Maureen Daly papers 1938-1973

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Maureen Daly papers 1938-1973

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Maureen Daly (1921-) wrote fiction, both short stories and novels, and nonfiction articles and books. She is credited with establishing the category of Young Adult fiction with her novel first published in 1942. The collection includes correspondence, literary manuscripts, reviews, interviews, and tearsheets. Seventeenth Summer,

6.0 linear feet, 5 containers

eng,

University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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Daly, Maureen, 1921-2006

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Maureen Daly (1921-) was born in County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland and grew up in Fon du Lac, Wisconsin. She attended Rosary College and began her writing career as a teenage reporter for the Chicago tribune. She married writer William P. McGivern in 1946. Daly became an author of fiction, but continued to write nonfiction for newspapers and magazines and also compiled and edited collections of short stories by other authors. Her young adult novel, Seventeenth summer, published in 1942, was an imme...