Finding Aid to the Manning de Villeneuve Lee Cherry Ann and the Dragon Horse Drawings 1955 BASC 9

Finding aid prepared by Susanne Mari Sakai
Book Arts & Special Collections
February 2020
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco 94102
bookarts@sfpl.org


Title: Manning de Villeneuve Lee Cherry Ann and the Dragon Horse Drawings
Date: 1955
Identifier/Call Number: BASC 9
Creator: Lee, Manning de Villeneuve, 1894-1980
Physical Description: 1 folder (7 leaves)
Contributing Institution: Book Arts & Special Collections
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
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Abstract: The collection contains the original pen and ink illustrations by Manning de Villeneuve Lee for a children's book published in 1955 about a Chinese immigrant family in San Francisco in the 1950s.
Physical Location: Collection is stored on site.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research and is available for use during Book Arts & Special Collections hours.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the San Francisco Public Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from materials must be submitted in writing to Book Arts & Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item/Title of folder], Manning de Villeneuve Lee Cherry Ann and the Dragon Horse Drawings (BASC 9), Book Arts & Special Collections, San Francisco Public Library.

Provenance

The original illustrations for the book Cherry Ann and the Dragon Horse were given to the San Francisco Public Library's Main Children's Room by the the Macmillan Company. They were transferred to Book Arts and Special Collections in the mid-1990s.

Biographical Note

Manning de Villeneuve Lee was born in Summerville, South Carolina, on March 15, 1894. He grew up along the South Carolina coast and attended both public and military schools. Lee attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1914 to 1915, was called away for military service in Mexico and Europe between 1916 and 1919, and returned for three more years of study. He traveled through Europe studying art on an academy scholarship in 1921. He married Eunice Celeste Sandoval, who would write children's books under the name Tina Lee, in 1922. While at art school Lee took an interest in illustration and began his career drawing for periodicals. He later illustrated over 200 children's books on adventurous and historical themes. He died at his home in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, on March 31, 1980.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains 7 leaves of original pen and ink illustrations by Manning de Villeneuve Lee for the book Cherry Ann and the Dragon Horse written by Elizabeth Coatsworth, published by Macmillan in 1955, about a Chinese immigrant family in San Francisco in the 1950s.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Illustrated children's books
Illustrators -- Juvenile literature.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction
Illustration of books -- Juvenile literature
Illustrators
Lee, Manning de Villeneuve, 1894-1980