Abby E. Underwood papers, 1888- 1930

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#1270
Bib ID:
4079419 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Underwood, Abby E., 1871-1941
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
3 boxes (3 boxes 3 oversize folders)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Description

Summary

The collection consists primarily of Underwood's pen-and-ink designs for these articles, with manuscript captions and notes to the printer; and illustrations for children's stories which appeared in THE SUN, ca. 1905-1910, together with typescripts, proofs, and printed copies of the stories, several of which are by Underwood. The collection also includes correspondence relating to a projected series of costume designs for THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL, a manuscript of a work on geography, and scrapbooks and clippings relating to these projects.

Arrangement

Cataloged.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Abby E. Underwood papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Kellogg, Helen Hall. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1981. Accession number--M-81.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 09/--/89.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2012-01- 26 EAD created by PTL

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

Artist, illustrator. Miss Underwood was born in Kalamazoo, Mich. and studied art in Chicago and in New York under Kenyon Cox and E.H. Blashfield. For more than 25 years she was an illustrator on the staff of the New York Sunday SUN, providing the illustrations for a regular two-page fashion spread, with text by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Drawings (visual works) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Illustrations CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Brainerd, Eleanor Hoyt, 1868-1942 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Cox, Kenyon, 1856-1919 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Artists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Children's literature CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Costume design CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Fashion drawing CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Fashion illustrators CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Illustrators CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Journalism CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Scrapbooks CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women -- Periodicals CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID