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Philip Reed Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CLRC-1279

Scope and Contents

The collection contains production material for three titles published between 1940 and 1963. Production materials include an ink sketch, and various print proofs. The collection also includes some miscellaneous printing samples done for the magazine Consulting Engineer as well as advertisements and material related to Reed's printing shop, some printing samples possibly done for a rhyme sheet put out by Holiday House [publisher] in 1935, and other miscellaneous prints.

Dates

  • 1936-1964, undated

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

Philip Reed was born January 17, 1908 in Park Ridge, Illinois. He spent his youth in Park Ridge and later studied graphic design at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1930, he established his first printing company, the Broadside Press. Philip Reed designed and illustrated many books for children. In 1958, he illustrated a new edition of James Thurber's book Many Moons, and in 1963 published Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes. Reed died in 1989.

Biographical sources: Something About the Author, volume 29, pp 166. Illustrators of Children's Books: 1957-1966, pp 163.

Extent

0.4 Cubic Feet (1 flat box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The collection contains proofs related to three titles illustrated by Philip Reed, as well as other advertisements and miscellaneous prints.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The bulk of the collection was originally given to Dr. Irvin Kerlan who in turn donated his collection to the University of Minnesota. Three signed prints from Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes were donated by Barbara L. Nay in 2004.

Source

Title
Philip Reed Collection, 1936-1964, undated
Status
Completed
Author
Christina Cowan and Sharlene Murphy
Date
04/1999, 11/2004
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • May 2019: Collection reprocessed and finding aid updated by Caitlin Marineau

Collecting Area Details

Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area

Contact:
Suite 113, Elmer L. Andersen Library