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Vee Guthrie
Born
Viola May Guthrie

(1920-07-27)July 27, 1920
DiedJuly 6, 2012(2012-07-06) (aged 91)
OccupationIllustrator

Vee Guthrie (July 27, 1920—July 6, 2012) was an American illustrator of children's books and cookbooks.

Life and career

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Viola May Guthrie was born on July 27, 1920, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to parents Matthew Hardin Guthrie and Flora Guthrie (née Flora Hawthorn Taft).[1][2][3] She had ancestry from Scotland and was related to the American colonial Guthries that descended from Clan Guthrie.[4][1] She grew up in Long Island, New York.[5] Guthrie graduated from The Women's College of Middlebury in 1942 with a Bachelor of Arts in American literature and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.[6][7] She also studied at the Art Students League of New York.[8]

In 1944, she worked as an engineering aid at Grumman Aircraft in Long Island, New York.[9] During World War II, she became an officer of the WAVES and was stationed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard until 1946, when she was discharged.[5] She then attended the Rhode Island School of Design with the support of the GI Bill.[5]

While living in Scarsdale, New York, she illustrated the 1957 book Let's Go to The Library, written by Naomi Buchheimer. Guthrie previously illustrated another book in the series, titled Let's Take a Trip to a Firehouse, also written by Buchheimer. The books were meant to supplement schools taking field trips to community service locations.[8][10]

Guthrie illustrated the children's book titled Cooking Fun (1960),[11] which was written by her sister, Barbara Guthrie McDonald.[2] She illustrated another book by her sister, a cookbook titled Casserole Cooking Fun.[12]

She illustrated various children's books, including Golly and the Gulls (1962), written by Ruth Harnden,[13] and A Sight of Everything (1963), written by Dorothea J. Snow.[14] She also illustrated covers for Child Life Magazine, and created illustrations for arithmetic books, song books and holiday cookbooks.[5] She specifically created holiday cookbooks for the Peter Pauper Press.[8]

In 1964, the book The High Pasture, written by Ruth P. Harnden and illustrated by Guthrie, won the Children's Book Committee Award from Bank Street College.[15]

In 1969, Guthrie was a first grade teacher in Claverack, New York.[16]

Guthrie lived with author Ruth Harnden in Plymouth, Massachusetts near the shore of the Billington Sea.[5]

Guthrie died on July 6, 2012.

Works

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  • Recipes Mothers Used to Make (c. 1952), compiled by Edna Beilenson[4]
  • Book of Christmas Carols (c. 1952)
  • The Holiday Cook Book and The Holiday Drink Book (c. 1952)[17]
  • Holiday Cookies (c. 1956), compiled by Edna Beilenson[18]
  • Benjamin Lucky, written by Miriam E. Mason. Macmillan, 1956.[19]
  • Freddy, written by Miriam E. Mason. Macmillan, 1957.[20]
  • A Small Farm for Andy, written by Miriam E. Mason. Macmillan, 1958.[21][22]
  • Cooking Fun (1960), written by Barbara Guthrie McDonald[11]
  • Jim and His Monkey (c. 1960), written by Bianca Bradbury[23]
  • Aesop with a Smile (c. 1960), written by Ernestine Cobern Beyer[24]
  • Golly and the Gulls (1962), written by Ruth Harnden
  • The Story of Little Big (1962), written by Ernestine Cobern Beyer[25]
  • A Sight of Everything (1963), written by Dorothea J. Snow[26]
  • The High Pasture (c. 1964), written by Ruth Harnden[27]
  • Make Room for Rags (c. 1965), written by Laura Bannon[28]
  • Casserole Cooking Fun (c. 1967), written by Barbara Guthrie McDonald[12]
  • Animals from A to Z (c. 1969), written and illustrated by Vee Guthrie[29]

References

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  1. ^ a b Guthrie, Laurence R. (Laurence Rawlin) (1953). American Guthrie and Allied Families. The Kerr Printing Company. p. 203. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Cooking Fun". The Orlando Sentinel. 12 February 1961. p. 5. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Illustrator Visits". Highlands Galax News. July 26, 1962. p. 3. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Book Shelf - Favored Old Recipes Suit All Palates". The Sacramento Bee. 13 December 1952. p. 27. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e Craig, Virginia D. (21 April 1961). "Artist Vacations At Parents' Home". The Orlando Sentinel. p. 4. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Honors and Degrees Awarded Yesterday". Middlebury Campus. Vol. XXXIX, no. 28. 26 May 1942. p. 4. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  7. ^ The Kaleidoscope 1943. Middlebury College. p. 91. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  8. ^ a b c "Go to the Library New Book Topic". Scarsdale Inquirer. November 22, 1957. p. 10. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Did You Know . . ". Burlington Daily News. 27 January 1944. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Book Reviews: Old Fights the New". Independent Press Telegram. December 30, 1956. p. 17. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  11. ^ a b Altstetter, Mabel F.; Crosby, Muriel (1961). "BOOKS for Children". Elementary English. 38 (4): 275. ISSN 0013-5968. JSTOR 41387506. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  12. ^ a b May, Charles Paul (17 November 1967). "New Books, For Every Taste, For Children, Young and Old". The Vancouver Sun. p. 24A. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  13. ^ Root, Shelton L. (1963). "BOOKS for Children". Elementary English. 40 (5): 567. ISSN 0013-5968. JSTOR 41385517. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  14. ^ Root, Shelton L. (1964). "BOOKS for Children". Elementary English. 41 (3): 311. ISSN 0013-5968. JSTOR 41387548. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  15. ^ Jones, Dolores Blythe (1983). Children's Literature Awards and Winners. Neal-Schuman Publishers. pp. 297, 493. ISBN 978-0-8103-0171-9. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  16. ^ Bosacker, Clarice (June 15, 1969). "A New Book of Verses". Albert Lea Sunday Tribune. p. 8. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  17. ^ "Santa Says... Give Books". Star Tribune. 28 November 1952. p. 2. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  18. ^ ""Holiday Cookies"". Fairfield County Fair. December 20, 1956. p. 2. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  19. ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1957). Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1956. Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
  20. ^ "One Hundred Outstanding New Books for the Younger Reader". New York Times. November 17, 1957. ProQuest 114318151. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  21. ^ "Book Review: A Small Farm for Andy". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  22. ^ Kunitz, Stanley; Loizeaux, Marie Duvernoy (1958). Wilson Library Bulletin. H.W. Wilson Company.
  23. ^ Evans, Jan (8 May 1960). "Circus Book is Exciting". The Salina Journal. p. v. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  24. ^ "Gay Picture-Story Books Perfect for Bedtime for Tiny Tots". The Jackson Sun. 9 October 1960. p. 11-A. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  25. ^ Guilfoile, Elizabeth (1963). "One Hundred More Books for Beginning Readers". Elementary English. 40 (4): 370–414. ISSN 0013-5968. JSTOR 41385474. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  26. ^ "Young Readers Will Delight In New Titles". The Jackson Sun. 13 October 1963. p. 11-A. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  27. ^ "Books for Younger Readers". The New York Times. 24 May 1964. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  28. ^ "Junior Bookshelf". Santa Ana Register. April 17, 1965. p. 29. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  29. ^ "Titles For Little Readers Are Amusing". The Jackson Sun. 22 June 1969. p. 2-C. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
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