Ilse-Margret Vogel Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains production material children's books published between 1964 and 1984. Production materials include both manuscript and illustrative materials. Manuscript materials include typescripts, proofs, and notes. Illustrative materials include illustrations, sketches, and studies done in a variety of media, pieces of text proof, and an ink calligraphy.
The collection also contains other materials including some art done for Humpty-Dumpty's Magazine for Little Childrenand other sketche sand unpublished works, and some general miscellaneous material including a photograph, reviews including one in German, and some correspondence dating up to 1987.
Dates
- 1964-1992
Creator
- Vogel, Ilse Margret (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 Sketch
Ilse-Margret Vogel was born June 5, 1914 in Sybillenort, Germany [now Poland]. She was educated in Germany and studied art in Berlin prior to World War II; she later studied art in Basel, Switzerland after the war. In the 1940s, Ilse-Margret Vogel co-founded and co-owned the Rosen Art Gallery, the first modern art gallery in Berlin. She came to the United States in 1950, and in 1954 began writing for Humpty-Dumpty's Magazine for Little Children. Vogel wrote and illustrated her first book for children The Don't Be Scared Book: Scares, Remedies and Pictures,a picture book about fears, in 1964. During her long career, Ilse-Margret Vogel has illustrated many picture books including several for Golden Books. She has also written and illustrated several books for older readers such as The Rainbow Dress, and Other Tollush Tales(1975) and Dodo Every Day(1977) that draw on her experiences with her grandmother and the stories she heard from her as a child. In 1984, Ilse-Margret Vogel published Tikhon,a story about a young German girl and the Russian soldier she and her family befriend in post-World War I Germany. In 1992, she published Bad Times, Good Friends: A Personal Memoirthat told of her life in Berlin during World War II
Biographical Source:
"Ilse-Margret Vogel (1914-)." Something About the Author. Vol. 14. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1978.
Extent
48 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Ilse-Margret Vogel's papers focus on her work as an author and illustrator of children's books. The collection contains production material for children's books published between 1964 and 1984.
Arrangement
Collection guide arranged alphabetically by title.
Accession Information:
Ilse-Margret Vogel gave this collection to the University of Minnesota in 1970 and placed additional materials in the collection in 1987.
- Animals -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, American -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, German -- 20th century 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
- 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
- City and town life -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Counting -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Death -- Juvenile fiction 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
- Families -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fantasy fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fathers -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fear -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Germany -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Grandmothers -- Juvenile fiction 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
- Manuscripts for publication Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Missing children -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Occupations -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sketches Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Stories in rhyme Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Twins -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, German Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- watercolors (paintings) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Ilse-Margret Vogel Papers, 1964-1992
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Christina Cowan
- Date
- May 1999
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- November 2020: Description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
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