Abby E. Underwood papers, 1888- 1930

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Series I: Cataloged Artwork



Box 1 Photographs and Reproductions collected by and inscribed to Abby E. Underwood (5 items)


Box 1 Original Illustrations:


Box 1 The Ancient Mariner and the Plum Duff


Box 1 Anthropomorphic Violets and Daffodills


Box 1 April


Box 1 Bertha Wolinsky—a Tenement Child


Box 1 Betty


Box 1 Cats


Box 1 A Cavalier Offering a Necklace


Box 1 The Courtyard Stairway


Box 1 A Devilish Imp


Box 1 Doorway and Courtyard


Box 1 Egyptian, Gothic, Pompeian and other motifs


Box 1 Elephant on the Doorstep


Box 1 Elephants and Camels


Box 1 Fashion Designs for The Sun


Box 1 Fashion Designs with Floral Necks and Heads


Box 1 The Feelings of Flowers


Box 1 The Fig Man and the Sugar Cookies


Box 1 Figures and Fashions


Box 1 Fine Home for Broken Toys


Box 1 The Fortunes of Rob and Charlotte


Box 1 Fortunes of Toy Stove


Box 1 The Good Black Hen


Box 1 Great-Uncle Cephas Came Along


Box 1 I Spoke Severely to the Doctor


Box 1 Illustrations for Children's Stories


Box 1 Little Miss Muffet


Box 1 Louisiana Parish Scenes


Box 1 The Modest Violet


Box 1 Mother and Child


Box 1 Mountain View: Tailpiece Design


Box 1 Newspapers and Magazines See Flat Box



Box 2 Old Charleston Gardens


Box 2 Old House and a New Woman


Box 2 Peasant Woman


Box 2 Peach Tree


Box 2 Portrait of Abby E. Underwood


Box 2 Portraits and Figures


Box 2 Rats Have Always Been Misunderstood


Box 2 Salome of the Middle Ages


Box 2 Snowshoeing


Box 2 Sorrows of the Little Green Pig


Box 2 Spanish Costumes Designs


Box 2 The Stage Fairly Swarmed . . .


Box 2 Still Life With Flowers


Box 2 The Study of Geography and Geographical Distribution


Box 2 The Tale of Little Hatchet


Box 2 A Thanksgiving Dinner Raid


Box 2 There Were Three Witches


Box 2 They Tight Drawn Up In Row


Box 2 Up Goes the Theatre Hat



Box 3 A Cavalier Officer Offering a Necklace


Box 3 Elephant On The Doorstep


Box 3 Fashion design for The Sun


Box 3 Figures and Fashions


Box 3 The Stage Fairly Swarmed . . .


Box 3 Wooden palette

Series II: Oversized Material



Flat Box 572 2 scrapbooks of material related to The Study of Geography and Geographical Distribution. Metuchen. NJ. ca. 1905 (Photos of Asia. East, South-East, and West)., 1905


Flat Box 572 Sample pages for an educational text designed to teach geography and geographical distribution of plant and animal life by tracing maps and collecting clippings.


Flat Box 572 100 clippings. primarily of fashion articles in The Sun. for which Abby Underwood drew the illustrations.