Emma Lillian Brock was born on June 11, 1886, in Fort Shaw, Montana. She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1908 and then studied at the Minneapolis School of Art from 1910 to 1914 and the Art Students League in New York from 1928 to 1932. Brock worked on and off as an assistant librarian for the Minneapolis Public Library in the Art Department from 1914 to 1932 and also spent time as an assistant librarian in the Children’s Department of the New York Public Library from 1921 to 1928. She wrote and illustrated more than thirty books for children, including Runaway Sardine (1929), Pig with a Front Porch (1937), and Pancakes and the Merry-Go-Round (1960), as well as the "Mary" and "Kristie" series. Her book, Here Comes Kristie (1942), was made into a television special for the National Broadcast Company. She died on August 17, 1974.

Bibliography

Something About the Author, vol. 8.

The collection contains three color separations for page 27 of Skipping Island (1958) by Emma L. Brock, with an identifying note.

It is housed in the same box as the Marcia Brown papers, the Louise Lee and Richard Floethe papers, and Joseph Rous Paget-Fredericks dummy.

Publication Information:

Free Library of Philadelphia: Children's Literature Research Collection

Finding Aid Author:

Finding aid prepared by Garrett Boos

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources’ “Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives” Project.

Access Restrictions:

This collection is open to researchers by appointment. Please contact the Curator for information on access.

Use Restrictions:

The right of access to material does not imply the right of publication. Permission for reprinting, reproduction, or extensive quotation from the rare books, manuscripts, prints, or drawings must be obtained through written application, stating the use to be made of the material. The reader bears the responsibility for any possible infringement of copyright laws in the publication of such material. A reproduction fee will be charged if the material is to be reproduced in a commercial publication.

Immediate Source of Acquisition:

Gift of Emma L. Brock, 1968.

University of Minnesota: Emma Lillian Brock Papers, 1922-1967, CLRC-6.

University of Southern Mississippi: Emma L. Brock Papers, 1946-1966, DG0119.

• Color separations
• Drawings (visual works)
• Illustrations

• Brock, Emma L. (Emma Lillian), 1886-1974

• Children's authors--20th century
• Children's literature--20th century
• Illustrated children's books--20th century