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Gunnel Linde, Trust in the Unexpected, 1982-1985
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
"Lita Pa Det Ovantade" was originally published by Albert Bonniers Förlag AB (Stockholm); contact was Monica Norberg Lone and George Blecher: "This is the story of 9 year old Vesle's great moral struggle to make up for a fit of anger in which she throws her brother's new bicycle off a dock -- and it disappears" (Sept. 18, 1982). Artist: Svend Otto S. translated Patricia Crampton.
Topics include: working with Anne Rowell and Vanessa Hamilton of J M Dent; also discuss Jan Ormerod's "Be Brave Billy" and Mary Wesley's new book; fantasy book by J. Kennedy; The Changeover by Margaret Mahy, also something they often refer to as "F and G.S."; Lanky Longlegs (aka "Stein Stankelben") by Karin Lorentzen translation - discussion with George and Lone Blecher; readings by Lise Lunge-Larsen of College of St. Catherina, St. Paul, MN; McElderry's people: Jane K. Doeblin, Assoc. Executive Editor; Nachama Halpern as Assoc. Managing Editor; Judith Sandman as secretary; Judy Long Cynthia Reed of Little Brown re use of "Trust in the Unexpected" from collection of Emily Dickinson poems (letter of 18 Nov. 1983); back and forth between Dent and McElderry regarding the most appropriate title xeroxes of jacket and title page mock-ups; back and forth about ending - Judy Long and McElderry, as well as Linde and Vanessa Hamilton of Dent ultimately use ending by Patricia Crampton; typeface and binding; lamination of jacket; dropping illustrations to make page count work; favorable Horn Book review.
- Arrangement
Processing archivists intellectually organized the collection into two series based on their creation and ownership history: Publisher Files and Personal Papers. Publisher files are largely organized and titled by author name and book title. Materials in the Personal Papers series were roughly sorted by genre/type and subject, and much of this series remains arranged in the order in which the materials were received.
Collection History
- Appraisal
As part of routine appraisal practices, McElderry's academic robe and some holiday cards were removed from the collection during 2023-2024 processing.
- Processing Information
Some people and places appearing in photographs were identified by Susan Cooper Cronyn and Amy Kellman in 2013.
Personal papers and publisher files were arranged and described by Melody Edwards '15 in 2015 and continued by Ellen Williams in 2017. Additional arrangement of personal papers by Aaron Pickett, assisted by student workers, in 2017 or earlier. Further processing and finding aid completed by Lauren C. Williams in July 2024 and edited to include Box 15 in September 2024.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
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- Credit this material:
Gunnel Linde, Trust in the Unexpected; Margaret K. McElderry Papers, COTSEN4, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (rcpxm): Box 5