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Ayer, Margaret

LC control no.n 50029784
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingAyer, Margaret
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Associated countryUnited States Thailand Cambodia
Birth date1894-06-29
Death date1981-04-24
Place of birthBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Place of deathCastro Valley (Calif.)
Field of activityChildren's literature Illustration of books
AffiliationPhiladelphia Museum of Industrial Arts
Profession or occupationAuthors Illustrators
Found inHahn, Julia Letheld. The story way, c1940: title page (Margaret Ayer ... painted the pictures)
Ayer, Margaret. Animals of Southeast Asia, c1970: title page (written and illustrated by Margaret Ayer) dust jacket (born in New York City, lived in Thailand, Cambodia, and the United States; studied art in Philadelphia, Paris, and Rome; wrote books for young people)
University of Oregon. Margaret Ayer papers, 1918-1970: finding aid (Margaret Ayer (?-1981) was an American author and illustrator of books for children and adults)
Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 1903)
Drawn to purpose, 2018: page 181 (Ayer, Margaret ; b. 1894, Brooklyn; d. 1981, Castro Valley, CA ; Philadelphia Museum of Industrial Arts, private art instruction in Paris and Rome ; works include: text and illustrations for six children's books and illustrations for 52 books, for both children and adults)
California Death Index, 1940-1997 via Ancestry.com, December 17, 2018: (Margaret Ayer Smith ; Birth date: 29 Jun 1894, New York ; death date: 24 Apr 1981, Alameda)
U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 via Ancestry.com, December 17, 2018: (Margaret Ayer, birth date: 29 Jun 1894, birth place: Brooklyn, New York)
Associated languageeng