ORU_Ax534.xml Guide to the Maud and Miska Petersham Illustrations 1930-1958 Petersham (Maud and Miska) Illustrations Finding aid prepared by processing staff Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives 2007
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Maud and Miska Petersham illustrations Petersham, Maud, 1890-1971 Petersham, Miska, 1888-1960 Ax 534 0.5 linear feet 1 container 1930-1958 Collection comprises illustrations by artists Maud and Miska Petersham for children's books, including The American ABC, Off to Bed and When I Grow Up, as well as related galley proofs and mock-ups. English .

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 Illustrated children's books--United States Children's literature, American Illustration of books--United States--20th century Illustrators--United States Authors, American--20th century Women illustrators--United States Literature Women Children and Youth Manuscripts for publication Book illustrations

Born September 20, 1888 in Hungary, Miska Petersham came to the U.S. in 1912. He met Maud Fuller (born August 5, 1890) when both were working for the advertising agency International Art Service in New York, and they were married in 1917. Their first book was published in 1929, and they went on to have lengthy careers as authors and illustrators of children's books. They won the Caldecott Medal in 1946 for The Rooster Crows: A Book of Children's Rhymes and Jingles. Miska Petersham died May 15, 1960. Maud Petersham died November 29, 1971.

Collection comprises children's book and other illustrations by artists Maud and Miska Petersham, including illustrations from The American ABC, Off to Bed, and When I Grow Up. Collection also includes galley proofs of The American ABC and a rough dummy of Off to Bed

 Guide to the Maud and Miska Petersham Illustrations

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