Thacher Hurd Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of production material for 13 children's books written and/or illustrated by Thacher Hurd, including manuscripts, typescripts, dummies, research, and correspondence, as well as sketches, studies, illustrations, and color separations in a variety of media. The collection also includes catalogs and greeting card artwork for Peaceable Kingdom Press.
Dates
- 1968-2001
Creator
- Hurd, Thacher (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
John Thacher Hurd was born in 1949 in Burlington, Vermont, son of children's book illustrator Clement Hurd and children's book author Edith Thacher Hurd. His youth was spent in rural Vermont where he often watched his father work in his studio and where he learned about children's books. At the age of 16 he collaborated with his parents on the book Little Dog Dreaming. He attended the California College of Arts and Crafts and later taught writing and illustrating for children, but wanted to become a serious artist. He didn't intend to become a children's author and illustrator, but soon realized that "the little doodles and fanciful drawings" he was doing on the side were expressing a deeper part of himself. His first solo effort was The Quiet Eveningin 1978. He continues to write and illustrate children's books and also co-owns Peaceable Kingdom Press with his wife, Olivia Hurd.
Biographical source:
"(John) Thacher Hurd." Something About the Author. Vol. 94. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1998.
Extent
17 Linear Feet (9 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of production material for 13 children's books created or illustrated by Thacher Hurd.
Arrangement
The collection guide is arranged alphabetically by title.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Thacher Hurd.
- Alligators -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, American -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Automobiles -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bedtime -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Birthdays -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cats -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chickens -- Juvenile fiction 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
- Christmas stories Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Color separation (technique) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Detective and mystery stories Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dinosaurs -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dogs -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Drawings (visual works) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Foxes -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Greeting cards Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Kidnapping -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mice -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Musicians -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Peace -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Picture books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rats -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Santa Claus -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sketches Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Stories in rhyme Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Swamps -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Valentine's Day -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- watercolors (paintings) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Thacher Hurd Papers, 1968-2001
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Leslie Czechowski
- Date
- 04/11/2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- October 8, 2015: Collection reprocessed and EAD updated by Teresa Tjepkes.
- July 2020: Description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
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