Petra Mathers Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains material related to Petra Mathers's work as an illustrator of children's books, and includes correspondence, colored pencil illustrations, pencil illustrations, dummies, notes, ink and watercolor illustrations, and proofs related to five children's books.
Dates
- 1995-circa 2002
Creator
- Mathers, Petra (Person)
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
Children's author and illustrator Petra Mathers was born March 25, 1945 in Todtmoos, Germany. She moved to the United States when she was 23 and worked in a children's bookstore. Her first career was as a painter, and she had gallery exhibitions on the West Coast. Her first published book, Maria Theresawon her an Ezra Jack Keats medal. In 1999 she published the first of her Lottie's World series, which features Lottie, a chicken, and her best friend, Herbie, a duck. Mathers lives in Astoria, Oregon.
Extent
.29 Cubic Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains production material related to children's books illustrated by Petra Mathers.
Arrangement
Collection guide arranged alphabetically by publication title.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Petra Mathers.
- Anger -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, American -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, German -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Baths -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Birthdays -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Brothers -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Children's literature -- Illustrations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Children's literature, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Children's stories, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Drawings (visual works) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Illustration of books -- 20th 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
- Mother and child -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mothers and sons -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Picture books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Snakes -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- watercolors (paintings) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Petra Mathers Papers, 1995-circa 2002
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jim Eyer
- Date
- May 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- January 2014: Collection reprocessed and finding aid updated by Kate Dietrick.
- March 2022: Description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
