Lee and Robert Wyndham papers, 1927-1978.

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Lee and Robert Wyndham papers, 1927-1978.

Collection comprises papers relating to writers Lee and Robert Wyndham. Included are incoming and outgoing correspondence, manuscripts, published works, lecture notes, periodicals containing Wyndham contributions, and miscellaneous items. Correspondents include Phyllis A. Whitney, Judy Blume, and Jane Yolen. Manuscripts include Dance to my measure; The lost birthday present; Geronimo; and Family at Seven Chimneys House; all by Lee Wyndham, and Chinese Mother Goose rhymes; by Robert Wyndham.

18 linear ft. (14 containers)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6821258

University of Oregon Libraries

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Wyndham, Lee

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Lee Wyndham (1912-1978) was the pseudonym for Jane Andrews Lee Hyndman, an editor and author of books for juveniles. Born in the Ukraine, her family escaped from the Bolsheviks in 1919, leaving Russia for Istanbul. She came to the U.S. in 1923, and married Robert Hyndman (1906-1973), who wrote under the name Robert Wyndham, in 1933. Lee did not start writing professionally until 1947, but went on to have a prolific career. One of her best-known titles may be Candy stripers. Robert Wyndham, a wri...

Wyndham, Robert, 1906-1973

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Jane Andrews Lee Hyndman (December 16, 1912-March 18, 1978) was born in Russia and came to the United States in 1923 where she became a U.S. Citizen. She was the daughter of Andrew and Alexandra Levchenko. In 1933 she married Robert Hyndman (pseudonym Robert Wyndham) and they had two children. Lee Hyndman did her schooling in both the United States and in Turkey where she studied singing and painting. She was a member of the Author’s Guild of the Author’s League of America and Women...