Beatrice B. Grover Papers

Collection

Identifier: 1994-0015

Staff Only

Scope and Content

The collection contains the original manuscript and illustrations of Broad Stripes and Bright Stars by Beatrice B. Grover.

Dates

undated.

Access

The collection is open and available for research.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.

Biography

Beatrice B. Grover, born in New York, New York, on December 29, 1901, was a painter, lithographer, and illustrator of children's and ophthalmological books. Grover was a graduate of the Spence School andArt Students League in New York and studied in Paris, France. As a member of the National Association of Women Artists, Grover had many one-woman art shows in New York City, where she lived most of her life, and was represented by the Betty Parsons Gallery. Some of Grover's works can be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Art in Embassies program, and the Museum Section of the Guild Hall in East Hampton, New York. Grover's best known children's book, published in 1941, was Broad Stripes and Bright Stars. Grover died on May 19, 1994, at the Governor's House Convalescent Home in Simsbury, Connecticut.

Extent

1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The collection contains the original manuscript and illustrations of Broad Stripes and Bright Stars by illustrator Beatrice B. Grover.

Arrangement

Series I: Broad Stripes and Bright Stars (undated)

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased by Susan B. Aller and donated to the Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center in 1993.

Related Material

Archives & Special Collections has a substantial collection of materials pertaining to children's literature and associated artwork. For detailed information on these collections please contact the curator or ask at the Reading Room desk.

General note

Published Works:

Illustrator

Fedukowicz, Helena Biantovskaya. External infections of the eye: bacterial, viral, and mycotic, Appleton-Century-Crofts , 1963.

Author and Illustrator

Broad Stripes and Bright Stars, The Greystone Press, 1941.

Subjects

Artists Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Children's literature Subject Source: Fast
Illustrations (layout features). Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Illustrators Subject Source: Fast
Painters Subject Source: Fast
Women artists Subject Source: Fast
manuscripts (document genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus