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Uncataloged Correspondence
Book Illustrations
Addition 2018

Tibor Gergely papers and drawings, 1935-1977

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Manuscripts (uncataloged):

Amisano, Dorothy:


Box 1 Ho-Hum, the jelly bean

Box 1 The little red car

Box 1 Mrs. Rosetti and the Colonel

Box 1 You can always take it back

Balázs, Bella:

Box 1 The real skyblue. Translated from the German and rewritten by Tibor Gergely

Burch, Robert:

Box 1 The jolly witch

Duplaix, Lily:

Box 1 The three bears and the bunny with the magic nose. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1946

Gergely, Tibor:

Box 1 Abu Kir and Abu Sir

Box 1 Animal dictionaries

Box 1 Animals; a picture book of facts and figures. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1975

Box 1 Arabian nights: Ali the Persian and the city of many-columned Iram

Box 1 At the watering place

Box 1 Baby wild animals from A to Z. New York, Golden Press,1973

Box 1 Bird dictionary: manuscript

Box 1 Bird dictionary: typescript

Box 1 Busy year

Box 1 Choppy the helicopter


Box 2 Griselda went to the country

Box 2 Little monkey

Box 2 Migration

Box 2 Ossie the ostrich

Box 2 Pinky

Hall, Lesley:

Box 2 Introduction to life

Box 2 Operation

Lesznai, Anna

Box 2 The moths were not invited

Box 2 Stork story

Box 2 The three little refugees

Uncataloged Correspondence

Box 2 American Heritage Press

Box 2 Golden Press

Box 2 Weekly Reader Children's Book Club

Box 2 Western Publishing Company

Book Illustrations

Andersen, Hans Christian:

"The Emperor's New Clothes.", 1933


Box 3 Proof for reproduction in Young faces; an illustrated album of type faces for children's books, 1952 1 p. [Oversize], 1952

Box 3 Watercolor drawing for reproduction in Young faces; an illustrated album of type faces for children's books, 1952 1 p. [Oversize], 1952

Archer, Peter:

Gergely's golden circus. New York, Simon and Schuster cl953

Box 3 Cover designs [Overzsize]

Box 3 Watercolor, 2 pp.

Arlandson, Leone:

Mr. Puffer-Bill. New York, Golden Press, 1965

Box 3 Cover design; tissue sketch, 1 p.

Box 3 Cover design; watercolor drawing, 1 p.

Brown, Margaret Wise

Seven little postmen. New York, Simon and Schuster, cl9523

Box 3 Color proofs; 4 pp.

The wheel on the chimney. Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1953

Box 3 Artist's dummy ("Stork story")

Box 3 Watercolor, 5 pp

Box 3 Galleys; 2 pp

Box 3 Jacket dimension chart; 1 p.

Buell, Ellen Lewis:

A treasury of little golden books. New York, Golden Press, 1960

Box 3 Cover design [oversize]

Box 3 Tissue sketches, 3 pp.

Burch, Robert:

The jolly witch

Box 3 mock-up [oversize]

Box 3 text and tissue sketches mounted on paper, 18 pp [oversize]

Box 3 tissue sketches; 19 pp [oversize]

Box 3 watercolor drawing, 1 p. [oversize]

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de:

Don Quixote, (unpublished)

Box 3 pencil sketches; 12 pp.

Conger, Marion:

Circus time. New York, Golden Press, 1950

Box 3 Cover design

Box 3 Tissue sketch, l p.

Box 3 Cover design

Box 3 Watercolor, 1 p.

Box 3 Watercolor drawing; lp. [oversize]

Circus time. New York, Golden Press, 1955

Box 3 Cover design

Box 3 Watercolor, 1 p.

Crampton, Gertrude:

I want a ride. New York, Simon and Schuster, undated

Box 3 Mock-up volume

Box 3 Text and tissue sketches, 28 pp.

Scuffy the tugboat and his adventures down the river. New York, Golden Press, 1959

Box 3 Cover design

Box 3 Watercolor, 1 p.

Scuffy Golden Shape Book. New York, Golden Press, 197-

Box 3 Tissue mock-up; 13 pp. [oversize]

Box 3 Tissue sketches; 30 pp. [oversize]

Box 3 Tissue sketches mounted on paper; 13 pp. [oversize]

Scuffy the tugboat. Albuquerque, N.M., Artko Studios, cl972.

Box 3 Posters; 2 pp. [oversize]

Tootle. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1945

Box 3 Cover design watercolor, 1 p.


Box 11 Watercolor drawing; 1 p. [oversize]

Tootle; a golden color and recolor panorama


Box 3 Mock-up pages


Box 11 Pencil sketches, 2 pp.


Box 3 Tissue sketches; 22 pp.

Box 3 Tissue sketches mounted on paper; 12 pp. [oversize]

Tootle and other train stories

Box 3 Cover designs

Box 3 Watercolor, 3pp

Tootles Golden Shape Book, New York, Golden Press, 1972

Box 3 tissue sketches; 3pp

Tootles the train. Albuquerque, N.M., Artko Studios, cl972

Box 3 Poster; 1 p. [oversize]

Davis, Joseph A.

Box 3 Five hundred animals from A to Z. New York, American Heritage 1970 See: Book illustration: Gergely, Tibor, 1970

Dolbier, Maurice:

Jenny; the bus that nobody loved. New York, Random House, 1944

Box 3 Pen-and-ink drawings; 5 pp.

Duplaix, Georges:

The merry shipwreck. New York, Harper and Brothers, 194-

Box 3 Endpaper design [oversize]

Box 3 Pen-and-ink drawing, 1 p.

Box 3 Watercolor drawing, 1p. [oversize]

The merry shipwreck. New York, Simon and Schuster

Box 3 Title-page

Box 3 Watercolor drawing, 1 p.

Box 3 Watercolor drawings; h pp.

The merry shipwreck; a big golden book. New York, Golden Press c1970

Box 3 Tissue sketches; 3 PP

Box 3 Tissue sketches; 2 pp. [oversize]

Box 3 Watercolor drawing, 1 p.

Box 3 Watercolor drawing, 1 p. [oversize]

Duplaix, Georges:

Topsy turvy circus. New York, Harper & Brothers ccl9lK)3.

Box 3 Color proofs mounted on paper; 28 pp.

Box 3 Cover design; watercolor, 1 p.

Box 3 Title-page [oversize]

Box 3 Watercolor drawing, 1 p.

Box 3 Watercolor drawing; 1 p. [oversize]

Box 3 watercolor drawings mounted on boards; 9 pp.

Duplaix, Lily:

The 3 bears ... and3 the bunny with the magic nose. Hurdy Gurdy Record Book. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1946

Box 3 Mock-up; watercolor and tissue sketches, 15 pp. [oversize]

Elmo, Horace:

The golden picture book of questions and answers. New York, Golden Press, cl957.


Box 4 jacket dimension chart; ink, 1p.

Box 4 tissue sketches; 11 pp.

Quiz fun. New York, Golden Press, 1957

Box 4 cover design; watercolor drawing, 1 p.

Ferris, Helen:

"Watch me" said the jeep. Garden City, New York, Garden City Publishing, c1944

Pen-and-ink drawings; 16 pp.

Fox, Frances Margaret:

True monkey stories. Boston, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, c1941

Box 4 color proofs; 53 pp.

Frank, Janet:

Daddies. New York, Golden Press, 1954

Box 4 cover design; watercolor, 1 p.

Gale, Leah:

The animals of Farmer Jones. New York, Golden Press c1953

Box 4 cover design; watercolor, 1 p.

George

Jokes. New York, Golden Press, 1961

Box 4 cover design; tissue sketches, 4pp

Box 4 cover design; watercolor, 1 p.

Box 4 tissue sketches; 18 pp.

Gergely, Tibor

Abu Kir and Abu Sir [Unpublished, 197-]


Box 5 sketchbook; pencil, 15 pp.

Box 5 tissue sketches; 10 pp.

Box 5 watercolor drawings; 3pp [oversize]

Animal lore [Unpublished; see Animals ... 1975]

Box 5 mock-up; pencil and typescript, 51 pp.

[Animal migration, unpublished, c1970

Box 5 dummy; pencil, 58 pp.

Box 5 dummy; pencil, 96 pp

Box 5 note and sketchbook; pencil, 18 pp.

Animal talk, a pop-up alphabet zoo. New York, Golden Press, 1960

Box 5 cover design; watercolor, 1 p.

Animals; a picture book of facts and figures. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1975.

Box 5 cover design; watercolor drawings, 3pp [oversize]

Box 5 dummy; tissue sketches, 7 pp.

Box 5 dummy pamphlet; pencil, 32 pp.

Box 5 dummy volume; pencil and typescript, 46pp.

Box 5 mock-up; text and tissue sketches mounted on paper, 37 pp. [oversize]

Box 5 pencil sketches; 3pp

Box 5 pencil sketches; 25 pcs

Box 5 proof; 1 p.

Box 5 tissue sketches; 19 pp.

Box 5 tissue sketches; 9 pp [oversize]

Box 5 tissue sketches; 62 pcs.

Box 5 tissue sketches: habitational; 35 pp.

Baby wild animals from A to Z. New York, Golden Press, 1973


Box 6 cover design; tissue sketches, 4pp.

Box 6 cover design; watercolor drawing mounted on dummy volume, 1 p.

Box 6 dummy; tissue sketches mounted on paper, 13 pp. [oversize]

Box 6 dummy volume; pencil and watercolor drawings with typescript, 54pp.

Box 6 jacket dimension chart; ink, 1 p.

Box 6 pen-and-ink, pencil and watercolor sketches; 4pp.

Box 6 pencil sketches; 23 pp.

Box 6 pencil sketches; 23 pcs

Box 6 proofs; 24 pp. on 1 folding sheet

Box 6 tissue sketches; 13 pp.

Box 6 tissue sketches; 13 pcs.

Box 6 tissue sketches; 38 pcs. [oversize]

Box 6 watercolor drawings; 2 pp.

Bedtime stories. New York, Golden Press, 1972.

Box 6 cover design; proof, 1 p. [oversize]

Box 6 cover design; watercolor drawings, 4 pp. [oversize]

Box 6 mock-up; proof text and watercolor drawings, 2 pp. [oversize]

Box 6 tissue sketches; 10 pcs. [oversize]

Bird alphabet and Bird dictionary SEE: Hill, Annemarie V. Mein grosses Vogel-Lexicon ... cl977

Busy day, busy people. New York, Random House, 1973

Box 6 cover design; watercolor drawing, 1 p.

Box 6 dummy volume; 32 pp.

Box 6 tissue sketches; 43 pcs. [oversize]

Box 6 tissue sketches mounted on paper; 22 pcs. [oversize]

Box 6 watercolor drawing; 1 p.

Box 6 watercolor drawings; 17 pp. [oversize]

Choppy the helicopter (unpublished, 197-).


Box 7 pencil sketches; 3 pp.

Emily's moo. New York, Golden Press, cI969.

Box 7 cover design; proof, 1 p.

Box 7 mock-up; proof text and tissue sketches mounted on paper; 16 pp. [oversize]

Five hundred animals from A to Z. With text by Joseph A. Davis. New York, American Heritage c1970

Box 7 cover design; proof, 1 p.

Box 7 cover design; watercolor on transparency, 2 pp. [oversize]

Box 7 page proofs; 1 p.

Box 7 tissue sketches; 126 pp. [oversize]

Box 7 tissue sketches; 96 pcs.

Box 7 watercolor drawings; 40 pp. [oversize]

Great big book of bedtime stories. New York, Golden Press, cI967, 1976.

Box 7 cover design; tissue sketches, 14 pp. [oversize]

Box 7 cover design; tissue sketches, 11 pcs.

Box 7 cover design; watercolor drawing, 1 p. [oversize]

Box 7 cover design; watercolor drawings, 2 pp.

Box 7 tissue sketches; 15 pcs.

Little monkey [unpublished].

Box 7 tissue sketches; 16 pcs.

Box 7 tissue sketches mounted on paper; 10 pp.

Noah's ark. New York, Grosset & Dunlap, undated

Box 7 cover design; watercolor drawings, 4 pp.

The Noah's ark book. New York, Golden Press, cI966.

Box 7 tissue sketches; 20 pp. [oversize]

Ossie the ostrich [unpublished].

Box 7 tissue sketches; 9 pcs.

Box 7 tissue sketches mounted on paper; 9 pp.

The parrot book; parrots and other exotic birds. New York, Golden, 1965

Box 7 pastel drawing; 1 p. [oversize]

Box 7 tissue sketches; 10 pp.

Box 7 tissue sketches; 19 pp. [oversize]

Pinky [unpublished].

Box 7 tissue sketches; 11 pcs.

Box 7 tissue sketches mounted on paper; 11 pp.

Pop-up animal alphabet. SEE: Gergely, Tibor. Animal talk, a pop-up alphabet zoo.

Ricky the raccoon [unpublished].

Box 7 sketchpad; pencil, 10 pp.

The history of little goody two shoes ... [unpublished,ca. 194-]


Box 8 dummy volume; watercolor drawings, 7 pp.

Hazen, Barbara Shook

The goat in the boat. New York, Golden Press, 1964.

Box 8 cover design; tissue sketch, 1 p.

Box 8 pencil sketches; 13 pp.

Lion cub's busy day

Box 8 tissue sketches; 23 pp.

Noah's ark

Box 8 mock-up; text & tissue sketches, 20 pp. [oversize]

Box 8 proofs; 5 pp. [oversize]

Hill, Annemarie V.

Mein grosses Vogel-Lexicon ... [Stuttgart], Delphin Verlag cl977.

Box 8 dummy; pencil and tissue, 8 pp.

Box 8 dummy; watercolor and tissue sketches mounted on paper, 15 pp. [oversize]

Box 8 tissue sketches; 57 pp. [oversize]

Box 8 tissue sketches; 60 pcs.

Box 8 tissue sketches; 27 pcs. [oversize]

Box 8 tissue sketches mounted on paper; 6 pcs. [oversize]

Box 8 watercolor drawing; 1 p. [oversize]

Box 8 watercolor drawings; 310 pcs. mounted on 35 sheets; together with 35 proof sheets with Gergely's notations. (In Oversize Box, Vault)

Hoffman, Beth Greener

Animal gym. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1956

Box 8 cover design; tissue sketch, 1 p.

Box 8 pencil sketches; 5 pcs.

Hulick, Nancy Fielding

A little golden picture dictionary. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1959.

Box 8 cover design; watercolor transparencies, 2 pp.

Jonas, Nita

The little golden "book of dogs. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1952.

Box 8 cover design; watercolor drawings, 5 pp.

Kipling, Rudyard

The jungle books. New York, Golden Press, 1963

Box 8 mock-up; tissue sketches, pen-and-ink, 5 pp. [oversize]

Box 8 pen-and-ink drawing; 1 p. [oversize]

Box 8 pencil sketches; 90 pp.

Box 8 proofs; 24 pp. [oversize]

Box 8 proofs; 32 pcs.

Box 8 tissue sketches; 12 pp. [oversize]

Box 8 tissue sketches; 39 pcs.

Box 8 watercolor drawing (framed); 1 p. [oversize]

Box 8 watercolor drawings; 7 pp. [oversize]

Krumgold, Joseph

Sweeny's adventures. New York, Random House, 1942.

Box 8 pen-and-ink drawings; 8 pp. [oversize]

Lesznai, Anna

Three little refugees [unpublished].

Box 8 watercolor drawings; 2 pp. [oversize]

Leventhal, John Phillip

From then to now. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1954

Box 8 cover design; watercolor drawing, 1 p.

Ley, Willy

Space travel. New York, Golden Press, 1958.

Box 8 cover design; watercolor drawings, 5 pp.

McConnell, Margaret

Bobo the barrage balloon. New York, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1943.

Box 8 cover design; watercolor drawing, 1 p.

Memling, Carl

Rupert the rhinoceros. New York, Golden Press, 1960

Box 8 cover design; tissue sketch, 1 p.

Box 8 cover design; watercolor drawing, 1 p.

Orleans, Ilo

Animal orchestra. New York, Golden Press, 1958

Box 8 cover design; pencil sketch, 1 p.

Parker, Bertha Morris

The deep blue sea. New York, Golden Press, 1958

Box 8 cover design; watercolor drawing, 1 p.

Peter, John

The golden 1966 calendar. New York, Golden Press, 1966, 1966, 1966

Box 8 cover design; tissue sketches, 5 pp.

Box 8 tissue sketches; 45 pcs.

Recheis, Kathe

No room for the baker. New York, Four Winds Press [1969]

Box 8 cover lettering; ink design, 1 p.

Box 8 pencil sketches; 18 pp.

Box 8 proofs, 7 pp. [oversize]

Box 8 tissue sketches; 30 pp. [oversize]

Box 8 tissue sketches; 23 pcs.

Santa and me

Box 8 cover design; proof, 1 p.

Scarry, Patricia

The golden storybook of River Bend. New York, Golden Press, 1969

Box 8 cover design; tissue sketches, 5 pp. [oversize]

Box 8 cover design; watercolor drawing, 1 p. [oversize]

Box 8 pencil sketches; 73 pp.

Box 8 tissue sketches; 14 pp. [oversize]

Box 8 tissue sketches; 38 pcs.

Box 8 watercolor drawing; 1 p. [oversize]

Box 8 watercolor drawings; 3 pcs.

Sparky

Box 8 cover design; watercolor drawing, 1 p.

Box 8 tissue sketches; 2 pp.

Box 8 watercolor drawing; 1 p.

Tompkins, Jane

The storks fly home. New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1943

Box 8 pen-and-ink drawings; 13 pp.

Tymms, Jean

The me book. New York, Golden Press, 1974

Box 8 tissue sketches; 8 pp. [oversize]

Box 8 tissue sketches mounted on paper; 20 pp. [oversize]

Box 8 watercolor drawings; 3 pp. [oversize]

Werner, Elsa Jane

The golden book of nursery tales. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1948.

Box 8 cover design; pencil sketch, 1 p.

Box 8 cover design; watercolor drawings, 2 pp.

Wyler, Rose

Exploring space. New York, Golden Press, 1958

Box 8 cover design; watercolor drawing, 3 pcs.

My little golden book of sky. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1956

Box 8 watercolor drawing; 1 p. [oversize]

Unidentified book illustration

Box 8 pencil sketches; 3 pp.

Box 8 tissue sketches; 11 pp. [oversize]

Box 8 tissue sketches; 55 pcs.

Box 8 watercolor drawings; 3 pp.

Box 8 watercolor drawings; 3 pp. [oversize]

Unidentified book illustration: animals

Box 8 pen-and-ink drawings; 5 pp. [oversize]

Box 8 tissue sketches; 8 pp. [oversize]

Box 8 watercolor drawings; 6 pp. [oversize]

Unidentified village tale ca. 193-

Box 8 watercolor drawings; 3 pp.

Other categories:

Advertising:

Apple "Honey" and Freshness go together like Love Birds ca. 194-


Box 9 watercolor drawing; 1 p. [oversize]

Ciba Pharmaceutical Co.

Nupercainal ca. 194-

Box 9 printed copy; 2 pp.

Privine ca. 194-

Box 9 printed copy; 3 pp.

Franklin Simon

Box 9 printed copy; 1 p.

Miller, Kram & Holland, Inc. ca. 194-

Box 9 printed copy; 1 p.

Mutual Broadcasting System.

How much can you reap from an acre of air, ca. 1943

Box 9 pamphlet; 23 pp.

New York Subways Advertising Co. ca. 194-

Box 9 printed copy; 1 p.

Schenley Distillers Corp. ca. 194-

Box 9 printed copy; 1 p.

Sharp & Dohme.

B.F.I, powder., 1944

Box 9 proof copy; 1 p.

WDAK, Columbus, Ga. ca. 194-

Box 9 printed copy; 3 pp.

WOR, New York ca. 194-

Box 9 printed copy; 1 p. (2 copies)

WXX, Anytown, Ill. ca. 194-

Box 9 printed copy; 1 p.

John Wyeth & Brother, Inc.

Wyeth's Elixir B-Plex ca.

Box 9 printed copy; 1 p.

Box 9 Articles and clippings (biographical and critical)

Box 9 Catalogs

Box 9 Exhibition announcements and catalogs

Greeting cards:

Box 9 printed copies; 8 pp.

Box 9 watercolor drawing; 1 p.

Magazine illustration:

American Druggist, January, 1949

Box 9 cover design; printed copy, 1 p.

Children's Television Workshop

Sesame Street magazine. Vol. 1, No. 3, February, 1971

Box 9 proof copy; 2 pcs.

Box 9 tissue sketches; 3 pp. [oversize]

Sesame Street magazine. Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1971

Box 9 pen-and-ink drawing; 1 p. [oversize]

Golden Magazine

Box 9 ink sketches; 4 pcs.

Box 9 tissue sketches; 4 pp.

The New Yorker [Unpublished, ca. 1943-1949]

Box 9 cover designs; watercolor drawings, 6 pp.

Box 9 cover designs; watercolor drawings, 12 pp. [oversize]

The New Yorker., April 29, 1944

Box 9 cover design; printed copy, 1 p.

The New Yorker., July 29, 1944

Box 9 cover design; printed copy, 1 p.

The New Yorker., September 24, 1949

Box 9 cover design; printed copy, 1 p.

Unidentified magazine illustration

Box 9 watercolor drawings; 3 pp. [oversize]

Pen-and ink drawings:

Box 9 pen-and-ink drawings; 2 pp. [oversize]

Box 9 Photographs

Political cartoons:

Bethlen Berlinben ca. 193-

Box 9 ink drawing; 1 p.

Container Corporation of America

Resistance! U.S. supplies to Yugoslav patriots -- in paper packages, 194-

Box 9 printed copy; 1 p. [oversize]

Cremiux decret ca-193-

Box 9 proof copy; 1 p.

Free World ca. 193-

Box 9 ink drawing; 1 p.

Box 9 printed copies; 3 pp.

Box 9 proof copies; 6 pp.

Kinai-Japan Egyesseg ca. 193-

Box 9 ink drawing; 1 p.

A Tehetseg Kivonulasa ca. 193-

Box 9 ink drawing; 1 p.

Unidentified political cartoons ca. 193-

Box 9 photographs; 9 pp.

Posters:

New York Herald Tribune.

Children's Spring Book Festival, 1949

Box 9 printed copy; 1 p.

Box 9 watercolor drawing; 1 p. [oversize]

Promotional material:

Golden Book characters.

Advertisements ca. 197-

Box 9 printed copies; 2 pp.

Box 9 plastic hanger; 1 pc.

Record jackets:

Kipling, Rudyard

"Mowgli's brothers" and "Tiger! Tiger!'"

Box 9 jacket design; watercolor drawing, 1 p. [oversize]

Smetana, Bedfich

The bartered bride

Box 9 jacket design; watercolor drawing (framed), 1 p. [oversize]

Set and costume design:

Verein Freie Judische Volksbuhne

Die Gildene Pawe

Box 9 printed programs; 2 pp.

Sketchbooks:

New Orleans ca. 195-

Box 9 ink and pencil sketches; 9 pp. [oversize]

Vignettes:

Box 9 Miscellaneous vignettes ca. 194-

Box 9 pen-and-ink drawings; 6 pp.

Watercolor drawings:

Fifth Avenue ca. 194-

Box 9 watercolor drawing; 1 p. [oversize]

Winter street scene, ca. 194-

Box 9 watercolor drawings; 3 pp.

Box 9 Unidentified watercolor drawings. 4 pp. [oversize]

Printed material:


Box 10 Periodicals with illustrations by Tibor Gergely

Box 10 Free World

Box 10 The Golden Magazine

Box 10 Sesame Street Magazine

Box 10 Story Parade

Box 10 Young Faces

Addition 2018


Flat Box 11 Folder 1 & 2 Stanton Loomis Catlin "Tod" with pipe (charcoal and pastel)

Flat Box 11 Folder 3 Hungarian farm scene, 1937

Flat Box 11 Folder 4 Pencil skethch of Stanton Loomis Catlin, 1949

Flat Box 11 Folder 5 Four lithographs: seated woman; peasant woman cooking; two young girls; flowers in a flowerpot

Flat Box 11 Folder 6 to 13 Lithographs (8) entitled "Mother"

"I send these 9 lithographs, entitled 'Mother', to my dear 'Aunty' Ruth Catlin, the best and kindest friend I have ever known. Cambridge, May 16, 1939. Tibor Gergely"

There are, in fact, only 8 lithographs in this series

Flat Box 11 Folder 14 Associated material: Gergely's note on "Mother" lithographs and Stanton Loomis Catlin's explanation of Gergely's relationship with Ruth Catlin