Ezra Jack Keats Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of production material for seven published titles as well as an audiotape and interview pamphlet.
Dates
- 1962 - 2015
Creator
- Keats, Ezra Jack (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
Ezra Jack Keats was born March 11, 1916 in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the Art Students League and studied painting with the artist and children's book illustrator Jean Charlot. He worked as a muralist for the W.P.A. during the Depression, and later as an instructor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. In 1954 he illustrated his first book for children, Jubilant for Sure, by Elizabeth C. Lansing. In 1962 he wrote and illustrated his best known work, The Snowy Day, which won the Caldecott Medal in 1963. Keats died on May 6, 1983 in New York City.
Biographical Sources:
Something About the Author vols. 14, 34, 57; Children's Literature Review, vol. 35; Twentieth Century Children's Writers, 3rd ed. pp.510-11
Extent
2 Linear Feet (1 flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of production material for seven published titles as well as an audiotape and interview pamphlet.
Arrangement
Collection guide arranged alphabetically by title with miscellaneous material at the end.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The bulk of the collection was donated by Ezra Jack Keats, with collage material for Peter's Chair donated by Dianne L. Monson.
- Authors, American -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Birthdays -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cambodia -- 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
- Color separation (technique) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Families -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Picture books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Remarriage -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Snow -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Swimming -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- collages (visual works) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Source
- Monson, Dianne L. (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Ezra Jack Keats Papers, 1962-2015
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jim Eyer and John Barneson
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Revision Statements
- December 23, 2015: Collection reprocessed by Teresa Tjepkes, EAD updated by Teresa Tjepkes.
- January 2023: Description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
