Rose O'Neill (1874 – 1944)

Selected Bibliography
from The State Historical Society of Missouri

Articles in the Missouri Historical Review [REF F550 M691]

• Brashear, Minnie M. “Missouri Verse and Verse-Writers.” v. 19, no. 1 (October 1924), pp. 64–68. [opens in new window]
• “Missouri Women in History: Rose O’Neill.” v. 62, no. 4 (July 1968), inside back cover. [opens in new window]
• “A Missourian’s Dolls Amused a Generation of American Children.” v. 48, no. 4 (July 1954), pp. 368–370. [opens in new window]

Articles from the Newspaper Collection

• Garside, Frances L. “How Rose O’Neill Made Good.” Kansas City Star. February 18, 1917. p. 3C.
• Mecher, Louis. “Rose O’Neill Infused Her Kewpies with Spirit of a Rare Personality.” Kansas City Times. April 7, 1944. pp. 1–2C
• “Rose O’Neill Is Dead.” Kansas City Star. April 6, 1944.
• “Rose O’Neill Is Put Away by Bonniebrook’s Green Bank.” Springfield Leader and Press. April 7, 1944. p. 1.
• “Rose O’Neill, Poet-Artist of the Ozarks.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch. June 29, 1913. Sunday Supplement, p. 3.

Books Written and Illustrated by Rose O’Neill

• Garda. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929. [I On2ga]
• The Goblin Woman. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1930. [I On2go]
• The Kewpie Kutouts. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1914. [I J On2kk In Case]
• The Kewpies and Dotty Darling. New York: George H. Doran Co., 1912. [I J On2kd In Case]
• The Kewpies and the Runaway Baby. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928. [I J On2kr In Case]
• The Kewpies Their Book. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1913. [I J On2kb In Case]
• The Lady in the White Veil. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. [I On2la]
• The Loves of Edwy. Boston: Lothrop Publishing Co., 1904. [I On2lo]
• The Master-Mistress. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1922. [I On2m]
• Scootles and Kewpie Doll Book. Akron: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1936. [I J On2sc In Case Oversize]
• Scootles in Kewpieville. Akron: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1936. [I J On2s In Case Oversize]
• The Story of Rose O’Neill: An Autobiography. Miriam Formanek-Brunell, ed. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1997. [REF F508.1 On2on 1997]

Books Illustrated by Rose O’Neill

• Caeser, Irving. Sing a Song of Safety. New York: I. Caesar, 1937. [784.6 C116]
• Fillmore, Parker Hoysted. The Hickory Limb. New York: John Lane Co., 1910. [813 F485]
• _____. A Little Question of Ladies’ Rights. New York: John Lane Co., 1916. [813.5 F485]
• O’Neil, George. The Tiny Angel. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1930. [I Onlt]
• Quinn, Vernon. The Kewpie Primer. New York: F. A. Stokes Co., 1916. [I J On2kp In Case]
• Wilson, Harry Leon. The Lions of the Lord: A Tale of the Old West. Boston: Lothrop Publishing Co., 1903. [289.3 H693]
• Woman’s Home Companion. Better Babies Bureau. Our Baby’s Book. New York: Woman’s Home Companion, 1914. [I On2o]

Books and Articles about Rose O’Neill

• Armitage, Shelley. Kewpies and Beyond: The World of Rose O’Neill. Jackson: University of Mississippi Press, 1994. [REF F508.1 On2ar]
• Christensen, Lawrence O., William E. Foley, Gary R. Kremer, and Kenneth H. Winn, eds. Dictionary of Missouri Biography. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1999. pp. 584-586. [REF F508 D561]
• Currie, Stephen. “Rose Cecil O’Neill and Her Kewpies.” American History. February 2005, pp. 24-26, 70-71. [REF Vertical File]
• Dains, Mary K., ed. Show Me Missouri Women: Selected Biographies. Kirksville, MO: Thomas Jefferson University Press, 1989. v. 1, pp. 131-132. [REF F508 Sh82 v.1]
• McCanse, Ralph Alan. Titans and Kewpies: The Life and Art of Rose O’Neill. New York: Vantage Press, 1968. [REF F508.1 On2m]
• Nevins, Mona, and Bob Gibbons. “Sweet Monsters”: The Serious Art of Rose O’Neill and Her 1921 Paris Exhibit. Branson, MO: Bonniebrook Historical Society, 1993. [REF F508.1 On2sw]
• O’Neill, Rose. The Story of Rose O’Neill: An Autobiography. Miriam Formanek-Brunell, ed. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1997. [REF F508.1 On2on 1997]
• Ruggles, Rowena Godding. The One Rose: Mother of the Immortal Kewpies. 2nd ed. Albany, CA: privately published, 1972. [REF F508.1 On2r 1972]
• Stepenoff, Bonnie. “Rose Cecil O’Neill.”American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. v. 16, pp. 733-734. [REF 920 Am37 v. 16]

Manuscript Collection

• Griffen, Mrs. Walter, Scrapbooks, n.d. (C1402)
  Newspaper and magazine clippings of pictures and articles of Missouri scenes, the Ozarks, and Hannibal. Volume 1 contains information about O'Neill.
• Neihardt, John G. (1881-1973), Papers, c. 1858-1974 (C3716)
  http://whmc.umsystem.edu/invent/3716.html
  
  Folder 54 contains a letter from Rose O'Neill to the poet Neihardt.
• Upton, Lucile Morris (1898-1992), Papers, 1855-1986 (C3869)
  http://whmc.umsystem.edu/invent/3869.html
  
  The personal and professional papers of a Springfield, Missouri, journalist and writer consist of newspaper clippings, correspondence, research notes, manuscripts, pamphlets, photographs, and scrapbooks. The papers are especially strong in the history of Springfield and the Ozarks region, as well as Ozark folklore. Information on Rose O'Neill can be found in folder 144.