Grace Sydenstricker Yaukey papers, 1934-1968.

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Grace Sydenstricker Yaukey papers, 1934-1968.

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Collection comprises manuscripts of books and articles, research materials, and correspondence relating to the work of American author Grace Sydenstricker Yaukey, who wrote stories and books under the pen name Cornelia Spencer. Collection includes published and unpublished book manuscripts and a large series of correspondence, much of which with publishers such as John Day Company, Alfred A. Knopf, J.B. Lippincott, Macrae-Smith Company, and Row, Peterson and Company.

4.5 linear ft. (4 containers)

University of Oregon Libraries

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Row, Peterson, and Company

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Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

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Weinstock was an executive editor at Knopf. From the description of Correspondence with Adolf Klarmann, 1945. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862789 American publishing house. From the description of Records. Series VIII., London Office Files, 1910-1957 (bulk 1928-1940). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122617133 From the description of Records, 1873-1996 (bul...

J.B. Lippincott & Co.

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Spencer, Cornelia, 1899-1994

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Grace Sydenstricker Yaukey (1899-1994) was an American author of short stories and books, most of which were for children, about the history and culture of China and other Asian countries, among other topics. She was born in China to missionary parents and began writing for publication after she moved to the United States at age 35. Under the pen name Cornelia Spencer, she wrote books for children on political leaders and cultural revolutions. She also produced two biographies of her sister, the...

Spencer, Cornelia, 1899-1994

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Grace Sydenstricker Yaukey (1899-1994) was an American author of short stories and books, most of which were for children, about the history and culture of China and other Asian countries, among other topics. She was born in China to missionary parents and began writing for publication after she moved to the United States at age 35. Under the pen name Cornelia Spencer, she wrote books for children on political leaders and cultural revolutions. She also produced two biographies of her sister, the...

Macrae-Smith Company.

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John Day Company.

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Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973

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Pearl S. Buck was the daughter of American missionary parents, and spent the first seventeen years of her life in China. Her third novel, The Good Earth, won the Pulitzer Prize, and a Nobel Prize for literature followed, citing The Good Earth as well as her biographies of her parents. Critical reception for her works has been mixed since these early successes. A prolific and optimistic author, most of her fiction is set in China, and she displays great affection for the place and her characters....