Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Howard and Katharine Pyle papers
- Dates:
- 1892-1935
- Creators:
- Pyle, Howard , 1853-1911 and Pyle, Katharine , 1863-1938
- Extent:
- 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Howard and Katharine Pyle Papers (Collection 941). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of ephemera relating to Howard Pyle and his students, including illustrations, page proofs, galleys, and ephemera. The work of his sister, Katharine Pyle, and some of his students are also included.
- Biographical / historical:
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Howard Pyle was born on March 5, 1853 in Wilmington, Delaware; he attended private schools, art school in Philadelphia for three years, and Art Student's League in New York; studied under F.A. Van der Wielan; became an author, artist, painter, teacher of illustration, and writer of children's stories; worked as as illustrator for Scribner's monthly; taught illustration at Drexel Institute of Arts and Sciences in Philadelphia, 1894-1900, later establishing his own art school in Wilmington; published works include The merry adventures on Robin Hood of great renown in Nottinghamshire (1883), Otto of the silver hand (1883), Men of iron (1892), The story of King Arthur and his knights (1903), and The story of the Grail and the passing of Arthur (1910); he died on November 9, 1911 in Florence, Italy.
His sister, Katharine Pyle, was born in Wilmington, DE; her published works include The rabbit witch (1897), The counterpane fairy (1898), Tales from far and near (1922), and Charlemagne and his knights (1932); she died on February 19, 1938.
- Processing information:
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Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2021-08-25 12:18:41 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Howard and Katharine Pyle Papers (Collection 941). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988