Eloise and William McGraw papers, 1923-1991.

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Eloise and William McGraw papers, 1923-1991.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53148563

Collection consists of primarily correspondence and literary manuscripts. Also included are a separate photograph series and a phonograph records and audio tape (one) series. The Correspondence series includes personal as well as business and professional letters. Manuscripts include book, short story, and article materials. The Illustrations series includes cover pages, tracings, and postcards that Eloise used during her research for Master Cornhill.

33.5 linear ft. (75 containers)

University of Oregon Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7665053

University of Oregon Libraries

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Corbin, William

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Eloise Jarvis McGraw, the only child of Geneviece Lucinda and Loy Hamilton Jarvis, was born on December 9, 1915 in Houston, Texas. Eloise's family moved to Oklahoma City when she was five years old. From an early age Eloise expressed an interest in writing. At age eight, inspired by the gift of a cedar pencil, she wrote a story entitled "The Cedar Pencil Boys". Her story drew upon the magical adventures she read about in Frank Baum's Oz series. Eloise believed that young authors wou...

McGraw, Eloise Jarvis

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Eloise Jarvis McGraw was born on December 9, 1915 in Houston to Genevieve Lucinda and Loy Hamilton Jarvis. From an early age Eloise expressed an interest in writing. She graduated from Classen High School in Oklahoma City in 1933 and attended Principia College in Elsah, Illinois, where she majored in art. In 1940 she married William Corbin McGraw. Eloise McGraw's writing career began in 1943 when Parent's magazine accepted her first article. Her success as a juvenile author started with the publ...