Betsy Bowen Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of manuscript materials and art related to children's books that were either written, illustrated, or both by Betsy Bowen. The manuscript materials include typescript and corrected typescripts, correspondence, notes and storyboards, dummies, research, page proofs, and related items. The original art materials include drawings, watercolors, woodblock prints, and the actual woodblocks used to create the prints. The One North Star materials contains work by collaborator Beckie Prange, who co-illustrated the book with Bowen.
Dates
- 1991-2017, undated
Creator
- Bowen, Betsy (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
Betsy Bowen is an illustrator, woodcut artist and author of children's and young adult books. Her woodcut prints and books appear in galleries throughout the country. Bowen's first children's book, Antler, Bear, Canoe: A Northwoods Alphabet Year, was published in 1991. A number of her books draw from her experience living on the North Shore of Lake Superior in northern Minnesota. Bowen runs an art studio and gallery in an old playhouse in Grand Marais, Minnesota; her website can be found at http://woodcut.com.
Extent
4.9 Cubic Feet (13 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of Betsy Bowen's manuscript materials and original art related to her published children's books.
Arrangement
Collection guide arranged alphabetically by book title.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Betsy Bowen.
- Alphabet books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Animal behavior -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Animals -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Children's literature -- Illustrations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Counting -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Drawings (visual works) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- English language -- Alphabet -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Illustration of books -- 21st century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Illustrators -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Minnesota -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Natural history -- Minnesota -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Plants -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Woodcuts (prints) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- watercolors (paintings) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Creator
- Prange, Beckie (Collaborator, Person)
- Title
- Betsy Bowen papers, 1991-2016
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by CLRC staff
- Date
- 2004, 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- April 2014: Collection reprocessed by Kate Dietrick; EAD updated by Kate Dietrick
- January 2017: New material added and collection guide updated.
- June 2019: New material added and collection guide updated by Caitlin Marineau
- June 2020: New material added and collection guide updated by Caitlin Marineau.
- June 2021: New material added and collection guide updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
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