Abby E. Underwood papers, 1888- 1930

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:
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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)
Illustrations
Name
Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936
Brainerd, Eleanor Hoyt, 1868-1942
Cox, Kenyon, 1856-1919
Subject
Artists
Children's literature
Costume design
Fashion drawing
Fashion illustrators
Illustrators
Journalism
Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc
Scrapbooks
Women -- Periodicals

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.