Papers of Louise Seaman Bechtel 1917-1986

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Papers of Louise Seaman Bechtel 1917-1986

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The Papers of Louise Seaman Bechtel document the publishing of children's literature in the United States at mid-century and the rise of women as editors and publishers in the United States. The collection contains correspondence with several famous children's books authors and illustrators.

6 Linear feet; 10 Boxes; 1 scrapbook

eng,

Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

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Bechtel, Louise Seaman, 1894-1985

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Editor, author, lecturer on children's literature. Louise Seaman Bechtel, 1894-1985, served as Editor and Head of the Juvenile Book Department of Macmillan Publishing Company in New York City. A 1915 graduate of Vassar College, Bechtel began work for Macmillan in 1919. After leaving Macmillan in 1934, Bechtel worked as a freelance writer and lecturer. She was the editor of the children's section of the New York Herald Tribune Book Review from 1948 to 1956 and was associate editor of The Horn Boo...