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Overview of the Collection

Biography

Scope and Content

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Bibliography

Detailed Description

Series I: Children's Books, undated, 1986-2000





Jane Dyer Papers



Finding aid prepared by Andy DeLottie.






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



© 2005 University of Connecticut



Overview of the Collection
Repository: Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
Creator: Dyer, Jane.
Title: Jane Dyer Papers.
Dates: undated, 1986-2000.
Quantity: 6 linear feet.
Identification: MSS19910043
Language: English.
Abstract: The collection contains materials pertaining to the development and creation of 14 books.

Biography

Published Works:

Animal Crackers, 1996. CLC D380
Animal Crackers: bedtime, 1998. CLC A750
Animal Crackers: nursery rhymes, 1998. CLC A871
Blue Moon Soup by Goss, Gary, 1999. CLC C1833
Girl in the Golden Bower by Yolen, Jane, 1994. CLC C1975
If Anything Ever Goes Wrong at the Zoo by Hendrick, Mary Jean, 1993. CLC C906
My Father by Collins, Judy, 1989. CLC C1800
The Patchwork Lady by Whittington, Mary K., 1991. CLC C429
Talking Like the Rain by Kennedy, X.J. and Dorothy, 1992. CLC D375
Time for Bed by Fox, Mem, 1993. CLC D378
When Mama Comes Home Tonight by Spinelli, Eileen, 1998. CLC D379

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Scope and Content

The collection contains original art, research material, photographs, sketches, dummies, manuscripts, galleys, proofs, correspondence, publicity material, and reviews from 1986-2000 (bulk, 1989-1997). There are several oversized posterboards, that show the process of how the illustrator progressed from research material to sketches to the finished illustration, that were used at book fairs, schools, and presentations.

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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.

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Index Terms

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

Subjects:

Document Types:

Artwork.
Books.
Correspondence.
Dummies.
Galley proofs.
Illustrations.
Manuscripts.
Photographs.
Publications.

Occupations:

Illustrator.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

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

Acquisition Information

The Collection has been donated by Jane Dyer in multiple installments beginning in 1993.

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Bibliography

About the Author:

producer,Billie M. Levy; director, Paul Giguere. Children's books, their creators and collectors. Guest, Jane Dyer [videorecording], [West Hartford, Conn.]: WHC-TV, c1994. Dodd Video Cassette PN1009.A1 C458
compiled and edited by Pat Cummings. Talking With Artists. Volume 3 /, New York: Clarion Books, 1999.

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Detailed Description

Series I: Children's Books, undated, 1986-2000
Animal Crackers, 1996
4:127 Notes, undated
4:128 Thumbnail Sketches (cover), undated
4:129 Jacket Design Sketches, undated
4:130 Type Samples, undated
4:131 Cover Type Samples and Acetate Overlay, undated
4:132 Correspondence, 1993-1995
7:198 Proof (incomplete), ca. 1996
7:199 Original Sketch and Mock-up, undated
7:200 Index (mock-up), undated
7:201 Author's Galleys, 1994 February
7:202 Type Samples, undated
7:203 Jacket Design Sketches, undated
7:204 Cover Proofs (photocopy, marked up), 1995
7:205 Jacket Proof, undated
7:206 Illustrator's Marked-up Proof (cover), undated
9:260 Preliminary Sketches (tracing paper), undated
Baby Bear's Bedtime Book, 1990
2:42 Sketches, Mock-ups, and Research Material (photocopies), undated
2:43 Correspondence, 1989
9:249 Galley (photocopy), 1989 February
9:250 Specimen First Proof, undated
9:251 Sketches, undated
Child of Faerie, Child of Earth, 1997
5:133 Manuscript, undated
5:134 Revised Manuscript, 1994 February
5:135 Notes, undated
5:136 Research Photographs, 1989
9:262 Research Material, undated
9:263 Thumbnail Sketches and Preliminary Sketches, undated
Preliminary Sketches and Research Material
5:137 “Wren”, undated
5:138 “He's Taken Her by Her Dirt Soiled Hand and Led Her to His Hall... (See underground)”, undated
5:139 “In the Fairy Hall”, undated
5:140 “Oh, Stay with Me Dear Human Child Become a Child of the Night”, undated
7:207 “Oh Stay with Me Dear Human Child Become a Child of the Night”, undated
5:141 “I Cannot On Your Food Be Fed and Still My Needs Fulfill”, undated
5:142 “She Led Him Down the Farmhouse Road...”, undated
7:209 “She Led Him Down the Farmhouse Road...”, undated
5:143 “He's Looked Around the Human World...”, undated
5:144 “Landscapes (earth)”, undated
5:145 “He Thought about the Fairy Halls”, undated
5:146 “Oh, Wait, Oh Wait”, undated
5:147 “Child of Faerie Title Page”, undated
7:208 “And Where Do You Go, Oh Child of Earth”, undated
7:210 “Farm”, undated
7:211 “They Stroked the Cat”, undated
7:212 “Oh, Stay with Me Dear Faerie Child”, undated
7:213 “At Last She Found a Fresh Hen's Egg”, undated
7:214 “I Give You This That Comes from That”, undated
7:215 “The Gifts Exchanged, They Each Went Back”, undated
7:216 Preliminary Sketches and Research Material, undated
5:148 Preliminary Mock-up, ca. 1996
5:149 Mock-ups and Sketches (photocopies), undated
5:150 Mock-up, undated
5:151 Mock-up, undated
5:152 Type Sample, undated
5:153 Proof (photocopy), undated
5:154 Correspondence, 1995, 1997
7:217 Galley (marked up), 1995 August
7:218 Illustrator's Galleys, 1995 August
7:219 Revised Galley (page 3), 1995 September
7:220 First Proof Jacket, undated
7:221 Fourth Proof Illustrator, ca. 1997
9:261 Proof (photocopy), undated
Girl in the Golden Bower, 1994
3:89 Manuscript, 1992
3:90 Research Material, undated
3:91 Research Material, undated
3:92 Research Photographs, undated
3:93 Notes, undated
3:94 Thumbnail Sketches, undated
3:95 Preliminary Sketches and Research Material, undated
3:96 “Frail Young Woman”, undated
3:97 Preliminary Sketches and Research Material, undated
3:98 Preliminary Sketches and Research Material, undated
3:99 Preliminary Sketches and Research Material, undated
3:100 “Woodsman Dying, Moonlight and Shadow Outside Window”, undated
3:101 “Curry Combing Animal's Hair”, undated
3:102 Preliminary Sketches and Research Material, undated
3:103 “Sorceress”, undated
3:104 Preliminary Sketches and Research Material, undated
3:105 Preliminary Sketches and Research Material, undated
3:106 Preliminary Sketches and Research Material, undated
3:107 Preliminary Sketches and Research Material, undated
3:108 “Then I Am Your Daughter's Daughter”, undated
3:109 Preliminary Sketches and Research Material, undated
3:110 Type Samples, undated
3:111 Proof (one page only), undated
3:112 Correspondence, 1990-1994
9:265 Poster (photocopy), 1994
10:271 Posterboards Documenting the Creation Process, undated
7:193 Preliminary Sketches, undated
7:194 Galley, 1992 October
If Anything Ever Goes Wrong at the Zoo, 1993
2:59 Notes, undated
2:60 Manuscript, undated
2:61 Research Photographs, undated
2:62 Research Material, undated
2:63 Research Material, undated
2:64 Research Material, undated
6:181 Research Material, undated
2:65 Sketches, undated
6:182 Thumbnail Sketches, undated
2:66 Title Page Ideas, Sketches, and Mock-ups, undated
2:67 Galley (photocopy), 1991
2:68 Type Samples, 1991
2:69 Title Acetate Overlays, undated
2:70 First Proof (incomplete), ca. 1993
2:71 First Proof (partial text), ca. 1993
2:72 Proof, ca. 1993
2:73 Correspondence, 1991-1994
2:74 Reviews, 1993
2:75 Blurbs from Rights Guide, 1993
My Father, 1989
1:5 “Ad in Boston Globe that Reinforced Idea” (photocopy), Nov. 1987
1:6 Lyrics and Music, undated
1:7 Thumbnails for Mss Layout, undated
1:8 Notes, undated
1:9 Research Photographs,
“Photographs (for reference)”, undated
1:10 Research Material, undated
1:273 Ribbon Used for Illustration, undated
Preliminary Sketches and Research Material,
1:11 “Always Promised Us”, undated
1:12 “Boating on the Seine”, undated
1:13 “And I Would Learn to Dance”, undated
1:14 “We Lived in Ohio Then”, undated
1:15 “We Lived in Ohio Then”, undated
1:16 “He Worked in the Mines”, undated
1:17 “On His Streams”, undated
1:18 “All My Sisters Soon Were Gone”, undated
1:19 “All My Sisters Soon Were Gone”, undated
1:20 “Marrying”, undated
1:21 “Stayed Behind”, undated
1:22 “Stayed Behind”, undated
1:23 “The Colors of”, undated
1:24 “And I Live in Paris Now”, undated
1:25 “Hearing the Ways”, undated
1:26 “I Sail Memories”, undated
1:27 “Sunset”, undated
1:28 “Title”, undated
1:29 “Dedication”, undated
1:30 “Cover”, undated
1:31 “Foil Stamp”, undated
1:32 “My Father (Sketches Not Used)”, undated
1:33 Preliminary Mock-up, undated
1:34 Mock-up, undated
1:35 “Mock-up of Case”, undated
1:36 Proof, ca. 1989
1:37 Proofs “We Lived In Ohio Then”, ca. 1989
1:38 Reviews and Interviews, undated, 1989, 1990
1:39 “Letter to the Editor from Bookseller (report)” [photocopy], 1989
1:40 “Signings” (photographs), 1989 November
1:41 Correspondence, 1988-1990
9:270 Uncut Proofs, ca. 1989
10:272 Posterboards Documenting the Creation Process, undated
9:255 First Proof Illustrator (jacket), ca. 1989
6:168 Research Material, undated
6:169 Preliminary Sketches (photocopies) “Always Promised Us”, undated
6:170 Second Proof Illustrator (marked up), ca. 1989
6:171 Proof, Illustrator's Copy (marked up), ca. 1989
6:172 Second Proof Illustrator (with duplicates), ca. 1989
6:173 Second Proof Illustrator (with duplicates), ca. 1989
6:174 Preliminary Sketch “Cover”, undated
6:175 “Signings”, ca. 1989
Oh My Baby, Little One, 2000
5:158 Research Material, undated
5:159 Research Photographs, undated
5:160 Manuscript and Type Samples, undated
5:161 Sketches and Mock-ups (photocopies), undated
5:162 Correspondence, 1999
8:239 Research Material, undated
8:240 Sketches and Mock-ups (photocopies), undated
8:241 Sketches and Mock-ups, undated
10:266 Sketches and Thumbnail Sketches (photocopies), undated
Peekaboo Farm, 2000
5:163 Notes, undated
5:164 Type Sample, undated
5:165 Cover Revisions, undated
5:166 Correspondence, 1997, 1998
8:242 Research Material (color photograph), undated
8:243 Research Material, undated
8:244 Mock-ups, undated
8:245 Galleys, 1997 October
8:246 Galley- Back Cover Blurb, 1998 May
8:247 Cover Sketches, undated
8:248 Cover Proof, 1998 May
10:267 Original Art- Cover “The Big Red Barn”, undated
10:268 Sketches, undated
Picnic with Piggins, 1988
1:3 Sketches (photocopies), undated
1:4 Correspondence, 1988 March
10:269 Original Sketches and Mock-up Sketches, undated
6:167 Cover Type Sample, ca. 1988
Piggins, 1987
1:1 Correspondence, 1986, 1988
1:2 Publicity Packet, 1987
9:252 Original Sketch Mock-ups and Sketches, undated
9:253 Uncut Proof, 1987
9:254 Publicity Packet Poster, 1987
Talking Like the Rain, 1992
2:44 Notes, undated
2:45 Research Photographs, undated
2:46 “Early Thumbnails: December '89”, 1989 December
2:47 Thumbnail Sketches, undated
2:48 Research Material, undated
6:176 Research Material, undated
2:49 “There Was an Old Man W/ a Beard, undated
2:50 “Love Is a Green Girl; My Daughter, Brooke; Carl Larson's Old; Man, with My Father's Face”, undated
2:51 Preliminary Sketches, undated
2:52 Mock-up, undated
2:53 Dummy (incomplete, photocopy), undated
2:54 Cover and Chapter Heading Type, undated
2:55 Transparency, undated
2:56 Correspondence, 1989-1993
2:57 Reviews and Announcements, 1992
2:58 Certificate, 1992
6:177 Galley (incomplete), 1990 February
6:178 Master Proof- Index and Copyright Ack., 1990 September
6:179 Preliminary Sketches, undated
6:180 Typeset Overlay, undated
9:258 Jacket Proof, undated
9:259 Original Art- “black and white illustration given to NCLC to use on book fair poster, 1992”, 1992
Three Bears Holiday Rhyme Book, 1995
4:113 Research Material, undated
4:114 Sketches and Mock-up Sketches (photocopies), undated
4:115 Galley (photocopy), 1993
7:195 Research Material, undated
7:196 Galley (photocopy), 1993 June - July
7:197 Illustration (photocopy), undated
9:256 Notes, undated
4:117 Index Manuscript (marked up), undated
4:118 Table of Contents Manuscript (marked up), ca. 1995
4:119 First Manuscript (marked up, incomplete), undated
4:120 New Manuscript Mock-up (marked up, incomplete), ca. 1995
4:121 Manuscript Mock-up (marked up), undated
4:122 Research Material, undated
4:123 Preliminary Sketches, undated
4:124 Mock-ups, undated
4:125 Mock-up (board book), undated
4:126 Table of Contents Sample, undated
Time for Bed, 1993
3:76 Notes On and History of, 1993 October
3:77 Manuscript, undated
3:78 Reference Material, undated
3:79 Preliminary Sketches and Mock-ups (photocopies), undated
3:80 Editor's Comments, 1992 April
3:81 Type Samples, undated, 1992 May
3:82 Acetate Overlays and Cut Up Text for Paste Ups, undated
3:83 Type, Color Samples, and Acetate Overlays for Title Page, undated
3:84 First Proof (small book), ca. 1993
3:85 Correspondence, 1992-1995
3:86 Advertisements, 1993
3:87 Reviews, Bestseller Lists, and ABBY Nominee List, 1993-1995
3:88 Rights Guide, 1992
6:183 Thumbnail Sketches, undated
6:184 Australian Contract, 1993
6:185 Review and Bestseller List, 1994 January
6:186 First Proof (jacket only), 1993
6:187 Production First Proofs (incomplete), ca. 1993
6:188 Production First Proof (photocopy), undated
6:189 Production Second Proof, ca. 1993
6:190 Production Second Proof (photocopy), undated
6:191 Publicity Poster, 1994
6:192 Proof (jacket), ca. 1993
9:264 Poster, 1993
When Mama Comes Home Tonight, 1998
5:155 Manuscript, undated
5:156 Research Material Photographs and Negs., undated
5:157 Correspondence, 1997
8:222 Notes, undated
8:223 Thumbnail Sketches, undated
Preliminary Sketches and Research Material
8:224 “Hug You Sweet and Tight”, undated
8:225 “Dance You Down the Hall”, undated
8:226 “Pattycake”, undated
8:227 “At Window”, undated
8:228 “Blocks”, undated
8:229 “Cup of Tea”, undated
8:230 “Bath”, undated
8:231 “Reading”, undated
8:232 “Rocking Chair”, undated
8:233 “Lullabies”, undated
8:234 “Xeroxes: Photos”, undated
8:235 Preliminary Sketches and Research Material, undated
8:236 Mock-up (photocopy), undated
8:237 Mock-up (photocopy), 1997
8:238 First Proof, ca. 1998