Lauren Stringer Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains print production materials and original illustrations for children's books written and/or illustrated by Lauren Stringer. Items include original acrylic illustrations, studies, sketches, correspondence, typescripts, and other related materials.
Dates
- 1995 - 2017
Creator
- Stringer, Lauren (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
Lauren Stringer was born on March 29, 1957 in Great Falls, Montana. She studied art and art history at the University of California - Santa Cruz and did an independent study program at the Whitney Museum of American Art. The first book she illustrated was Mary Lyn Ray's Mud in 1996. Stringer is a painter and a sculptor and has worked as an art handler, designer, set painter, and framer, among other jobs, in Minneapolis, St. Paul, MN and New York City. Her work in children's illustrations is well-renowned and she has won many honors, including the Society of Illustrators 1998 exhibition title for Scarecrow.
Biographical sources: "Lauren Stringer." Something About the Author. Vol. 183. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2008.
Extent
15.5 Cubic Feet (10 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains print and art production materials for over a dozen titles written and/or illustrated by Lauren Stringer.
Arrangement
Collection guide arranged alphabetically by title.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lauren Stringer.
- Animals -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, American -- 21st century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Autumn -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bedtime -- 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
- Dance -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dwellings -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Evolution (biology) -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fear -- 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
- Imagination -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts for publication Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Nijinsky, Vaslaw, 1890-1950 (Depicted) -- Juvenile literature
- Picture books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rain and rainfall -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Scarecrows -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sketches Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Snow -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Spring -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stories in rhyme Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971 (Depicted) -- Juvenile literature
- Toys -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Winter -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 (Depicted) -- Juvenile literature
- acrylic paintings (visual works) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Lauren Stringer Papers, 1995-2017
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- CLRC Staff
- Date
- 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- December 17, 2015: Collection reprocessed by Teresa Tjepkes, EAD updated by Teresa Tjepkes.
- September 2020: New material added and description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
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