Blaisdell began making illustrations for print in her childhood; she had a drawing published on the children's page of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in 1911.[4] She wrote, illustrated, and edited books, mostly for young readers. From 1950 to 1979 she also designed hundreds of
greeting cards, under several pseudonyms.[3] She won the Julia Ellsworth Ford Prize from the
Ford Foundation in 1939, for a children's book she wrote and illustrated, Falcon Fly Back, based on her late husband's research.[5] She was a friend of writer
Edith Hamilton in New York.[6]
Rhymes and Verses: Collected Poems for Young People by
Walter de la Mare (1947, illustrator)[23][24]
Tales of the Undead: Vampires and Visitants (1947, editor and illustrator)[25][26]
The Real Book About Abraham Lincoln by Michael Gorham (1951, illustrator)[27]
Personal life
She married writer Melrich "Mike" Vonelm Rosenberg in 1928. Rosenberg died in 1937, when he was 33 years old.[28] Blaisdell died in 1994, at age 94, in Lancaster.[29]
^"A Selected List of Current Books - Children's Books - Upper Grades and High School".
Wisconsin Library Bulletin. Division of Library Services, Department of Public Instruction. June 1942. p. 100.
Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024 – via
Google Books.
Blaisdell began making illustrations for print in her childhood; she had a drawing published on the children's page of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in 1911.[4] She wrote, illustrated, and edited books, mostly for young readers. From 1950 to 1979 she also designed hundreds of
greeting cards, under several pseudonyms.[3] She won the Julia Ellsworth Ford Prize from the
Ford Foundation in 1939, for a children's book she wrote and illustrated, Falcon Fly Back, based on her late husband's research.[5] She was a friend of writer
Edith Hamilton in New York.[6]
Rhymes and Verses: Collected Poems for Young People by
Walter de la Mare (1947, illustrator)[23][24]
Tales of the Undead: Vampires and Visitants (1947, editor and illustrator)[25][26]
The Real Book About Abraham Lincoln by Michael Gorham (1951, illustrator)[27]
Personal life
She married writer Melrich "Mike" Vonelm Rosenberg in 1928. Rosenberg died in 1937, when he was 33 years old.[28] Blaisdell died in 1994, at age 94, in Lancaster.[29]
^"A Selected List of Current Books - Children's Books - Upper Grades and High School".
Wisconsin Library Bulletin. Division of Library Services, Department of Public Instruction. June 1942. p. 100.
Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024 – via
Google Books.