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Handmade Child's Artist book based on Samuel Roger's Poem "Address to the Butterfly." (Addition 50) 2024-0089, Undated

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 5

Scope and Contents

This addition to MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building, contains one handmade child's artist book based on Samuel Roger's Poem "Address to the Butterfly."

Unidentified youth creates a story beginning with a cardboard hand-cut apple; as the story progresses, a cardboard cut-out worm escapes the apple and begins to "eat" the pages before cocooning and then emerging as a pop-up butterfly.

Crudely bound with black leather over boards; a window cut out of the front cover allows the painted apple on page [1] to show through.

A small pocket mounted inside the back board holds five cards printed with Samuel Rogers' poem "To the butterfly." The pocket is stamped with "Address to the butterfly, Samuel Rogers."

Dates

  • Creation: Undated

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Full Extent

0.04 Cubic Feet (One legal size folder)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository

Contact:
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States