TABLE OF CONTENTS


Overview of the Collection

Biography

Scope and Content

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Bibliography

Detailed Description

Series I: Children's Books, 1985-1994





Victoria Chess Papers



Finding aid prepared by Archives & Special Collections Staff






Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
405 Babbidge Road, Unit 1205
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-1205



© 2008 University of Connecticut



Overview of the Collection
Repository: Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
Creator: Chess, Victoria.
Title: Victoria Chess Papers.
Dates: 1985-1994.
Quantity: 6 linear feet.
Identification: MSS19920042
Language: English.
Abstract: Victoria Chess was born 16 November 1939, in Chicago, Illinois. Chess has been awarded the Brooklyn Art Books for Children citation, the Brooklyn Museum and the Brooklyn Public Library, 1973, for Fletcher and Zenobia and American Institute of Graphic Arts Book Show Award, 1975, for Bugs.

Biography

Victoria Chess was born 16 November 1939, in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of William Leard (an engineer) and Virginia (Slade) Chess. She attended the Kokoshka School of Art, Salzburg, Austria (1957) and Boston Museum School (1957-59). Chess has been awarded the Brooklyn Art Books for Children citation, the Brooklyn Museum and the Brooklyn Public Library, 1973, for Fletcher and Zenobia and American Institute of Graphic Arts Book Show Award, 1975, for Bugs.

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Scope and Content

The collection contains correspondence, sketches, original color art, text and photocopies pertaining to eleven books or stories illustrated by Victoria Chess.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.

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Related Material

Archives & Special Collections has a substantial collection of children's literature and associated artwork. For detailed information on these collections please contact the curator or ask at the reference desk.

The following materials have been separated from the collection and cataloged:

Spider Kane and the Mystery at Jambo Nightcrawler's. Osborne, Mary Pope. Dodd Call No. CLC B333

Spider Kane and the Mystery under the May-apple. Osborne, Mary Pope. (hardcover and paperback) Dodd Call No. CLC B334, 335

Tommy at the Grocer's.Grossman, Bill. Dodd Call No. CLC C1890

Grim and Ghostly Goings-on. Heide, Florence Parry. Dodd Call No. CLC BC792

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Index Terms

This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Subjects:

Artwork.
Children's literature, American—20th century.
Children's literature—Manuscripts.

Document Types:

Books.
Correspondence.
Illustrations.
Manuscripts.

Occupations:

Author.
Illustrator.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item description, #:#], Victoria Chess Papers. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.

Acquisition Information

The materials were donated to the University of Connecticut Libraries in 1992 and 1994.

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Bibliography

About the Author:

WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR: (All self-illustrated; all juveniles)
(with)Edward Gorey, Fletcher and Zenobia, Hawthorn, 1967.
Alfred's Alphabet Walk, Greenwillow Books, 1979.
Poor Esme, Holiday House, 1982.

Illustrator
Mary Lystad, Millicent the Monster, Quist, 1968.
Miriam Young, The Witch Mobile, Lothrop, 1969.
Jan WahlThe Animals' Peace Day, Crown, 1970.
Will Stanton, Once Upon a Time Is Enough, Lippincott, 1970.
Edward Gorey, Fletcher and Zenobia Save the Circus, Dodd, 1971.
Stan J. Goldberg, The Adventures of Stanley Kane, Harcourt, 1973.
Miriam Young, King Basil's Birthday, F. Watts, 1973.
Benjamin Elkin, The King Who Could Not Sleep, Parents' Magazine Press, 1975.
Mary Ann Hoberman, Bugs: Poems, Viking, 1976.
Sue Alexander, Peacocks Are Very Special, Doubleday, 1976.
Norma Farber, A Ship in a Storm on the Way to Tarshish, Greenwillow Books, 1977.
Florence P. Heide and Sylvia W. Van Clief, Fables You Shouldn't Pay Any Attention To, Lippincott, 1978.
Jack Prelutsky, The Queen of Eene (poems), Greenwillow Books, 1978.
Noelle Sterne, Tyrannosaurus Wrecks: A Book of Dinosaur Riddles, Crowell, 1979.
Jane Werner Watson, Which Is the Witch?, Pantheon, 1979.
Jack Prelutsky, Rolling Harvey Down the Hill, Morrow, 1980.
Marjorie Sharmat, Taking Care of Melvin, House, 1980.
Ron Roy, The Great Frog Swap, Pantheon, 1981.
Larry Bograd, Lost in the Store, Macmillan, 1981.
David Greenberg, Slugs, Little, Brown, 1983.
“Cat and Dog” series by Elizabeth Miller and Jane Cohen; all published by F. Watts:
Cat and Dog and the Mixed-Up Week, 1980.
Cat and Dog Have a Party, 1980.
Cat and Dog Have a Contest, 1980.
Cat and Dog Raise the Roof, 1980.
Cat and Dog Take a Trip, 1980.
Cat and Dog and the ABC's, 1981.
Cat and Dog Have a Parade, 1981.
Contemporary Authors Online. Source: The Gale Group, 1999.

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Detailed Description

Series I: Children's Books, 1985-1994
1 Ghosts!: Ghostly Tales from Folklore.Alvin Schwatrz.
HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. (53 items)
Jacket
Pp. 1, 4, 7-9, 11-13, 15-19, 21-29, 31-34, 36-37, 39-43, 45-54, 56/57-59, 62
P. 61 (matted)
Folded and gathered
1 “Ghosts, Witches, Werewolves, Monsters, and Dracula” Victoria Chess.
Cricket. October, 1986. (34 items)
Front cover
Pp. 2-10, 12-15, 17-23, 25-33, 51, 56
Back cover
Correspondence
1 Grim and Ghostly Goings-on.Florence Parry Heide.
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1992. (24 items)
Cover
Pp. 2-10, 12-24.
1 Jim...Who Ran Away from his Nurse and was Eaten by a Lion.
Hilaire Belloc.
Little, Brown and Company (25 items)
Title page
Jacket front
Back of jacket and p. 1
Pp. 3-24
Back jacket/cover
Correspondence
1 “Letter from an Uncle; Reply from his Nephew” Victoria Chess.
Cricket. May, 1985. (3 items)
Sketches
Correspondence
1 A Little Touch of Monster.Emily Lampert.
Joy Street Books, 1987. (34 items)
Back cover
Front of jacket
Jacket front flap
Pp. 2-7, 9-13, 15-32
Pp. 8, 14 (matted)
2 No Slithers Aloud.Victoria Chess.
[Note: published as Slither McCreep and his brother Joe, written by Tony Johnston]
Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1992. (27 items)
Front cover
Back cover
Pp. 5-29
Correspondence
Manuscript materials
2 Princess Gorilla & a New Kind of Water.Verna Aardema. (27 items)
Title
Dedication
Pp. 5, 7-9, 11-13, 15-19, 21-23, 25-32
Dedication or back cover
Jacket
2 Spider Kane and the Mystery at Jumbo Nightcrawler's.Mary Pope Osborne.
Knopf, 1993. (71 items)
Pencil sketches (19)
Photocopies of pencil sketches (25)
Paste up of text
Pp. 9, 15, 18, 21, 31, 35, 37, 39, 41, 49, 54, 60, 63, 69, 77, 79, 87, 92, 98, 106, 109, 115, 119, 127, 131, 135
2 Spider Kane and the Mystery under the May-apple.Mary Pope Osborne.
Knopf (26 items)
Cover
Cover vignette
Title page (pp. 1, 127)
Pp. 4, 9, 19, 24, 32, 39, 41, 47, 53, 56, 59, 63, 68, 77, 80, 87, 90, 98, 101, 104, 108, 115, 123.
2 Tommy at the Grocery Store.Bill Grossman. (31 items and text)
Front cover
Title page
Front matter A, B, C, D
Pp. 7-32
Text pp. 7-32