Emma Lillian Brock Papers
Scope and Contents
The Emma Lillian Brock Papers contains material related to works written and illustrated by Brock, including various types of illustrations and typescripts, newspaper clippings, reviews, proofs, outlines, dummies, postcards, photos, holographs, and sketches, including unpublished materials.
Dates
- 1897 - 1976
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
Emma Lillian Brock was born in June 11, 1886 in Fort Shaw, Montana. As a child, she moved to a number of places in the United States, and developed a love of travel and seeing new places. She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1908, and studied at the Minneapolis School of Art from 1910-1914, and later at the Art Student's League in New York City from 1917-1918 and 1921-1928. Emma Brock worked as a librarian for a number of years at the Minneapolis and New York public libraries, and in the 1920s began illustrating and writing children's books. Throughout her long and prolific career, Emma Brock illustrated and wrote dozens of children's books, including picture books and stories for older children. Emma Brock continued writing and illustrating through the 1960s, and died on August 17, 1974.
Extent
23 Linear Feet (23 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains production material related to works written and illustrated by Emma Lilliam Brock.
Arrangement
Collection guide arranged alphabetically by title or material type, with some miscellaneous art at the end..
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Emma Lillian Brock.
- Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Articles Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Ballet -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Birds -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chickens -- 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
- Christmas stories Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dolls -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Donkeys -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Drawings (visual works) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Elephants -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fairy tales Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Farm life -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fishing stories Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folklore Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- France -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Goats -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Horses -- 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
- Indians of North America -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts for publication Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Minnesota -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mountain life -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Picture books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Roller skating -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Short stories Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sweden -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Swine -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Switzerland -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tempera paintings Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Ukraine -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Weddings -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- watercolors (paintings) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Emma Lillian Brock Papers, 1897-1976
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- CLRC staff
- Date
- 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- April 2023: Description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
