Haris Petie Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a crayon and tempera back plate illustration done for The Goat that Made a Boy Grow Big, by Sabra Holbrook.
Dates
- circa 1965
Creator
- Petie, Haris (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
Haris Petie was born June 26, 1915, in Boulder Creek, CA. She was an artist and illustrator of children's books, a fashion artist, advertising artist, and designer of children's clothes. Her illustrations appear in many nonfiction published for children in the 1960s and 1970s. She also wrote and illustrated 2 books, Billions of Bugsand The Seed the Squirrel Dropped.
Biographical Source:
"Haris Petie (1915-)." Something About the Author. Vol. 10. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1976.
Extent
1 item
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains a a crayon and tempera back plate illustration by Haris Petie.
- Children's literature -- Illustrations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Goats -- 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
- Picture books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tempera paintings Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Haris Petie Collection, circa 1965
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Larry Peterson, March 2005
- Date
- 3/28/2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- October 2020: Description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
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