Sayers, Frances Clarke, 1897-1989

Sayers was born on Sept. 4, 1897 in Topeka, KS; attended Univ. of TX and Carnegie Institute of Technology; asst. in children's room (1918-23) and superintendent of work with children (1941-52), New York Public Library; lecturer on children's literature, 1954-65, UCLA; won Joseph W. Lippincott Award for distinguished service in the profession of librarianship, 1965 and Clarence Day Award, 1966 for Summoned by books : essays and speeches (ed. by Marjeanne Blinn, 1965); other publications include Bluebonnets for Lucinda (1932), Mr. Tidy-Paws (1934), and Anne Carroll More : a biography (1972); she died on July 24, 1989 in Ojai, CA.

From the description of Papers, 1910-1989. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 41112842

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