Black and white illustration by Evaleen Stein from Benjamin S. Parker, After Noontide. Courtesy of HathiTrust. Public domain in the United States.

Introduction

Evaleen Stein's books for children were charmingly illustrated by artists of her generation. With one notable exception, these artists are largely unknown to a modern audience. 

The relationships between works and illustrators are not always one-to-one. Three featured artists (Adelaide Everhart, John Goss, Charles E. Meister) contributed illustrations to multiple works by Evaleen Stein. Conversely, one featured work (Troubadour Tales) was illustrated by multiple artists.

Many of the images used in this exhibit originated with the Indiana University Digital Library Program's project Indiana Authors and Their Books. Thank you to Kara Alexander, Digital Media Specialist in Digital Collections Services, for making the original files available. Page scans for two featured works were retrieved from the Library of Congress, and for a further two works from HathiTrust. The works of Evaleen Stein are now all in the public domain in the United States. 

Select an illustrator using the navigation to learn more. Each illustrator page includes information about the artist and a showcase of images of all illustrations contributed by that artist to featured works by Evaleen Stein, as well as links to a selection of other public domain works illustrated by the featured artist.