Finding Aid to the Dick Martin The Magic of Oz Drawings 1960 BASC 12
Finding aid prepared by Susanne Mari Sakai
Book Arts & Special Collections
February 2020
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco 94102
bookarts@sfpl.org
Title: Dick Martin
The Magic of Oz
Drawings
Date: 1960
Identifier/Call Number: BASC 12
Creator:
Martin, Dick, 1927-1990
Physical Description:
1 folder
Contributing Institution:
Book Arts & Special Collections
Abstract: The collection consists of original artwork by Dick Martin for the cover of
The Magic of Oz,
the 13th book of the Oz series written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neill. Originally published in 1919, it
was one of several Oz books Martin helped publisher Reilly & Lee redesign beginning in 1960.
Physical Location: Collection is stored on site.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in
English.
Collection is open for research and is available for use during Book Arts & Special Collections hours.
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.
[Identification of item/Title of folder], Dick Martin
The Magic of Oz
Drawings (BASC 12), Book Arts & Special Collections, San Francisco Public Library.
Transferred from the San Francisco Public Library's Children's Department in 1993.
Researchers are encouraged to see also Ruth Plumly Thompson
Speedy in Oz
Papers (BASC 10) at the San Francisco Public Library and the Dick Martin papers at the University of Minnesota Archives.
Dickinson P. Martin was born June 29, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. A commercial artist educated at the School of the Art Institute
of Chicago and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, he was hired by Reilly & Lee in 1960 to illustrate and later write books
for the Oz series. A lifelong Oz fan and an important collector of Oz books and ephemera, he also contributed greatly to other
Oz-related works outside of the series.
2 leaves of original artwork and 1 tissue overlay
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Illustrated children's books
Illustration of books -- Juvenile literature
Illustrators -- Juvenile literature.
Oz (Imaginary place) -- Juvenile fiction
Oz (Imaginary place) -- Fiction
Martin, Dick, 1927-1990
Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919
Neill, John R. (John Rea)