Eleanor Estes papers, 1951 [manuscript].

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Eleanor Estes papers, 1951 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41472962

The collection contains a watercolor illustration for Ginger Pye (1951) and five other unidentified watercolor illustrations.

.40 cu. ft.

University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7437395

University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library

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USM Libraries. De Grummond Children's Literature Collection.

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Estes, Eleanor, 1906-1988

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Eleanor Estes (1906-1988) was the author and illustrator of a number of children's books over her long career. Born in West Haven, Connecticut, Estes worked as a librarian at the New Haven Public Library before winning a scholarship to the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, where she met her husband. She worked as a children's librarian for the New York Public Library until her first book was published in 1941. That book, The Moffats, set in fictional Cranbury, Connecticut, was based on Estes' own...