Title page, Title page verso (copyright), Dedication page, Foreword (p. 1 & 2)

Pages 1-2, 4-5, 8-9

Pages 10-19

Pages 20-22, 24-29

Pages 30-40, 42

Double spread of cover, Double spread of end papers

Watercolor sketch of end papers

Ink artwork of cover

Preliminary design of dedication page in watercolor with typewritten copy pasted on

Ink sketch of dedication page with some watercolor plus carbon typewritten copy pasted on

Alternate design of dedication page in watercolor without type

Preliminary copyright page in watercolor

Rough watercolor sketch (similar to page 1) with typewritten copy (same as page 16)

Rough watercolor sketches of Maybelle on hilly street (similar to page 6) with typewritten copy pasted on (of first paragraph on page 2)

Preliminary watercolor artwork with typewritten copy of pages 2 & 3

Preliminary watercolor artwork – top picture of hilly street similar to page 9; bottom picture of cable car barn similar to page 8 with typewritten copy similar to page 9 through 13

Preliminary watercolor artwork and typewritten copy of page 10 pasted on

Preliminary watercolor artwork of Maybelle and bus (similar to top picture on page 29) on one side and of Maybelle and bus (similar to bottom picture on page 21) on the other

Rough ink sketch of cable car winding down a San Francisco street

Rough ink sketch of three individual cable cars

Folded sheet with rough water watercolor sketches of the title page and dedication page

Rough ink sketches of hilly streets (similar to page 9) with handwritten copy (similar to page 8)

Rough ink sketch of street with typewritten copy (similar to pages 4 & 5)

Rough watercolor sketches of green cable car barn with typewritten copy (similar to page 7)

Rough ink sketch of page 25 with typewritten copy

Rough ink sketch of three cable cars – one with gripmen, one with conductor, and one on turntable

Rough ink sketch of cable car showing equipment with typewritten copy

Rough ink sketch with typewritten copy of page 6

Rough ink sketch of Maybelle's route, naming streets

Rough ink sketch of cable cars, horse cars, railroads, and steam cars with typewritten copy of names of transportation companies

Rough watercolor sketch of California Line giving names of equipment and showing turntable

Rough watercolor sketch of street and cable car turntable

Rough ink sketches of cable cars on various streets

Rough ink sketch of page 42

Rough watercolor sketches of horse car, cable cars, horseless carriage, trolley cars, buses, street cars, and trackless trolley

Rough ink sketch of cable car, bus, and cars on street

Rough ink sketch of trolley buses meeting cable car

Rough ink sketch of cable car traveling down the city streets past voting booths

3" x 9" Rough watercolor sketch of cable cars winding between flowers (similar to dedication page)

3" x 9" Rough watercolor sketch of Maybelle traveling through border of fuchsia flowers and leaves

3" x 9 ½" Rough incomplete watercolor sketches of three of the scenes used in end papers. Reverse side – rough watercolor sketches of Ferry Building, City Hall, and Election Day.

3 ¼" x 9 ½" Rough watercolor sketches of three of the scenes used in end papers

3" x 9" Rough watercolor and black-ink sketch of cover and how Maybelle works. Reverse side – views of three cable car lines.

3" x 9" Rough watercolor sketches of three cable cars. Reverse side – rough watercolor sketch of cable car showing the cable, turntable, and conductor.

3" x 2 ¾" Rough watercolor sketch of pattern design consisting of cable cars and streets

3" x 6 ½" Rough watercolor sketch of dedication page detail. Reverse side – rough watercolor sketch of another dedication page detail.

3 ½" x 9 ½" Rough sketch of cable car turntable and horse-drawn trolley

4 ½" x 4 ½" Rough watercolor sketch of cover

5" x 8" Rough watercolor sketch of SF cityscape with cable cars coming down a hill and horse-drawn carriages in the foreground

5 ½" x 9 ½" Rough watercolor sketch of SF cityscape with cable car and horse-drawn trolley in the foreground, bay in the background

5 ½" x 11" Rough watercolor and black-ink sketches of cable cars, houses, and buildings. Reverse side – rough watercolor sketch of cable cars, cable, and fuchsias.

2 ¼" x 5" Rough black-ink sketch of two views of cable car coming down a hill

3 ¾" x 2 ½" Rough watercolor sketch of three flowers

3 ½" x 3 ½" Rough black-ink sketch of title page

4" x 5" Rough black-ink sketch of cable car on coming down a hill with cars and buses in the foreground

4" x 4 ½" Rough black-ink sketch of cable car arriving at turnaround and leaving

2 ½" x 8 ¾" Rough watercolor sketches of four scenes of cable car on street

6 ½" x 6" Rough watercolor sketch of fuchsias and stylized letters "MA"

5 ½" x 6 ½" Watercolor artwork of part of cover – the cable car and words "The Cable Car by Virginia Lee Burton"

3 ¾" x 5 ⅞" Rough watercolor and ink sketch of houses, buildings, horse-drawn carriages, bus, car, horse-drawn trolley, and cable cars

10" x 10" Watercolor artwork of Maybelle coming down hill

Two 4" x 6" Sketchbooks with ink and watercolor rough sketches

Autographed copy of Maybelle the Cable Car presented to the Children of San Francisco (copy 1 of 2)

Autographed copy of Maybelle the Cable Car presented to the Children of San Francisco (copy 2 of 2)

Three copies of Virginia Lee Burton's biographical sketch

5" x 7 ⅛" Photo of Virginia Lee Burton provided by Houghton Mifflin Co.

Three copies of the autobiographical sketch published by Houghton Mifflin Co.

8" x 10" Photo of Virginia Lee Burton showing mock-up to children in the San Francisco Public Library Children's Room

8" x 10" Photo of Virginia Lee Burton with Commissioner Callanan and children in the San Francisco Public Library Children's Room

Press release announcing the donation of the original manuscript and illustrations for Maybelle the Cable Car to San Francisco Public Library by Virginia Lee Burton

Display props of Maybelle and street signs used in the San Francisco Public Library Children's Room

A copy of Maybelle the Cable Car in Japanese

San Francisco Public Library Book Arts & Special Collections Maybelle the Cable Car greeting cards – Valentine and Holiday cards were made using original artwork from the collection

1965 Horn Book Calendar by Virginia Lee Burton inscribed to Effie Lee Morris

Folly Cove Designers exhibit catalog, June 27-September 7, 1982

Folly Cove Designers exhibit catalog, May 7-October 31, 1996

Exhibition catalog from Those Telling Lines: The Art of Virginia Lee Burton at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, March 24 - June 21, 2009

Virginia Lee Burton: A Life in Art by Barbara Elleman, 2002

A paperback copy of The Little House (60th Anniversary ed.)

Three articles on Virginia Lee Burton in Japanese periodicals