The Horn Book Magazine and Horn Book, Inc. Records, 1899-1993, 1916-1993.

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The Horn Book Magazine and Horn Book, Inc. Records, 1899-1993, 1916-1993.

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The records of the Horn Book Magazine and Horn Book Inc. document the development of the first magazine published with a concern for children's books and reading. The records also document the personal life of the magazine's founder, Bertha Mahony Miller (BMM), a graduate of Simmons College, and her influence on the field of children's literature. The records include office files, correspondence, illustrations, photographs, clippings and printed material related to the Bookshop for Boys and Girls (1916-36) (founded by BMM and operated under the auspices of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union), The Horn Book Magazine (1924-67) and The Horn Book, Inc. (1936-67). Correspondence among the editors of the magazine and numerous authors, illustrators, librarians, editors, publishers and educators document the field of children's literature from the early to mid-twentieth century. Among others, correspondents include Jennie Lindquist, Ruth Hill Viguers, Elinor Whitney Field, Anne Carroll Moore, Alice Jordan, Caroline Hewins, Beatrix Potter, Siri Andrews, Issac Asimov, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Louise Seaman Bechtel, Ruth Sawyer, Beulah Folmsbee, Virginia Haviland, Lee Kingman, May Massee, Maurice Sendak, J. R. R. Tolkien, Virginia Burton, Walter De la Mare, Elmer Hader, Bertha Hader, Leslie Linder and Momoko Ishii.

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Simmons College, Beatley Library

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Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943

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Beatrix Potter was born July 28 (or 6 according to some sources), 1866 in London, England; she died December 22, 1943 in Sawrey, England. She was the daughter of a barrister. In 1913, she married William Heelis, a lawyer. Ms. Potter was tutored by governesses, except for some brief private instruction, she was self taught in art. Ms. Potter was an author and illustrator of books for children, later a sheep farmer in the Lake District and a conservationist. Her first book, Tale Of Peter Rabbit, w...

Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Mass.)

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The Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Massachusetts), a non-profit social and educational agency, was founded in 1877 by Dr. Harriet Clisby, and incorporated in 1880, "to increase fellowship among women and to promote the best practical methods for securing their educational, industrial and social advancement." In order to accomplish this mission, the organization was arranged in committees or departments which throughout its hist...

Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992

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Biochemist, professor of biochemistry at Boston University Medical School; science and science fiction writer; author of over 400 books. From the description of Letters, 1950-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122322499 American scientist and writer. From the description of Letter and postcard, 1987 Nov. 30. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122632941 Isaac Asimov (1920 ₆ 19...

Horn Book, Inc.

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Moore, Anne Carroll, 1871-1961

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Anne Carroll Moore (1871-1961) was a children's librarian, and an author and critic of children's books. She headed the Children's Dept. of the Pratt Institute Library from 1896 to 1906, and was the first Supervisor of Work with Children at the New York Public Library, 1906-1941. From the description of Anne Carroll Moore papers, 1898-1960, bulk (1920-1960). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455712 Anne Carroll Moore, an innovator in the...

Lindquist, Jennie D. (Jennie Dorothea), 1899-1977

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Biographical note: Children's writer and editor. Lindquist was a staff member of the Horn Book (the Boston publisher) from 1948 to 1958 and was editor of its "Horn Book Magazine". She was also head of the Children's Department at the Albany Public Library, a lecturer and librarian at the University of New Hampshire, and worked in the John Mistletoe Bookshop, Albany, New York. From the description of Jennie D. Lindquist papers, 1937-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat r...

Kingman, Lee

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American author and editor for Houghton Mifflin. Kingman's daughter Susanna Natti is an illustrator. Kingman has also published under the names Mary Lee Natti and Mary Lee Kingman Natti. From the description of Lee Kingman papers 1966-1979. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 39211581 (Mary) Lee Kingman was born October 6, 1919, in Reading, Mass. She worked as a writer, editor, textile designer, and printer. She began writi...

De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956

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Walter De la Mare (1873-1956) was a British poet, novelist, short story writer, critic, essayist, anthologist, dramatist, and a prolific writer of children's poetry and fiction. From the description of Papers of Walter De la Mare, 1923-1956. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122584933 Mégroz was the early biographer of de la Mare. From the description of Letter, c. 1923, to R.L. Mégroz. (Unknown). WorldCat record...

Massee, May, 1881-1966

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Editor. From the description of Reminiscences of May Massee : oral history, 1966. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309733523 ...

Burton, Virginia Lee, 1909-1968

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American author and illustrator of children's picture books. From the description of Life story : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62436210 From the description of The emperor's new clothes : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62731868 From the description of The little house : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62731867 ...

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...

Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957

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Laura Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer, mostly known for the Little House on the Prairie series of children's books, published between 1932 and 1943, which were based on her childhood in a settler and pioneer family....

Hader, Berta

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Berta and Elmer Hader were an award winning husband and wife team of authors and illustrators of children's books; Caldecott award winners, 1949. From the description of Papers, 1930-1948. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489604 Berta and Elmer Hader were a husband and wife, award winning team of authors and illustrators of children's books. From the description of The big snow : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapo...

Folmsbee, Beulah.

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Bookshop for Boys and Girls (Boston, Mass.)

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Miller, Bertha E. Mahony

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From the guide to the Bertha E. Miller Papers, n.d., (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc]) ...

Viguers, Ruth Hill, 1903-1971

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Field, Elinor Whitney, 1889-1980

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Sendak, Maurice

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American author and illustrator of children's books; Caldecott Medal, 1964; Caldecott Honor, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1971, 1982, 1984. From the description of Papers, 1951-1965. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402535 American author and illustrator children's books. From the description of The house of sixty fathers : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402537 American author an...

Jordan, Alice M. (Alice Mabel), 1870-1960

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Ishii, Momoko, 1907-2008

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Linder, Leslie

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Leslie Linder (1904-1973) was an engineer and Beatrix Potter collector. Linder cracked the code Potter had used to write her journals and published them for the public. Biographical Source: http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/prints_books/potter/collections/index.html (Accessed 25 Jan. 2008). From the description of Leslie Linder Papers . (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 462885991 Leslie Linder (1904-1973) was an engineer and Beatrix Potter collector....

Hewins, Caroline M. (Caroline Maria), 1846-1926

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Andrews, Siri.

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Haviland, Virginia, 1911-

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Sawyer, Ruth, 1880-1970

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Hader, Elmer, 1889-1973

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Born in California and a member of the San Francisco Art Association. He painted landscapes and portraits and also worked as an illustrator. From the description of The Grapes of Wrath / John Steinbeck : book jacket reproduction, 1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565814 Berta Hoerner Hader (ca. 1890-1976) and Elmer Stanley Hader (1889-1973) were authors and illustrators of books for children. They won the Caldecott award for The Big Snow (New York: Macmillan, 1948) in ...

Tolkien, J.R.R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973

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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an author, scholar, and educator. Born in South Africa, he was educated at Oxford, where he nourished a love of philology and myth. During a distinguished career as professor of English at Oxford, he provided renditions of Middle English poems such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Sir Orfeo. Acting on his desire to provide a cohesive mythology for England comparable to that of Greece, he developed the world of Middle-Earth, based on Anglic philology. His most ...