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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Artwork arranged according to media: watercolors, print, pastel, and other media.","Series arranged chronologically by book publication date.","Within each title the materials are organized according to stages of production, from rough to finished. ","Series arranged chronologically by publication date.","Series arranged chronologically by publication date. Stories about Bell are marked.","Series arranged chronologically.","Cece Bell (William \u0026 Mary class of 1992) is an American children's book author and illustrator. She has published 11 books, and several others co-written with her husband, Tom Angleberger. In 2015, her graphic novel, El Deafo, won a Newberry Honor and the Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids.  El Deafo is the semiautobiographical story of a hearing impaired bunny who finds superpowers in her new hearing aid. Much of her work uses speech bubbles to define dialogue.","Papers of Cece Bell (W \u0026 M '92), an award-winning author and illustrator of children's books. The collection documents Bell's creative process, from initial brainstorming to finished product, and also details editing interactions between Bell, her husband Tom Angleberger (W \u0026 M '92), and others. Includes story development, illustration tests and sketches.","Artwork done by Bell during her undergraduate years at William \u0026 Mary, from 1988-1992. Includes watercolors, prints, pastels, and pencil sketches. From Bell's student work, one can see how she developed the whimsical and imaginative qualities found in her later artistic work, especially in the pastels and prints. Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and \"Jabberwocky\" feature prominently in Bell's early work. She also depicted the university grounds and nearby neighborhoods. Some of the artwork appears to depict her now husband, Tom Angleberger.","Featuring a plate, white porch with the United States flag, and steep roofs through trees","Plate scene is labeled in pencil on back: \"Cece Bell, Untitled, Summer 90, Watercolor.\"","On loose sheets of watercolor paper","William \u0026 Mary campus scenes, ","Pastel watercolors, abstract, on watercolor paper from spiral notebook or loose sheets","3 watercolors of William \u0026 Mary's campus possibly featuring the Crim Dell, the Sunken Gardens, Lake Matoaka, and either the President's House or the Brafferton. ","Pastel watercolors, abstract, on watercolor paper from spiral notebook or loose sheets","No signature or title labels","3 watercolors of William \u0026 Mary's campus and the Historic Area, 2 torn from watercolor paper spiral","2 watercolors, one with red alligator, crocodile, pencil, flag; and one with two multicolored alarm clocks with faces and small figures in the lower left hand corner (pencil sketch of clock on folded sheet)","2 watercolors, possible of William \u0026 Mary's campus, torn from watercolor notebook","Unevenly shaped black and white paintings, possibly Gouache","One painting, perhaps oil and watercolor, depicts a close-up eyeball","One painting, perhaps oil and watercolor, depicts a cow with bridle","2 watercolors of William \u0026 Mary's campus","Black and white print (from an etching?) of bespectacled, short-haired head wearing a dress with pinafore and holding a vial labeled \"drink me.\" The figure stands on a checkered floor with a small door in the background. The figure casts a shadow, and has a small cat peeking out from the hair above the left ear.  ","Labeled, in pencil, \"2/90, 'Curiouser + Curiouser!' C Bell.\"","Two prints. One is matted, with pink text in foreground and the Jabberwocky monster in the background (black and white), titled \"Jabberwocky\" in pencil, with Cece Bell signature, \"With special thanks to Lewis Carroll\" on print's lower right hand corner, 21 x 16\"","Second print is un-matted with text in white and the Jabberwocky monster in the background (black and white), \"With special thanks to Lewis Carroll\" on print's lower right hand corner, some brown stains at top of print and along bottom border, 23 x 18.5\"","Images of a spiky haired, bespectacled figure, with arms outstretched and purple shirt, with one collagraph textured plate, made of cardboard pieces painted with watercolor, 12 x 18\"","Second collagraph print, brown hair, green and black-lined background, green eyes, 14.5 x 23\"","Mono-print ","Matted print of a large eyed, mouth agape figure with detached hands and feet, mustache and either a hat or hair","Labeled, in green marker, \"Fritz Junior\" with some sizing specs: \"126%, p 4\" 19/180","Figure, with curly limbs, eyeglasses, deerstalker cap, shorts and t-shirt, creeps away from an open door in the background","Drawn on 4 sheets of white paper taped together, no label or signature","Red-haired figure with green and orange hat, blue shirt, purple pants, green booties, black jester neck ruffle, and yellow wings leaping over the tops of two Pepto-Bismol bottles","Titled, in black and pink, \"Pepto prancing pixie\"","Light pencil tracing on back of a bike, motorcycle, scooter ","Series contains materials from several of Bell's book projects. Includes initial story and picture brainstorming, draft sketches, illustration roughs, storyboards, manuscripts and typescripts, color experiments and specifications, book dummies and mock-ups, planning documents, and publishing house correspondence. Each book project shows Bell's process of writing and illustrating her books, from rough draft to finished project.","Food Friends is a board book that shows complementary food pairing familiar to children, i.e. cookies and milk, bacon and eggs. ","Sub-series includes draft pages and illustrations, and book jacket mock-ups.","Bug Patrol was written by Denise Dowling Mortensen, with illustrations by Bell. The children's book follows Captain Bob on his job policing various bug behaviors, including housing protests and noise violations. ","Subseries includes mock up pages, draft text, and colored pencil illustrations.","Rabbit and Robot is the first in an illustrated series of books for early readers. It focuses on the funny friendship between a rabbit and a robot. ","Sub-series includes book dummy, draft text, chapter outlines, book mapping, cover options, and pencil sketches.","I Yam A Donkey is a children's book that details the silly conversation between an excited donkey and a grammar-focused yam. ","Subseries includes color painted cartoon cells on waxy paper,  white outlines, and some balloon speech bubbles. ","Sock Monkey Boogie Woogie is a children's book that continues the adventures of Sock Monkey as he attends an important dance and seeks a dance partner. ","Sub-series includes color tests, book mapping, a book dummy, page outlines, and illustrations on tracing paper.","Sock Monkey Rides Again is a children's book that details Sock Monkey's latest acting role in a movie about singing cowboys. ","Sub-series includes email exchanges, text drafts, and page mock-ups. ","Inspector Flytrap was written by Tom Angleberger with illustrations by Bell. It is the first in a chapter book series for young readers. The book follows the adventures of the Inspector Flytrap's Detective Agency, aided by Nina the Goat. ","Sub-series includes pink post-it note edits and revisions, draft text and book outlines.","Bee-Wigged is a children's picture book about a lonely bee seeking friendship. ","Sub-series includes sketches, planning documents, handwritten notes, draft pages, book mock-ups, full size pages and illustrations on tracing paper. ","Pages are pencil sketches on tracing paper, 15 numbered sheets","Pages are pencil sketches on tracing paper, 9 numbered sheets","Pages are in black and white, 16 numbered sheets","Illustrations are in black and white, 10 numbered sheets","Printed copies of Bee-Wigged sketches, 10 numbered sheets","Itty Bitty is a children's board book about a very small dog who decorates his new home, a hollowed out dog bone. ","Sub-series includes draft pages, font ideas, dog book title list, fabric swatch ideas, and illustration sketches on tracing paper. ","Rabbit and Robot and Ribbit is an illustrated book in a series for young readers that continues the storyline of Rabbit and Robot. In this book, the pair meets up with a new frog friend, Ribbit, and the trio works to play together well.","Sub-series includes drafts of the book text, book jacket mock-ups, revisions, and draft illustrations.","Crankee Doodle is an illustrated children's book that plays on the traditional \"Yankee Doodle\" song. The funny storyline follows Mr. Doodle, who is very cranky and  his horse is unable to change this bad attitude. ","Sub-series includes text draft, book jacket mock-ups, revisions, and draft illustrations. ","Series contains Bell's contributions to edited anthologies, collections, and previously published items. Materials include rough drafts, drawing outlines, color descriptions, and other elements from Bell's creative process.","Draft of Bell's short story, including color choices and descriptions, 44 pages.","Bell contributed the comic, \"Crazy Little Thing Called Lunch!\" to the comic collection – an homage to the Sunday comics page edited by Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm, and Jarrett J. Krosoczka. ","Other contributors include Peanuts and Jason Shiga. ","Includes Bell's notes in pencil, draft illustrations, 7 pages, dimensions and Ef Deafo size mentioned. ","Bell's contribution is \"A Most Serious Recitation of the Poem 'Trees.'\" ","Funny Girl is an anthology of funny stories, edited by Betsey Bird, written by and featuring women. Other contributors include Lisa Graff, Raina Telgemeier, and Akilah Hughes. ","Includes Bell's notes about language, font to use, pencil on ripped out notebook paper, red hearts stamped across first page, orange highlighter on some sections, 7 pages. ","Bell wrote the Foreword to Beverly Cleary's 1964 Ribsy, a novel from a dog's point of view about being separated from his owner. It is the sixth book in Cleary's Henry Huggins series and contains illustrations by Louis Darling. ","Series contains publications (magazines, newspapers, journals) that feature stories and photographs on Bell's childhood, education, and career path as a children's author and illustrator. Most detail her experiences with childhood hearing loss and her desire to be understood and respected.","News story about Bell runs p. 14-16 and includes her husband, fellow author-illustrator Tom Angleberger. Magazine includes a small post-it: \"We loved the college photo!\" ","Article covers Bell and Angleberger's time at William \u0026 Mary, including \nworking in the graphics department of the Flat Hat student newspaper staff. ","Other topics include their publications, working styles, and how they collaborate. ","First issue of the magazine, and the article about Bell runs p. 34-43. ","Bell discusses her development of the main character from El Deafo, her experiences with hearing loss, her writing process, and answers questions about her childhood, favorite book, and inspirations","Newspaper published on 20 January 2017, and Bell's comic is featured on the 6th page from back, publication tagline: \"A Woman's Place is in the Revolution.\" ","Published contributions were selected from \"over 1000 submissions that were sent in from across the world.\" Published by Desert Island, Brooklyn, New York. ","Bell's contribution is \"Voice\" and it is a graphic representation of comments made about actor Marlee Matlin during the 2016 presidential election. ","From the December 2017 magazine issue, story runs p. 11-15, includes list of Bell's published works, her experiences with hearing loss and the Phonic Ear hearing aid, her career path to illustrating and writing children's books, and photographs from her childhood and her award-winning book, El Deafo.","Series consists of fan mail Bell received from readers. Most letters concern the Sock Monkey book series. Some correspondence from individual children and their parents; others are from school classrooms and camps. There are two photographs of Bell performing in front of a school-age audience.","20 letters to Bell, thanking her for a class visit to Salem Elementary School, dated 27 January 2005","Thank you card to Bell, dated 16 February 2006","Large poster, dated 13 April 2006, thanking Bell for a visit to East Salem and the Camp Shining Kids, signed by the students","Thank you note from the Donahue family, dated 16 December 2008","Thank you letters from child and parent, dated 27 January 2009","Flyer for night with Cece Bell at Christiansburg Elementary School, 26 February 2009","Thank you to Bell from Christiansburg Elementary School, dated 5 March 2009","Thank you card to Bell, dated 16 March 2009","21 drawings to Bell from Charlottesville area, postmarked 26 April 2009","15 drawings, on lined composition paper, to Bell thanking her for talking to their class, 3 June 2009","21 letters from students at SIS Parkside 101 in China, each addressed to \"Cece\" and discussing their favorite books","Two photos of Bell in front of an audience","Sock Monkey book, handmade by a child and illustrated with crayon","Letter from a teacher, Kimberly, in China, written in blue marker on fish-themed stationery","Handmade book of drawings from Camp Shining Star Kids, titled Sock Monkey Goes to East Salem, with 17 student pictures with Sock Monkey bound together with black ribbon","Thank you drawings from Christiansburg Elementary School students, with 20 pictures","Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Bell, Cece","Angleberger, Tom","English"],"unitid_tesim":["MS 00312","/repositories/2/resources/9167"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Cece Bell Papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Cece Bell Papers"],"collection_ssim":["Cece Bell Papers"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_ssm":["Bell, Cece","Angleberger, Tom"],"creator_ssim":["Bell, Cece","Angleberger, Tom"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Bell, Cece","Angleberger, Tom"],"creators_ssim":["Bell, Cece","Angleberger, Tom"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Children's literature -- Illustrations","Picture books","Authors, American--Women","Illustration of books -- 21st century","Illustration of books -- Awards -- United States -- Juvenile literature","Children's books","Illustrators","Watercolors (paintings)","Watercolors (drawings)","Design drawings","Manuscripts for publication","Correspondence"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Children's literature -- Illustrations","Picture books","Authors, American--Women","Illustration of books -- 21st century","Illustration of books -- Awards -- United States -- Juvenile literature","Children's books","Illustrators","Watercolors (paintings)","Watercolors (drawings)","Design drawings","Manuscripts for publication","Correspondence"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["6 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["6 Linear Feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Watercolors (paintings)","Watercolors (drawings)","Design drawings","Manuscripts for publication","Correspondence"],"date_range_isim":[1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. 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It is the first in a chapter book series for young readers. The book follows the adventures of the Inspector Flytrap's Detective Agency, aided by Nina the Goat. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSub-series includes pink post-it note edits and revisions, draft text and book outlines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBee-Wigged is a children's picture book about a lonely bee seeking friendship. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSub-series includes sketches, planning documents, handwritten notes, draft pages, book mock-ups, full size pages and illustrations on tracing paper. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePages are pencil sketches on tracing paper, 15 numbered sheets\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePages are pencil sketches on tracing paper, 9 numbered sheets\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePages are in black and white, 16 numbered sheets\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIllustrations are in black and white, 10 numbered sheets\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted copies of Bee-Wigged sketches, 10 numbered sheets\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItty Bitty is a children's board book about a very small dog who decorates his new home, a hollowed out dog bone. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSub-series includes draft pages, font ideas, dog book title list, fabric swatch ideas, and illustration sketches on tracing paper. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRabbit and Robot and Ribbit is an illustrated book in a series for young readers that continues the storyline of Rabbit and Robot. In this book, the pair meets up with a new frog friend, Ribbit, and the trio works to play together well.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSub-series includes drafts of the book text, book jacket mock-ups, revisions, and draft illustrations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCrankee Doodle is an illustrated children's book that plays on the traditional \"Yankee Doodle\" song. The funny storyline follows Mr. Doodle, who is very cranky and  his horse is unable to change this bad attitude. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSub-series includes text draft, book jacket mock-ups, revisions, and draft illustrations. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries contains Bell's contributions to edited anthologies, collections, and previously published items. Materials include rough drafts, drawing outlines, color descriptions, and other elements from Bell's creative process.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDraft of Bell's short story, including color choices and descriptions, 44 pages.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBell contributed the comic, \"Crazy Little Thing Called Lunch!\" to the comic collection – an homage to the Sunday comics page edited by Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm, and Jarrett J. Krosoczka. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOther contributors include Peanuts and Jason Shiga. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Bell's notes in pencil, draft illustrations, 7 pages, dimensions and Ef Deafo size mentioned. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBell's contribution is \"A Most Serious Recitation of the Poem 'Trees.'\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFunny Girl is an anthology of funny stories, edited by Betsey Bird, written by and featuring women. Other contributors include Lisa Graff, Raina Telgemeier, and Akilah Hughes. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Bell's notes about language, font to use, pencil on ripped out notebook paper, red hearts stamped across first page, orange highlighter on some sections, 7 pages. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBell wrote the Foreword to Beverly Cleary's 1964 Ribsy, a novel from a dog's point of view about being separated from his owner. It is the sixth book in Cleary's Henry Huggins series and contains illustrations by Louis Darling. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries contains publications (magazines, newspapers, journals) that feature stories and photographs on Bell's childhood, education, and career path as a children's author and illustrator. Most detail her experiences with childhood hearing loss and her desire to be understood and respected.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews story about Bell runs p. 14-16 and includes her husband, fellow author-illustrator Tom Angleberger. Magazine includes a small post-it: \"We loved the college photo!\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eArticle covers Bell and Angleberger's time at William \u0026amp; Mary, including \nworking in the graphics department of the Flat Hat student newspaper staff. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include their publications, working styles, and how they collaborate. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst issue of the magazine, and the article about Bell runs p. 34-43. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBell discusses her development of the main character from El Deafo, her experiences with hearing loss, her writing process, and answers questions about her childhood, favorite book, and inspirations\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper published on 20 January 2017, and Bell's comic is featured on the 6th page from back, publication tagline: \"A Woman's Place is in the Revolution.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePublished contributions were selected from \"over 1000 submissions that were sent in from across the world.\" Published by Desert Island, Brooklyn, New York. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBell's contribution is \"Voice\" and it is a graphic representation of comments made about actor Marlee Matlin during the 2016 presidential election. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom the December 2017 magazine issue, story runs p. 11-15, includes list of Bell's published works, her experiences with hearing loss and the Phonic Ear hearing aid, her career path to illustrating and writing children's books, and photographs from her childhood and her award-winning book, El Deafo.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries consists of fan mail Bell received from readers. Most letters concern the Sock Monkey book series. Some correspondence from individual children and their parents; others are from school classrooms and camps. There are two photographs of Bell performing in front of a school-age audience.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e20 letters to Bell, thanking her for a class visit to Salem Elementary School, dated 27 January 2005\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThank you card to Bell, dated 16 February 2006\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLarge poster, dated 13 April 2006, thanking Bell for a visit to East Salem and the Camp Shining Kids, signed by the students\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThank you note from the Donahue family, dated 16 December 2008\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThank you letters from child and parent, dated 27 January 2009\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFlyer for night with Cece Bell at Christiansburg Elementary School, 26 February 2009\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThank you to Bell from Christiansburg Elementary School, dated 5 March 2009\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThank you card to Bell, dated 16 March 2009\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e21 drawings to Bell from Charlottesville area, postmarked 26 April 2009\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e15 drawings, on lined composition paper, to Bell thanking her for talking to their class, 3 June 2009\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e21 letters from students at SIS Parkside 101 in China, each addressed to \"Cece\" and discussing their favorite books\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo photos of Bell in front of an audience\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSock Monkey book, handmade by a child and illustrated with crayon\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLetter from a teacher, Kimberly, in China, written in blue marker on fish-themed stationery\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHandmade book of drawings from Camp Shining Star Kids, titled Sock Monkey Goes to East Salem, with 17 student pictures with Sock Monkey bound together with black ribbon\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThank you drawings from Christiansburg Elementary School students, with 20 pictures\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of Cece Bell (W \u0026 M '92), an award-winning author and illustrator of children's books. The collection documents Bell's creative process, from initial brainstorming to finished product, and also details editing interactions between Bell, her husband Tom Angleberger (W \u0026 M '92), and others. Includes story development, illustration tests and sketches.","Artwork done by Bell during her undergraduate years at William \u0026 Mary, from 1988-1992. Includes watercolors, prints, pastels, and pencil sketches. From Bell's student work, one can see how she developed the whimsical and imaginative qualities found in her later artistic work, especially in the pastels and prints. Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and \"Jabberwocky\" feature prominently in Bell's early work. She also depicted the university grounds and nearby neighborhoods. Some of the artwork appears to depict her now husband, Tom Angleberger.","Featuring a plate, white porch with the United States flag, and steep roofs through trees","Plate scene is labeled in pencil on back: \"Cece Bell, Untitled, Summer 90, Watercolor.\"","On loose sheets of watercolor paper","William \u0026 Mary campus scenes, ","Pastel watercolors, abstract, on watercolor paper from spiral notebook or loose sheets","3 watercolors of William \u0026 Mary's campus possibly featuring the Crim Dell, the Sunken Gardens, Lake Matoaka, and either the President's House or the Brafferton. ","Pastel watercolors, abstract, on watercolor paper from spiral notebook or loose sheets","No signature or title labels","3 watercolors of William \u0026 Mary's campus and the Historic Area, 2 torn from watercolor paper spiral","2 watercolors, one with red alligator, crocodile, pencil, flag; and one with two multicolored alarm clocks with faces and small figures in the lower left hand corner (pencil sketch of clock on folded sheet)","2 watercolors, possible of William \u0026 Mary's campus, torn from watercolor notebook","Unevenly shaped black and white paintings, possibly Gouache","One painting, perhaps oil and watercolor, depicts a close-up eyeball","One painting, perhaps oil and watercolor, depicts a cow with bridle","2 watercolors of William \u0026 Mary's campus","Black and white print (from an etching?) of bespectacled, short-haired head wearing a dress with pinafore and holding a vial labeled \"drink me.\" The figure stands on a checkered floor with a small door in the background. The figure casts a shadow, and has a small cat peeking out from the hair above the left ear.  ","Labeled, in pencil, \"2/90, 'Curiouser + Curiouser!' C Bell.\"","Two prints. One is matted, with pink text in foreground and the Jabberwocky monster in the background (black and white), titled \"Jabberwocky\" in pencil, with Cece Bell signature, \"With special thanks to Lewis Carroll\" on print's lower right hand corner, 21 x 16\"","Second print is un-matted with text in white and the Jabberwocky monster in the background (black and white), \"With special thanks to Lewis Carroll\" on print's lower right hand corner, some brown stains at top of print and along bottom border, 23 x 18.5\"","Images of a spiky haired, bespectacled figure, with arms outstretched and purple shirt, with one collagraph textured plate, made of cardboard pieces painted with watercolor, 12 x 18\"","Second collagraph print, brown hair, green and black-lined background, green eyes, 14.5 x 23\"","Mono-print ","Matted print of a large eyed, mouth agape figure with detached hands and feet, mustache and either a hat or hair","Labeled, in green marker, \"Fritz Junior\" with some sizing specs: \"126%, p 4\" 19/180","Figure, with curly limbs, eyeglasses, deerstalker cap, shorts and t-shirt, creeps away from an open door in the background","Drawn on 4 sheets of white paper taped together, no label or signature","Red-haired figure with green and orange hat, blue shirt, purple pants, green booties, black jester neck ruffle, and yellow wings leaping over the tops of two Pepto-Bismol bottles","Titled, in black and pink, \"Pepto prancing pixie\"","Light pencil tracing on back of a bike, motorcycle, scooter ","Series contains materials from several of Bell's book projects. Includes initial story and picture brainstorming, draft sketches, illustration roughs, storyboards, manuscripts and typescripts, color experiments and specifications, book dummies and mock-ups, planning documents, and publishing house correspondence. Each book project shows Bell's process of writing and illustrating her books, from rough draft to finished project.","Food Friends is a board book that shows complementary food pairing familiar to children, i.e. cookies and milk, bacon and eggs. ","Sub-series includes draft pages and illustrations, and book jacket mock-ups.","Bug Patrol was written by Denise Dowling Mortensen, with illustrations by Bell. The children's book follows Captain Bob on his job policing various bug behaviors, including housing protests and noise violations. ","Subseries includes mock up pages, draft text, and colored pencil illustrations.","Rabbit and Robot is the first in an illustrated series of books for early readers. It focuses on the funny friendship between a rabbit and a robot. ","Sub-series includes book dummy, draft text, chapter outlines, book mapping, cover options, and pencil sketches.","I Yam A Donkey is a children's book that details the silly conversation between an excited donkey and a grammar-focused yam. ","Subseries includes color painted cartoon cells on waxy paper,  white outlines, and some balloon speech bubbles. ","Sock Monkey Boogie Woogie is a children's book that continues the adventures of Sock Monkey as he attends an important dance and seeks a dance partner. ","Sub-series includes color tests, book mapping, a book dummy, page outlines, and illustrations on tracing paper.","Sock Monkey Rides Again is a children's book that details Sock Monkey's latest acting role in a movie about singing cowboys. ","Sub-series includes email exchanges, text drafts, and page mock-ups. ","Inspector Flytrap was written by Tom Angleberger with illustrations by Bell. It is the first in a chapter book series for young readers. The book follows the adventures of the Inspector Flytrap's Detective Agency, aided by Nina the Goat. ","Sub-series includes pink post-it note edits and revisions, draft text and book outlines.","Bee-Wigged is a children's picture book about a lonely bee seeking friendship. ","Sub-series includes sketches, planning documents, handwritten notes, draft pages, book mock-ups, full size pages and illustrations on tracing paper. ","Pages are pencil sketches on tracing paper, 15 numbered sheets","Pages are pencil sketches on tracing paper, 9 numbered sheets","Pages are in black and white, 16 numbered sheets","Illustrations are in black and white, 10 numbered sheets","Printed copies of Bee-Wigged sketches, 10 numbered sheets","Itty Bitty is a children's board book about a very small dog who decorates his new home, a hollowed out dog bone. ","Sub-series includes draft pages, font ideas, dog book title list, fabric swatch ideas, and illustration sketches on tracing paper. ","Rabbit and Robot and Ribbit is an illustrated book in a series for young readers that continues the storyline of Rabbit and Robot. In this book, the pair meets up with a new frog friend, Ribbit, and the trio works to play together well.","Sub-series includes drafts of the book text, book jacket mock-ups, revisions, and draft illustrations.","Crankee Doodle is an illustrated children's book that plays on the traditional \"Yankee Doodle\" song. The funny storyline follows Mr. Doodle, who is very cranky and  his horse is unable to change this bad attitude. ","Sub-series includes text draft, book jacket mock-ups, revisions, and draft illustrations. ","Series contains Bell's contributions to edited anthologies, collections, and previously published items. Materials include rough drafts, drawing outlines, color descriptions, and other elements from Bell's creative process.","Draft of Bell's short story, including color choices and descriptions, 44 pages.","Bell contributed the comic, \"Crazy Little Thing Called Lunch!\" to the comic collection – an homage to the Sunday comics page edited by Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm, and Jarrett J. Krosoczka. ","Other contributors include Peanuts and Jason Shiga. ","Includes Bell's notes in pencil, draft illustrations, 7 pages, dimensions and Ef Deafo size mentioned. ","Bell's contribution is \"A Most Serious Recitation of the Poem 'Trees.'\" ","Funny Girl is an anthology of funny stories, edited by Betsey Bird, written by and featuring women. Other contributors include Lisa Graff, Raina Telgemeier, and Akilah Hughes. ","Includes Bell's notes about language, font to use, pencil on ripped out notebook paper, red hearts stamped across first page, orange highlighter on some sections, 7 pages. ","Bell wrote the Foreword to Beverly Cleary's 1964 Ribsy, a novel from a dog's point of view about being separated from his owner. It is the sixth book in Cleary's Henry Huggins series and contains illustrations by Louis Darling. ","Series contains publications (magazines, newspapers, journals) that feature stories and photographs on Bell's childhood, education, and career path as a children's author and illustrator. Most detail her experiences with childhood hearing loss and her desire to be understood and respected.","News story about Bell runs p. 14-16 and includes her husband, fellow author-illustrator Tom Angleberger. Magazine includes a small post-it: \"We loved the college photo!\" ","Article covers Bell and Angleberger's time at William \u0026 Mary, including \nworking in the graphics department of the Flat Hat student newspaper staff. ","Other topics include their publications, working styles, and how they collaborate. ","First issue of the magazine, and the article about Bell runs p. 34-43. ","Bell discusses her development of the main character from El Deafo, her experiences with hearing loss, her writing process, and answers questions about her childhood, favorite book, and inspirations","Newspaper published on 20 January 2017, and Bell's comic is featured on the 6th page from back, publication tagline: \"A Woman's Place is in the Revolution.\" ","Published contributions were selected from \"over 1000 submissions that were sent in from across the world.\" Published by Desert Island, Brooklyn, New York. ","Bell's contribution is \"Voice\" and it is a graphic representation of comments made about actor Marlee Matlin during the 2016 presidential election. ","From the December 2017 magazine issue, story runs p. 11-15, includes list of Bell's published works, her experiences with hearing loss and the Phonic Ear hearing aid, her career path to illustrating and writing children's books, and photographs from her childhood and her award-winning book, El Deafo.","Series consists of fan mail Bell received from readers. Most letters concern the Sock Monkey book series. Some correspondence from individual children and their parents; others are from school classrooms and camps. There are two photographs of Bell performing in front of a school-age audience.","20 letters to Bell, thanking her for a class visit to Salem Elementary School, dated 27 January 2005","Thank you card to Bell, dated 16 February 2006","Large poster, dated 13 April 2006, thanking Bell for a visit to East Salem and the Camp Shining Kids, signed by the students","Thank you note from the Donahue family, dated 16 December 2008","Thank you letters from child and parent, dated 27 January 2009","Flyer for night with Cece Bell at Christiansburg Elementary School, 26 February 2009","Thank you to Bell from Christiansburg Elementary School, dated 5 March 2009","Thank you card to Bell, dated 16 March 2009","21 drawings to Bell from Charlottesville area, postmarked 26 April 2009","15 drawings, on lined composition paper, to Bell thanking her for talking to their class, 3 June 2009","21 letters from students at SIS Parkside 101 in China, each addressed to \"Cece\" and discussing their favorite books","Two photos of Bell in front of an audience","Sock Monkey book, handmade by a child and illustrated with crayon","Letter from a teacher, Kimberly, in China, written in blue marker on fish-themed stationery","Handmade book of drawings from Camp Shining Star Kids, titled Sock Monkey Goes to East Salem, with 17 student pictures with Sock Monkey bound together with black ribbon","Thank you drawings from Christiansburg Elementary School students, with 20 pictures"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Bell, Cece","Angleberger, Tom"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"persname_ssim":["Bell, Cece","Angleberger, Tom"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":51,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T01:05:36.541Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9167","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9167","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9167","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9167","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_9167.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Cece Bell Papers","title_ssm":["Cece Bell Papers"],"title_tesim":["Cece Bell Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["circa 1988-2017"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["circa 1988-2017"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MS 00312","/repositories/2/resources/9167"],"text":["MS 00312","/repositories/2/resources/9167","Cece Bell Papers","Children's literature -- Illustrations","Picture books","Authors, American--Women","Illustration of books -- 21st century","Illustration of books -- Awards -- United States -- Juvenile literature","Children's books","Illustrators","Watercolors (paintings)","Watercolors (drawings)","Design drawings","Manuscripts for publication","Correspondence","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Artwork arranged according to media: watercolors, print, pastel, and other media.","Series arranged chronologically by book publication date.","Within each title the materials are organized according to stages of production, from rough to finished. ","Series arranged chronologically by publication date.","Series arranged chronologically by publication date. Stories about Bell are marked.","Series arranged chronologically.","Cece Bell (William \u0026 Mary class of 1992) is an American children's book author and illustrator. She has published 11 books, and several others co-written with her husband, Tom Angleberger. In 2015, her graphic novel, El Deafo, won a Newberry Honor and the Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids.  El Deafo is the semiautobiographical story of a hearing impaired bunny who finds superpowers in her new hearing aid. Much of her work uses speech bubbles to define dialogue.","Papers of Cece Bell (W \u0026 M '92), an award-winning author and illustrator of children's books. The collection documents Bell's creative process, from initial brainstorming to finished product, and also details editing interactions between Bell, her husband Tom Angleberger (W \u0026 M '92), and others. Includes story development, illustration tests and sketches.","Artwork done by Bell during her undergraduate years at William \u0026 Mary, from 1988-1992. Includes watercolors, prints, pastels, and pencil sketches. From Bell's student work, one can see how she developed the whimsical and imaginative qualities found in her later artistic work, especially in the pastels and prints. Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and \"Jabberwocky\" feature prominently in Bell's early work. She also depicted the university grounds and nearby neighborhoods. Some of the artwork appears to depict her now husband, Tom Angleberger.","Featuring a plate, white porch with the United States flag, and steep roofs through trees","Plate scene is labeled in pencil on back: \"Cece Bell, Untitled, Summer 90, Watercolor.\"","On loose sheets of watercolor paper","William \u0026 Mary campus scenes, ","Pastel watercolors, abstract, on watercolor paper from spiral notebook or loose sheets","3 watercolors of William \u0026 Mary's campus possibly featuring the Crim Dell, the Sunken Gardens, Lake Matoaka, and either the President's House or the Brafferton. ","Pastel watercolors, abstract, on watercolor paper from spiral notebook or loose sheets","No signature or title labels","3 watercolors of William \u0026 Mary's campus and the Historic Area, 2 torn from watercolor paper spiral","2 watercolors, one with red alligator, crocodile, pencil, flag; and one with two multicolored alarm clocks with faces and small figures in the lower left hand corner (pencil sketch of clock on folded sheet)","2 watercolors, possible of William \u0026 Mary's campus, torn from watercolor notebook","Unevenly shaped black and white paintings, possibly Gouache","One painting, perhaps oil and watercolor, depicts a close-up eyeball","One painting, perhaps oil and watercolor, depicts a cow with bridle","2 watercolors of William \u0026 Mary's campus","Black and white print (from an etching?) of bespectacled, short-haired head wearing a dress with pinafore and holding a vial labeled \"drink me.\" The figure stands on a checkered floor with a small door in the background. The figure casts a shadow, and has a small cat peeking out from the hair above the left ear.  ","Labeled, in pencil, \"2/90, 'Curiouser + Curiouser!' C Bell.\"","Two prints. One is matted, with pink text in foreground and the Jabberwocky monster in the background (black and white), titled \"Jabberwocky\" in pencil, with Cece Bell signature, \"With special thanks to Lewis Carroll\" on print's lower right hand corner, 21 x 16\"","Second print is un-matted with text in white and the Jabberwocky monster in the background (black and white), \"With special thanks to Lewis Carroll\" on print's lower right hand corner, some brown stains at top of print and along bottom border, 23 x 18.5\"","Images of a spiky haired, bespectacled figure, with arms outstretched and purple shirt, with one collagraph textured plate, made of cardboard pieces painted with watercolor, 12 x 18\"","Second collagraph print, brown hair, green and black-lined background, green eyes, 14.5 x 23\"","Mono-print ","Matted print of a large eyed, mouth agape figure with detached hands and feet, mustache and either a hat or hair","Labeled, in green marker, \"Fritz Junior\" with some sizing specs: \"126%, p 4\" 19/180","Figure, with curly limbs, eyeglasses, deerstalker cap, shorts and t-shirt, creeps away from an open door in the background","Drawn on 4 sheets of white paper taped together, no label or signature","Red-haired figure with green and orange hat, blue shirt, purple pants, green booties, black jester neck ruffle, and yellow wings leaping over the tops of two Pepto-Bismol bottles","Titled, in black and pink, \"Pepto prancing pixie\"","Light pencil tracing on back of a bike, motorcycle, scooter ","Series contains materials from several of Bell's book projects. Includes initial story and picture brainstorming, draft sketches, illustration roughs, storyboards, manuscripts and typescripts, color experiments and specifications, book dummies and mock-ups, planning documents, and publishing house correspondence. Each book project shows Bell's process of writing and illustrating her books, from rough draft to finished project.","Food Friends is a board book that shows complementary food pairing familiar to children, i.e. cookies and milk, bacon and eggs. ","Sub-series includes draft pages and illustrations, and book jacket mock-ups.","Bug Patrol was written by Denise Dowling Mortensen, with illustrations by Bell. The children's book follows Captain Bob on his job policing various bug behaviors, including housing protests and noise violations. ","Subseries includes mock up pages, draft text, and colored pencil illustrations.","Rabbit and Robot is the first in an illustrated series of books for early readers. It focuses on the funny friendship between a rabbit and a robot. ","Sub-series includes book dummy, draft text, chapter outlines, book mapping, cover options, and pencil sketches.","I Yam A Donkey is a children's book that details the silly conversation between an excited donkey and a grammar-focused yam. ","Subseries includes color painted cartoon cells on waxy paper,  white outlines, and some balloon speech bubbles. ","Sock Monkey Boogie Woogie is a children's book that continues the adventures of Sock Monkey as he attends an important dance and seeks a dance partner. ","Sub-series includes color tests, book mapping, a book dummy, page outlines, and illustrations on tracing paper.","Sock Monkey Rides Again is a children's book that details Sock Monkey's latest acting role in a movie about singing cowboys. ","Sub-series includes email exchanges, text drafts, and page mock-ups. ","Inspector Flytrap was written by Tom Angleberger with illustrations by Bell. It is the first in a chapter book series for young readers. The book follows the adventures of the Inspector Flytrap's Detective Agency, aided by Nina the Goat. ","Sub-series includes pink post-it note edits and revisions, draft text and book outlines.","Bee-Wigged is a children's picture book about a lonely bee seeking friendship. ","Sub-series includes sketches, planning documents, handwritten notes, draft pages, book mock-ups, full size pages and illustrations on tracing paper. ","Pages are pencil sketches on tracing paper, 15 numbered sheets","Pages are pencil sketches on tracing paper, 9 numbered sheets","Pages are in black and white, 16 numbered sheets","Illustrations are in black and white, 10 numbered sheets","Printed copies of Bee-Wigged sketches, 10 numbered sheets","Itty Bitty is a children's board book about a very small dog who decorates his new home, a hollowed out dog bone. ","Sub-series includes draft pages, font ideas, dog book title list, fabric swatch ideas, and illustration sketches on tracing paper. ","Rabbit and Robot and Ribbit is an illustrated book in a series for young readers that continues the storyline of Rabbit and Robot. In this book, the pair meets up with a new frog friend, Ribbit, and the trio works to play together well.","Sub-series includes drafts of the book text, book jacket mock-ups, revisions, and draft illustrations.","Crankee Doodle is an illustrated children's book that plays on the traditional \"Yankee Doodle\" song. The funny storyline follows Mr. Doodle, who is very cranky and  his horse is unable to change this bad attitude. ","Sub-series includes text draft, book jacket mock-ups, revisions, and draft illustrations. ","Series contains Bell's contributions to edited anthologies, collections, and previously published items. Materials include rough drafts, drawing outlines, color descriptions, and other elements from Bell's creative process.","Draft of Bell's short story, including color choices and descriptions, 44 pages.","Bell contributed the comic, \"Crazy Little Thing Called Lunch!\" to the comic collection – an homage to the Sunday comics page edited by Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm, and Jarrett J. Krosoczka. ","Other contributors include Peanuts and Jason Shiga. ","Includes Bell's notes in pencil, draft illustrations, 7 pages, dimensions and Ef Deafo size mentioned. ","Bell's contribution is \"A Most Serious Recitation of the Poem 'Trees.'\" ","Funny Girl is an anthology of funny stories, edited by Betsey Bird, written by and featuring women. Other contributors include Lisa Graff, Raina Telgemeier, and Akilah Hughes. ","Includes Bell's notes about language, font to use, pencil on ripped out notebook paper, red hearts stamped across first page, orange highlighter on some sections, 7 pages. ","Bell wrote the Foreword to Beverly Cleary's 1964 Ribsy, a novel from a dog's point of view about being separated from his owner. It is the sixth book in Cleary's Henry Huggins series and contains illustrations by Louis Darling. ","Series contains publications (magazines, newspapers, journals) that feature stories and photographs on Bell's childhood, education, and career path as a children's author and illustrator. Most detail her experiences with childhood hearing loss and her desire to be understood and respected.","News story about Bell runs p. 14-16 and includes her husband, fellow author-illustrator Tom Angleberger. Magazine includes a small post-it: \"We loved the college photo!\" ","Article covers Bell and Angleberger's time at William \u0026 Mary, including \nworking in the graphics department of the Flat Hat student newspaper staff. ","Other topics include their publications, working styles, and how they collaborate. ","First issue of the magazine, and the article about Bell runs p. 34-43. ","Bell discusses her development of the main character from El Deafo, her experiences with hearing loss, her writing process, and answers questions about her childhood, favorite book, and inspirations","Newspaper published on 20 January 2017, and Bell's comic is featured on the 6th page from back, publication tagline: \"A Woman's Place is in the Revolution.\" ","Published contributions were selected from \"over 1000 submissions that were sent in from across the world.\" Published by Desert Island, Brooklyn, New York. ","Bell's contribution is \"Voice\" and it is a graphic representation of comments made about actor Marlee Matlin during the 2016 presidential election. ","From the December 2017 magazine issue, story runs p. 11-15, includes list of Bell's published works, her experiences with hearing loss and the Phonic Ear hearing aid, her career path to illustrating and writing children's books, and photographs from her childhood and her award-winning book, El Deafo.","Series consists of fan mail Bell received from readers. Most letters concern the Sock Monkey book series. Some correspondence from individual children and their parents; others are from school classrooms and camps. There are two photographs of Bell performing in front of a school-age audience.","20 letters to Bell, thanking her for a class visit to Salem Elementary School, dated 27 January 2005","Thank you card to Bell, dated 16 February 2006","Large poster, dated 13 April 2006, thanking Bell for a visit to East Salem and the Camp Shining Kids, signed by the students","Thank you note from the Donahue family, dated 16 December 2008","Thank you letters from child and parent, dated 27 January 2009","Flyer for night with Cece Bell at Christiansburg Elementary School, 26 February 2009","Thank you to Bell from Christiansburg Elementary School, dated 5 March 2009","Thank you card to Bell, dated 16 March 2009","21 drawings to Bell from Charlottesville area, postmarked 26 April 2009","15 drawings, on lined composition paper, to Bell thanking her for talking to their class, 3 June 2009","21 letters from students at SIS Parkside 101 in China, each addressed to \"Cece\" and discussing their favorite books","Two photos of Bell in front of an audience","Sock Monkey book, handmade by a child and illustrated with crayon","Letter from a teacher, Kimberly, in China, written in blue marker on fish-themed stationery","Handmade book of drawings from Camp Shining Star Kids, titled Sock Monkey Goes to East Salem, with 17 student pictures with Sock Monkey bound together with black ribbon","Thank you drawings from Christiansburg Elementary School students, with 20 pictures","Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Bell, Cece","Angleberger, Tom","English"],"unitid_tesim":["MS 00312","/repositories/2/resources/9167"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Cece Bell Papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Cece Bell Papers"],"collection_ssim":["Cece Bell Papers"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_ssm":["Bell, Cece","Angleberger, Tom"],"creator_ssim":["Bell, Cece","Angleberger, Tom"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Bell, Cece","Angleberger, Tom"],"creators_ssim":["Bell, Cece","Angleberger, Tom"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Children's literature -- Illustrations","Picture books","Authors, American--Women","Illustration of books -- 21st century","Illustration of books -- Awards -- United States -- Juvenile literature","Children's books","Illustrators","Watercolors (paintings)","Watercolors (drawings)","Design drawings","Manuscripts for publication","Correspondence"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Children's literature -- Illustrations","Picture books","Authors, American--Women","Illustration of books -- 21st century","Illustration of books -- Awards -- United States -- Juvenile literature","Children's books","Illustrators","Watercolors (paintings)","Watercolors (drawings)","Design drawings","Manuscripts for publication","Correspondence"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["6 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["6 Linear Feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Watercolors (paintings)","Watercolors (drawings)","Design drawings","Manuscripts for publication","Correspondence"],"date_range_isim":[1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. 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The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArtwork arranged according to media: watercolors, print, pastel, and other media.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries arranged chronologically by book publication date.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWithin each title the materials are organized according to stages of production, from rough to finished. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries arranged chronologically by publication date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries arranged chronologically by publication date. 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In 2015, her graphic novel, El Deafo, won a Newberry Honor and the Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids.  El Deafo is the semiautobiographical story of a hearing impaired bunny who finds superpowers in her new hearing aid. Much of her work uses speech bubbles to define dialogue.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Cece Bell (William \u0026 Mary class of 1992) is an American children's book author and illustrator. She has published 11 books, and several others co-written with her husband, Tom Angleberger. In 2015, her graphic novel, El Deafo, won a Newberry Honor and the Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids.  El Deafo is the semiautobiographical story of a hearing impaired bunny who finds superpowers in her new hearing aid. Much of her work uses speech bubbles to define dialogue."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Cece Bell (W \u0026amp; M '92), an award-winning author and illustrator of children's books. The collection documents Bell's creative process, from initial brainstorming to finished product, and also details editing interactions between Bell, her husband Tom Angleberger (W \u0026amp; M '92), and others. Includes story development, illustration tests and sketches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArtwork done by Bell during her undergraduate years at William \u0026amp; Mary, from 1988-1992. Includes watercolors, prints, pastels, and pencil sketches. From Bell's student work, one can see how she developed the whimsical and imaginative qualities found in her later artistic work, especially in the pastels and prints. Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and \"Jabberwocky\" feature prominently in Bell's early work. She also depicted the university grounds and nearby neighborhoods. Some of the artwork appears to depict her now husband, Tom Angleberger.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a plate, white porch with the United States flag, and steep roofs through trees\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlate scene is labeled in pencil on back: \"Cece Bell, Untitled, Summer 90, Watercolor.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn loose sheets of watercolor paper\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam \u0026amp; Mary campus scenes, \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePastel watercolors, abstract, on watercolor paper from spiral notebook or loose sheets\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 watercolors of William \u0026amp; Mary's campus possibly featuring the Crim Dell, the Sunken Gardens, Lake Matoaka, and either the President's House or the Brafferton. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePastel watercolors, abstract, on watercolor paper from spiral notebook or loose sheets\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNo signature or title labels\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 watercolors of William \u0026amp; Mary's campus and the Historic Area, 2 torn from watercolor paper spiral\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 watercolors, one with red alligator, crocodile, pencil, flag; and one with two multicolored alarm clocks with faces and small figures in the lower left hand corner (pencil sketch of clock on folded sheet)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 watercolors, possible of William \u0026amp; Mary's campus, torn from watercolor notebook\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnevenly shaped black and white paintings, possibly Gouache\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOne painting, perhaps oil and watercolor, depicts a close-up eyeball\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOne painting, perhaps oil and watercolor, depicts a cow with bridle\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 watercolors of William \u0026amp; Mary's campus\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white print (from an etching?) of bespectacled, short-haired head wearing a dress with pinafore and holding a vial labeled \"drink me.\" The figure stands on a checkered floor with a small door in the background. The figure casts a shadow, and has a small cat peeking out from the hair above the left ear.  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLabeled, in pencil, \"2/90, 'Curiouser + Curiouser!' C Bell.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo prints. One is matted, with pink text in foreground and the Jabberwocky monster in the background (black and white), titled \"Jabberwocky\" in pencil, with Cece Bell signature, \"With special thanks to Lewis Carroll\" on print's lower right hand corner, 21 x 16\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSecond print is un-matted with text in white and the Jabberwocky monster in the background (black and white), \"With special thanks to Lewis Carroll\" on print's lower right hand corner, some brown stains at top of print and along bottom border, 23 x 18.5\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImages of a spiky haired, bespectacled figure, with arms outstretched and purple shirt, with one collagraph textured plate, made of cardboard pieces painted with watercolor, 12 x 18\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSecond collagraph print, brown hair, green and black-lined background, green eyes, 14.5 x 23\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMono-print \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMatted print of a large eyed, mouth agape figure with detached hands and feet, mustache and either a hat or hair\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLabeled, in green marker, \"Fritz Junior\" with some sizing specs: \"126%, p 4\" 19/180\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFigure, with curly limbs, eyeglasses, deerstalker cap, shorts and t-shirt, creeps away from an open door in the background\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDrawn on 4 sheets of white paper taped together, no label or signature\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRed-haired figure with green and orange hat, blue shirt, purple pants, green booties, black jester neck ruffle, and yellow wings leaping over the tops of two Pepto-Bismol bottles\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTitled, in black and pink, \"Pepto prancing pixie\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLight pencil tracing on back of a bike, motorcycle, scooter \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries contains materials from several of Bell's book projects. Includes initial story and picture brainstorming, draft sketches, illustration roughs, storyboards, manuscripts and typescripts, color experiments and specifications, book dummies and mock-ups, planning documents, and publishing house correspondence. Each book project shows Bell's process of writing and illustrating her books, from rough draft to finished project.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFood Friends is a board book that shows complementary food pairing familiar to children, i.e. cookies and milk, bacon and eggs. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSub-series includes draft pages and illustrations, and book jacket mock-ups.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBug Patrol was written by Denise Dowling Mortensen, with illustrations by Bell. The children's book follows Captain Bob on his job policing various bug behaviors, including housing protests and noise violations. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSubseries includes mock up pages, draft text, and colored pencil illustrations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRabbit and Robot is the first in an illustrated series of books for early readers. It focuses on the funny friendship between a rabbit and a robot. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSub-series includes book dummy, draft text, chapter outlines, book mapping, cover options, and pencil sketches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eI Yam A Donkey is a children's book that details the silly conversation between an excited donkey and a grammar-focused yam. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSubseries includes color painted cartoon cells on waxy paper,  white outlines, and some balloon speech bubbles. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSock Monkey Boogie Woogie is a children's book that continues the adventures of Sock Monkey as he attends an important dance and seeks a dance partner. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSub-series includes color tests, book mapping, a book dummy, page outlines, and illustrations on tracing paper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSock Monkey Rides Again is a children's book that details Sock Monkey's latest acting role in a movie about singing cowboys. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSub-series includes email exchanges, text drafts, and page mock-ups. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInspector Flytrap was written by Tom Angleberger with illustrations by Bell. It is the first in a chapter book series for young readers. The book follows the adventures of the Inspector Flytrap's Detective Agency, aided by Nina the Goat. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSub-series includes pink post-it note edits and revisions, draft text and book outlines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBee-Wigged is a children's picture book about a lonely bee seeking friendship. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSub-series includes sketches, planning documents, handwritten notes, draft pages, book mock-ups, full size pages and illustrations on tracing paper. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePages are pencil sketches on tracing paper, 15 numbered sheets\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePages are pencil sketches on tracing paper, 9 numbered sheets\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePages are in black and white, 16 numbered sheets\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIllustrations are in black and white, 10 numbered sheets\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted copies of Bee-Wigged sketches, 10 numbered sheets\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItty Bitty is a children's board book about a very small dog who decorates his new home, a hollowed out dog bone. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSub-series includes draft pages, font ideas, dog book title list, fabric swatch ideas, and illustration sketches on tracing paper. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRabbit and Robot and Ribbit is an illustrated book in a series for young readers that continues the storyline of Rabbit and Robot. In this book, the pair meets up with a new frog friend, Ribbit, and the trio works to play together well.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSub-series includes drafts of the book text, book jacket mock-ups, revisions, and draft illustrations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCrankee Doodle is an illustrated children's book that plays on the traditional \"Yankee Doodle\" song. The funny storyline follows Mr. Doodle, who is very cranky and  his horse is unable to change this bad attitude. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSub-series includes text draft, book jacket mock-ups, revisions, and draft illustrations. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries contains Bell's contributions to edited anthologies, collections, and previously published items. Materials include rough drafts, drawing outlines, color descriptions, and other elements from Bell's creative process.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDraft of Bell's short story, including color choices and descriptions, 44 pages.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBell contributed the comic, \"Crazy Little Thing Called Lunch!\" to the comic collection – an homage to the Sunday comics page edited by Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm, and Jarrett J. Krosoczka. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOther contributors include Peanuts and Jason Shiga. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Bell's notes in pencil, draft illustrations, 7 pages, dimensions and Ef Deafo size mentioned. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBell's contribution is \"A Most Serious Recitation of the Poem 'Trees.'\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFunny Girl is an anthology of funny stories, edited by Betsey Bird, written by and featuring women. 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Magazine includes a small post-it: \"We loved the college photo!\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eArticle covers Bell and Angleberger's time at William \u0026amp; Mary, including \nworking in the graphics department of the Flat Hat student newspaper staff. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include their publications, working styles, and how they collaborate. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst issue of the magazine, and the article about Bell runs p. 34-43. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBell discusses her development of the main character from El Deafo, her experiences with hearing loss, her writing process, and answers questions about her childhood, favorite book, and inspirations\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper published on 20 January 2017, and Bell's comic is featured on the 6th page from back, publication tagline: \"A Woman's Place is in the Revolution.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePublished contributions were selected from \"over 1000 submissions that were sent in from across the world.\" Published by Desert Island, Brooklyn, New York. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBell's contribution is \"Voice\" and it is a graphic representation of comments made about actor Marlee Matlin during the 2016 presidential election. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom the December 2017 magazine issue, story runs p. 11-15, includes list of Bell's published works, her experiences with hearing loss and the Phonic Ear hearing aid, her career path to illustrating and writing children's books, and photographs from her childhood and her award-winning book, El Deafo.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries consists of fan mail Bell received from readers. Most letters concern the Sock Monkey book series. Some correspondence from individual children and their parents; others are from school classrooms and camps. There are two photographs of Bell performing in front of a school-age audience.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e20 letters to Bell, thanking her for a class visit to Salem Elementary School, dated 27 January 2005\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThank you card to Bell, dated 16 February 2006\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLarge poster, dated 13 April 2006, thanking Bell for a visit to East Salem and the Camp Shining Kids, signed by the students\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThank you note from the Donahue family, dated 16 December 2008\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThank you letters from child and parent, dated 27 January 2009\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFlyer for night with Cece Bell at Christiansburg Elementary School, 26 February 2009\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThank you to Bell from Christiansburg Elementary School, dated 5 March 2009\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThank you card to Bell, dated 16 March 2009\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e21 drawings to Bell from Charlottesville area, postmarked 26 April 2009\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e15 drawings, on lined composition paper, to Bell thanking her for talking to their class, 3 June 2009\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e21 letters from students at SIS Parkside 101 in China, each addressed to \"Cece\" and discussing their favorite books\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo photos of Bell in front of an audience\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSock Monkey book, handmade by a child and illustrated with crayon\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLetter from a teacher, Kimberly, in China, written in blue marker on fish-themed stationery\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHandmade book of drawings from Camp Shining Star Kids, titled Sock Monkey Goes to East Salem, with 17 student pictures with Sock Monkey bound together with black ribbon\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThank you drawings from Christiansburg Elementary School students, with 20 pictures\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of Cece Bell (W \u0026 M '92), an award-winning author and illustrator of children's books. The collection documents Bell's creative process, from initial brainstorming to finished product, and also details editing interactions between Bell, her husband Tom Angleberger (W \u0026 M '92), and others. Includes story development, illustration tests and sketches.","Artwork done by Bell during her undergraduate years at William \u0026 Mary, from 1988-1992. Includes watercolors, prints, pastels, and pencil sketches. From Bell's student work, one can see how she developed the whimsical and imaginative qualities found in her later artistic work, especially in the pastels and prints. Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and \"Jabberwocky\" feature prominently in Bell's early work. She also depicted the university grounds and nearby neighborhoods. Some of the artwork appears to depict her now husband, Tom Angleberger.","Featuring a plate, white porch with the United States flag, and steep roofs through trees","Plate scene is labeled in pencil on back: \"Cece Bell, Untitled, Summer 90, Watercolor.\"","On loose sheets of watercolor paper","William \u0026 Mary campus scenes, ","Pastel watercolors, abstract, on watercolor paper from spiral notebook or loose sheets","3 watercolors of William \u0026 Mary's campus possibly featuring the Crim Dell, the Sunken Gardens, Lake Matoaka, and either the President's House or the Brafferton. ","Pastel watercolors, abstract, on watercolor paper from spiral notebook or loose sheets","No signature or title labels","3 watercolors of William \u0026 Mary's campus and the Historic Area, 2 torn from watercolor paper spiral","2 watercolors, one with red alligator, crocodile, pencil, flag; and one with two multicolored alarm clocks with faces and small figures in the lower left hand corner (pencil sketch of clock on folded sheet)","2 watercolors, possible of William \u0026 Mary's campus, torn from watercolor notebook","Unevenly shaped black and white paintings, possibly Gouache","One painting, perhaps oil and watercolor, depicts a close-up eyeball","One painting, perhaps oil and watercolor, depicts a cow with bridle","2 watercolors of William \u0026 Mary's campus","Black and white print (from an etching?) of bespectacled, short-haired head wearing a dress with pinafore and holding a vial labeled \"drink me.\" The figure stands on a checkered floor with a small door in the background. The figure casts a shadow, and has a small cat peeking out from the hair above the left ear.  ","Labeled, in pencil, \"2/90, 'Curiouser + Curiouser!' C Bell.\"","Two prints. One is matted, with pink text in foreground and the Jabberwocky monster in the background (black and white), titled \"Jabberwocky\" in pencil, with Cece Bell signature, \"With special thanks to Lewis Carroll\" on print's lower right hand corner, 21 x 16\"","Second print is un-matted with text in white and the Jabberwocky monster in the background (black and white), \"With special thanks to Lewis Carroll\" on print's lower right hand corner, some brown stains at top of print and along bottom border, 23 x 18.5\"","Images of a spiky haired, bespectacled figure, with arms outstretched and purple shirt, with one collagraph textured plate, made of cardboard pieces painted with watercolor, 12 x 18\"","Second collagraph print, brown hair, green and black-lined background, green eyes, 14.5 x 23\"","Mono-print ","Matted print of a large eyed, mouth agape figure with detached hands and feet, mustache and either a hat or hair","Labeled, in green marker, \"Fritz Junior\" with some sizing specs: \"126%, p 4\" 19/180","Figure, with curly limbs, eyeglasses, deerstalker cap, shorts and t-shirt, creeps away from an open door in the background","Drawn on 4 sheets of white paper taped together, no label or signature","Red-haired figure with green and orange hat, blue shirt, purple pants, green booties, black jester neck ruffle, and yellow wings leaping over the tops of two Pepto-Bismol bottles","Titled, in black and pink, \"Pepto prancing pixie\"","Light pencil tracing on back of a bike, motorcycle, scooter ","Series contains materials from several of Bell's book projects. Includes initial story and picture brainstorming, draft sketches, illustration roughs, storyboards, manuscripts and typescripts, color experiments and specifications, book dummies and mock-ups, planning documents, and publishing house correspondence. Each book project shows Bell's process of writing and illustrating her books, from rough draft to finished project.","Food Friends is a board book that shows complementary food pairing familiar to children, i.e. cookies and milk, bacon and eggs. ","Sub-series includes draft pages and illustrations, and book jacket mock-ups.","Bug Patrol was written by Denise Dowling Mortensen, with illustrations by Bell. The children's book follows Captain Bob on his job policing various bug behaviors, including housing protests and noise violations. ","Subseries includes mock up pages, draft text, and colored pencil illustrations.","Rabbit and Robot is the first in an illustrated series of books for early readers. It focuses on the funny friendship between a rabbit and a robot. ","Sub-series includes book dummy, draft text, chapter outlines, book mapping, cover options, and pencil sketches.","I Yam A Donkey is a children's book that details the silly conversation between an excited donkey and a grammar-focused yam. ","Subseries includes color painted cartoon cells on waxy paper,  white outlines, and some balloon speech bubbles. ","Sock Monkey Boogie Woogie is a children's book that continues the adventures of Sock Monkey as he attends an important dance and seeks a dance partner. ","Sub-series includes color tests, book mapping, a book dummy, page outlines, and illustrations on tracing paper.","Sock Monkey Rides Again is a children's book that details Sock Monkey's latest acting role in a movie about singing cowboys. ","Sub-series includes email exchanges, text drafts, and page mock-ups. ","Inspector Flytrap was written by Tom Angleberger with illustrations by Bell. It is the first in a chapter book series for young readers. The book follows the adventures of the Inspector Flytrap's Detective Agency, aided by Nina the Goat. ","Sub-series includes pink post-it note edits and revisions, draft text and book outlines.","Bee-Wigged is a children's picture book about a lonely bee seeking friendship. ","Sub-series includes sketches, planning documents, handwritten notes, draft pages, book mock-ups, full size pages and illustrations on tracing paper. ","Pages are pencil sketches on tracing paper, 15 numbered sheets","Pages are pencil sketches on tracing paper, 9 numbered sheets","Pages are in black and white, 16 numbered sheets","Illustrations are in black and white, 10 numbered sheets","Printed copies of Bee-Wigged sketches, 10 numbered sheets","Itty Bitty is a children's board book about a very small dog who decorates his new home, a hollowed out dog bone. ","Sub-series includes draft pages, font ideas, dog book title list, fabric swatch ideas, and illustration sketches on tracing paper. ","Rabbit and Robot and Ribbit is an illustrated book in a series for young readers that continues the storyline of Rabbit and Robot. In this book, the pair meets up with a new frog friend, Ribbit, and the trio works to play together well.","Sub-series includes drafts of the book text, book jacket mock-ups, revisions, and draft illustrations.","Crankee Doodle is an illustrated children's book that plays on the traditional \"Yankee Doodle\" song. The funny storyline follows Mr. Doodle, who is very cranky and  his horse is unable to change this bad attitude. ","Sub-series includes text draft, book jacket mock-ups, revisions, and draft illustrations. ","Series contains Bell's contributions to edited anthologies, collections, and previously published items. Materials include rough drafts, drawing outlines, color descriptions, and other elements from Bell's creative process.","Draft of Bell's short story, including color choices and descriptions, 44 pages.","Bell contributed the comic, \"Crazy Little Thing Called Lunch!\" to the comic collection – an homage to the Sunday comics page edited by Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm, and Jarrett J. Krosoczka. ","Other contributors include Peanuts and Jason Shiga. ","Includes Bell's notes in pencil, draft illustrations, 7 pages, dimensions and Ef Deafo size mentioned. ","Bell's contribution is \"A Most Serious Recitation of the Poem 'Trees.'\" ","Funny Girl is an anthology of funny stories, edited by Betsey Bird, written by and featuring women. Other contributors include Lisa Graff, Raina Telgemeier, and Akilah Hughes. ","Includes Bell's notes about language, font to use, pencil on ripped out notebook paper, red hearts stamped across first page, orange highlighter on some sections, 7 pages. ","Bell wrote the Foreword to Beverly Cleary's 1964 Ribsy, a novel from a dog's point of view about being separated from his owner. It is the sixth book in Cleary's Henry Huggins series and contains illustrations by Louis Darling. ","Series contains publications (magazines, newspapers, journals) that feature stories and photographs on Bell's childhood, education, and career path as a children's author and illustrator. Most detail her experiences with childhood hearing loss and her desire to be understood and respected.","News story about Bell runs p. 14-16 and includes her husband, fellow author-illustrator Tom Angleberger. Magazine includes a small post-it: \"We loved the college photo!\" ","Article covers Bell and Angleberger's time at William \u0026 Mary, including \nworking in the graphics department of the Flat Hat student newspaper staff. ","Other topics include their publications, working styles, and how they collaborate. ","First issue of the magazine, and the article about Bell runs p. 34-43. ","Bell discusses her development of the main character from El Deafo, her experiences with hearing loss, her writing process, and answers questions about her childhood, favorite book, and inspirations","Newspaper published on 20 January 2017, and Bell's comic is featured on the 6th page from back, publication tagline: \"A Woman's Place is in the Revolution.\" ","Published contributions were selected from \"over 1000 submissions that were sent in from across the world.\" Published by Desert Island, Brooklyn, New York. ","Bell's contribution is \"Voice\" and it is a graphic representation of comments made about actor Marlee Matlin during the 2016 presidential election. ","From the December 2017 magazine issue, story runs p. 11-15, includes list of Bell's published works, her experiences with hearing loss and the Phonic Ear hearing aid, her career path to illustrating and writing children's books, and photographs from her childhood and her award-winning book, El Deafo.","Series consists of fan mail Bell received from readers. Most letters concern the Sock Monkey book series. Some correspondence from individual children and their parents; others are from school classrooms and camps. There are two photographs of Bell performing in front of a school-age audience.","20 letters to Bell, thanking her for a class visit to Salem Elementary School, dated 27 January 2005","Thank you card to Bell, dated 16 February 2006","Large poster, dated 13 April 2006, thanking Bell for a visit to East Salem and the Camp Shining Kids, signed by the students","Thank you note from the Donahue family, dated 16 December 2008","Thank you letters from child and parent, dated 27 January 2009","Flyer for night with Cece Bell at Christiansburg Elementary School, 26 February 2009","Thank you to Bell from Christiansburg Elementary School, dated 5 March 2009","Thank you card to Bell, dated 16 March 2009","21 drawings to Bell from Charlottesville area, postmarked 26 April 2009","15 drawings, on lined composition paper, to Bell thanking her for talking to their class, 3 June 2009","21 letters from students at SIS Parkside 101 in China, each addressed to \"Cece\" and discussing their favorite books","Two photos of Bell in front of an audience","Sock Monkey book, handmade by a child and illustrated with crayon","Letter from a teacher, Kimberly, in China, written in blue marker on fish-themed stationery","Handmade book of drawings from Camp Shining Star Kids, titled Sock Monkey Goes to East Salem, with 17 student pictures with Sock Monkey bound together with black ribbon","Thank you drawings from Christiansburg Elementary School students, with 20 pictures"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Bell, Cece","Angleberger, Tom"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"persname_ssim":["Bell, Cece","Angleberger, Tom"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":51,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T01:05:36.541Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9167"}},{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9749","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Charlotte Ursula Zolotow papers","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9749#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Charlotte Ursula Zolotow papers contains professional and personal correspondence, manuscripts, publisher galleys, photographs, slides, and artworks from illustrators. 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If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","The collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Formerly arranged by accession. Combined with Mss. Msv D37-38 (Personal Diaries) and reorganized by series (see Scope  note for details about the series' content). Folders within series chieflty organized by type of materials and creators, following broad chronological order. Items within folders organized chronologically, but Molly Elliot Seawell's handwriting being often ambiguous, some dates are unclear.","\"Molly Elliot Seawell (October 23, 1860 Gloucester, Virginia - November 15, 1916 Washington, D. C.) was an American writer. Baptized as \"Mary,\" Molly Elliot Seawell was born into one of the older families of English language-speaking North America and one of the first families of Virginia.\" (From wikipedia (7/6/2007)","Processed by Ellen Strong in 1995.","The papers of American writer Molly Elliot Seawell include personal diaries, correspondence, memoirs, photographs, news clippings, and other materials. Also included are photocopies of Seawell's business papers housed at the New York Public Library and at the Columbia University Library. The collection also contains other records from the Seawell family, mostly relating to Molly's aunt Maria Seawell Edwards, John T. Seawell and wife Isabella Josephine Brady, and Philip Hairston Seawell. The collection comprises four series: Diaries, 1900-1914; Personal Records, 1901-1916; Professional Records, 1889-1915; and Seawell Family Records, 1859-2001.","This series contains two personal diaries kept by Molly Elliot Seawell while living in Washington, D.C., and traveling in the United States, Canada, Germany, and France. Themes discussed include her frequent travels, social life, health, personal finance, reading, writing, psychological and emotional life, and recollections from the past. The first diary covers the years 1900 to 1905. The second diary covers the years 1905 to 1914. Both diaries are in very fragile condition. (Formerly Mss. MsV D37-38).","This series consists of personal correspondence, sent by Molly Elliot Seawell to family members and friends, documenting her personal life. The bulk of the series consists of letters written by Molly to her nephew John T. Seawell and his wife Isabella (Belle) Josephine Brady, spanning the years 1907 to 1916. Throughout the correspondence, Molly writes from her home in Washington, D.C. to the Seawells in Newport News, VA, with a few exceptions. There are also two letters to Mrs. Arthur Scribner, discussing friends and social events, as well as three photographs of Molly at the end of the series.","Formerly Mss. Acc. 2001.24B","Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398","Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398","Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398","This series documents Molly Elliot Seawell's writing career through a variety of materials including business letters, contracts, and contemporary reviews and newspaper clippings. See the folder descriptions for more specific details.","Formerly Mss. Acc. 2001.24B","Regarding Molly's book \"Papa Bouchard.\" (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2000.53a)","These numerous letters cover topics such as offers to publish her books and stories, negotiations over compensation, editors' mistakes, and deliberations behind her authorial decisions, like how to write stories that appeal to specific groups of people. The bulk consists of letters addressed Mr. [Robert Underwood] Johnson, editor at the Century Magazine, in New York. Of particular interest is a July 2, 1895 letter from Molly to Johnson accompanied by copies of two letters between Molly's acquaintance U.S. Navy Engineer Harrie Webster to Admiral Ito in preparation of an article on the 1894 Battle of the Yalu River during the First Sino-Japanese War. Additionally, there is a November 30, 1898 letter accompanied by a seven-page autobiographical sketch that describes Molly's family's history, the family plantation, her education, the inspiration for some of her stories, her experiences traveling abroad (also recounted in her personal diaries), and the decision to move from Virginia to Washington D.C. Photocopies of originals housed at the New York Public Library and Columbia University Library. (Photocopies formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","A continuation of Molly's business correspondence with various editors and publishers, including Mr. Johnson, Mr. Gilder, and Mr. Yarde. A February 15, 1911 letter is accompanied by a typed opinion piece on proposed legislation to increase postage fees on magazine advertisements. Photocopies of originals housed at the New York Public Library and Columbia University Library. (Photocopies formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","This folder contains the photocopies of five contracts: 1895 for \"A Virginia Cavalier\"; 1896 for \"The Sprightly Romance of Marsac\"; 1897 for \"The Rock of the Lion\"; 1899 for \"Gavin Hamilton\" and 1912 for \"Diego, the Son of Columbus.\" Originals held at the Columbia University Libraries. (Photocopies formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","This folder contains a clipping in very fragile condition of Molly's famous text on woman suffrage, \"The Ladies' Battle,\" as published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on October 16, 1910 (formely in Mss. MsV D37-38). It is possible to consult the microfilm version of the article at Swem Library. The folder also contains photocopies of published reviews on Molly's position on the suffrage question, as well as on her book \"The Jugglers.\" The originals are held at the New York Public Library. Finally, there is an undated biographical clipping about Molly and photograph froma magazine (includes originals and a photocopy). (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","This series contains papers from various members of the Seawell family and genealogical materials. See the folder descriptions for more details.","Molly's aunt, Maria Seawell Edwards (b. 1815) was the daughter of John B. Seawell and Maria Henry Tyler, and thus sister of John Tyler Seawell. Her eighteen-page, handwritten memoir notably discusses the origins of the name \"Seawell\" and describes family houses, as well as her parents, siblings, and various relatives. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2000.45 - 2000 Se9)","Letters addressed to John and Belle regarding the settlement of Molly's estate after her death in 1916 and other family news. Correspondents are Betty Ingles and S. Contesse Smith, one of John Seawell's cousins. (Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","Notes by an anonymous contributor describing the main content of some letters of the Seawell family present in this collection.","This folder contains an undated postcard sent by author Elizabeth Gordon Biddle Gordon (born Elizabeth Clarke Gordon) to an unidentified recipient (possibly P. Hairston Seawell, who bequeathed the item) and a 1951 postcard sent to \"Mr. Hairston Seawell,\" Newport News, VA, announcing the publication of Gordon's book \"The White Blackbird or Lest Ye Forget.\" (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","P. Hairston Seawell (1915-2008) was the son of John T. Seawell and Isabella (Belle) Josephine Brady. This folder contains four items from his correspondence with John Joyce Russell (1897-1993), tenth Bishop of Richmond. The documents concern Russell's installation as Bishop in 1958, including the printed program of the ceremony, Russell's new membership in the Virginia Historical Society, and charity work. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","This folder contains three sketches of Molly Elliot Seawell's childhood home, \"The Shelter,\" in Gloucester VA, made by Mrs. Harwood and sent to Mr. Hairston Seawell on July 29, 1987. An August 31, 1987 letter from Mrs. Harwood to Mr. Seawell further discusses Molly's silver spoon, engraved with her name and an image of her home, \"The Shelter.\" The spoon is now housed in the Special Collections Research Center Artifacts Collection. (Formerly Acc. 2010.398)","\"Sewell Lineage and Arms\" from the \"Maryland Heraldry\" chronicle in the Baltimore Sun, and an undated clipping about the history of the \"The Shelter,\" the Seawell home, before it burned in 1925. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","One undated portrait of Molly Elliot Seawell's mother, Frances Elizabeth Jackson Seawell, and two unidentified portraits. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","A two page letter and quotation card, written and signed by Molly Elliot Seawell. Transcriptions were provided by the dealer.","Content warnings for derogatory language directed towards people of African descent, and cultural appropriation. ","The quotation card reads \"Molly Elliot Seawell, Washington D.C., December 2nd 1896. The laughing philosopher had attained the goal of all wisdom, while the weeping philosopher stood whimpering at the starting post.\" ","The letter is addressed simply, \"Dear Sir.\" It reads, \"It has always been my aim not to coin word in writing. Having had the advantage of a good early training in the English classics, I soon found out that there was a good, plain English word for all the ideas I had, or was likely to have, and I have made it my business to try and find out that word. In writing negro dialect though as in my Virginia stories I have, in order to make it true to life, all my negroes coin words. The negroes, as you know perhaps, are very admirable word coiners. They love to use long words, and they introduce a word wonderfully like the one they are after, and in the same senses, so that it conveys a perfectly good meaning. I hardly know whether all of the words I put in the mouths of my negroes are of my own invention, or recollections of my childhood in an old place in Virginia. Some are my own - 'reckelsome' for reckless, 'furgitive' for forgetful, 'discontemtous' for contemptuous, ect. These may be found in my novels - 'Children of Destiny' and 'Throckmorton'. In them I have strictly followed the negro manner of making [2 words illegible] right, and the sound appropriate so. I have not those books at hand. I am only at this place temporarily, but you may be able to get them at your public library. Wishing I could give you a more satisfactory and interesting explanation, I am very truly yours.\"  ","-- 1 silver spoon engraved with Molly Elliot Seawell's name and an image of her home \"The Shelter\" in Gloucester, Va., is housed in the Artifacts Collection."," -- 22 books written by Molly Elliot Seawell and 2 books written by Elizabeth Gordon Biddle Gordon are housed in the Rare Books Collection. They were bequeathed by P. Hairston Seawell and can be located using the Swem Library catalog.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Seawell, Molly Elliot, 1860-1916","Edwards, Maria Seawell, b. 1815?","Gordon, Elizabeth Gordon Biddle","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access:","Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFormerly arranged by accession. Combined with Mss. Msv D37-38 (Personal Diaries) and reorganized by series (see Scope  note for details about the series' content). 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Baptized as \"Mary,\" Molly Elliot Seawell was born into one of the older families of English language-speaking North America and one of the first families of Virginia.\" (From wikipedia (7/6/2007)"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMolly Elliot Seawell Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMolly Elliot Seawell Quotation and Letter, Special Collections Research Center, William \u0026amp; Mary Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Molly Elliot Seawell Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Molly Elliot Seawell Quotation and Letter, Special Collections Research Center, William \u0026 Mary Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Ellen Strong in 1995.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information:"],"processinfo_tesim":["Processed by Ellen Strong in 1995."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers of American writer Molly Elliot Seawell include personal diaries, correspondence, memoirs, photographs, news clippings, and other materials. Also included are photocopies of Seawell's business papers housed at the New York Public Library and at the Columbia University Library. The collection also contains other records from the Seawell family, mostly relating to Molly's aunt Maria Seawell Edwards, John T. Seawell and wife Isabella Josephine Brady, and Philip Hairston Seawell. The collection comprises four series: Diaries, 1900-1914; Personal Records, 1901-1916; Professional Records, 1889-1915; and Seawell Family Records, 1859-2001.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains two personal diaries kept by Molly Elliot Seawell while living in Washington, D.C., and traveling in the United States, Canada, Germany, and France. Themes discussed include her frequent travels, social life, health, personal finance, reading, writing, psychological and emotional life, and recollections from the past. The first diary covers the years 1900 to 1905. The second diary covers the years 1905 to 1914. Both diaries are in very fragile condition. (Formerly Mss. MsV D37-38).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of personal correspondence, sent by Molly Elliot Seawell to family members and friends, documenting her personal life. The bulk of the series consists of letters written by Molly to her nephew John T. Seawell and his wife Isabella (Belle) Josephine Brady, spanning the years 1907 to 1916. Throughout the correspondence, Molly writes from her home in Washington, D.C. to the Seawells in Newport News, VA, with a few exceptions. There are also two letters to Mrs. Arthur Scribner, discussing friends and social events, as well as three photographs of Molly at the end of the series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFormerly Mss. Acc. 2001.24B\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFormerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFormerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFormerly Mss. 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Of particular interest is a July 2, 1895 letter from Molly to Johnson accompanied by copies of two letters between Molly's acquaintance U.S. Navy Engineer Harrie Webster to Admiral Ito in preparation of an article on the 1894 Battle of the Yalu River during the First Sino-Japanese War. Additionally, there is a November 30, 1898 letter accompanied by a seven-page autobiographical sketch that describes Molly's family's history, the family plantation, her education, the inspiration for some of her stories, her experiences traveling abroad (also recounted in her personal diaries), and the decision to move from Virginia to Washington D.C. Photocopies of originals housed at the New York Public Library and Columbia University Library. (Photocopies formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA continuation of Molly's business correspondence with various editors and publishers, including Mr. Johnson, Mr. Gilder, and Mr. Yarde. A February 15, 1911 letter is accompanied by a typed opinion piece on proposed legislation to increase postage fees on magazine advertisements. Photocopies of originals housed at the New York Public Library and Columbia University Library. (Photocopies formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains the photocopies of five contracts: 1895 for \"A Virginia Cavalier\"; 1896 for \"The Sprightly Romance of Marsac\"; 1897 for \"The Rock of the Lion\"; 1899 for \"Gavin Hamilton\" and 1912 for \"Diego, the Son of Columbus.\" Originals held at the Columbia University Libraries. (Photocopies formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains a clipping in very fragile condition of Molly's famous text on woman suffrage, \"The Ladies' Battle,\" as published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on October 16, 1910 (formely in Mss. MsV D37-38). It is possible to consult the microfilm version of the article at Swem Library. The folder also contains photocopies of published reviews on Molly's position on the suffrage question, as well as on her book \"The Jugglers.\" The originals are held at the New York Public Library. Finally, there is an undated biographical clipping about Molly and photograph froma magazine (includes originals and a photocopy). (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains papers from various members of the Seawell family and genealogical materials. See the folder descriptions for more details.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMolly's aunt, Maria Seawell Edwards (b. 1815) was the daughter of John B. Seawell and Maria Henry Tyler, and thus sister of John Tyler Seawell. Her eighteen-page, handwritten memoir notably discusses the origins of the name \"Seawell\" and describes family houses, as well as her parents, siblings, and various relatives. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2000.45 - 2000 Se9)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters addressed to John and Belle regarding the settlement of Molly's estate after her death in 1916 and other family news. Correspondents are Betty Ingles and S. Contesse Smith, one of John Seawell's cousins. (Mss. Acc. 2010.398)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes by an anonymous contributor describing the main content of some letters of the Seawell family present in this collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains an undated postcard sent by author Elizabeth Gordon Biddle Gordon (born Elizabeth Clarke Gordon) to an unidentified recipient (possibly P. Hairston Seawell, who bequeathed the item) and a 1951 postcard sent to \"Mr. Hairston Seawell,\" Newport News, VA, announcing the publication of Gordon's book \"The White Blackbird or Lest Ye Forget.\" (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eP. Hairston Seawell (1915-2008) was the son of John T. Seawell and Isabella (Belle) Josephine Brady. This folder contains four items from his correspondence with John Joyce Russell (1897-1993), tenth Bishop of Richmond. The documents concern Russell's installation as Bishop in 1958, including the printed program of the ceremony, Russell's new membership in the Virginia Historical Society, and charity work. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains three sketches of Molly Elliot Seawell's childhood home, \"The Shelter,\" in Gloucester VA, made by Mrs. Harwood and sent to Mr. Hairston Seawell on July 29, 1987. An August 31, 1987 letter from Mrs. Harwood to Mr. Seawell further discusses Molly's silver spoon, engraved with her name and an image of her home, \"The Shelter.\" The spoon is now housed in the Special Collections Research Center Artifacts Collection. (Formerly Acc. 2010.398)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Sewell Lineage and Arms\" from the \"Maryland Heraldry\" chronicle in the Baltimore Sun, and an undated clipping about the history of the \"The Shelter,\" the Seawell home, before it burned in 1925. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne undated portrait of Molly Elliot Seawell's mother, Frances Elizabeth Jackson Seawell, and two unidentified portraits. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA two page letter and quotation card, written and signed by Molly Elliot Seawell. Transcriptions were provided by the dealer.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eContent warnings for derogatory language directed towards people of African descent, and cultural appropriation. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe quotation card reads \"Molly Elliot Seawell, Washington D.C., December 2nd 1896. The laughing philosopher had attained the goal of all wisdom, while the weeping philosopher stood whimpering at the starting post.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe letter is addressed simply, \"Dear Sir.\" It reads, \"It has always been my aim not to coin word in writing. Having had the advantage of a good early training in the English classics, I soon found out that there was a good, plain English word for all the ideas I had, or was likely to have, and I have made it my business to try and find out that word. In writing negro dialect though as in my Virginia stories I have, in order to make it true to life, all my negroes coin words. The negroes, as you know perhaps, are very admirable word coiners. They love to use long words, and they introduce a word wonderfully like the one they are after, and in the same senses, so that it conveys a perfectly good meaning. I hardly know whether all of the words I put in the mouths of my negroes are of my own invention, or recollections of my childhood in an old place in Virginia. Some are my own - 'reckelsome' for reckless, 'furgitive' for forgetful, 'discontemtous' for contemptuous, ect. These may be found in my novels - 'Children of Destiny' and 'Throckmorton'. In them I have strictly followed the negro manner of making [2 words illegible] right, and the sound appropriate so. I have not those books at hand. I am only at this place temporarily, but you may be able to get them at your public library. Wishing I could give you a more satisfactory and interesting explanation, I am very truly yours.\"  \u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The papers of American writer Molly Elliot Seawell include personal diaries, correspondence, memoirs, photographs, news clippings, and other materials. Also included are photocopies of Seawell's business papers housed at the New York Public Library and at the Columbia University Library. The collection also contains other records from the Seawell family, mostly relating to Molly's aunt Maria Seawell Edwards, John T. Seawell and wife Isabella Josephine Brady, and Philip Hairston Seawell. The collection comprises four series: Diaries, 1900-1914; Personal Records, 1901-1916; Professional Records, 1889-1915; and Seawell Family Records, 1859-2001.","This series contains two personal diaries kept by Molly Elliot Seawell while living in Washington, D.C., and traveling in the United States, Canada, Germany, and France. Themes discussed include her frequent travels, social life, health, personal finance, reading, writing, psychological and emotional life, and recollections from the past. The first diary covers the years 1900 to 1905. The second diary covers the years 1905 to 1914. Both diaries are in very fragile condition. (Formerly Mss. MsV D37-38).","This series consists of personal correspondence, sent by Molly Elliot Seawell to family members and friends, documenting her personal life. The bulk of the series consists of letters written by Molly to her nephew John T. Seawell and his wife Isabella (Belle) Josephine Brady, spanning the years 1907 to 1916. Throughout the correspondence, Molly writes from her home in Washington, D.C. to the Seawells in Newport News, VA, with a few exceptions. There are also two letters to Mrs. Arthur Scribner, discussing friends and social events, as well as three photographs of Molly at the end of the series.","Formerly Mss. Acc. 2001.24B","Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398","Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398","Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398","This series documents Molly Elliot Seawell's writing career through a variety of materials including business letters, contracts, and contemporary reviews and newspaper clippings. See the folder descriptions for more specific details.","Formerly Mss. Acc. 2001.24B","Regarding Molly's book \"Papa Bouchard.\" (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2000.53a)","These numerous letters cover topics such as offers to publish her books and stories, negotiations over compensation, editors' mistakes, and deliberations behind her authorial decisions, like how to write stories that appeal to specific groups of people. The bulk consists of letters addressed Mr. [Robert Underwood] Johnson, editor at the Century Magazine, in New York. Of particular interest is a July 2, 1895 letter from Molly to Johnson accompanied by copies of two letters between Molly's acquaintance U.S. Navy Engineer Harrie Webster to Admiral Ito in preparation of an article on the 1894 Battle of the Yalu River during the First Sino-Japanese War. Additionally, there is a November 30, 1898 letter accompanied by a seven-page autobiographical sketch that describes Molly's family's history, the family plantation, her education, the inspiration for some of her stories, her experiences traveling abroad (also recounted in her personal diaries), and the decision to move from Virginia to Washington D.C. Photocopies of originals housed at the New York Public Library and Columbia University Library. (Photocopies formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","A continuation of Molly's business correspondence with various editors and publishers, including Mr. Johnson, Mr. Gilder, and Mr. Yarde. A February 15, 1911 letter is accompanied by a typed opinion piece on proposed legislation to increase postage fees on magazine advertisements. Photocopies of originals housed at the New York Public Library and Columbia University Library. (Photocopies formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","This folder contains the photocopies of five contracts: 1895 for \"A Virginia Cavalier\"; 1896 for \"The Sprightly Romance of Marsac\"; 1897 for \"The Rock of the Lion\"; 1899 for \"Gavin Hamilton\" and 1912 for \"Diego, the Son of Columbus.\" Originals held at the Columbia University Libraries. (Photocopies formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","This folder contains a clipping in very fragile condition of Molly's famous text on woman suffrage, \"The Ladies' Battle,\" as published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on October 16, 1910 (formely in Mss. MsV D37-38). It is possible to consult the microfilm version of the article at Swem Library. The folder also contains photocopies of published reviews on Molly's position on the suffrage question, as well as on her book \"The Jugglers.\" The originals are held at the New York Public Library. Finally, there is an undated biographical clipping about Molly and photograph froma magazine (includes originals and a photocopy). (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","This series contains papers from various members of the Seawell family and genealogical materials. See the folder descriptions for more details.","Molly's aunt, Maria Seawell Edwards (b. 1815) was the daughter of John B. Seawell and Maria Henry Tyler, and thus sister of John Tyler Seawell. Her eighteen-page, handwritten memoir notably discusses the origins of the name \"Seawell\" and describes family houses, as well as her parents, siblings, and various relatives. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2000.45 - 2000 Se9)","Letters addressed to John and Belle regarding the settlement of Molly's estate after her death in 1916 and other family news. Correspondents are Betty Ingles and S. Contesse Smith, one of John Seawell's cousins. (Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","Notes by an anonymous contributor describing the main content of some letters of the Seawell family present in this collection.","This folder contains an undated postcard sent by author Elizabeth Gordon Biddle Gordon (born Elizabeth Clarke Gordon) to an unidentified recipient (possibly P. Hairston Seawell, who bequeathed the item) and a 1951 postcard sent to \"Mr. Hairston Seawell,\" Newport News, VA, announcing the publication of Gordon's book \"The White Blackbird or Lest Ye Forget.\" (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","P. Hairston Seawell (1915-2008) was the son of John T. Seawell and Isabella (Belle) Josephine Brady. This folder contains four items from his correspondence with John Joyce Russell (1897-1993), tenth Bishop of Richmond. The documents concern Russell's installation as Bishop in 1958, including the printed program of the ceremony, Russell's new membership in the Virginia Historical Society, and charity work. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","This folder contains three sketches of Molly Elliot Seawell's childhood home, \"The Shelter,\" in Gloucester VA, made by Mrs. Harwood and sent to Mr. Hairston Seawell on July 29, 1987. An August 31, 1987 letter from Mrs. Harwood to Mr. Seawell further discusses Molly's silver spoon, engraved with her name and an image of her home, \"The Shelter.\" The spoon is now housed in the Special Collections Research Center Artifacts Collection. (Formerly Acc. 2010.398)","\"Sewell Lineage and Arms\" from the \"Maryland Heraldry\" chronicle in the Baltimore Sun, and an undated clipping about the history of the \"The Shelter,\" the Seawell home, before it burned in 1925. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","One undated portrait of Molly Elliot Seawell's mother, Frances Elizabeth Jackson Seawell, and two unidentified portraits. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","A two page letter and quotation card, written and signed by Molly Elliot Seawell. Transcriptions were provided by the dealer.","Content warnings for derogatory language directed towards people of African descent, and cultural appropriation. ","The quotation card reads \"Molly Elliot Seawell, Washington D.C., December 2nd 1896. The laughing philosopher had attained the goal of all wisdom, while the weeping philosopher stood whimpering at the starting post.\" ","The letter is addressed simply, \"Dear Sir.\" It reads, \"It has always been my aim not to coin word in writing. Having had the advantage of a good early training in the English classics, I soon found out that there was a good, plain English word for all the ideas I had, or was likely to have, and I have made it my business to try and find out that word. In writing negro dialect though as in my Virginia stories I have, in order to make it true to life, all my negroes coin words. The negroes, as you know perhaps, are very admirable word coiners. They love to use long words, and they introduce a word wonderfully like the one they are after, and in the same senses, so that it conveys a perfectly good meaning. I hardly know whether all of the words I put in the mouths of my negroes are of my own invention, or recollections of my childhood in an old place in Virginia. Some are my own - 'reckelsome' for reckless, 'furgitive' for forgetful, 'discontemtous' for contemptuous, ect. These may be found in my novels - 'Children of Destiny' and 'Throckmorton'. In them I have strictly followed the negro manner of making [2 words illegible] right, and the sound appropriate so. I have not those books at hand. I am only at this place temporarily, but you may be able to get them at your public library. Wishing I could give you a more satisfactory and interesting explanation, I am very truly yours.\"  "],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e-- 1 silver spoon engraved with Molly Elliot Seawell's name and an image of her home \"The Shelter\" in Gloucester, Va., is housed in the Artifacts Collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e -- 22 books written by Molly Elliot Seawell and 2 books written by Elizabeth Gordon Biddle Gordon are housed in the Rare Books Collection. They were bequeathed by P. Hairston Seawell and can be located using the Swem Library catalog.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials:"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["-- 1 silver spoon engraved with Molly Elliot Seawell's name and an image of her home \"The Shelter\" in Gloucester, Va., is housed in the Artifacts Collection."," -- 22 books written by Molly Elliot Seawell and 2 books written by Elizabeth Gordon Biddle Gordon are housed in the Rare Books Collection. 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Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","The collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Formerly arranged by accession. Combined with Mss. Msv D37-38 (Personal Diaries) and reorganized by series (see Scope  note for details about the series' content). Folders within series chieflty organized by type of materials and creators, following broad chronological order. Items within folders organized chronologically, but Molly Elliot Seawell's handwriting being often ambiguous, some dates are unclear.","\"Molly Elliot Seawell (October 23, 1860 Gloucester, Virginia - November 15, 1916 Washington, D. C.) was an American writer. Baptized as \"Mary,\" Molly Elliot Seawell was born into one of the older families of English language-speaking North America and one of the first families of Virginia.\" (From wikipedia (7/6/2007)","Processed by Ellen Strong in 1995.","The papers of American writer Molly Elliot Seawell include personal diaries, correspondence, memoirs, photographs, news clippings, and other materials. Also included are photocopies of Seawell's business papers housed at the New York Public Library and at the Columbia University Library. The collection also contains other records from the Seawell family, mostly relating to Molly's aunt Maria Seawell Edwards, John T. Seawell and wife Isabella Josephine Brady, and Philip Hairston Seawell. The collection comprises four series: Diaries, 1900-1914; Personal Records, 1901-1916; Professional Records, 1889-1915; and Seawell Family Records, 1859-2001.","This series contains two personal diaries kept by Molly Elliot Seawell while living in Washington, D.C., and traveling in the United States, Canada, Germany, and France. Themes discussed include her frequent travels, social life, health, personal finance, reading, writing, psychological and emotional life, and recollections from the past. The first diary covers the years 1900 to 1905. The second diary covers the years 1905 to 1914. Both diaries are in very fragile condition. (Formerly Mss. MsV D37-38).","This series consists of personal correspondence, sent by Molly Elliot Seawell to family members and friends, documenting her personal life. The bulk of the series consists of letters written by Molly to her nephew John T. Seawell and his wife Isabella (Belle) Josephine Brady, spanning the years 1907 to 1916. Throughout the correspondence, Molly writes from her home in Washington, D.C. to the Seawells in Newport News, VA, with a few exceptions. There are also two letters to Mrs. Arthur Scribner, discussing friends and social events, as well as three photographs of Molly at the end of the series.","Formerly Mss. Acc. 2001.24B","Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398","Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398","Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398","This series documents Molly Elliot Seawell's writing career through a variety of materials including business letters, contracts, and contemporary reviews and newspaper clippings. See the folder descriptions for more specific details.","Formerly Mss. Acc. 2001.24B","Regarding Molly's book \"Papa Bouchard.\" (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2000.53a)","These numerous letters cover topics such as offers to publish her books and stories, negotiations over compensation, editors' mistakes, and deliberations behind her authorial decisions, like how to write stories that appeal to specific groups of people. The bulk consists of letters addressed Mr. [Robert Underwood] Johnson, editor at the Century Magazine, in New York. Of particular interest is a July 2, 1895 letter from Molly to Johnson accompanied by copies of two letters between Molly's acquaintance U.S. Navy Engineer Harrie Webster to Admiral Ito in preparation of an article on the 1894 Battle of the Yalu River during the First Sino-Japanese War. Additionally, there is a November 30, 1898 letter accompanied by a seven-page autobiographical sketch that describes Molly's family's history, the family plantation, her education, the inspiration for some of her stories, her experiences traveling abroad (also recounted in her personal diaries), and the decision to move from Virginia to Washington D.C. Photocopies of originals housed at the New York Public Library and Columbia University Library. (Photocopies formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","A continuation of Molly's business correspondence with various editors and publishers, including Mr. Johnson, Mr. Gilder, and Mr. Yarde. A February 15, 1911 letter is accompanied by a typed opinion piece on proposed legislation to increase postage fees on magazine advertisements. Photocopies of originals housed at the New York Public Library and Columbia University Library. (Photocopies formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","This folder contains the photocopies of five contracts: 1895 for \"A Virginia Cavalier\"; 1896 for \"The Sprightly Romance of Marsac\"; 1897 for \"The Rock of the Lion\"; 1899 for \"Gavin Hamilton\" and 1912 for \"Diego, the Son of Columbus.\" Originals held at the Columbia University Libraries. (Photocopies formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","This folder contains a clipping in very fragile condition of Molly's famous text on woman suffrage, \"The Ladies' Battle,\" as published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on October 16, 1910 (formely in Mss. MsV D37-38). It is possible to consult the microfilm version of the article at Swem Library. The folder also contains photocopies of published reviews on Molly's position on the suffrage question, as well as on her book \"The Jugglers.\" The originals are held at the New York Public Library. Finally, there is an undated biographical clipping about Molly and photograph froma magazine (includes originals and a photocopy). (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","This series contains papers from various members of the Seawell family and genealogical materials. See the folder descriptions for more details.","Molly's aunt, Maria Seawell Edwards (b. 1815) was the daughter of John B. Seawell and Maria Henry Tyler, and thus sister of John Tyler Seawell. Her eighteen-page, handwritten memoir notably discusses the origins of the name \"Seawell\" and describes family houses, as well as her parents, siblings, and various relatives. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2000.45 - 2000 Se9)","Letters addressed to John and Belle regarding the settlement of Molly's estate after her death in 1916 and other family news. Correspondents are Betty Ingles and S. Contesse Smith, one of John Seawell's cousins. (Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","Notes by an anonymous contributor describing the main content of some letters of the Seawell family present in this collection.","This folder contains an undated postcard sent by author Elizabeth Gordon Biddle Gordon (born Elizabeth Clarke Gordon) to an unidentified recipient (possibly P. Hairston Seawell, who bequeathed the item) and a 1951 postcard sent to \"Mr. Hairston Seawell,\" Newport News, VA, announcing the publication of Gordon's book \"The White Blackbird or Lest Ye Forget.\" (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","P. Hairston Seawell (1915-2008) was the son of John T. Seawell and Isabella (Belle) Josephine Brady. This folder contains four items from his correspondence with John Joyce Russell (1897-1993), tenth Bishop of Richmond. The documents concern Russell's installation as Bishop in 1958, including the printed program of the ceremony, Russell's new membership in the Virginia Historical Society, and charity work. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","This folder contains three sketches of Molly Elliot Seawell's childhood home, \"The Shelter,\" in Gloucester VA, made by Mrs. Harwood and sent to Mr. Hairston Seawell on July 29, 1987. An August 31, 1987 letter from Mrs. Harwood to Mr. Seawell further discusses Molly's silver spoon, engraved with her name and an image of her home, \"The Shelter.\" The spoon is now housed in the Special Collections Research Center Artifacts Collection. (Formerly Acc. 2010.398)","\"Sewell Lineage and Arms\" from the \"Maryland Heraldry\" chronicle in the Baltimore Sun, and an undated clipping about the history of the \"The Shelter,\" the Seawell home, before it burned in 1925. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","One undated portrait of Molly Elliot Seawell's mother, Frances Elizabeth Jackson Seawell, and two unidentified portraits. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","A two page letter and quotation card, written and signed by Molly Elliot Seawell. Transcriptions were provided by the dealer.","Content warnings for derogatory language directed towards people of African descent, and cultural appropriation. ","The quotation card reads \"Molly Elliot Seawell, Washington D.C., December 2nd 1896. The laughing philosopher had attained the goal of all wisdom, while the weeping philosopher stood whimpering at the starting post.\" ","The letter is addressed simply, \"Dear Sir.\" It reads, \"It has always been my aim not to coin word in writing. Having had the advantage of a good early training in the English classics, I soon found out that there was a good, plain English word for all the ideas I had, or was likely to have, and I have made it my business to try and find out that word. In writing negro dialect though as in my Virginia stories I have, in order to make it true to life, all my negroes coin words. The negroes, as you know perhaps, are very admirable word coiners. They love to use long words, and they introduce a word wonderfully like the one they are after, and in the same senses, so that it conveys a perfectly good meaning. I hardly know whether all of the words I put in the mouths of my negroes are of my own invention, or recollections of my childhood in an old place in Virginia. Some are my own - 'reckelsome' for reckless, 'furgitive' for forgetful, 'discontemtous' for contemptuous, ect. These may be found in my novels - 'Children of Destiny' and 'Throckmorton'. In them I have strictly followed the negro manner of making [2 words illegible] right, and the sound appropriate so. I have not those books at hand. I am only at this place temporarily, but you may be able to get them at your public library. Wishing I could give you a more satisfactory and interesting explanation, I am very truly yours.\"  ","-- 1 silver spoon engraved with Molly Elliot Seawell's name and an image of her home \"The Shelter\" in Gloucester, Va., is housed in the Artifacts Collection."," -- 22 books written by Molly Elliot Seawell and 2 books written by Elizabeth Gordon Biddle Gordon are housed in the Rare Books Collection. They were bequeathed by P. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFormerly arranged by accession. Combined with Mss. Msv D37-38 (Personal Diaries) and reorganized by series (see Scope  note for details about the series' content). Folders within series chieflty organized by type of materials and creators, following broad chronological order. Items within folders organized chronologically, but Molly Elliot Seawell's handwriting being often ambiguous, some dates are unclear.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement of Materials:"],"arrangement_tesim":["Formerly arranged by accession. Combined with Mss. Msv D37-38 (Personal Diaries) and reorganized by series (see Scope  note for details about the series' content). Folders within series chieflty organized by type of materials and creators, following broad chronological order. Items within folders organized chronologically, but Molly Elliot Seawell's handwriting being often ambiguous, some dates are unclear."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\"Molly Elliot Seawell (October 23, 1860 Gloucester, Virginia - November 15, 1916 Washington, D. C.) was an American writer. Baptized as \"Mary,\" Molly Elliot Seawell was born into one of the older families of English language-speaking North America and one of the first families of Virginia.\" (From wikipedia (7/6/2007)\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information:"],"bioghist_tesim":["\"Molly Elliot Seawell (October 23, 1860 Gloucester, Virginia - November 15, 1916 Washington, D. C.) was an American writer. Baptized as \"Mary,\" Molly Elliot Seawell was born into one of the older families of English language-speaking North America and one of the first families of Virginia.\" (From wikipedia (7/6/2007)"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMolly Elliot Seawell Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMolly Elliot Seawell Quotation and Letter, Special Collections Research Center, William \u0026amp; Mary Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Molly Elliot Seawell Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Molly Elliot Seawell Quotation and Letter, Special Collections Research Center, William \u0026 Mary Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Ellen Strong in 1995.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information:"],"processinfo_tesim":["Processed by Ellen Strong in 1995."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers of American writer Molly Elliot Seawell include personal diaries, correspondence, memoirs, photographs, news clippings, and other materials. Also included are photocopies of Seawell's business papers housed at the New York Public Library and at the Columbia University Library. The collection also contains other records from the Seawell family, mostly relating to Molly's aunt Maria Seawell Edwards, John T. Seawell and wife Isabella Josephine Brady, and Philip Hairston Seawell. The collection comprises four series: Diaries, 1900-1914; Personal Records, 1901-1916; Professional Records, 1889-1915; and Seawell Family Records, 1859-2001.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains two personal diaries kept by Molly Elliot Seawell while living in Washington, D.C., and traveling in the United States, Canada, Germany, and France. Themes discussed include her frequent travels, social life, health, personal finance, reading, writing, psychological and emotional life, and recollections from the past. The first diary covers the years 1900 to 1905. The second diary covers the years 1905 to 1914. Both diaries are in very fragile condition. (Formerly Mss. MsV D37-38).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of personal correspondence, sent by Molly Elliot Seawell to family members and friends, documenting her personal life. The bulk of the series consists of letters written by Molly to her nephew John T. Seawell and his wife Isabella (Belle) Josephine Brady, spanning the years 1907 to 1916. Throughout the correspondence, Molly writes from her home in Washington, D.C. to the Seawells in Newport News, VA, with a few exceptions. There are also two letters to Mrs. Arthur Scribner, discussing friends and social events, as well as three photographs of Molly at the end of the series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFormerly Mss. Acc. 2001.24B\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFormerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFormerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFormerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series documents Molly Elliot Seawell's writing career through a variety of materials including business letters, contracts, and contemporary reviews and newspaper clippings. See the folder descriptions for more specific details.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFormerly Mss. Acc. 2001.24B\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding Molly's book \"Papa Bouchard.\" (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2000.53a)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese numerous letters cover topics such as offers to publish her books and stories, negotiations over compensation, editors' mistakes, and deliberations behind her authorial decisions, like how to write stories that appeal to specific groups of people. The bulk consists of letters addressed Mr. [Robert Underwood] Johnson, editor at the Century Magazine, in New York. Of particular interest is a July 2, 1895 letter from Molly to Johnson accompanied by copies of two letters between Molly's acquaintance U.S. Navy Engineer Harrie Webster to Admiral Ito in preparation of an article on the 1894 Battle of the Yalu River during the First Sino-Japanese War. Additionally, there is a November 30, 1898 letter accompanied by a seven-page autobiographical sketch that describes Molly's family's history, the family plantation, her education, the inspiration for some of her stories, her experiences traveling abroad (also recounted in her personal diaries), and the decision to move from Virginia to Washington D.C. Photocopies of originals housed at the New York Public Library and Columbia University Library. (Photocopies formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA continuation of Molly's business correspondence with various editors and publishers, including Mr. Johnson, Mr. Gilder, and Mr. Yarde. A February 15, 1911 letter is accompanied by a typed opinion piece on proposed legislation to increase postage fees on magazine advertisements. Photocopies of originals housed at the New York Public Library and Columbia University Library. (Photocopies formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains the photocopies of five contracts: 1895 for \"A Virginia Cavalier\"; 1896 for \"The Sprightly Romance of Marsac\"; 1897 for \"The Rock of the Lion\"; 1899 for \"Gavin Hamilton\" and 1912 for \"Diego, the Son of Columbus.\" Originals held at the Columbia University Libraries. (Photocopies formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains a clipping in very fragile condition of Molly's famous text on woman suffrage, \"The Ladies' Battle,\" as published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on October 16, 1910 (formely in Mss. MsV D37-38). It is possible to consult the microfilm version of the article at Swem Library. The folder also contains photocopies of published reviews on Molly's position on the suffrage question, as well as on her book \"The Jugglers.\" The originals are held at the New York Public Library. Finally, there is an undated biographical clipping about Molly and photograph froma magazine (includes originals and a photocopy). (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains papers from various members of the Seawell family and genealogical materials. See the folder descriptions for more details.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMolly's aunt, Maria Seawell Edwards (b. 1815) was the daughter of John B. Seawell and Maria Henry Tyler, and thus sister of John Tyler Seawell. Her eighteen-page, handwritten memoir notably discusses the origins of the name \"Seawell\" and describes family houses, as well as her parents, siblings, and various relatives. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2000.45 - 2000 Se9)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters addressed to John and Belle regarding the settlement of Molly's estate after her death in 1916 and other family news. Correspondents are Betty Ingles and S. Contesse Smith, one of John Seawell's cousins. (Mss. Acc. 2010.398)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes by an anonymous contributor describing the main content of some letters of the Seawell family present in this collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains an undated postcard sent by author Elizabeth Gordon Biddle Gordon (born Elizabeth Clarke Gordon) to an unidentified recipient (possibly P. Hairston Seawell, who bequeathed the item) and a 1951 postcard sent to \"Mr. Hairston Seawell,\" Newport News, VA, announcing the publication of Gordon's book \"The White Blackbird or Lest Ye Forget.\" (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eP. Hairston Seawell (1915-2008) was the son of John T. Seawell and Isabella (Belle) Josephine Brady. This folder contains four items from his correspondence with John Joyce Russell (1897-1993), tenth Bishop of Richmond. The documents concern Russell's installation as Bishop in 1958, including the printed program of the ceremony, Russell's new membership in the Virginia Historical Society, and charity work. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains three sketches of Molly Elliot Seawell's childhood home, \"The Shelter,\" in Gloucester VA, made by Mrs. Harwood and sent to Mr. Hairston Seawell on July 29, 1987. An August 31, 1987 letter from Mrs. Harwood to Mr. Seawell further discusses Molly's silver spoon, engraved with her name and an image of her home, \"The Shelter.\" The spoon is now housed in the Special Collections Research Center Artifacts Collection. (Formerly Acc. 2010.398)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Sewell Lineage and Arms\" from the \"Maryland Heraldry\" chronicle in the Baltimore Sun, and an undated clipping about the history of the \"The Shelter,\" the Seawell home, before it burned in 1925. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne undated portrait of Molly Elliot Seawell's mother, Frances Elizabeth Jackson Seawell, and two unidentified portraits. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA two page letter and quotation card, written and signed by Molly Elliot Seawell. Transcriptions were provided by the dealer.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eContent warnings for derogatory language directed towards people of African descent, and cultural appropriation. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe quotation card reads \"Molly Elliot Seawell, Washington D.C., December 2nd 1896. The laughing philosopher had attained the goal of all wisdom, while the weeping philosopher stood whimpering at the starting post.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe letter is addressed simply, \"Dear Sir.\" It reads, \"It has always been my aim not to coin word in writing. Having had the advantage of a good early training in the English classics, I soon found out that there was a good, plain English word for all the ideas I had, or was likely to have, and I have made it my business to try and find out that word. In writing negro dialect though as in my Virginia stories I have, in order to make it true to life, all my negroes coin words. The negroes, as you know perhaps, are very admirable word coiners. They love to use long words, and they introduce a word wonderfully like the one they are after, and in the same senses, so that it conveys a perfectly good meaning. I hardly know whether all of the words I put in the mouths of my negroes are of my own invention, or recollections of my childhood in an old place in Virginia. Some are my own - 'reckelsome' for reckless, 'furgitive' for forgetful, 'discontemtous' for contemptuous, ect. These may be found in my novels - 'Children of Destiny' and 'Throckmorton'. In them I have strictly followed the negro manner of making [2 words illegible] right, and the sound appropriate so. I have not those books at hand. I am only at this place temporarily, but you may be able to get them at your public library. Wishing I could give you a more satisfactory and interesting explanation, I am very truly yours.\"  \u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The papers of American writer Molly Elliot Seawell include personal diaries, correspondence, memoirs, photographs, news clippings, and other materials. Also included are photocopies of Seawell's business papers housed at the New York Public Library and at the Columbia University Library. The collection also contains other records from the Seawell family, mostly relating to Molly's aunt Maria Seawell Edwards, John T. Seawell and wife Isabella Josephine Brady, and Philip Hairston Seawell. The collection comprises four series: Diaries, 1900-1914; Personal Records, 1901-1916; Professional Records, 1889-1915; and Seawell Family Records, 1859-2001.","This series contains two personal diaries kept by Molly Elliot Seawell while living in Washington, D.C., and traveling in the United States, Canada, Germany, and France. Themes discussed include her frequent travels, social life, health, personal finance, reading, writing, psychological and emotional life, and recollections from the past. The first diary covers the years 1900 to 1905. The second diary covers the years 1905 to 1914. Both diaries are in very fragile condition. (Formerly Mss. MsV D37-38).","This series consists of personal correspondence, sent by Molly Elliot Seawell to family members and friends, documenting her personal life. The bulk of the series consists of letters written by Molly to her nephew John T. Seawell and his wife Isabella (Belle) Josephine Brady, spanning the years 1907 to 1916. Throughout the correspondence, Molly writes from her home in Washington, D.C. to the Seawells in Newport News, VA, with a few exceptions. There are also two letters to Mrs. Arthur Scribner, discussing friends and social events, as well as three photographs of Molly at the end of the series.","Formerly Mss. Acc. 2001.24B","Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398","Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398","Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398","This series documents Molly Elliot Seawell's writing career through a variety of materials including business letters, contracts, and contemporary reviews and newspaper clippings. See the folder descriptions for more specific details.","Formerly Mss. Acc. 2001.24B","Regarding Molly's book \"Papa Bouchard.\" (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2000.53a)","These numerous letters cover topics such as offers to publish her books and stories, negotiations over compensation, editors' mistakes, and deliberations behind her authorial decisions, like how to write stories that appeal to specific groups of people. The bulk consists of letters addressed Mr. [Robert Underwood] Johnson, editor at the Century Magazine, in New York. Of particular interest is a July 2, 1895 letter from Molly to Johnson accompanied by copies of two letters between Molly's acquaintance U.S. Navy Engineer Harrie Webster to Admiral Ito in preparation of an article on the 1894 Battle of the Yalu River during the First Sino-Japanese War. Additionally, there is a November 30, 1898 letter accompanied by a seven-page autobiographical sketch that describes Molly's family's history, the family plantation, her education, the inspiration for some of her stories, her experiences traveling abroad (also recounted in her personal diaries), and the decision to move from Virginia to Washington D.C. Photocopies of originals housed at the New York Public Library and Columbia University Library. (Photocopies formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","A continuation of Molly's business correspondence with various editors and publishers, including Mr. Johnson, Mr. Gilder, and Mr. Yarde. A February 15, 1911 letter is accompanied by a typed opinion piece on proposed legislation to increase postage fees on magazine advertisements. Photocopies of originals housed at the New York Public Library and Columbia University Library. (Photocopies formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","This folder contains the photocopies of five contracts: 1895 for \"A Virginia Cavalier\"; 1896 for \"The Sprightly Romance of Marsac\"; 1897 for \"The Rock of the Lion\"; 1899 for \"Gavin Hamilton\" and 1912 for \"Diego, the Son of Columbus.\" Originals held at the Columbia University Libraries. (Photocopies formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","This folder contains a clipping in very fragile condition of Molly's famous text on woman suffrage, \"The Ladies' Battle,\" as published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on October 16, 1910 (formely in Mss. MsV D37-38). It is possible to consult the microfilm version of the article at Swem Library. The folder also contains photocopies of published reviews on Molly's position on the suffrage question, as well as on her book \"The Jugglers.\" The originals are held at the New York Public Library. Finally, there is an undated biographical clipping about Molly and photograph froma magazine (includes originals and a photocopy). (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","This series contains papers from various members of the Seawell family and genealogical materials. See the folder descriptions for more details.","Molly's aunt, Maria Seawell Edwards (b. 1815) was the daughter of John B. Seawell and Maria Henry Tyler, and thus sister of John Tyler Seawell. Her eighteen-page, handwritten memoir notably discusses the origins of the name \"Seawell\" and describes family houses, as well as her parents, siblings, and various relatives. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2000.45 - 2000 Se9)","Letters addressed to John and Belle regarding the settlement of Molly's estate after her death in 1916 and other family news. Correspondents are Betty Ingles and S. Contesse Smith, one of John Seawell's cousins. (Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","Notes by an anonymous contributor describing the main content of some letters of the Seawell family present in this collection.","This folder contains an undated postcard sent by author Elizabeth Gordon Biddle Gordon (born Elizabeth Clarke Gordon) to an unidentified recipient (possibly P. Hairston Seawell, who bequeathed the item) and a 1951 postcard sent to \"Mr. Hairston Seawell,\" Newport News, VA, announcing the publication of Gordon's book \"The White Blackbird or Lest Ye Forget.\" (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","P. Hairston Seawell (1915-2008) was the son of John T. Seawell and Isabella (Belle) Josephine Brady. This folder contains four items from his correspondence with John Joyce Russell (1897-1993), tenth Bishop of Richmond. The documents concern Russell's installation as Bishop in 1958, including the printed program of the ceremony, Russell's new membership in the Virginia Historical Society, and charity work. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","This folder contains three sketches of Molly Elliot Seawell's childhood home, \"The Shelter,\" in Gloucester VA, made by Mrs. Harwood and sent to Mr. Hairston Seawell on July 29, 1987. An August 31, 1987 letter from Mrs. Harwood to Mr. Seawell further discusses Molly's silver spoon, engraved with her name and an image of her home, \"The Shelter.\" The spoon is now housed in the Special Collections Research Center Artifacts Collection. (Formerly Acc. 2010.398)","\"Sewell Lineage and Arms\" from the \"Maryland Heraldry\" chronicle in the Baltimore Sun, and an undated clipping about the history of the \"The Shelter,\" the Seawell home, before it burned in 1925. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","One undated portrait of Molly Elliot Seawell's mother, Frances Elizabeth Jackson Seawell, and two unidentified portraits. (Formerly Mss. Acc. 2010.398)","A two page letter and quotation card, written and signed by Molly Elliot Seawell. Transcriptions were provided by the dealer.","Content warnings for derogatory language directed towards people of African descent, and cultural appropriation. ","The quotation card reads \"Molly Elliot Seawell, Washington D.C., December 2nd 1896. The laughing philosopher had attained the goal of all wisdom, while the weeping philosopher stood whimpering at the starting post.\" ","The letter is addressed simply, \"Dear Sir.\" It reads, \"It has always been my aim not to coin word in writing. Having had the advantage of a good early training in the English classics, I soon found out that there was a good, plain English word for all the ideas I had, or was likely to have, and I have made it my business to try and find out that word. In writing negro dialect though as in my Virginia stories I have, in order to make it true to life, all my negroes coin words. The negroes, as you know perhaps, are very admirable word coiners. They love to use long words, and they introduce a word wonderfully like the one they are after, and in the same senses, so that it conveys a perfectly good meaning. I hardly know whether all of the words I put in the mouths of my negroes are of my own invention, or recollections of my childhood in an old place in Virginia. Some are my own - 'reckelsome' for reckless, 'furgitive' for forgetful, 'discontemtous' for contemptuous, ect. These may be found in my novels - 'Children of Destiny' and 'Throckmorton'. In them I have strictly followed the negro manner of making [2 words illegible] right, and the sound appropriate so. I have not those books at hand. I am only at this place temporarily, but you may be able to get them at your public library. Wishing I could give you a more satisfactory and interesting explanation, I am very truly yours.\"  "],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e-- 1 silver spoon engraved with Molly Elliot Seawell's name and an image of her home \"The Shelter\" in Gloucester, Va., is housed in the Artifacts Collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e -- 22 books written by Molly Elliot Seawell and 2 books written by Elizabeth Gordon Biddle Gordon are housed in the Rare Books Collection. They were bequeathed by P. Hairston Seawell and can be located using the Swem Library catalog.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials:"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["-- 1 silver spoon engraved with Molly Elliot Seawell's name and an image of her home \"The Shelter\" in Gloucester, Va., is housed in the Artifacts Collection."," -- 22 books written by Molly Elliot Seawell and 2 books written by Elizabeth Gordon Biddle Gordon are housed in the Rare Books Collection. They were bequeathed by P. Hairston Seawell and can be located using the Swem Library catalog."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:","Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research 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