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03. Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature

 Classification
Identifier: 03
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

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

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

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

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

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