Betsty Lewin Papers 1
Betsy Lewin Papers 
Collection Inventory
Box 1
19.25" X 25.25" X 2.5"
Ackerman, Karen. Araminta’s Paint Box. New York: Atheneum, 1990.
Illustrated by Betsy Lewin
1. Book cover—11” X 13 3/4”—Araminta with paint box with parents in background—Media: Ink
2. Book cover—11” X 12” (with mat 17” X 14”)—Araminta with paint box while parents watch near covered wagon
3. Page 5—11” X 11 3/4”—Dr. Darling in buggy with wife and daughter waving—Media: Ink
4. Pages 6-7—21 1/2” X 13 3/4”—Family loading wagon for trip west—Media: Ink/Pencil
5. Page 8—10 1/2” X 12" (with mat 14" X 17")--Saying goodbye to family--Media: Ink/Pencil
6. Page 9--10" X 7 1/2"--Araminta with paint box--Media: Ink
7. Pages 10-11—19 3/4” X 11 1/2”—Araminta trying to paint in back of wagon—Media—Pencil
8. Page 12—11” X 12”—Furniture fell out of wagon after hitting a boulder—Media: Ink/Pencil
9. Page 12--6" X 5 3/4"--Back of covered wagon--Media: Ink
10. Page 13--11" X 10 1/2"(with mat 17” X 14”)--Paint box being left behind when family leaves--Media: Pencil
11. Pages 14-15—23 3/4” X 12 1/2”—A farmer and son find the lost paint box—Media: Pencil
12. Pages 16-17—17” X 11 1/4”—A stagecoach arrives while farmers are having a barn raising—Media: Ink/ Pencil
13. Pages 16-17—17” X 11 1/4”; 13 1/2” X 11”—A stagecoach arrives while farmers are having a barn raising with an overlay of barn raising—Media:Pencil
14. Pages 18-19—20” X 11 1/2” –Riverboat, Blue Belle—Media: Pencil
15. Pages 20-21--19 3/4" X 11 1/4"--Young bride picks up paint box from dock as she boards a riverboat--Media: Pencil
16. Pages 20-21--19 3/4" X 11 1/4"--Young bride picks up paint box from dock as she boards a riverboat--Media: Pencil
17. Pages 24-25--20 1/4" X 11 1/2"--Family finds paint box as they prepare to cross mountains by horseback--Media: Pencil
18. Pages 26-27--21 1/2" X 11 3/4"--Family is greeted by community as they arrive at new home--Media: Pencil
19. Pages 28-29--23 3/4" X 12 1/2"--Prospector arrives in town and is given the paint box--Media: Pencil
20. Pages 30-31--20 3/4" X 11/4"--Prospector is bitten by snake so he hurries to the town's doctor--Media: Pencil
21. Page 30--11" X 14"--Sketches of snake--Media: Pencil/Ink
22. Page 31--11 X 11 1/2" (with mat 17” X 14”)--Buildings in the town--Media: Pencil
23. Pages 32--11" X 9 1/2"--Prospector gives Araminta the wooden box--Media: Pencil
24. 6 1/2" X 5 1/2"; 8 1/4" X 5 "; 3" X 2"--Sketches of wagon and horses--Media: Pencil/Ink
25. Page 8--4 3/8" X 3 1/4"--Telling family goodbye--Media: Watercolor/Pencil
26. Page 19--3 3/8" X 5"--Doolittle leaves riverboat--Media: Watercolor/Ink
27. Back jacket--11" X 11"(with mat 17” X 14”)--Cattle grazing by cabin--Media: Pencil
28. Correspondence and notes--8 1/2" X 11"; 5 1/2" X 8 1/2"