Joshua Tolford Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection contains two original black and white illustrations for a children's book, On Your Own Two Feet, illustrated by Joshua Tolford.
Dates
- circa 1955
Creator
- Tolford, Joshua (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
Joshua Tolford was an American illustrator and artist. He was born in 1910 in Wisconsin and studied at the Layton Art School in Milwaukee and the Boston Museum School. He was a member of the Folly Cove Designers, a group of Massachusetts-based artists founded by Virginia Lee Burton. He died in 1985.
Biographical source:
"Joshua Tolford." Cape Ann Museum. Accessed February 2021. https://www.capeannmuseum.org/collections/artists/joshua-tolford/
Extent
2 items
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection contains two illustrations for a children's book illustratred by Tolford.
- 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
- Illustration of books -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Illustrators -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Norway -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Joshua Tolford Collection, circa 1955
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Leslie Czechowski
- Date
- 01/18/2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- February 2021: Description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
