Illustrations by Robert McCloskey for Journey Cake, Ho!, 1953

File

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Ruth Sawyer Papers houses 29 drafts and typescripts of Sawyer's works; publisher contracts; extensive correspondence between Ruth Sawyer and various Sisters of St. Joseph; additional correspondence, including letters from Anne Carroll Moore, Margaret (Peggy) Durand McCloskey, and others; materials related to the dedication of the Ruth Sawyer Collection of children's books at the College of St. Catherine in 1958; Sawyer's various medals (Alexandrine, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Newbery, and Regina); other artifacts, such as Ruth Sawyer’s storytelling dress; audio recordings of Ruth Sawyer, storyteller; family photographs; accounts of Ruth Sawyer's memorial service; and additional biographical material.

Dates

1953

Creator

Sawyer, Ruth (Durand, Ruth Sawyer), 1880-1970 (Author, Person)

Extent

6 drawings : Drawings are on a vinyl-like materials, each illustration composed of two separate layers on two pieces of this material.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

A note kept with these illustrations states: "Original drawings by Robert McCloskey, her son-in-law. CSC has the drawings (double spread) for pages 6-7, 14-15, 16-17, 18-19, 26-27, 32-33. The rest of the drawings are in the May Massee Collection at Emporia State University."