COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Correspondence with publishers, other letters, photographs, and original illustrations and artwork for her cards and books.
Dates
- [ca. 1930-1955]
Creator
- Sewell, Helen, 1896-1957. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Illustrator.
Helen Moore Sewell, the daughter of William Elbridge Sewell and Minnie Moore, was born into a Navy family and spent part of her early years in Japan and Guam. She attended the Pratt Institute and studied painting with the artist Archipenko. She worked on Christmas and greeting cards, and illustrated many books, particularly for children. She was the original illustrator for the "Little House" books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. She later wrote and illustrated her own books for children.
Extent
5.4 cubic feet. (5.4 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Correspondence with publishers, other letters, photographs, and original illustrations and artwork for her cards and books.
Physical Description
Artwork, correspondence, photographs,
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- October 2007
- EAD encoding:
- RMC Staff, October 2007
- Date modified:
- Jude Corina, June 2018
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- October 2007
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu