Marie (Abrams) Lawson Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection contains one original illustration for the book Hail Columbia, published in 1931.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1931
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
Author and illustrator Marie Abrams Lawson was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1894. She was educated at the Sweet Briar Institute in Virginia, and studied at the New York School of Fine and Applied Art. She wrote and illustrated four books for young people (Hail Columbia, Dragon John, The Sea is Blue, and Strange Sea Stories) and authored a volume for Random House's Landmark Series of juvenile histories. Marie Lawson died 13 June 1956 in Norwalk, Connecticut. She was survived by her husband, the author and illustrator Robert Lawson.
Biographical source:
Marie Lawson papers finding aid. University of Connecticut Archives and Special Collections. Accessed 2008.
http://www.lib.uconn.edu/online/research/speclib/ASC/findaids/Lawson/MSS20020127.html#d0e66
Extent
1 item
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
One original illustration by Marie Lawson.
- Title
- Marie (Abrams) Lawson Collection, circa 1931
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- David E Byer
- Date
- 12/23/2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- September 2021: Description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
