LibGuides: Wanda Gág: Illustrator & Author: Newspapers

Suggested Newspapers & Dates

Newspapers:

Dates:

March 11th, 1893: Born in New Ulm, MN.
1909: Wanda Gág's ten-part illustrated story "Robby Bobby in Mother Goose Land" is published in the Junior Journal section of the Minneapolis Journal.
1913: Begins studying at the St. Paul Institute of Arts and Sciences on a scholarship.
December 1914: Transfers to the Minneapolis School of Art, focusing on illustration training.
1926: The Weyhe Gallery in New York City holds Gág's first major art show.
1928: Millions of Cats is published by Coward-McMann.
1929: Millions of Cats wins a Newbery Honor Award.
1942: Nothing at All becomes a Caldecott Honor book.
June 27th, 1946: Dies in New York, NY.
1977: Posthumously awarded the Kerlan Award.

Articles:

"Sculpture of Wanda Gág Proposed for New Ulm Site," by Edie Schmierbach.
Article in Mankato Free Press, February 6, 2014.

"No Cigarettes, No Cider at Artists' Gathering."
Article in Minneapolis Tribune, August 19, 1917.

"Wanda Gág Dies in N.Y."
Article in Minneapolis Times, June 28, 1946.

Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub
A searchable website of Minnesota newspapers. Contains geographically and culturally diverse papers from 1856 to 1924.
Historical Minneapolis Tribune
Search or browse in the 1867-2001 issues of the Minneapolis Tribune. This database is only available in the library.
Library Catalog-Newspapers
Search by city and title of newspaper (i.e. Granite Falls Tribune) or by the city and "newspapers" (i.e. Granite Falls newspapers).
Newspapers at MNHS
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Chronicling America
Access digital historic newspapers from MN and other states through this project by the Library of Congress.
Electronic Library of MN
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The Minnesota Historical Society holds the world's largest collection of Minnesota newspapers, with dates ranging from 1849 to the present day.

Past issues of most newspaper titles are available on microfilm in the MNHS library, but there is also digital access to select newspapers.

Use the links to the left to search for newspapers available at MNHS and to search within digitized newspaper collections.

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