03. Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature

Classification

Identifier: 03

Staff Only

This directory lists manuscript and archival collections related to the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature.

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Dodd, Mead Contract Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0338

Abstract The publisher, Dodd, Mead, and Company, was founded by Moses W. Dodd and John S. Taylor in New York City in 1839 as the firm Taylor and Dodd. Over the years, the firm leadership changed and the name evolved along with it, becoming M. W. Dodd in 1840, Dodd and Mead in 1870, and, finally, Dodd, Mead and Company in 1876. The company ceased operations 1990. The collection consists of publishing contracts and similar agreements, as well as correspondence regarding publishing and negotiating...

Dates: 1872-1984; Majority of material found within 1895-1960

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Hans Christian Andersen Award Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0407

Abstract

Submitted works and biographical material from the 1990 Hans Christian Andersen Award author and illustrator nominees.

Dates: 1990

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Louis Rhead Illustrations

Collection

Identifier: MS Group 322

Abstract

Preliminary sketches, final sketches, and page proofs for children's book illustrations by Louis Rhead.

Dates: 1890-1924

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Margaret Sidney (Harriett Mulford Stone Lothrop) Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS Group 111

Abstract

Manuscripts, short stories, published works, biographical materials, and other papers created by or related to the novelist Margaret Sidney (Harriett Mulford Stone Lothrop).

Dates: 1788-1942

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Papers of Louise Seaman Bechtel

Collection

Identifier: MS Group 136

Abstract

The Papers of Louise Seaman Bechtel document the publishing of children's literature in the United States at mid-century and the rise of women as editors and publishers in the United States. The collection contains correspondence with several famous children's books authors and illustrators.

Dates: 1917-1986

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Ruth M. Baldwin Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms Coll. 080

Abstract

Articles, correspondence, manuscripts for books and articles, and records of purchases for Ruth Baldwin's children's book collection.

Dates: 1938-1990

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida