Handforth, Thomas, 1897-1948
Variant namesAmerican artist, illustrator, and author.
From the description of Mei Li : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62423396
American artist, illustrator, and author; Caldecott Award winner, 1939.
From the description of Papers, 1938. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62435924
Thomas Handforth was born September 16, 1897, in Tacoma, WA and died October 19, 1948, in Pasadena, CA. Handforth was an artist, illustrator, and children's author. He has art work in permanent collections at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, and Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England. He won the Caldecott Medal, Association for Library Service to Children, 1939, for Mei Li . Source: Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2000.
From the guide to the Thomas Handforth Papers, 1938, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])
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| referencedIn | Whitmore, Elizabeth Manning. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1933-1936 | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| creatorOf | Sickman, L. C. S. (Laurence C. S.). Laurence Sickman papers, 1898-1989. | The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Ida Pruitt, 1850s-1992 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Handforth, Thomas : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library | |
| referencedIn | Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1950-1951. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Pruitt, Ida. Papers, 1850s-1992 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Handforth, Thomas, 1897-1948. Papers, 1938. | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis | |
| creatorOf | Thomas Handforth Papers, 1938 | University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections | |
| creatorOf | HANDFORTH, THOMAS. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. | Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) | |
| creatorOf | Handforth, Thomas, 1897-1948. Mei Li : production material. | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis | |
| referencedIn | T'eng, Kuei, 1902-. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1928-1952, n.d. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Rosamond B. Loring collection of printed endpapers, 1900-1950 (inclusive), 1920-1941 (bulk). | Houghton Library |
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| associatedWith | Loring, Rosamund B. (Rosamond Bowditch), 1889-1950 | person |
| associatedWith | Pruitt, Ida. | person |
| associatedWith | Sickman, L. C. S. (Laurence C. S.) | person |
| associatedWith | T'eng, Kuei, 1902- | person |
| associatedWith | Whitmore, Elizabeth Manning. | person |
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| Children's literature, American |
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Person
Birth 1897
Death 1948
Americans
