Bette Greene Papers 1973-1983

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Bette Greene Papers 1973-1983

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Bette Greene's papers focus on her wok as an author of children's and young adult fiction, and contain production materials for 5 titles, and include various drafts that trace the genesis, process, and revision of these works. There is also a small amount of correspondence.

3.3 linear feet

eng,

University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6615774

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Greene, Bette, 1934-....

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Bette Greene, nee Evansky, was born June 28, 1834, in West Memphis, Tennessee. She grew up in a small Arkansas town, in one of the few Jewish families in the area. She later drew on the experiences of small town Southern life and her feelings of being an outsider because of her Jewish heritage in several of her books. She attended the universities of Alabama, Memphis State, and Columbia during the 1950s, and later worked as a reporter and information officer. In 1973 she published her first youn...