Judith Gwyn Brown Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of original art for eight children's books illustrated by Brown, including items in ink, crayon, tempera, acrylic and charcoal. It also includes pasteups.
Dates
- circa 1963-circa 1976
Creator
- Brown, Judith Gwyn (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
Judith Gywn Brown was born in New York City in 1933. She attended Cooper Union and Parson's School of Design. She received her BA in Fine Arts History from New York University in 1956. From 1958 to 1960 she worked for a printed doing book jackets and pasteups and learning the business. She began illustrating children's books in 1960. She has also written and illustrated several of her own books. She lives in New York City.
Biographical Source:
"Judith Gwyn Brown." Something About the Author. Vol. 20. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1980.
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection consists of original art for eight children's books illustrated by Brown.
Arrangement
Collection guide arranged alphabetically by title.
- Book jackets 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 poetry, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dolls -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Drawings (visual works) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Folklore Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Humorous stories 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
- Mixed media works Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Moving, Household -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Picture books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sex role -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Swine -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- paintings (visual works) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Judith Gwyn Brown Papers, circa 1963-circa 1976
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Nancy Larsen
- Date
- 3/23/2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- July 2020: Description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
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