Virginia Eggertsen Sorensen Papers 1942-1978

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Virginia Eggertsen Sorensen Papers 1942-1978

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Virginia Eggertsen Sorensen's papers focus on the background, writing, revision, and publication of five of her books for children and adults. The collection includes holograph, typescripts, notes, research material, photographs, correspondence, clippings, reviews, and articles by and about Ms. Sorensen. The correspondence is mostly with her editor, Margaret McElderry, but also contains a letter from children's author Eleanor Estes.

3.3 linear feet

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University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections

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Sorensen, Virginia Eggertsen

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Virginia Eggertsen Sorensen was born February 17, 1912, in Provo, Utah, the descendent of Danish and Mormon immigrants to Utah. She attended Brigham Young University, graduating with as B.S. in 1934, and later did graduate work at Stanford University. She began writing in the 1940s, publishing her first adult novel in 1942. The book, like several other of her works, drew upon her Mormon background. In the 1950s she began to write children's and young adult books. She won widespread praise for he...