Little Brown Koko scrapbook
Overview
This collection consists of a single disassembled scrapbook of clippings of the Little Brown Koko stories. Story topics included holidays, schooling, scrapes and adventures that the character Little Brown Koko got into, etc. The short stories generally have a small illustration at the top of the story; most of these illustrations are signed "Wagstaff." Terms and language used in the collection are representative of when the images and text were created and have not been replicated in this finding aid.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1940s-1950s
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
History of the Little Brown Koko Stories
Little Brown Koko was a popular story character authored by Blanche Seale Hunt in the 1930s until the early 1950s. The stories depicted an African American child and his mother and pets in a stereotyped and caricatured way. The stories appeared in the monthly magazine Household, published by Capper Publications, and were also gathered and published as a series of books. Many of the stories were illustrated by Dorothy Wagstaff, who studied at Washburn College in Topeka, Kansas and taught at the Topeka School of Art in 1938.
[Information retrieved from Craig, Susan, "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)." University of Kansas, July 2009, available at https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/handle/1808/1028/BDKAversion2.pdf.]
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (1 oversize box)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH MS Q477
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anonymous gift, 2020.
Processing Information
The scrapbook was disassembled and boards discarded during processing. All sheets remain in original order as placed in the scrapbook.
Subject
- Hunt, Blanche Seale (Person)
- Wagstaff, Dorothy, 1922-2005 (Person)
- Little Brown Koko (Fictitious character) (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Little Brown Koko Collection
- Subtitle
- Little Brown Koko scrapbook
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by mwh. Finding aid encoded by mwh.
- Date
- 2020-12
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/4470989800
- Preferred citation
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Little Brown Koko scrapbook, RH MS Q477, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository