A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 19, 2006 with artist Lori K. Gordon. Ms. Gordon discusses her community, Clermont Harbor, Mississippi, before Hurricane Katrina, as well as her experiences afterward. Pieces from Ms. Gordon's work, The...
Oral history.; Mr. Edward Sternberg was born on October 22, 1901, in Louisville, Kentucky. He was educated in private schools and graduated from Grady School, Louisville, in June 1915. He worked in a variety of jobs as a boy and began his first...
From the Berta and Elmer Hader Papers. Sketch in graphite for the title page of THE BIG SNOW by Berta and Elmer Hader (New York: Macmillan, 1948). THE BIG SNOW is the winner of the 1949 Caldecott Medal.
From the Gail E. Haley Papers. Sketch in graphite and color pencil for A STORY, A STORY: AN AFRICAN TALE retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (New York: Atheneum, 1970). A STORY, A STORY is the winner of the 1971 Caldecott Medal.
From the Gail E. Haley Papers. Sketch in graphite for A STORY, A STORY: AN AFRICAN TALE retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (New York: Atheneum, 1970). A STORY, A STORY is the winner of the 1971 Caldecott Medal.
From the Gail E. Haley Papers. Sketch in "full color" graphite and color pencil for pages 34-35 of A STORY, A STORY: AN AFRICAN TALE retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (New York: Atheneum, 1970). A STORY, A STORY is the winner of the 1971...
From the Taro Yashima Papers. Sketch of sea shells in graphite and watercolor from SEASHORE STORY by Taro Yashima (New York: Viking, 1967). SEASHORE STORY is a 1968 Caldecott Honor Book.
From the Berta and Elmer Hader Papers. Thumbnail dummy in graphite of THE BIG SNOW by Berta and Elmer Hader (New York: Macmillan, 1948). THE BIG SNOW is the winner of the 1949 Caldecott Medal.
From the Berta and Elmer Hader Papers. Thumbnail dummy in graphite of THE BIG SNOW by Berta and Elmer Hader (New York: Macmillan, 1948). THE BIG SNOW is the winner of the 1949 Caldecott Medal.
From the Berta and Elmer Hader Papers. Sketch in graphite for the frontispiece of THE BIG SNOW by Berta and Elmer Hader (New York: Macmillan, 1948). THE BIG SNOW is the winner of the 1949 Caldecott Medal.
From the Gail E. Haley Papers. Sketch in graphite with the handwritten note "The Medicine Man with the Water that Cures all things" for A STORY, A STORY: AN AFRICAN TALE retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (New York: Atheneum, 1970). A STORY, A...
From the Maud and Miska Petersham Papers. Notes and typescript (missing page 8) of acceptance speech for the 1946 Caldecott Medal award for THE ROOSTER CROWS: A BOOK OF AMERICAN RHYMES AND JINGLES by Maud
and Miska Petersham (New York: ...
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Unsigned graphite sketch for the book "A Apple Pie," published in 1886. "A Apple Pie" page. 28 x 19 cm. (25 x 9 cm.) Frontal view of girl wearing mobcap. Girl in green and white checked dress in book.
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Unsigned graphite sketch for the book "A Apple Pie," published in 1886. "C Cut It" page. 28 x 19 cm. (20 x 9 cm.) Profile of short-haired girl holding plate against shoulder. "Dealt It" written on top crossed out and...
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Unsigned graphite sketch for the book "A Apple Pie," published in 1886. "R Ran For It" page. 28 x 19 cm. (22 x 13 cm.) Profile of girl in gloves, running to right.
