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Changing Portrayals Collection

The Effie Lee Morris Historical and Research Collection of Children's Literature - 20th Century Changing Portrayals of Ethnic and Minority Groups Collection includes positive examples and negative stereotypes of ethnic groups, sex roles, the disabled, sexual minorities, religious groups and political movements. Many of these titles are not in our circulating collection; they are included here for research purposes.

Examples of items in this Collection:

  • Bannerman, Helen The Story of Little Black Sambo. Frederick A. Stokes (Ref jPS Ba)
  • Bennett, John The Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo. Longmans, Green & Co., 1928 (Ref j398 Benn)
  • Bishop, Claire Huchet and Kurt Wiese The Five Chinese Brothers. Coward McCann, 1938 (Ref jPS Bish)
  • Hogan, Inez Mule Twins. E. P. Dutton, 1939 (Ref jPS Hoga)
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