Beatrice Schenk de Regniers papers, 1961-1968.

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Beatrice Schenk de Regniers papers, 1961-1968.

The collection consists of dummies, correspondence, manuscripts, outlines, sketches, research notes, drafts, galley proofs, and typescripts by the children's book author and editor Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (1914-2000), for her books The Little Girl and Her Mother (1963), May I Bring a Friend? (1964), The Abe Lincoln Joke Book (1965), and Willy O'Dwyer Jumped in the Fire (1968).

0.42 linear feet

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Free Library of Philadelphia. Central Children's Dept.

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De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk.

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Beatrice Schenk de Regniers was born in Lafayette, Indiana on August 16, 1914, and died March 1, 2000. She studied social work administration at the U of Chicago and earned her M.Ed in 1941 from Winnetka Graduate Teacher's College. After doing social work for several years she was sent to the Sinai Peninsula to a Yugoslav refugee camp, constructing a kindergarten and teaching American folk dances to the children. During the 1950s she began writing for children, and "italic">The Giant Story ap...

Gilman, Esther,

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Cumming, William Lahey

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Montresor, Beni

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Italian-born, American illustrator and author of children's books received the Caldecott Medal for May I Bring A Friend? in 1965. From the description of The great rebellion : production material, [1961?]. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62494730 Italian-born, American illustrator and author of children's books; received the Caldecott Medal for May I Bring A Friend? in 1965. From the description of Papers, 1961. (University of Minnesot...