Children's Literature and Culture: Collection Highlights

A bibliography of nearly a thousand items of Lewis Carroll's works held in the Morris L. Parrish Collection; particularly strong in items published or issued during the author’s lifetime.

Cotsen's collection of illustrated children's books published by John Newbery and his successors 1746-1802 is the largest in the world. Their books, which were widely read in England, Ireland, and America, as well as translated into Western European languages, were considered classics in their times.

Finding aids for correspondence, sketches, proofs, notes, personal writing, photographs, and legal documents related to the lives and careers of P.L. Travers and Mary Shepard, author and illustrator of the book series, Mary Poppins.

A print catalogue of Beatrix Potter's manuscripts, original art, photographs, and related ephemera, collected by Lloyd Cotsen.

Finding aids for photographs taken by Rupert Potter, father of Beatrix Potter. The collection contains many portraits of Beatrix, of family members, and of friends.

Finding aids for the file of Mary Mapes Dodge, author and editor of St. Nicholas. Part of Charles Scribner's Sons Archives.

Cotsen is home to the largest collection of Chinese children's publications outside of China.

Cotsen's collection of Japanese-language children's materials is one of the finest outside of Japan.

One of the finest collections of its kind in North America, Cotsen's holdings are especially strong for the period 1900 and 1932. Other highlights are the collection of picture books in Hebrew and Yiddish, posters, and original artwork.