Pelagie Doane

American illustrator

Pelagie Doane
Pelagie Doane Hoffner
Born	Pelagie Dorothy Doane April 11, 1906 Ambler, Pennsylvania
Died	December 9, 1966
Other names	Pelagie Doane Hoffner, Dorothy Hoffner
Occupation(s)	Illustrator, writer

Pelagie Doane Hoffner (April 11, 1906 – December 9, 1966) was an American illustrator and writer of children's books.

Early life and education

Doane was born in Ambler, Pennsylvania or Palmyra, New Jersey (sources vary), the daughter of Warren Finney Doane and Pelagie Judith Plasschaert Doane. Her father was an editor.^[1] She went to art school in Philadelphia. "For many generations there has been a Pelagie in the family," explained one profile, about her unusual given name.^[2]

Career

Doane was a prolific illustrator of children's books from the 1930s into the 1960s, especially known for her work on books with Christian themes, and on Margaret Sutton's Judy Bolton mysteries.^[3]^[4]^[5] She also wrote books for children, again often on religious subjects.^[6]^[7] "Children are people, so I paint up to their level, not down," she explained about her work.^[8]

A Small Child's Bible (1946), with seventy stories written and illustrated by Doane, was described as "a standard" in 1960.^[9] "Here is a book that both child and parent can read together with pleasure," remarked a 1952 reviewer about her A Book of Nature, a chlid's guide to flora and fauna common in the northeastern United States.^[10]

Publications

As illustrator

Judy Bolton series by Margaret Sutton^[11]^[12]
Melody Lane series by Lilian Garis^[13]
Magic Makers series by Margaret Sutton
Mary Paxson: Her Book (1931)^[14]
Pinocchio Put-Together Book (1937), with Carlo Collodi and Christopher Rule
Mother Goose (1940)^[15]
Did You Ever? (1940) by Elizabeth Honness
Belinda Balloon and the Big Wind (1940) by Elizabeth Honness
Favorite Nursery Songs (1941)
Two Bridgets (1941) by Cynthia Hathaway^[16]
Trailer Trio (1942) by Emma Atkins Jacobs
Polly Peters (1942) by Jane Quigg^[17]
A Child's Garden of Verses (1942) by Robert Louis Stevenson^[18]
Tell Me About God (1943) by Mary Alice Jones^[19]
Singing with Peter and Patsy (1944) by Ann Sterling Boesel^[20]
More Silver Pennies (1945) by Blanche Jennings Thompson^[21]
Tell Me About Jesus (1946) by Mary Alice Jones^[22]
The Child's Book of Prayers (1947)
A Small Child's Book of Verse (1948)
Heidi (1958) by Johanna Spyri^[8]
Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates (1961) by Mary Mapes Dodge
Heidi's Children (1964) by Charles Tritten^[23]
Fairy Elves (1964) by Robin Palmer^[24]

As author or editor

Littlest Ones (1940)^[25]
A Small Child's Bible (1946),^[26] "published in both Catholic and Protestant editions"^[27]
A Book of Nature (1952)^[28]
The Boy Jesus (1953)
Bible Children: Stories from the Old Testament (1954)^[29]^[30]
Poems of Praise (1957)^[31]
The Story of Moses (1958)
St. Francis (1960)^[32]

As Dorothy Hoffner

Cooking Step by Step (1947)^[33]

Personal life

Doane married Warren Earl Hoffner in the 1930s. They lived in Glendola, New Jersey after 1948.^[9]^[34] Her husband died in 1958,^[35] and she died in 1966, at the age of 60, in Belmar, New Jersey.^[36] There is a box of her illustrations from three book projects at the University of Minnesota.^[6]

References

^ "Editor on Grundy's Payroll for Years; Warren F. Doane Testifies before Lobby Inquiry Committee". The York Dispatch. 1930-03-07. p. 20. Retrieved 2023-12-02 – via Newspapers.com.
^ MacKay, Ruth (1950-09-06). "Illustrator of Children's Books Spends Many Long Hours at her Drawing Board". Chicago Tribune. p. 30. Retrieved 2023-12-02 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Sutton, Margaret (2008-07-31). The Invisible Chimes. Applewood Books. ISBN 978-1-4290-9023-0.
^ Sutton, Margaret (2008-07-31). The Clue in the Ruined Castle. Applewood Books. ISBN 978-1-4290-9046-9.
^ Sutton, Margaret (2008-07-31). The Mystic Ball. Applewood Books. ISBN 978-1-4290-9027-8.
^ ^a ^b "Collection: Pelagie Doane Papers". University of Minnesota Archival Collections Guides. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
^ "Two Splendid Books for Children". Star-Phoenix. 1960-06-04. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-12-02 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Johanna Spyri (1880). Heidi. Internet Archive. Collins. pp. About the Artist.
^ ^a ^b "Let's Visit: Pelagie Doane". Asbury Park Press. 1960-02-21. p. 29. Retrieved 2023-12-02 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Ames, Alfred C. (1952-11-16). "Books for Young Nature Lovers". Chicago Tribune. p. 189. Retrieved 2023-12-02 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Sutton, Margaret (2008-07-31). The Haunted Attic. Applewood Books. ISBN 978-1-4290-9022-3.
^ Sutton, Margaret (2011-10-07). Mark on the Mirror #15. Applewood Books. ISBN 978-1-4290-9035-3.
^ Garis, Lilian; Doane, Pelagie (Illustrator) (1933-01-01). The Forbidden Trail: Melody Lane Mystery Stories #2. Internet Archive. Grosset & Dunlap – via Internet Archive.
^ Paxson, Mary Scarborough (2001). Mary Paxson : her book, 1880-1884. Internet Archive. Bedford, MA : Applewood Books. ISBN 978-1-55709-582-4.
^ "Anthology for Nursery". The Gazette. 1940-11-30. p. 11. Retrieved 2023-12-02 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Eaton, Anne T. (November 16, 1941). "Grandmother's Name". The New York Times. p. 70. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
^ Quigg, Jane; Doane, Pelagie (1942). Polly Peters. Internet Archive. London, New York: Oxford University Press.
^ "Reprints and Newly-Illustrated Editions". Wisconsin Library Journal. 38 (10): 192. December 1942.
^ Jones, Mary Alice (1943). Tell me about God. Internet Archive. New York, Chicago [etc.] Rand McNally & company.
^ Ann Sterling Boesel (1944). Singing with peter and patsy. Internet Archive. Oxford University Press.
^ "More silver pennies". WorldCat. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
^ Jones, Mary Alice; Doane, Pelagie (1946). Tell me about Jesus. Internet Archive. New York : Rand McNally.
^ Tritten, Charles (1939). Heidi's children. Internet Archive. New York : Grosset & Dunlap.
^ Palmer, Robin (1964). Fairy elves : a dictionary of the little people with some old tales and verses about them. Internet Archive. New York : Henry Z. Walck.
^ Blount, Charlotte (1959-01-18). "Children's Bookshelf". Winston-Salem Journal. p. 33. Retrieved 2023-12-02 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Pelagie Doane (1946). A small child's Bible. Internet Archive. H.Z. Walck; First Edition edition.
^ "A Small Child's Bible (review)". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1947-02-16. p. 145. Retrieved 2023-12-02 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Doane, Pelagie (1952). A book of nature. Internet Archive. New York, Oxford University Press.
^ Doane, Pelagie (1954). Bible children; stories from the Old Testament. Internet Archive. Philadelphia, Lippincott.
^ Fuller, Edmund (1954-11-14). "Religious Stories". Chicago Tribune. p. 235. Retrieved 2023-12-02 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Pelagie Doane (1955). Poems of Praise. Internet Archive.
^ Doane, Pelagie (1960). St. Francis. Internet Archive. New York, H.Z. Walck.
^ "Cooking Guide Help in Kitchen". News and Record. 1947-03-09. p. 15. Retrieved 2023-12-02 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Pelagie Doane Hoffner". Asbury Park Press. 1964-12-06. p. 19. Retrieved 2023-12-02 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Warren E. Hoffner". Asbury Park Press. 1958-02-17. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-12-02 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Mrs. Warren Hoffner". The Coast Star. 1966-12-15. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-12-02 – via Newspapers.com.