Margaret Wise Brown Papers, 1938-1960.

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Margaret Wise Brown Papers, 1938-1960.

Literary manuscripts, correspondence, legal papers, biographical information, periodical publications, sound recordings, ephemera, and clippings.

4.16 cubic ft. (12 boxes)

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Pilpel, Harriet F. (Harriet Fleischl), 1911-1991

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>Harriet Fleischl Pilpel (December 2, 1911 – April 23, 1991) was an American attorney and women's rights activist. She wrote and lectured extensively regarding the freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and reproductive freedom. Pilpel served as general counsel for both the American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood. During her career, she participated in 27 cases that came before the United States Supreme Court. Pilpel was involved in the birth control movement and the pro-choice m...

William R. Scott, Inc.

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William Rufus Scott, founder of the small publishing house William R. Scott, Inc., was born August 27, 1910. He graduated from Yale University in 1931 and worked for several small publishers, where he developed skill as a typographer and learned about illustrating. Scott founded William R. Scott, Inc. in 1938 with his wife, Ethel McCullough Scott, and her brother, John C. McCullough, and began to publish children's books. The first editor was Margaret Brown, who published ''The Nois...

Grenell, Horace, 1909-1981

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Artists and Writers Guild

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Harper & Brothers.

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Correspondence (129 letters) and typescript (unsigned) revisions and notes, 1954, (23 p.) concerning the publication of The Scope of Total Architecture by Walter Gropius. Includes 22 letters from Gropius. From the description of Correspondence with Walter Gropius, 1952-1956. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612369957 Publishing firm in New York City. From the description of Harper & Brothers Records 1817-1929. (Columbia University In the City of New ...

Hollins University

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Greenbaum, Wolff and Ernst.

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E.P. Dutton (Firm)

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American book publishing company E. P. Dutton was founded by Edward Payson Dutton in Boston in 1852 as a bookseller. In 1864 Dutton opened a branch office in New York City and in 1869 relocated his headquarters there, where he began publishing as well as selling. In 1906, the company captured an important partner when it became the American distributor of the Everyman's Library series, published by the English firm J. M. Dent. Dutton remained at the helm of his company u...

Brown, Margaret Wise, 1910-1952

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Author of children's books including well known classics Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny; resident of New York, N.Y., and Vinalhaven, Me. From the description of Margaret Wise Brown collection, 1929-1954 (bulk 1937-1952). (Westerly Public Library). WorldCat record id: 225081337 American author of children's books; posthumously awarded 1984 Kerlan Award along with her illustrators and editors. From the description of Papers, 1942-1960. (University of Minnesot...

Ogle, Lucille

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Lucille Edith Ogle (1904-1988) was an author and editor of children's books and a publishing company executive. She co-created the Little golden books series of children's books with George Duplaix. First published in 1942, the low-priced and sturdy little books were among the first children's books to feature full-color illustrations and eventually sold in the millions. Ogle was born in Cleveland, graduated from Case Western Reserve, and earned a master's degree in marketing from New York Unive...

Williams, Garth.

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Garth Williams was born on April 16, 1912 in New York City. He attended the City of London School, Westminster Art School, Royal College of Art and the British School of Rome. He was an organizer at the Luton Art School art editor of a women's magazine, but Garth Williams is best known as an author and illustrator of children's books. He is the illustrator of nearly 100 children's books. His artwork can be found in Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, The Rescuers and the Little House series by Laura...

Wyckoff, Jerome

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Randolph, Elizabeth

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Macrae, Elliot B.

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Simon and Schuster Inc

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Simon and Schuster had been a publisher of English translations of Werfel's works in the 1920s and 1930s (by the time of this correspondence, those rights had been transferred to Viking Press). Richard Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster were the founders and heads of the company, which was based in New York City; they maintained a personal friendship with Werfel and Alma Mahler. Howe was an editor at Simon and Schuster. From the description of Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Wer...

Patterson, Ruth Cleary

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Lustig, Lillian.

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Rauch, Roberta Brown.

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Cadzow, Dorothy

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Ylla, 1910-1955

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Young People's Records, Inc. (N.Y.)

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Nordstrom, Ursula

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