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Haris Petie Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CLRC-1744

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

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.

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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