Vivian Burnett Collection of Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1844-2003 (mostly 1885-1937)
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Consists of material relating to the British-born, American author Frances Hodgson Burnett (FHB), collected by her younger son, Vivian Burnett (VB), including manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and artwork.
Untitled essay fragment, undated
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TMs, 3 pp. Unpublished fragment of an essay on children's literature. This is transcribed on pages 160-161of Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina's 2004 biography, Frances Hodgson Burnett: The Unexpected Life of the Author of The Secret Garden, and bears the title "The Child of This Century."
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Samuel McCoy Papers, 1868-1964 (mostly 1915-1963)
Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, drawings, and other material of the author, journalist, and Princeton graduate (Class of 1905) Samuel Duff McCoy (1882-1964).
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George Nicholson Sterling Lord Literistic Author Files, 1870-2015 (mostly 1995-2015)
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George Nicholson (1937-2015) was a literary agent for children's and young adult books at Sterling Lord Literistic from 1995 to 2015. The collection consists of his Sterling Lord Literistic office files on the authors and illustrators with whom he worked, such as Tony Abbott, Betsy Byars, Lois Duncan, Patricia Reilly Giff, Alice Provensen, Peter Lerangis, and Zilpha Keatley Snyder, and the literary estates he managed, including those of Don Freeman, Hardie Gramatky, and Lois Lenski. Author files include correspondence and email printouts, as well as copies of contracts and agreements, royalties statements, book jacket proofs, promotional materials, drafts and proofs of book manuscripts, and photocopies and mock-ups of books.
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Margaret K. McElderry Papers, 1888-2011
The collection consists of the editorial files and personal papers of Margaret K. McElderry. Publisher files include editorial correspondence, legal documents, and production files related to specific authors and publications.
Photographs and note from Mount Holyoke class visit, 2001
Visit to Professor Corinne Demas's Children's Literature class.
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Alvaro Yunque Correspondence, 1921-1981 (mostly 1924-1979)
The Alvaro Yunque Correspondence consists of letters, manuscripts of poems, essays and other printed and miscellaneous material by Alvaro Yunque and others.
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Éditions Gautier-Languereau, Paris, 1933-1938
Albums pour les enfants, Livres pour les jeunes gens, les jeunes fille et la famille, July 1933; Catalogue Général, 1936; Étrennes [holiday], 1938. Comics and periodicals feature heavily in these catalogs from Gautier-Languereau, which specialized in children's literature. 1933 issue illustrated in red and green; other two issues include both black and white illustrations and images of cover illustrations.
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T. A. Barron Papers, 1965-2021
T. A. Barron (1952-) is an American writer of fantasy literature, books for children, and nature books. The collection consists of his literary and personal papers, including manuscripts and other draft materials, copies of his books and related promotional materials, international editorial correspondence, articles and speeches, personal journals and letters, fan mail, videos, and correspondence with other authors.
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From Harriet Wasserman, 1980 December 5
December 5, 1980; from Harriet Wasserman, of Russell Volkening Literary Agents, New York, to P. L. Travers; a memo; Wasserman addresses "the matter" between Travers and Professor Butler, the publication of an essay on censorship in the University of Connecticut's journal Children's Literature (see items 5 and 6 in "Mary Poppins banned from San Francisco library" series). Wasserman assures her "it is forgotten," seeming to advise against any publication. Also discusses reduced royalties on an edition of Mary Poppins.
Letter from Francelia Butler to P. L. Travers, 1980 December 6
December 6, 1980; from Francelia Butler, Professor of English, University of Connecticut, to P. L. Travers, London; In the wake of the ban on Mary Poppins at the San Francisco Public Library, Professor Butler has asked Travers to contribute an article on censorship to Children's Literature, a critical annual published by the University of Connecticut (see previous item). Travers has done so, and this is Butler's note of thanks. Yet she is waiting for permission to publish the letter from Travers's agent, which she seems to have been refused (see next file, Correspondence, item 4). Butler says that she will preserve Travers's letter to her in the Rare Book Room at the University "as it is a priceless document".