Not Even Moderation:

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Not Even Moderation

• The Literary Legacy of May Massee

By Heather A. Wade, MA, CA Assistant Professor
and University Archivist Emporia State
University
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The drawings that you will see in this
presentation are housed at Emporia State
University Archives in the prestigious May Massee
Collection. The collection includes original
book illustrations by 56 artists who worked for
May Massee at Doubleday and Viking Press between
1923 and 1963. The collection is available for
research or viewing. Gallery hours correspond
with business and reference hours, listed
below. Contact information Heather A. Wade, MA,
CA Assistant Professor and University
Archivist Emporia State University Campus Box
5041 1200 Commercial Street Emporia, Kansas
66801 Tel. [phone] E-mail
hwade_at_emporia.edu Hours of operation Monday
through Friday, 800-500 or by appointment
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The May Massee Collection
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May Massee, 1883-1966

• Teacher for one year as a teenager, then attended
  library school and became childrens librarian at
  Buffalo, NY public library
• Booklist editor for ALA
• Freelanced as a Chicago-area literary agent,
  represented Carl Sandburg
• In 1922, became childrens book editor at
  Doubleday
• From 1932-1960, ran Junior Books division at
  Viking Press, Inc.
• Continued at Viking as consulting editor until
  1964

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May Massees accomplishments

• Between 1923 and 1933, May established two of the
  first three childrens book divisions at major
  publishing houses
• Bridged the gap between childrens book
  publishing, selling and librarianship
• Compiled a stable of talented authors and
  illustrators, who went on to win Viking Press a
  higher proportion of awards and honors, such as
  the Caldecott and Newbery awards, than any other
  publishing house in the history of childrens
  book publishing

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Artists whose work is part of the May Massee
Collection
Adams, Adrienne, 1906-2002 Angelo, Valenti
Michael, 1897-1982 Artzybasheff, Boris,
1899-1965 Bell, Corydon, 1894-1920 Bemelmans,
Ludwig, 1898-1962 Billings, Henry,
1901-1987 Buff, Conrad, 1886-1975 Charlot, Jean,
1898-1979 DAulaire, Edgar, 1898-1986 DAulaire,
Ingri, 1904-1980 Daugherty, James,
1889-1974 Dawson, Richard Dawson, Rosemary De
Angeli, Marguerite, 1889-1987 Dennis, Morgan,
1891 or 2-1960 Dennis, Wesley,
1903-1966 DuBois, William Pène, 1916-1993 Earle,
Eyvind, 1916-2000 Ets, Marie Hall, 1895-1988 or
1893-1984 Falls, Charles Buckles, 1874-1957 or
60 Freeman, Don, 1908-1978 Gannett, Ruth,
1896-1979 Gay, Zhenya, 1906-1978 Hader, Berta,
1891-1976 Hader, Elmer, 1889-1973 Hall, Natalie
Watson Hill, Donna Marie, 1921- Lawson, Robert,
1892-1957 Lee, Manning de Villeneuve,
1894-1980 MacKinstry, Elizabeth,
1879-1956 McCloskey, Robert, 1914-2003 Monath,
Elizabeth, 1907-1986 Mora, F. Luis,
1874-1940 Morse, Dorothy Bayley,
1906-1979 Müller, Hans Alexander,
1888-1962 Pabst, Louise Lemp, 1909-1977 Paull,
Grace, 1898-1990 Petersham, Maud,
1890-1971 Petersham, Miska, 1888-1960 Politi,
Leo, 1908-1996 Ravielle, Anthony,
1916-1997 Rietveld, Jane Klatt, 1913- Robinson,
Lincoln Fay, 1909-2000 Robinson, Ethel Fay
,1878-1960 Robinson, Thomas P.,
1878-1954 Rojankovsky, Feodor, 1891-1970 Schreiber
, Georges, 1904-1977 Seredy, Kate,
1899-1975 Sewell, Helen, 1896-1957 Simont, Marc,
1915- Swayne, Samuel F., 1907-2001 Swayne, Zoa,
1905-2000 Torrey, Marjorie, 1899-1964 Troyer,
Johannes, 1902- Van Eersel, Otto, Van Stockum,
Hilda, 1908-2006 Villarejo, Mary, Waite, Esther,
1899- Ward, Lynd, 1905-1985 Wells, Rhea,
1891-1931 Wiese, Kurt, 1887-1974 Williams,
Berkeley, Jr.
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Best Sellers first published by May Massee

• Robert McCloskeys books Make Way for Ducklings,
  One Morning in Maine, Time of Wonder, and
  Blueberries for Sal
• Ludwig Bemelmans Madeline books
• Don Freemans books Corduroy and Mop Top
• Astrid Lindgrens Pippi Longstocking
• John Steinbecks The Red Pony
• Munro Leafs The Story of Ferdinand

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The May Massee Collection web page

• Find information about the collection, and listen
  to an audio interview with May Massee at
• http//www.emporia.edu/libsv/maymassee.htm

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May Massees Office designed by architect Eric
Gugler
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The Taurus medallion by Gugler
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Visit the May Massee Gallery
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Research the May Massee Collection
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The collection is available for research or
viewing. Gallery hours correspond with business
hours, listed below. Contact information Heather
A. Wade, MA, CA Assistant Professor and
University Archivist Emporia State
University Campus Box 5041 1200 Commercial
Street Emporia, Kansas 66801 Tel.
620-341-5034 E-mail hwade_at_emporia.edu Hours of
operation Monday through Friday, 800-500 or by
appointment