Collections : [Rare Book & Manuscript Library]

The collection consists primarily of Underwood's pen-and-ink designs for these articles, with manuscript captions and notes to the printer; and illustrations for children's stories which appeared in THE SUN, ca. 1905-1910, together with typescripts, proofs, and printed copies of the stories, several of which are by Underwood. The collection also includes correspondence relating to a projected series of costume designs for THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL, a manuscript of a work on geography, and scrapbooks and clippings relating to these projects.

While very little of her comic art survives, this collection allows examination of her illustration, fashion drawings, portraiture, and other art. It also includes an unfinished Sunday strip and an unfinished daily of "Dr Goodlow, Psychologist," which does not appear to have reached publication; a Tarzan panel drawn as her audition for Fiction House; and an original Nick Cardy page from "Senorita Rio" in Fight Comics #26. There are also a small number of Austrian documents, such as Lily Renee's birth certificate and high school diploma, and Nazi-era documents of her parents.