Latrobe Carroll (1894-1996) and Ruth Carroll (1899-1999) were American authors of children’s literature. The collection includes manuscripts, illustrations and correspondence that reflect the work of Ruth and Latrobe Carroll.
Repository:
University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives
Funding for encoding this finding
aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
Biographical Note
(Archer) Latrobe Carroll (January 5, 1894-November 30, 1996) was born in Washington D.C and passed away in Stamford, Connecticut. He received his education from Harvard University.
Carroll was a member of the Authors League of America, Friends of the Library (Asheville; second vice president 1960-1963, and the Harvard Club of Western North Carolina. His interests were hiking, travel and reading.
Latrobe Carroll served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He was also a writer. He worked for The Century Co. as a member of the editorial staff in 1919 Carroll also worked at the Foreign Press Service as a staff writer in 1920. Then he worked for Liberty Magazine as a member of the editorial staff from 1924-1934. He then became a freelance writer.
Ruth Robinson Carroll (September 24, 1899-December 5, 1999) was born in Lancaster New York and passed away in Stamford Connecticut. She received her education at Vassar College and also attended the Student Arts League from 1922-1924. She also attended Cecelia Beaux’s School of Portrait Painting in, 1925. She married Latrobe Carroll on January 24, 1928.
Ruth Carroll was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma. Her interests were in photography, travel, theater, natural history, botany and hiking. Her career was as an author, artist and illustrator of books.
Latrobe Carroll and his wife published their first book in 1935, Luck of the Roll and Go. And the couple wrote their last book in 1975, Hullabaloo the Elephant Dog. The Carrolls wrote at least twenty books, all directed to juvenile readers.
Content Description
The collection contains several manuscripts, illustrations and some correspondence that represent the work of Ruth and Latrobe Carroll.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
Collection is open to the public.
Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room.
Restrictions on Use :
Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries.
Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the
Manuscripts Librarian in Special Collections & University Archives. The
reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation :
[Identification of item], Ruth and Latrobe Carroll Papers, Ax 710, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
Collection is organized into the following series:
Series: Core Collection
Series: Addenda October 1972
Series: Addenda November 1973
Series: Addenda May 1973
Series: Addenda April 1976
Series: Addenda October 1976
Series: Addenda May 1977
Series: Addendum November 1977
Series: Addenda November 1980
Acquisition Information :
Gift of Ruth and Latrobe Carroll in 1972.
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Core Collection
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Bumble Pop
1968
Box
Folder
1
1
Idea pages and working notes 18 p.
1
2
Early drafts, 4, typewritten and holograph, average of 11 p.
1
3
Later versions, 3, typewritten with holograph revisions, 12 p. each
1
4
Final version with corrections, not used, typewritten with holograph revisions, 8p.
1
4
Final version, typewritten with holograph revisions, 8 p.
1
5
Fragments, 17 p.
1
6
Discarded pages
1
7
Correspondence, outgoing (8 letters)
September 4, 1966-July 4, 1967
1
7
Correspondence, incoming (2 letters)
November 30, 1966-June 23, 1967
1
8
Sketches, discarded, pencil on tracing paper
1
8
Acetate overlay, color, for jacket
1
8
Finished drawings, pencil on light illustration board
Box
Folder
1
8
Back of jacket 8 x 10.5 in.
1
8
Textual illustrations for pages 3-5, 7-28 inclusive, 30-32 page size 7.5 x 10 in., total of 28 drawings
The Chimp and the Clown
1968
Box
Folder
1
9
First sketches, 37
1
10
Second sketches, 34
1
11
Rough sketches, 34
1
12
Story outline for textless book
1
12
Suggestions for treatment
1
12
Correspondence, outgoing (1 letter)
June 28, 1967
1
12
Finished drawings, color pencil and ink on light illustration board
Box
Folder
1
11
Jacket, front and back 9.25 x 7 in. each
1
11
Textual illustrations for pages 3, 5, 7-32 inclusive, page size 6.75 x 9 in., 28 drawings
Danny and the Poi Pup
1965
Box
Folder
1
13
Dummy of complete book
1
14
Printer's copy
1
14
Finished drawings, color pencil on light illustration board, protective acetate covers
Original drawings: pencil on light illustration board with protective acetate covers
Box
Folder
1
15?
Jacket, 10.75 x 13 in.
SC 2
Textual illustrations for pages 5, 9, 11, 15, 17, 24-28, 38, 39, 43, 47 page size: 20.25 x 12.25 in. (2), 10 x 12.5 in. (11), 3.75 x 4 in. (2), 3.75 x 7 in. (2)
SC 2
Illustrations for pages 31, 32, 44, 45
From the Appalachians
Box
SC 2
Portfolio of drawings and paintings by Ruth Carroll (9 prints)
The Animals came First, illustrated by Ruth Carroll
1948
Box
SC 4
Original art work, pencil on illustration board, measured from penciled margins, 9.75 x 11.75 except where otherwise noted
Box
SC 4
p. 7 White kitten
SC 4
p. 9 Donkey lying in hay
SC 4
p. 13 Kitten on donkey’s back
SC 4
p. 15 Donkey and kitten approach cow
SC 4
p. 17 Donkey, cat and cow meet ox
SC 4
p. 19 Animal procession approaches sheep and lamb
SC 4
p. 21 Pig family
SC 4
p. 22-23 Pigs join animal procession 19.75 x 11.75 in.
SC 4
p. 27 Doves
Beanie
1953
Box
Folder
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
1
Correspondence, outgoing (7 letters)
1952-1953
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
Correspondence, incoming (5 letters)
1952-1953
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
Discarded rough sketches, several very small pencil sketches on tracing paper
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
Original artwork, pen and pencil on illustration board, space for text marked in pencil, measured from penciled margins, 8.25 x 10 1/8 in., except where otherwise noted
Box
Folder
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 1 Titled page, Beanie swinging from a limb
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 3 Beanie
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 4-5 Beanie’s family 16 3/8 x 10 1/8 in.
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 10-11 Farm panorama 16 1/8 x 10 1/8 in.
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 14 Small girl sweeping hearth
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 16 Beanie and puppy
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 24 Beanie and scratching puppy
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 26 Floral marginalia
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 27 Blue jay and fox
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 34 Beanie running with puppy
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 36 Beanie with puppy under his arm
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 40 Puppy falling
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 41 Beanie on a ledge
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 42 Fox, bobcat and bear
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 47 Beanie with puppy; man with rifle; bear
Flight of the Silver Bird
1939
Box
Folder
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
Original art work, pen and pencil on illustration board except where otherwise noted, measured from penciled margins
Box
Folder
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
Cover, watercolor on illustration board 16 1/8 x 9 in.
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
Endpaper, map of the Pacific Ocean 15 3/8 x 10 ¼ in.
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
Title page, boy and girl with gulls, Watercolor on illustration board 7 5/8 x 10.25 in.
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 2 Plane landing on water 7 x 3 5/8 in.
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 10 Boy and girl with doll
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 13 Boarding plane 7.5 x 6 5/8 in.
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 16 Waving goodbye
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 17 Older couple sitting in chairs
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 18-19 Plane flying over two bridges 15 1/8 x 10.25 in.
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 23 Turtle in box 11 3/8 x 8 ½ in.
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 26 Searchlight from steamer on plane, watercolor on illustration board 7 3/8 x 10 ¼ in.
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 28 Climbing in berth 2 7/8 x 6 3/8 in.
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 31 Putting on leis 11 1/8 x 14 3/8 in.
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 32-33 Plane over island city 15 x 5 7/8 in.
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 38 Girl and Gull 7 ¼ x 6 in.
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 41 Surfing, color 7 3/8 x 10 in.
SC Add. 1977 pt. 2
2
p. 46-47 Four small drawings of gulls, each 3 in. wide, varying lengths
