Charlotte Steiner Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains paste-up spreads with ink illustrations, and two watercolor illustrations with black line acetate overlays, for the children's picture book Birthdays are for Everyone, by Charlotte Steiner. The collection also holds an uncut proof sheet for the picture book Kiki Skates.
Dates
- circa 1950-circa 1964
Creator
- Steiner, Charlotte (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
Charlotte Steiner was born in 1900 in Vienna, Austria, and came to the United States in 1938, She became a naturalized citizen in 1944, and died August 12, 1981. She was an author and illustrator of children's books; all of the books she authored are self-illustrated.
Biographical Source:
"Charlotte Steiner." Something About the Author. Vol. 45. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1986.
Extent
.23 Cubic Feet (1 flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains paste-up spreads with illustrations for one picture book, and one uncut proof for a second.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Birthdays are for Everyone materials donated by Charlotte Steiner.
- Birthdays -- 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
- Winter -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- watercolors (paintings) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Charlotte Steiner Papers, circa 1950-circa 1964
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jim Eyer
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- May 2023: Collection reprocessed and collection guide updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
