1937. Rudolf Voorhoeve, Tilio, A Boy of Papua. J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia and London. This is an interesting book for several reasons: (1) It is the only book that Hilda van Stockum both translated and illustrated - usually a publisher divides this work because translators usually can't draw and illustrators usually can't translate. (2) My sister Brigid has vivid memories of the book.
(3) When HvS was two months old, she went with her parents to Java, not far from Papua and likewise under Dutch colonial administration, because her father was a naval captain sent to suppress rebels against Dutch rule.
(4) After World War II the Dutch ceded control of most of Indonesia to Sukarno, the one-name head of state, who was succeeded by another one-namer, Suharto. But the Dutch stayed in Netherlands New Guinea until 1962, the year after which the Indonesian government started taking over. (It was that year that a team of anthropologists went to New Guinea to explore the region, and Michael Rockefeller lost his life on a solo sortie.)
(5) Especially since 1969, the Indonesian Government has had nothing but trouble with West Papua. The militant Free Papua Movement has engaged in guerrilla skirmishes against the Indonesian military and police, and has kidnapped non-Papuan Indonesian settlers and foreigners. West Papuans have sought independence or federation with Papua New Guinea. Many West Papuans have been killed by the Indonesian military. The Indonesian government has been compared to a police state in West Papua. The Indonesian Government restricts foreign access to West Papuan provinces because of this conflict. (Thanks to Brigid and Sheila for helping with this entry!)
1944. Catherine Cate Coblentz, The Bells of Leyden Sing. Longmans, Green & Co., New York and Toronto. This was the year that HvS' brother Willem was killed by the Germans occupying France. He was the pilot of a Halifax bomber, flying as a Dutch citizen for the RAF out of Melbourne, Yorkshire. He flew six missions before and after D-Day. That year, Cate Coblentz visited the Marlin family at their home in Washington, D.C. and wrote it all up in a wonderful article for the Horn Book.
1945. Delia Goetz, The Burro of Barnegat Road. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York. A farm in Connecticut.
1946. Mary Mapes Dodge, Hans Brinker or: The Silver Skates. World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York. Rainbow Classics. Introduction by May Lamberton Becker. The book was originally published in 1865.
1946. Louisa May Alcott, Little Women. World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York. Rainbow Classics. Introduction by May Lamberton Becker.
1948. The Book of Bible Stores. World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York. Rainbow Classics. Introduction by May Lamberton Becker.
1950. Louisa May Alcott, Little Men. World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York. Rainbow Classics. Introduction by May Lamberton Becker.
2001. Christine Marlin, Pamela Walks the Dog. Bethlehem Books. It is probably safe to say this is the last book that HvS illustrated that was published during her lifetime, which sadly ended in 2006. It was written by her granddaughter, Christine Marlin (now using her married name Schintgen), and is pegged at children aged 3 and up. HvS's book illustrating career therefore spanned 67 years from A Day on Skates to Pamela Walks the Dog, unless we can identify an earlier book than 1934. There was an Irish reader she reportedly illustrated in 1932, but I have not been able to track it down. She also illustrated a book on windmills for Jan den Tex, which many years later led to the Winged Watchman.
(4) After World War II the Dutch ceded control of most of Indonesia to Sukarno, the one-name head of state, who was succeeded by another one-namer, Suharto. But the Dutch stayed in Netherlands New Guinea until 1962, the year after which the Indonesian government started taking over. (It was that year that a team of anthropologists went to New Guinea to explore the region, and Michael Rockefeller lost his life on a solo sortie.)(5) Especially since 1969, the Indonesian Government has had nothing but trouble with West Papua. The militant Free Papua Movement has engaged in guerrilla skirmishes against the Indonesian military and police, and has kidnapped non-Papuan Indonesian settlers and foreigners. West Papuans have sought independence or federation with Papua New Guinea. Many West Papuans have been killed by the Indonesian military. The Indonesian government has been compared to a police state in West Papua. The Indonesian Government restricts foreign access to West Papuan provinces because of this conflict. (Thanks to Brigid and Sheila for helping with this entry!)
1944. Catherine Cate Coblentz, The Bells of Leyden Sing. Longmans, Green & Co., New York and Toronto. This was the year that HvS' brother Willem was killed by the Germans occupying France. He was the pilot of a Halifax bomber, flying as a Dutch citizen for the RAF out of Melbourne, Yorkshire. He flew six missions before and after D-Day. That year, Cate Coblentz visited the Marlin family at their home in Washington, D.C. and wrote it all up in a wonderful article for the Horn Book.1946. Mary Mapes Dodge, Hans Brinker or: The Silver Skates. World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York. Rainbow Classics. Introduction by May Lamberton Becker. The book was originally published in 1865.1946. Louisa May Alcott, Little Women. World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York. Rainbow Classics. Introduction by May Lamberton Becker.
1948. The Book of Bible Stores. World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York. Rainbow Classics. Introduction by May Lamberton Becker.1950. Louisa May Alcott, Little Men. World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York. Rainbow Classics. Introduction by May Lamberton Becker.
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| HvS and Her Granddaughter Christine Marlin Schintgen. |
2001. Christine Marlin, Pamela Walks the Dog. Bethlehem Books. It is probably safe to say this is the last book that HvS illustrated that was published during her lifetime, which sadly ended in 2006. It was written by her granddaughter, Christine Marlin (now using her married name Schintgen), and is pegged at children aged 3 and up. HvS's book illustrating career therefore spanned 67 years from A Day on Skates to Pamela Walks the Dog, unless we can identify an earlier book than 1934. There was an Irish reader she reportedly illustrated in 1932, but I have not been able to track it down. She also illustrated a book on windmills for Jan den Tex, which many years later led to the Winged Watchman.
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