Guide to the Westminster Press Book Illustrations

Descriptive Summary

Title

Westminster Press Book Illustrations

Inclusive Dates

1947-1970

Bulk Dates

1947-1958

Call Number

RG 158

Creator(s)

Westminster Press.

Quantity

30.00 cubic feet (39 boxes)

Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Administrative History

The Westminster Press is the official trade name for the publishing activities of the Presbyterian Church. Founded in 1833, the function of the press is to publish church school teaching materials, religious fiction and non-fiction and literature for youth.

Collection Overview

Record Group 158 contains artwork (over 1500 illustrations) by twenty-four artists for forty-five books published between 1947 and 1970. Although some post-1958 UPCUSA records are included (1958-1965), the bulk of the collection consists of pre-1958 PCUSA materials. Generally, the illustrations and corresponding texts are non-secular in nature. An added benefit of the entire collection is that it enables one to view the varied stages of the publication process.

Organization and Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by artist and title of the book.

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Each illustration in this collection was assigned a number within its folder--the "Item #" column on the folder list shows the number of illustrations within each folder. An asterisk in the "Folder" column means that the items on that line were too large to be placed in folders--they are loose in the boxes.

At first glance, the numbers on the folders will not appear to match those in the finding aid. An overly complex system devised by the processor of the collection has been simplified for ease in reading the finding aid and retrieving materials. Her item #15811.1 has been broken into its parts of RG 158, Box 1, Folder 1, item 1.

The researcher will notice that in addition to Box 9, there is a Box 9A, as well as a Box 12 and six other "A" boxes. These are large flat boxes in which are stored items which were too large for their original boxes.

Some oversize items are housed in the map case. These are listed at the end of the finding aid with their map case numbers, which are to be used when requesting materials.

The media of the illustrations are abbreviated in the finding aid as follows:
PEN pencil PI pen and ink
PH photograph TEXT printed and textual material
TR plastic transparencies WC water color

Collection processed and finding aid prepared: 1982
Jeanine Heinke, Student Archival Intern

Finding aid revised: May 1992
Stephanie Muntone, Processing Archivist

Collection rehoused: 1992
Anne Lubenow, Archives Assistant

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Corporate Subject

Westminster Press.

Topical Subject

Illustration of books--United States.

Illustrated children's books.

Children's literature--Illustrations.

Religious literature--Publishing.

Genre-form

Illustrations (layout features) aat

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1a	Finding Aid to Record Group 158

1	1	Atene, Teacher's Guide 1-2, 3-4 (PEN, TR 1-33), 1970

1	2	Ayer, A Star Shone (PI, PH 1-6), 1948
1	3	Ayer, A Star Shone (PEN 1-5), 1948
1	4	Ayer, A Star Shone (PEN 1-5), 1948
1	5	Ayer, A Star Shone (PEN 1-5), 1948
1	6	Ayer, A Star Shone (PEN 1-4), 1948
1	7	Ayer, A Star Shone (PEN 1-3), 1948

1	8	Ayer, Let's Go to Nazareth (PEN 1-6), 1948
1	9	Ayer, Let's Go to Nazareth (PEN 1-12), 1948
1	10	Ayer, Let's Go to Nazareth (PEN, WC 1-6), 1948
1	11	Ayer, Let's Go to Nazareth (PEN, WC 1-4), 1948

1	12	Ayer, My Book about Jesus (PEN 1-4), 1949
1	13	Ayer, My Book about Jesus (PEN 1-3), 1949
1	14	Ayer, My Book about Jesus (PEN 1-3), 1949
1	15	Ayer, My Book about Jesus (PEN 1-3), 1949
1	16	Ayer, My Book about Jesus (PEN 1-3), 1949
1	17	Ayer, My Book about Jesus (PEN 1-3), 1949
1	18	Ayer, My Book about Jesus (PEN 1-3), 1949
1	19	Ayer, My Book about Jesus (PEN 1-3), 1949
1	20	Ayer, My Book about Jesus (WC 1-4), 1949

2	none	Ayer, A Star Shone (PEN, WC 1-15), 1948
		(see last page for more Ayer)

2	none	Ayer, My Book about Jesus (WC 28-36), 1949

3	1	Dirks, Story That Has No End (PI 1-7), 1949
3	2	Dirks, Story That Has No End (PI 1-5), 1949
3	3	Dirks, Story That Has No End (PI 1-3), 1949
3	none	Dirks, Story That Has No End (PI, WC 1-41), 1949

3	4	Fisk, The Choice (PI 1-23), 1948
3	5	Fisk, The Choice (PI,TR 1-8), 1948

3	6	Gerhard, Pupil Book I and II (PI, WC 1-5), 1970
		(see last page for more Gerhard)

4	1	Howe, With My Whole Heart (PI 1-4), 1950
4	2	Howe, With My Whole Heart (PI 1-3), 1950
4	3	Howe, With My Whole Heart (PI 1-3), 1950
4	4	Howe, With My Whole Heart (PI 1-3), 1950
4	5	Howe, With My Whole Heart (PI 1-3), 1950
4	none	Howe, With My Whole Heart (PI, WC 1-16), 1950

5	1	Jefferson, Nobody Scares a Porcupine (PEN 1-4), 1969
5	2	Jefferson, Nobody Scares a Porcupine (PEN 1-4), 1969
5	3	Jefferson, Nobody Scares a Porcupine (PEN 1-4), 1969
5	4	Jefferson, Nobody Scares a Porcupine (PEN 1-4), 1969
5	5	Jefferson, Nobody Scares a Porcupine (PEN 1-4), 1969
5	6	Jefferson, Nobody Scares a Porcupine (PEN 1-4), 1969
5	7	Jefferson, Nobody Scares a Porcupine (PEN 1-4), 1969
5	8	Jefferson, Nobody Scares a Porcupine (PEN 1-4), 1969
5	9	Jefferson, Nobody Scares a Porcupine (PEN 1-4), 1969
5	10	Jefferson, Nobody Scares a Porcupine (PEN 1-4), 1969
5	11	Jefferson, Nobody Scares a Porcupine (PEN, PH, PI 1-4), 1969
5	12	Jefferson, Nobody Scares a Porcupine (TR 1-38), 1969
5	13	Jefferson, Nobody Scares a Porcupine (TEXT 1-9), 1969
		(see last page for more Jefferson)

5	14	Johnston, Secrets of the Kingdom (PI 1-20), 1954

6	1	Jousset, Conqueror in Chains (PI 1-3), 1951
6	2	Jousset, Conqueror in Chains (PI 1-3), 1951
6	3	Jousset, Conqueror in Chains (PI 1-3), 1951
6	4	Jousset, Conqueror in Chains (PI 1-3), 1951
6	5	Jousset, Conqueror in Chains (PI 1-3), 1951
6	6	Jousset, Conqueror in Chains (PI 1-3), 1951
6	7	Jousset, Conqueror in Chains (PI 1-3), 1951

7	1	Jousset, Prairie Church (PI 1-4), 1950
7	2	Jousset, Prairie Church (PI 1-4), 1950
7	3	Jousset, Prairie Church (PI 1-4), 1950
7	4	Jousset, Prairie Church (PI 1-3), 1950
7	5	Jousset, Prairie Church (PI 1-3), 1950
7	6	Jousset, Prairie Church (PI 1-3), 1950
7	none	Jousset, Prairie Church (WC, PI 1-18), 1950

8	1	Kihl, Little White Church (PI 1-4), 1949
8	2	Kihl, Little White Church (PI 1-4), 1949
8	3	Kihl, Little White Church (PI 1-4), 1949
8	4	Kihl, Little White Church (PI 1-4), 1949
8	5	Kihl, Little White Church (PI 1-4), 1949
8	6	Kihl, Little White Church (PI 1-4), 1949

8A	none	Kihl, Little White Church (WC 1-10), 1949

9	1	Krush, Summer of the White Reindeer (PI 1-3), 1965
9	2	Krush, Summer of the White Reindeer (PI 1-4), 1965
9	3	Krush, Summer of the White Reindeer (PI 1-3), 1965
9	4	Krush, Summer of the White Reindeer (TR, PH 1-6), 1965

9A	none	Krush, Summer of the White Reindeer (PI 1-10), 1965

10	1	Lear, Fire upon the Earth (PI 1-26), 1950

10	2	Lear, Good News to Tell (PI 1-4), 1949
10	3	Lear, Good News to Tell (PI 1-4), 1949
10	4	Lear, Good News to Tell (PI 1-4), 1949
10	5	Lear, Good News to Tell (PI 1-4), 1949
10	6	Lear, Good News to Tell (PI 1-3), 1949
10	7	Lear, Good News to Tell (WC 1-5), 1949
10	none	Lear, Good News to Tell (PI, WC 1-7), 1949

11	1	Lear, King Nobody Wanted (TR, PI 1-7), 1948
11	2	Lear, King Nobody Wanted (PI 1-8), 1948
11	3	Lear, King Nobody Wanted (PI 1-4), 1948
11	4	Lear, King Nobody Wanted (PI 1-5), 1948
11	5	Lear, King Nobody Wanted (PI 1-5), 1948
11	6	Lear, King Nobody Wanted (PI 1-5), 1948
11	7	Lear, King Nobody Wanted (PI 1-4), 1948
11	8	Lear, King Nobody Wanted (PI 1-4), 1948
11	9	Lear, King Nobody Wanted (PI 1-4), 1948
11	10	Lear, King Nobody Wanted (PI 1-4), 1948
11	11	Lear, King Nobody Wanted (WC 1-4), 1948
11	12	Lear, King Nobody Wanted (WC 1-4), 1948
11	13	Lear, King Nobody Wanted (WC 1-5), 1948
11	14	Lear, King Nobody Wanted (WC 1-4), 1948
11	15	Lear, King Nobody Wanted (WC 1-3), 1948
11	16	Lear, King Nobody Wanted (WC 1-3), 1948
11	17	Lear, King Nobody Wanted (WC 1-3), 1948

11	18	Lear, The One Story (TR, TEXT 1-24), 1949
11	19	Lear, The One Story (PI 1-9), 1949
11	20	Lear, The One Story (PI 1-8), 1949
11	21	Lear, The One Story (PI 1-2), 1949

12	1	Marsh, Davie Decides (PI 1-6), 1948
12	2	Marsh, Davie Decides (PI 1-5), 1948
12	3	Marsh, Davie Decides (PI 1-3), 1948

12A	none	Marsh, Davie Decides (PI, WC 1-24), 1948

13	1	Marsh, Growing Pains (PI 1-5), 1948
13	2	Marsh, Growing Pains (PI 1-5), 1948
13	3	Marsh, Growing Pains (PI 1-3), 1948
13	none	Marsh, Growing Pains (PI, WC 1-21), 1948

14	1	Minton, Men Called Him Master (TR, WC 1-20), 1948
14	2	Minton, Men Called Him Master (PI 1-21), 1948

14	3	Reeder, God Has Spoken (PI, TEXT 1-7), 1949

14	4	Robinson, People of the Promise (WC 1-4), 1949
14	5	Robinson, People of the Promise (WC 1-3), 1949
14	6	Robinson, People of the Promise (PI 1-5), 1949
14	7	Robinson, People of the Promise (PI 1-5), 1949
14	8	Robinson, People of the Promise (PI 1-5), 1949
14	9	Robinson, People of the Promise (PI 1-5), 1949
14	10	Robinson, People of the Promise (PI 1-4), 1949
14	none	Robinson, People of the Promise (WC 1-7), 1949

15	1	Royt, God's World and Johnny (PI 1-6), 1948
15	2	Royt, God's World and Johnny (PI 1-5), 1948
15	3	Royt, God's World and Johnny (PI 1-5), 1948
15	4	Royt, God's World and Johnny (PI 1-4), 1948
15	5	Royt, God's World and Johnny (PI, WC 1-4), 1948

15A	none	Royt, God's World and Johnny (PI, WC 1-15), 1948

16	1	Royt, Thine Is the Glory (PI 1-5), 1948
16	2	Royt, Thine Is the Glory (PI 1-5), 1948
16	3	Royt, Thine Is the Glory (PI 1-6), 1948
16	4	Royt, Thine Is the Glory (WC 1-4), 1948
16	none	Royt, Thine Is the Glory (PI, WC 1-14), 1948

17	1	Rudolph, I Will Build My Church (PI, PEN, NEG: 1-7), 1950
17	2	Rudolph, I Will Build My Church (WC 1-6), 1950
17	3	Rudolph, I Will Build My Church (WC 1-4), 1950
17	4	Rudolph, I Will Build My Church (WC 1-4), 1950
17	5	Rudolph, I Will Build My Church (WC 1-4), 1950
17	6	Rudolph, I Will Build My Church (WC 1-4), 1950
17	7	Rudolph, I Will Build My Church (WC 1-4), 1950
17	8	Rudolph, I Will Build My Church (WC 1-4), 1950
17	9	Rudolph, I Will Build My Church (WC 1-4), 1950
17	none	Rudolph, I Will Build My Church (PI 1), 1950
		(see last page for more Rudolph)

18	1	Smalley, Before They Are Three (PI, PH 1-21), 1954

18	2	Smalley, Holiday For Helpers (PI 1-8), 1949
18	3	Smalley, Holiday For Helpers (PI 1-5), 1949
18	4	Smalley, Holiday For Helpers (PI 1-5), 1949
18	5	Smalley, Holiday For Helpers (PI 1-5), 1949
18	6	Smalley, Holiday For Helpers (PI, WC 1-4), 1949

18A	none	Smalley, Holiday For Helpers (WC 1-11), 1949

18	7	Smalley, I'm Growing (PI 1-4), 1950
18	8	Smalley, I'm Growing (PI 1-6), 1950
18	9	Smalley, I'm Growing (PI 1-3), 1950
18	10	Smalley, I'm Growing (WC 1-6), 1950
18	11	Smalley, I'm Growing (WC 1-5), 1950

19	1	Stone, His Name Is Jesus (PI 1-5), 1949
19	2	Stone, His Name Is Jesus (PI 1-4), 1949
19	3	Stone, His Name Is Jesus (WC 1-6), 1949
19	4	Stone, His Name Is Jesus (WC 1-5), 1949

19	5	Stone, In Our Church (PI 1-7), 1950
19	6	Stone, In Our Church (PI 1-6), 1950
19	7	Stone, In Our Church (WC 1-4), 1950
19	8	Stone, In Our Church (WC 1-5), 1950

19	9	Stone, Little Seeds That Grew (PI 1-4), 1950
19	10	Stone, Little Seeds That Grew (PI 1-5), 1950
19	11	Stone, Little Seeds That Grew (WC 1-4), 1950

19	12	Stone, Little Seeds That Grew (WC 1-6), 1950

20	1	Stone, Sammy Moves to Brookdale (TEXT 1), 1954
20	2	Stone, Sammy Moves to Brookdale (TEXT 1-3), 1954
20	3	Stone, Sammy Moves to Brookdale (PI, TEXT 1-49), 1954
20	4	Stone, Sammy Moves to Brookdale (PI 1-5), 1954
20	5	Stone, Sammy Moves to Brookdale (PI 1-8), 1954
20	6	Stone, Sammy Moves to Brookdale (PI 1-4), 1954
20	7	Stone, Sammy Moves to Brookdale (PI 1-4), 1954
20	8	Stone, Sammy Moves to Brookdale (WC 1-3), 1954

20A	none	Stone, Sammy Moves to Brookdale (PI, WC 1-17), 1954

21	1	Stone, Time for Tommy (PI 1-6), 1953
21	2	Stone, Time for Tommy (PI 1-5), 1953
21	3	Stone, Time for Tommy (PI 1-5), 1953
21	4	Stone, Time for Tommy (PI 1-5), 1953
21	5	Stone, Time for Tommy (PI 1-5), 1953
21	6	Stone, Time for Tommy (PI, TEXT 1-24), 1953

21A	none	Stone, Time for Tommy (WC 1-15), 1953

21	7	Stone, When They Are Three (PI 1-8), 1952
21	8	Stone, When They Are Three (PI 1-7), 1952
21	9	Stone, When They Are Three (PI, TEXT 1-15), 1952

22	1	Swanson, Jesus Stories for Children (PI 1-7), 1948
22	2	Swanson, Jesus Stories for Children (PI 1-5), 1948
22	3	Swanson, Jesus Stories for Children (PI 1-5), 1948
22	4	Swanson, Jesus Stories for Children (PI 1-5), 1948
22	5	Swanson, Jesus Stories for Children (WC 1-5), 1948
22	6	Swanson, Jesus Stories for Children (WC 1-5), 1948
22	none	Swanson, Jesus Stories for Children (WC, PI 1-6), 1948

23	1	Swanson, Once Long Ago (PI 1-7), 1948
23	2	Swanson, Once Long Ago (PI 1-7), 1948
23	3	Swanson, Once Long Ago (PI 1-5), 1948
23	4	Swanson, Once Long Ago (WC 1-4), 1948
23	none	Swanson, Once Long Ago (WC 1-9), 1948

24	1	Terel, Big Family (PI 1-7), 1950
24	2	Terel, Big Family (PI 1-7), 1950
24	3	Terel, Big Family (PI 1-5), 1950
24	4	Terel, Big Family (PI 1-4), 1950
24	5	Terel, Big Family (WC 1-4), 1950
24	none	Terel, Big Family (PI 1-12), 1950

25	1	Troyer, People of the Way (PI 1-6), 1960
25	2	Troyer, People of the Way (PI 1-4), 1960
25	3	Troyer, People of the Way (WC 1-5), 1960
25	4	Troyer, People of the Way (WC 1-4), 1960
25	none	Troyer, People of the Way (PI, WC 1-8), 1960

26	1	Walker, Around the Wide World (PI 1-10), 1956
26	2	Walker, Around the Wide World (PI 1-8), 1956
26	3	Walker, Around the Wide World (PI, WC 1-6), 1956
26	none	Walker, Around the Wide World (WC 1-14), 1956

27	1	Walker, The Bells Ring Out (PI 1-6), 1950
27	2	Walker, The Bells Ring Out (PI 1-5), 1950
27	3	Walker, The Bells Ring Out (PI 1-7), 1950
27	4	Walker, The Bells Ring Out (PI 1-5), 1950
27	5	Walker, The Bells Ring Out (WC 1-5), 1950
27	none	Walker, The Bells Ring Out (PI, WC 1-13), 1950

28	1	Walker, In the Beginning (PI 1-3), 1949
28	2	Walker, In the Beginning (PI 1-4), 1949
28	3	Walker, In the Beginning (PI 1-4), 1949
28	4	Walker, In the Beginning (PI 1-4), 1949

28A	none	Walker, In the Beginning (PI, WC 1-23), 1949

29	1	Whitson/Lantz, We Are His People (TEXT 1), 1960
29	2	Whitson/Lantz, We Are His People (TR, PI 1-5), 1960
29	3	Whitson/Lantz, We Are His People (PEN 1-3), 1960
29	4	Whitson/Lantz, We Are His People (PEN 1-3), 1960
29	5	Whitson/Lantz, We Are His People (WC 1-5), 1960
29	6	Whitson/Lantz, We Are His People (TR, PI 1-2), 1960
29	none	Whitson/Lantz, We Are His People (PH 1-24), 1960

30	1	Wonsetler, And So the Wall Was Built (PI 1-6), 1949
30	2	Wonsetler, And So the Wall Was Built (PI 1-5), 1949
30	3	Wonsetler, And So the Wall Was Built (PI 1-4), 1949
30	4	Wonsetler, And So the Wall Was Built (PI 1-4), 1949

30A	none	Wonsetler, And So the Wall Was Built (WC, PI 1-15), 1949

30	5	Unknown, Pre-Nursery Books (TEXT 1-2), 1954
30	6	Unknown, Pre-Nursery Books (PI 1-23), 1954
30	7	Unknown, Pre-Nursery Books (PI, TEXT, WC 1-5), 1954
30	8	Unknown, Pre-Nursery Books (PH, TEXT, WC 1-12), 1954
30	9	Unknown, Pre-Nursery Books (PI, TEXT 1-22), 1954

	Map Case #	Description (Item #)

	34.25	Ayer, Let's Go to Nazareth, 1948-- (PEN, WC 1)

	34.26.1-34.26.22	Gerhard, Pupil Book I and II, 1970-- (PI,TR 1-22)

	34.27.1-	Jefferson, Nobody Scares a Porcupine, 1969--
	34.27.2	(PI, TR 1-2)

	34.28.1-34.28.10	Rudolph, I Will Build My Church, 1950-- (PI 1-10)

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