Lois Maloy

Maloy was born Lois Mansfield MacBain in 1902 in Cleveland, Ohio, to James MacBain, a carpenter, and Mabel MacBain (née Gyles). Her grandfather served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor in 1864.{{cite news|date=January 14, 1957|title=Hampden Woman Recruited to Produce Illustrations of New History of Virginia|pages=5|work=The Morning Union|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1068973385/?match=1&terms=Lois%20Maloy|access-date=February 19, 2025}} Maloy grew up in Buffalo, New York and attended the Buffalo School of Fine and Applied Arts. She loved to draw from her early childhood. She went to New York City for a job as an art teacher, studying at the Grand Central School of Art in Manhattan. She then went on to pursue a solo career.{{cite news|date=June 14, 1939|title=Fairytale Heroes Come Alive Under Pen, Brush of Artist|pages=4|work=The Reporter Dispatch|author=Mathey, Edith B.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1050625788/?match=1&terms=Lois%20Maloy|access-date=February 19, 2025}}

Lois Maloy illustrated a number of books during her career. Her first book, published in 1935 by Charles Scribner's Sons, was Arabella of the Merry-Go Round, which was originally written for her three-year-old son Owen. It was well-received by the public, The Vancouver Sun deeming it "good-natured madness."{{cite news|date=November 30, 1935|title=Arabella of the Merry-Go-Round|pages=38|work=The Vancouver Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/490318556/?match=1&terms=Arabella%20of%20the%20Merry-Go-Round|access-date=February 19, 2025}} Her second book, coauthored with Alice Dalgliesh, was also met with critical acclaim. Titled Long Live The King, it was published in 1937, just before the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom.{{cite news|date=May 8, 1937|title=Book Slants|pages=4|work=The Greensboro Record|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/938910255/?match=1&terms=Lois%20Maloy|author=Shaw, Tom, Jr.|access-date=February 19, 2025}}

By 1939, Maloy was living in Scarsdale, New York, where she had a studio where she worked on her illustrations. She partnered with Charles Scribner's Sons to illustrate books written by editors at the company. In 1954, selections of Maloy’s artwork were viewed at an exhibition at Wellman Hall in Springfield, Massachusetts.{{cite news|date=January 10, 1954|title=Work of Two Local Artists Seen in Neary Exibitions|pages=54|work=The Morning Union|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1068592821/?match=1&terms=Lois%20Maloy|access-date=February 19, 2025}}

In 1956, she was "recruited" by educational authorities in Virginia to illustrate a new book about the history of the state of Virginia, from the American Civil War to the present. She traveled around Virginia to study the land and get information for her drawings. The product of this, a book called Virginia History, was intended as a way for children to be more interested in their state's history. A sequel, Virginia’s History and Geography, was published in 1965.{{cite web|url=https://www.doe.virginia.gov/teaching-learning-assessment/k-12-standards-instruction/history-and-social-science/history-social-science-textbooks|title=History and Social Science Textbooks|date=May 3, 2018|website=Virginia Department of Education|access-date=February 19, 2025}}

Maloy married John Maloy, an engineer, in 1930 in New York City.New York State, Marriage Index, 1881–1967 They lived in the New York metropolitan area in Westchester County, where they raised two children: John Owen (called Owen) and Mary Lois. Later, they moved to Arizona, where Maloy’s husband died in 1981.{{cite news|date=January 14, 1981|title=Maloy, John P.|pages=57|work=Arizona Daily Star|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/166797653/?article=9cc6382a-8d59-4c8a-94c5-da3745367ec3&focus=0.44690153,0.52764475,0.5537527,0.5990656&xid=3355&_gl=1*vojwt0*_gcl_au*MTEwMDA1NzE4My4xNzM4NjMwNTIx*_ga*MTU1NTc5NzYuMTczODYzMDUyMQ..*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*Y2ZhMzdiNTQtNmFkYS00OGQ5LTg1ZTEtYTgwMjA0OTYyYmQ2LjIyLjEuMTczOTkyNjI0Ny4yLjAuMA..*_ga_LMK6K2LSJH*Y2ZhMzdiNTQtNmFkYS00OGQ5LTg1ZTEtYTgwMjA0OTYyYmQ2LjIyLjEuMTczOTkyNjI0Ny4wLjAuMA..|access-date=February 19, 2025}}

Lois Maloy died in 1988 in Lake Forest, California, at the age of 85.U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014

• Arabella of the Merry-Go-Round, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1935
• Long Live The King, C. Scribner’s Sons, written by Alice Dalgliesh, 1937
• Polly, Prue & Penny, Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company, 1937{{cite news|date=January 2, 1938|title=Books For Younger Readers|pages=36|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/635806925/?match=1&terms=Polly%20Prue%20%26%20Penny|access-date=February 19, 2025}}
• America Begins; The Story of Finding the New World, written by Alice Dalgliesh, 1938{{cite news|date=December 18, 1938|title="America Begins"; History Simply Told For Young People|pages=63|work=The Republican|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1063482585/?match=1&terms=Lois%20Maloy|access-date=February 19, 2025}}
• The Vale Family, written by Helen Hill and Violet Maxwell, 1939{{cite news|date=November 15, 1939|title=Good Books For Girls|pages=16|work=Nashville Banner|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/602814001/?match=1&terms=Lois%20Maloy|access-date=February 19, 2025}}
• Wooden Shoes in America, written by Alice Dalgliesh, 1940{{cite news|date=March 24, 1940|title=Cream of the Crop in Books for the Children|pages=74|work=Democrat and Chronicle|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/135999348/?match=1&terms=Lois%20Maloy|access-date=February 19, 2025}}
• The Star Wish, 1940{{cite news|date=December 4, 1940|title=The Star Wish|pages=34|work=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/370937246/?match=1&terms=Lois%20Maloy|access-date=February 19, 2025}}
• Saint George and the Dragon, edited by Alice Dalgliesh, 1941{{cite news|date=May 4, 1941|title=Story of St. George|pages=20|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/635912503/?match=1&terms=Saint%20George%20and%20the%20Dragon|access-date=February 19, 2025}}
• Swift Thunder of the Prairie; An American Adventure, 1942{{cite news|date=November 15, 1942|title=Swift Thunder of the Prairie|pages=62|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/380766616/?match=1&terms=Lois%20Maloy|access-date=February 19, 2025}}
• Yankee Sails to China; An American Adventure, 1943{{cite news|date=December 12, 1943|title=‘A Yankee Sails to China’|pages=53|work=The Republican|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1065423285/?match=1&terms=Yankee%20sails%20to%20china|access-date=February 19, 2025}}
• Toby’s House, 1946{{cite news|date=August 8, 1946|title=Local Author Illustrates Her New Book For Children|pages=7|work=The Daily Times (Mamaroneck, New York)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/727573379/?match=1&terms=Lois%20Maloy|access-date=February 19, 2025}}
• Tea Party in Plumpudding Street, 1946{{cite news|date=November 23, 1946|title=Autographed Volume|pages=1|work=Daily Times (Mamaroneck, New York)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/727928563/?match=1&terms=Lois%20Maloy|access-date=February 19, 2025}}
• Virginia History, written by Raymond C. Dingledine, 1956
• Virginia History and Geography, Including: Our Home, Virginia and the World, written by Lena Barksdale, Marion Nesbitt Jr., and Raymond Dingledine, 1965
• Ten Minus Nine Equals Joanie, written by Clarice Pont, 1965 {{cite news|date=April 11, 1965|title=Misery|pages=84|work=Austin American|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/386470751/?match=1&terms=Lois%20Maloy|access-date=February 19, 2025}}

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