Eleanor Estes Papers 1943-1987

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Eleanor Estes Papers 1943-1987

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Eleanor Estes papers focus on her work as an author and illustrator of children's and young adult fiction, and trace the genesis, process, and revision of thirteen of her works. The collection contains manuscript and illustrative material, including typescripts, notes, galley and page proofs, illustrations, a dummy, book jackets, as well as scrapbooks for five titles containing reviews, articles, and correspondence. There is also correspondence and art from children sent to Ms. Estes about her books, a copy of her acceptance speech for the 1952 Newbery Medal, an article written for , and typescripts for some stories not verified as published. Horn Book Magazine

3.8 linear ft. (Manuscripts) 4 cubic ft. (Illustrations)

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University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections

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Estes, Eleanor, 1906-1988

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Eleanor Estes (1906-1988) was the author and illustrator of a number of children's books over her long career. Born in West Haven, Connecticut, Estes worked as a librarian at the New Haven Public Library before winning a scholarship to the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, where she met her husband. She worked as a children's librarian for the New York Public Library until her first book was published in 1941. That book, The Moffats, set in fictional Cranbury, Connecticut, was based on Estes' own...