Milo Winter Papers

Collection

Identifier: CLRC-1710

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection contains one ink and tempera illustration for a 1954 cover of the American Junior Red Cross News.

Dates

Creation: circa 1954

Creator

Winter, Milo, 1888-1956 (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

Milo Winter was born on August 7, 1888 in Princeton, Illinois. He was an illustrator of children's books, employeed as the chief illustrator for the Silver Burdett Co. and as art director of Field Enterprises. Mr. Winter was the illustrator of many classics republished for children, including Treasure Islandby Robert Louis Stevenson, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seaby Jules Verne and A Christmas Carolby Charles Dickens. He died on August 15, 1956.

Biographical Source: "Milo (Kendall) Winter (1888-1956)." Something About the Author. Vol. 21. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1980.