Shieling Forest collection, 1962-1992.

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Shieling Forest collection, 1962-1992.

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Correspondence, brochures, photographs, and other papers, of Elizabeth Yates McGreal, author of children's books (writing under the name Elizabeth Yates), relating to her gift of land to the state of New Hampshire and the development of Shieling Forest, a state park in Peterborough, to be used as an urban forestry center; together with clippings concerning McGreal and her books.

2 boxes.

Peterborough Historical Society

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Yates, Elizabeth, 1905-2001

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Elizabeth McGreal Yates was born in Buffalo, New York in 1905. She wrote books for both adults and children, but is best remembered as an author of children's books. A notable success was her 1950 publication of Amos Fortune, a children's book based on the true story of an African prince who becomes a slave in America and later gains his freedom. The book won the John Newbery Award in 195l. She died in 2001 in Concord, New Hampshire.Biographical Source: Something About the Author, volume 128, p....

McGreal, Elizabeth Yates, 1905-2001

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