Winthrop University Digital Commons @ Winthrop University Manuscript Collection Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections 2016 Eleanor Burts Collection - Accession 845 Eleanor Norris Burts Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/ manuscriptcollection_findingaids Finding Aid Citation Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Winthrop University, "Eleanor Burts Collection - Accession 845". Finding Aid 781. https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/781 This Finding Aid is brought to you for free and open access by the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Digital Commons @ Winthrop University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Manuscript Collection by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Winthrop University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WINTHROP UNIVERSITY LOUISE PETTUS ARCHIVES & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION ACCESSION 845 ELEANOR BURTS COLLECTION 1776-1989 39 Boxes 2,783 Pieces & 801 Bd. Vols. Eleanor Burts Collection, Acc. 845 Manuscript Collection, Winthrop University Archives WINTHROP UNIVERSITY LOUISE PETTUS ARCHIVES & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION ACC. NO.: _845_ PROCESSED BY: _Morgan Rodgers_ ADDITIONS: ___, ___, ___, DATE: _August 22, 2016_ NO. OF SECTIONS: _4_ ELEANOR BURTS COLLECTION I The Eleanor Burts Collection was donated to the Winthrop University Archives and Special Collections between 1981 and 1982. Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 9.25 Liner Feet Approximate number of pieces: 2,783 pieces & 801 Bd. Vols. Restrictions: Open to researchers under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives & Special Collections at Winthrop University. Literary Rights: For information concerning literary rights please contact the Louise Pettus Archives & Special Collections at Winthrop University. Scope and Content Note: The Eleanor Burts Collection consists of children themed books, artifacts, artwork, posters, puzzles, and other miscellaneous items that were collected by Eleanor Norris Burts (1916-1998) throughout her life. Eleanor Burts was a 1937 graduate of Winthrop College and lifelong educator. She was an avid collector of artifacts, artwork, and mainly books related to children and amassed a very large collection of materials that date back to the 1700s. Related Collection: Accession 178 M81 (102) – Superintendent of Schools of Rock Hill Report Additional Note: For more information about this collection see Terry Norton and Ron Chepesiuk’s article “The World of Children’s Literature: The Eleanor Burts Collection at Winthrop University” at the Louise Pettus Archives & Special Collections at Winthrop University in Faculty Publications. 2 Eleanor Burts Collection, Acc. 845 Manuscript Collection, Winthrop University Archives II BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ELEANOR BURTS (1916-1998) Eleanor Burts was a book lover whose passion for the printed word fostered one of the most valuable book collections within the Winthrop University Archives. Burts had a long history of involvement with Winthrop. She attended Macfeat nursery as a Kindergarten student, and eventually went on to earn her baccalaureate degree from Winthrop College in 1937. Following in the path of her father, one-time superintendent of Rock Hill City Schools, Burts went on to pursue a career in education. After earning a Master’s degree from Teacher’s College at Columbia University in New York, Eleanor Burts taught in Hawaii during the Second World War and later in Greenville, South Carolina and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was during her teaching career, over three decades of which was spent in the Bronxville, New York school district, that Miss Burts began collecting books and other materials in earnest. Many of the books were read to her kindergarten and first grade classes through the years. The volumes Miss Burts saw fit to donate to Winthrop University span the globe’s languages, including English, Dutch, German, French, and Japanese. Some are more than two centuries old. Although there are some adult items in Winthrop’s Burts Collection, the vast majority are for children. Miss Eleanor Burts died on September 18, 1998 in Durham, North Carolina. She was a communicant at Christ Church Episcopal in New York. She was a member of DAR, Colonial Dames of America, First Families of South Carolina, Society of Early American Decoration, the Nondescript Club, International Christian University advisory board, and the Town and Campus Club of Durham. She was survived by her brother, Richard C. Burts. 3 Eleanor Burts Collection, Acc. 845 Manuscript Collection, Winthrop University Archives III DESCRIPTION OF SERIES Box(es) Series Year(s) 1-3 POSTERS 1957-1972 This series includes thirty-six posters that range from songs, The World of Pooh illustrations, Beatrix Potter characters, Christmas scenes, and Mother Goose. See Appendix 1 *Box 1 & 2 in oversize 4-12, 14-26 DOLLS, CERAMICS, AND FIGURINES 1948-1988 Includes seventy-seven different dolls, ceramics, and figurines. In total there are twenty-one dolls, twelve ceramics, and fifty-six figurines. There are dolls made out of various materials such as grass and cornhusk, or they have different materials worked throughout them such as wire or cork balls. The ceramics are hand-painted or printed with different scenes. The figurines are mostly Beatrix Potter characters, but there are two figurines of girls in Kimonos. See Appendix 2 *Box 12, 14, & 25 in oversize 36-37 PUZZLES 1936-1976 Includes three puzzles, two of them are of Beatrix Potter characters and the other is a wooden puzzle of a ferry boat and harbor scene. See Appendix 3 2, 36, 39 ARTWORK 1926-1976 Twenty-three different pieces of artwork including specific prints done by well-known artists, illustrations done by children, wood-block prints from Japan, and collector cards with different pieces of artwork on each one. See Appendix 4 2, 5, 11-13, MISCELLANEOUS 1870s-1979 34-38 Includes Sixty artifacts that range from tapestries to groups of Christmas cards to writing quills to informational brochures. See Appendix 5 *Box 13 & 34 in oversize 2, 12, 27-33, ARTICLES & MAGAZINES 1915-1989 39 Includes eighty-six articles, magazines, and booklets that range from book catalogues and Oriental rug catalogues to booklets to teachers manuals and instructional booklets. See Appendix 6 4 Eleanor Burts Collection, Acc. 845 Manuscript Collection, Winthrop University Archives III DESCRIPTION OF SERIES Box(es) Series Year(s) 801 Bd. Vols. CHILDREN BOOKS COLLECTION 1776-1979 Includes eight hundred and one children books of various genres including story books, fairy tales, music, and more. *See Appendix 7 5 Eleanor Burts Collection, Acc. 845 Manuscript Collection, Winthrop University Archives IV APPENDIX #1 POSTERS This includes all of the posters in the series with their poster number, name, box number, and folder number if needed. Number/Name Box Folder #1 Mother Goose Poster 1 -- #2 21st Congress of the International Board On Books for 1 -- Young People, 1988 #3 “Nisse from Timsgaard” 1 -- #4 Artwork from “The Banbury Cross Series” 1 -- #5 The Land of Make Believe 1 -- #6 Corgiville Fair Illustration 3 -- #7 Horse Drawn Sleighs 3 -- #8 Elves in the Sleigh 3 -- #9 Elves in Santa’s Workshop 1 -- #10 Elves in A Parade 1 -- #11 Couple being Watched by Elves 1 -- #12 Elves in the Village 3 -- #13 From A Child’s Book of Poems 2 4 #14 Hold My Hand Illustration 2 4 #15 Visit of St. Nicholas 2 4 #16 Peter Rabbit and His Friends Portraits Cover 2 4 #17 Benjamin Bunny 2 4 #18 Jemima Puddle-Duck 2 4 #19 Squirrel Nutkin 2 4 #20 Peter Rabbit 2 4 #21 The Tailor of Gloucester 2 4 #22 Tome Kitten 2 4 #23 Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle 2 4 #24 Mr. Jeremy Fisher 2 4 #25 The World of Pooh Illustration 2 4 #26 International Children’s Book Day 2 4 #27 The World of Christopher Robin Illustration 2 4 #28 The Red Lion Illustration 2 4 #29 In The Night Kitchen 2 4 #30 Children Playing in the Flowers 2 4 #31 Books Quote 2 4 #32 The Song of the Wooden Soldier 2 4 #33 The World of Pooh Illustration 2 4 6 Eleanor Burts Collection, Acc. 845 Manuscript Collection, Winthrop University Archives IV APPENDIX #1 POSTERS (cont.) Number/Name Box Folder #34 Peter Rabbit & His Friends Long Poster Series 3 -- #35 Puss In Boots Illustration 2 4 #36 Cinderella Illustration and Story Book 2 4 #37 Where the Wild Things Are (Signed by author Maurice Sendak) 2 -- 7 Eleanor Burts Collection, Acc. 845 Manuscript Collection, Winthrop University Archives APPENDIX #2 DOLLS, CERAMICS, & FIGURINES This includes all of the dolls, ceramics, and figurines in the series with their series number and name, and box number. Number/Name Box #1 “Ursli” Doll 4 #2 Indian Doll 5 #3 German Boy Doll 6 #4 Three Dolls with Nuts as Heads 7 #5 Two Children Dolls made from Wire 7 #6 Black Fabric Doll 10 #7 Woman with a Basket on Her Head Doll 8 #8 Ceramic Rat Figurine 7 #9 Girl in a Kimono Figurine 8 #10 Hand Painted Tiles Illustrating Hans Christian Andersen Stories 16 #11 Hans Christian Andersen Ceramic Thumbelina Plate 16 #12 Kate Greenaway’s “April” Ceramic Plate 16 #13 Children’s Story 1971 Ceramic Plate 17 #14 Children’s Story 1972 Ceramic Plate 18 #15 Children’s Story 1973 Ceramic Plate 19 #16 Children’s Story 1974 Ceramic Plate 20 #17 Children’s Story 1975 Ceramic Plate 21 #18 Children’s Story 1976 Ceramic Plate 22 #19 Children’s Story 1977 Ceramic Plate 23 #20 Children’s Story 1978 Ceramic Plate 24 #21 Small Wooden Ped Doll 11 #22 Large Wooden Peg Doll 11 #23 Japanese Peg Doll 11 #24 Woman Doll with a Basket on her Head and A Child on her Back 11 #25 Two Dolls with a Cork Ball Head 12 #26 Two Dolls made from Corn Husk 11 #27 Black Fabric Doll 11 #28 Woman with a Child on her Back Doll 11 #29 Man of Grass Doll 11 #30 Two Doll Hats 11 #31 Large Blue Glazed Ceramic Plater 15 #32 “Simpkin” Ceramic Figurine 14 #33 Eleven Authentic Indian Hill Birds 13 #34 Baby Angels Ceramic Candle Holder 26 #35 Peter Rabbit Glass Paperweight 25 #36 Tommy Brock Ceramic Figurine 25 #37 Mr.