ridge Billy map illustration
- P3-14 Blue Ridge Billy illustration pp. 4-5
- P3-15 Blue Ridge Billy illustration p.14
- P3-16 Blue Ridge Billy illustration p.79
- P3-17 Blue Ridge Billy illustration p. 106-107
- P3-18 Blue Ridge Billy illustration p. 131
- P3-19 Blue Ridge Billy endpaper
- P3-19a Blue Ridge Billy early illustration
- P3-20 Coal Camp Girl illustration p.44
- P3-21 Judy's Journey illustration p.76
- P3-22 Houseboat Girl illustration p.97
- P3-23 Mama Hattie's Girl illustration p.182
- P3-24 Strawberry Girl illustration pp.120-21
- P3-25 Strawberry Girl illustration p. 162
Historical Books
- P3-26 Blueberry Corners endpaper
- P3-27 Blueberry Corners illustration
- P3-28 Phebe Fairchild Her Book illustration p.135
Other
- P3-29 Folder containing 8 original linoleum block prints
- P4-1 "Backyard Pines," 1932. #5 of edition of 29.
- P4-2 "Bridge in the Woods-Winsted," 1932. #5 of edition of 27
- P4-3 "Farm by the Road," 1932. #2 of edition of 30.
- P4-4 "Girl at the Pump," 1932. #1 of edition of 31.
- P4-5 "Hill Road," 1932. #2 of edition of 27.
- P4-6 "Old Harwinton Road," 1932. #3 of edition of 29.
- P4-7 "Pasture Gate," 1932. #7 of edition of 28.
- P4-8 "Down to the Sea," 1933. #2 of edition of 27.
Medieval Drawings
- P4-9 Medieval drawing #1 1922
- P4-10 Medieval drawing #2 1925-27
- P4-11 Medieval drawing #3 1922-27
- P4-12 Medieval drawing #4 1922
- Florentine decoration #1
Early work - watercolors
- P4-13 Early work #1
- P4-14 Early work #2
- P4-15 Early work 1917. Nursery rhymes.
- P4-16 Early work 1919. "The Farm," sketch for decoration of child's room
- P4-17 Early work 1918. Decoration for 4 sides of column. Used at Lord & Taylor's Department Store, Fifth Ave., New York. #1.
- P4-18 Early work 1918. Decoration for 4 sides of a column. Used at Lord & Taylor's Dept. Store. #2.
Miscellaneous Illustrations
- P4-19 We Live in the South jacket sketch and color card
- P4-20 We Live in the South jacket proof
- P4-21 Peanuts for Billy Ben jacket sketch and color card
- P4-22 Peanuts for Billy Ben jacket proof
- P4-23 Peanuts for Billy Ben publisher's letter; copy of telegram sent in reply
- P4-24 "Rooftops by the Sea" Color woodblock print, 1926. Hanging in Special Collections Office/framed.
- P4-25 Print- Lois Lenski's USA.
- P4-26 Nonsensicalville original cover design Hanging in Special Collections' work area/framed.
- P4-27 Chimney Corner Stories, 1925 illus. proofs
- P4-28 Publisher's promotional material. 3 cut-outs of Policeman Small, 1 of The World of Christopher Robin, by A.A. Milne.
- P4-29 The Paths of Learning (restored, is now A-94 in early children's books in maple bookcase)
- Photostats of 51 historical prints
- Bayou Suzette: author's outline and manuscripts--holograph and typed
- Blue Ridge Billy: holograph and typed manuscripts
- Blueberry Corners: holograph manuscript
- Judy's Journey: typed manuscript
- Peanuts for Billy Ben: holograph and typed manuscripts
- Phebe Fairchild Her Book: typed manuscript
- We Live in the Country: holograph and typed manuscripts and sketches for illustrations
- We Live in the South: typed manuscript
- Let's Play House: the making of a picture book by Lois Lenski
Calendar
of Correspondence about Lois Lenski's collection of early American
Children's Books
Maintained by Carolyn Shankle.
Updated October 8, 2002.