Bernard Waber Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains an ink and wash illustration, text dummy, and galley proof for the picture book Ira Sleeps Over, published by Waber in 1972.
Dates
- circa 1972
Creator
- Waber, Bernard (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
Author and illustrator Bernard Waber was born on September 21, 1924 in Philadelphia, PA. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia College of Art from 1946-1950 and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1950-1951. He married Ethel Berstein in 1952 and had four children. In addition to his work as a children's author and illustrator, Waber began his artistic career as a commercial artist for Conde Nast Publications and Seventeen, and has also been a graphic designer and served in the U.S. Army from 1942-1945 achieving the rank of staff sergeant. Waber died in 2013.
Biographical Source:
"Bernard Waber (1924-)." Something About the Author. Vol. 95. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1998.
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Contains an illustration and related material for the children's book Ira Sleeps Over, by Bernard Waber.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Bernard Waber.
- Authors, American -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bedtime -- 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
- Picture books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Bernard Waber Papers, circa 1972
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Karen Spilman
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- August 2017: Collection reprocessed and finding aid updated by Caitlin Marineau
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
