Weik, Mary Hays, 1898-

Writer, activist in the world government and anti-nuclear movements, founder and director of the American Federation of World Citizens (ca. 1954-1964) and the Committee to End Radiological Hazzards (ca. 1964-1979).

From the description of Mary Hays Weik papers, 1921-1979. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 68796386

From the description of Papers, 1921-1979. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34369141

Mary Hays Weik was born in 1898 in Greencastle, Indiana. She graduated with an A.B. from DePauw University and later worked as a journalist, a consultant for social agencies and schools, and as a writer. Mary Hays Weik published her first book, Adventure: A Book of Verse in 1919. She also wrote books on the atomic pollution of the environment and edited an anti-nuclear newsletter. She published her first book, The House at Cherry Hill, for children and young adults in 1938. In 1966, she published The Jazz Man, a story about a young African-American boy living in Harlem. The book, illustrated by her daughter the author/illustrator Ann Grifalconi, was a Newbery Honor Book in 1967 and also was the Caldecott Medal runner-up for best illustrated book that same year. Mary Hays Weik continued to write for children and young adults and in 1972 published a work of historical fiction, A House on Liberty Street, that drew on the life of an ancestor, a German immigrant who came to the United States in the 1840s. Mary Hays Weik died on December 25, 1979 in Manhattan, New York. Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vol. 3, pp. 247-248. and vol. 23, p. 233.

From the description of Mary Hays Weik Papers 1922-1978. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 436621857

American author of children's and young adult books; Newbery Honor for The Jazz Man in 1967.

From the description of The scarlet thread : a group of one-act plays for young people : production material, ca. 1967-1970. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62494648

From the description of A house on Liberty Street : production material, ca. 1972-1974. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62451502

From the description of Papers, 1922-1978 (bulk 1938-1972). (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62443811

From the description of The house on Cherry Hill : production material, [1938?]. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62443814

From the description of The jazz man : production material, ca. 1960-1978. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62406079

Mary Hays Weik was born in 1898 in Greencastle, Indiana. She graduated with an A.B. from DePauw University and later worked as a journalist, a consultant for social agencies and schools, and as a writer. Mary Hays Weik published her first book, Adventure: A Book of Verse in 1919. She also wrote books on the atomic pollution of the environment and edited an anti-nuclear newsletter. She published her first book, The House at Cherry Hill, for children and young adults in 1938. In 1966, she published The Jazz Man, a story about a young African-American boy living in Harlem. The book, illustrated by her daughter the author/illustrator Ann Grifalconi, was a Newbery Honor Book in 1967 and also was the Caldecott Medal runner-up for best illustrated book that same year. Mary Hays Weik continued to write for children and young adults and in 1972 published a work of historical fiction, A House on Liberty Street, that drew on the life of an ancestor, a German immigrant who came to the United States in the 1840s. Mary Hays Weik died on December 25, 1979 in Manhattan, New York.

Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vol. 3, pp. 247-248. and vol. 23, p. 233.

From the guide to the Mary Hays Weik Papers, 1922-1978, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])