Joan W. Blos Papers, 1971-2007

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Joan W. Blos Papers, 1971-2007

1971-2007

https://findingaids.lib.umich.edu/catalog/umich-scl-blos

Collection includes: development materials, correspondence, manuscripts and illustrations of both published and unpublished works including "Just Think!", "A Gathering of Days," "Martin's Hats," "Brothers of the Heart," "Old Henry," "Lottie's Circus," "Pioneers," "The Heroine of the Titanic," "A Seed, a Flower, a Minute, an Hour," "Brooklyn Doesn't Rhyme," "The Days Before Now," "The Hungry Little Boy," "Nellie Bly's Monkey," "Bedtime!," "Brothers of the Heart," "Hello Shoes," "Letters from the Corrugated Castle," "Bringing The Jackson Home," "Thisca!," "Brave Sisters, Fighting Women," "When Times Square was New," "The Applesauce Tree," "The Happy Park Day," "Old Henry II," "Samuel Footes's Nonsense," "She's Busy," "The Scribble Scrabble Surprise," "Rhymes and Reason," "Bathtime," and "Ker-choo! A Wintertime Story."

7 boxes and 2 oversize boxes (11 linear feet)

eng, Latn

University of Michigan

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SNAC Resource ID: 8032220

University of Michigan

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