Heidi leaf illustration by Maud Fuller Petersham and Miska Petersham for Johanna Spyri's Heidi. Three leaves of plates originally bound with the volume. Illustrated t.-p. and lining-papers in colors.

Heidi leaf illustration by Maud Fuller Petersham and Miska Petersham for Johanna Spyri's Heidi. Three leaves of plates originally bound with the volume. Illustrated t.-p. and lining-papers in colors.

An advertisment of the Thorndike Library series, originally inserted into a 1935 edition of Heidi in Special Collections' holdings.

Scrapbook titled "Heidi: Volume 1," which covers the date range between 1933 and 1937. The scrapbook contains postcards, photographs, programs, letters, book covers, newspaper clippings and more.

Photograph of Margarite Paur Ulrich.

Portrait of Gustine Courson Weaver. Weaver is seated with a leather bound journal in her lap and posing for her portrait.

Scrapbook titled "Heidi: Volume 2," which covers the date range between 1933 and 1939. The scrapbook contains letters, book covers, book pages, illustrations, photographs, newspaper clippings and more.

Heidi leaf illustration by Maud Fuller Petersham and Miska Petersham for Johanna Spyri's Heidi. Three leaves of plates originally bound with the volume. Illustrated t.-p. and lining-papers in colors.

Newspaper clipping with two articles, found in a 1924 edition of Heidi. One article is an announcement of Mrs. Weaver's upcoming lecture for the librarians of the Dallas Public Schools; the other is an account of a meeting of the Garden Club held at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Weaver. Seperated from volume, the newspaper clipping is shelved in Object Files, Rare Book and Texana Collections.

Letter from Dorothy Lake Gregory to Gustine Courson Weaver, January 12, 1936. This letter from Dorothy Lake Gregory to Mrs. Weaver was found inserted into a 1930 edition of Heidi formerly owned by Weaver.

Letter from Margarite Paur Ulrich addressed to Mrs. Clifford Weaver, April 23, 1936.

Illustration for the book "Heidi" with two panels. The left image, labeled as page 14, depicts a young girl interacting with an older man who is seated on a bench outside a home. The panel to the right is a title page, with an image of a young boy and a woman climbing a hill with goats alongside them.

Early edition (1934) of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. The cover of the book is yellow with the title in light green blocky text. On the cover is Heidi standing in a field with grass and flowers, two goats on either side of her, and holding a baby goat. In the background are two clouds on either side of Heidi's head.

Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. The cover of the book has a blue border with white stripes. The title is in blue text within a white box. Below the title is an illustration of Heidi standing in a field with flowers and grass next to a tree on a mountain. In her hands is a bouquet of flowers. Standing next to her is a goat. Further away from her is a boy sitting on the mountain with another goat. In the background are more mountains with clouds. The spine of the book is the same blue as the cover but with a leaf and line design. On the spine of the book is a white stripe with the title and series on it in blue writing. The title page has the title and subtitle and the names of the author, translator, and illustrator as well as the seal of the publication company, its name, and its location. On the other page is an illustration of Heidi watching her grandfather cook at the fire place. The interior pages also include colored illustrations, one of which is one of Heidi running barefoot up a mountain trail. On the side of …

Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. The cover is made of a plain red cloth and on the spine is the title of the book, the face of a goat, and the names of the author and illustrator.

Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. The front cover is is white with blue outlines of the cover, title, and an illustration. There are four sets of small illustrations of yellow flowers, blue leaves, and butterflies. In the center, in an oval, is an illustration of Heidi in a yellow standing on the side of a mountain waving to something in the distance. Behind her are more mountains covered in evergreen trees and fields of grass. The spine of the book has the title and author's name as well as a flower illustration, the edition, and the publisher's name. The interior cover pages have illustrations done in yellow ink. The title page has the title in yellow and in black ink are the names of the author, translator, author of the introduction, and the illustrator. At the bottom is the seal, location, and name of the publisher. Surrounding the title box on one side is a print of mountain goats and a boy sitting on a rock. On the page left of the title page is the same illustration from the cover. Other pages are also accompanied by yellow print illustrations that go along with the passage they accompany. …

Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. The cover of the book is a detailed illustration. In the sky is the title of the book. In the foreground are some goats along with Heidi holding a small bouquet of flowers on a mountain. Beyond her is another boy with a hiking stick in one hand and a tree branch in the other. Beyond them are more mountains with trees. They are all standing in a field of grass and flowers. On the interior cover of the book is an extended version of the cover illustration with more mountains, trees, clouds, a fence, and a town at the bottom of the mountain. Inside the book are both black and white and colored illustrations. The black and white illustration is of three people, Heidi and two other women standing in a sitting room. The colored image is of Heidi and her grandfather sitting in the pews with other people in a church singing hymns.

Photograph of the cover of an edition of the book, Heidi. The front cover is a deep blue with the edge along the spine a golden yellow color. The title and authors name along with an illustration are done in gold leaf. the illustration is of Heidi with her dress and hair blowing in the wind with her arms held high. Below her is length of ribbon with flowers attached to it. Sticking out from inside of the book is a ribbon.

Image of the cover of the book Heidi by Johanna Spyri. At one point, the cover was likely a light blue color but time has aged and use has worn and faded the color, especially around the edges. the cover has scratches, knicks, and water damage.

Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. The cover of the book is bound in blue cloth with an embossed logo for the J.M. Dent & Sons Company on the front cover. On the spine of the book is the title and author of the book along with a floral design embossed in gold. There is also a black stripe painted over the spine with white writing. The cover page of the book are beautiful block prints of berries, vines, and fairies. On the left page is a quotation from Shakespeare reading, "This is fairy gold, boy; and twill prove so". On the right side is the and author of the book, a quotation from the medieval play Everyman, "everyman, I will go with thee, and be thy guide, In thy most need to go by thy side." Also included are the names for the publishers for London and New York and another wood block print of a full bodied fairy standing in a garden. Of the pages inside the book include illustrations of Heidi hugging a goat, A boy in a hat, a landscape of the countryside, and three flowers.

Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. Front cover is a yellow-aged white with green borders around the cover and illustration. The faded illustration on the cover shows two girls, one being Heidi, and a boy arm in arm walking through a grassy field. In the background are mountains and evergreen trees. On the title page is a light green printed illustration of two columns holding up a roof with vines and flowers. The title of the collection and book, and names of the author, illustrator, and publishing company are in black ink. In the middle of the page is an illustration of a castle on a cliff with a cloud in the background. On the opposite page is a full color illustration of Heidi sitting in a grassy field with a boy taking a nap. In her lap are purple blossoms. She is looking to the sky at a bird flying by. Behind her is a boy lying on his stomach with one of his arms pillowing his head as he takes a nap. In the background are mountains against a partly cloudy sky. The next colored illustration is of Heidi kneeling next to girl sitting in a plush …

Early German edition of Heidi: How She Used What She Had Learned by Johanna Spyri. The entire cover of the book is a red-orange color. At the top of the front cover is an illustration of a cabin nestled in front of a grove of evergreen trees. In the background are mountains resting against a sky with clouds. Wrapping around the illustration is another illustration of pink flowers with green stems and leaves spanning the height of the cover. On the spine is the author's name, the word "Geschichten" meaning "stories" in German, and the volume number. On the page of the first chapter is a black and white illustration of a field of flowers in front of a lake with the mountains in the background reflecting off of the water. On page 59 is a full page black and white illustration of Heidi reading a book to an old woman lying in a bed. Despite there being a chair next to her, Heidi is standing next to the bed to read. The woman in the bed has her hands folded across her lap and her eyes are closed like in Christian Prayer. On the first page of the seventh …

Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. The title page has the name of the book, its author, and its illustrator spaced throughout the page and separated by illustrations of Heidi hugging a goat and another goat. Below that is the name of the publishing company and its headquarters location. On the opposite page is a banner with the title and author's name and illustration of a woman taking young Heidi up a mountain trail. Surrounding the trail is a field of grass. Beyond it are evergreen trees lining the edge of the partly cloudy sky. Below the illustration is some text reading "from the original title page". Several of the interior pages of the book have handwritten, cursive notes about the contents of the book.

Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. The cover of the book is covered by a red dust jacket with a large illustration of Heidi and her grandfather. Heidi is standing in a field with flowers and grass. Next to her, sitting on a bench against a cabin, is her grandfather holding a smoking pipe. Next to Heidi is a bundle of red fabric tied together to hold belongings. Behind the cabin is an evergreen tree and in the distance are more trees and mountains reaching into the sky. A bookplate is attached to the interior cover. The bookplate marks the book as belonging to Gustine Courson Weaver. On the bookplate is an illustration of a room with a woman sitting in a chair looking out a set of open doors. Past the doors is a path leading to another building with a man walking down the path toward the room. Leafy vines are used to add a boarder to the edges of the book plate. On the inside cover is an illustration spanning the two pages. The illustration depicts a field with two cabins and few goats grazing in a grassy field. In the background are tall, dark evergreen …