Illustrated children's books from Cooper Hewitt Collection

By: Elise Chevalier | Tuesday, August 10, 2010 | 1 Comment (s)

The following article was originally posted to the Smithsonian libraries

A number of the last week I will be examined in the Cooper Hewitt Museum Design Museum Library, a collection of illustrated children's books through the Studio School Arts Intern-programme. I have found in the library during my seemingly endless treasures of children's book collection, including the largest variety of illustrative styles, content, and a rare rare titles fascinating — non-click pop-up and movable books unequaled collection.

Although children's books may seem a little dedicated to the design and decorative arts library oddity, they were an integral part of the National Library of Cooper Hewitt Design Museum Is the library from the beginning. founders, Hewitt sisters kommunikoituu children book collection are intended to supplement other planning resources. The design was a seminal for the collection and use of these labels. Eleanor Hewitt found in 1919, a librarian Boston Public Library--"was the large number of every age and country illustrated children's books, as well as the fact that they must constantly consulted for costume and astonished, decorative and color schemes."

Not then Cooper Hewitt collection books early for children was achieved largely through the Hewitts donations yourself. The library acquisition records show that the recent and older illustrated children's publications is collected Senior Housing Care actively throughout its history. Over the last two funds, in particular, Mary Stuart Book Fund and JP Morgan Book Fund, an expanded significantly with the generous donations from the collection of people who still to this day.

Children's books from the library collection consists of approximately 2 000 titles, of which more than 1 200 is a pop-up and movable books.Date of entry into force of this region Headers, in the 18th century, mainly in Britain, United States of America, France and Spain. Interesting examples of German, Dutch, Czechoslovakian, and even the Soviet Union era Russian books can also be found.Children's collection represents an incredibly wide range of content, including the Fairy tales, the letters of the alphabet books, nursery rhymes with and songbooks.The first and early editions, as proof that the Union of artists such as Walter Crane, Kate Greenaway and Beatrix Potter large amounts of information can be found together with other, less known artists aesthetic preference. Cooper Hewitt children literature collection options has been showcased many Museum exhibition, parliamentary figure and the design of fixed ratios. these exhibitions includeNine Lives (1949), American drawings (1954), Fantastic Illustration and design in Britain, 1850-1930 (1979), the Odyssey, print (2002), the ancient words (2007), Wall Stories (2009) and the current exhibition at National Museum of American history: book Engineering: fold, POP, and remove (2010).

Although the Cooper Hewitt Museum Library recognizes the designers, artists and teachers collection value, many materials are extremely sensitive and handling must be kept to a minimum. audio headers for the library would like to see in the pre-1923 copyright restrictions on fishing effort to make these children's books available online for all, who can enjoy many wonderful examples. Interval is displayed here.

Stay tuned to highlight specific aspects of this wonderful collection in future blog posts.

Elise Chevalier
Art intern, Cooper-Hewitt Design National Museum Library

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