Antoinette Portis Papers
Scope and Contents
The Antoinette Portis papers contains a dummy for the children's book Not a Box, written and illustrated by Portis, as well as an accompanying note describing the item, including some early water damage.
Biographical Source:
"Antoinette Portis." Something About the Author. Vol. 362. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2021.
Dates
- circa 2006, 2022
Creator
- Portis, Antoinette (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Antoinette Portis is an author and illustrator of picture books. She earned a BFA from the University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to becoming a full-time author and illustrator with the publication of her first children's book Not a Box, Portis worked as a graphic designer and art director, eventually becoming creative director and then vice president for Disney Consumer Products. She lives in Studio City, California.
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains a dummy related to one children's book by Antoinette Portis.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Antoinette Portis.
- Authors, American -- 21st century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Children's stories, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Illustration of books -- 21st century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Illustrators -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Imagination -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rabbits -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Antoinette Portis papers, circa 2006, 2022
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Caitlin Marineau
- Date
- November 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
