Children's Literature Research Collection
113 Elmer L. Andersen Library
University of Minnesota
222 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Children's Literature
Research Collection
113 Elmer L. Andersen Library
University of Minnesota
222 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Summary Information
Collection Number: CLRC-118
Collection Size: 2.0 linear ft. (5 boxes)
Abstract/Notes: Julia Cunningham's papers focus on her work as an author for children and young adults. The collection includes production material for sixteen titles published between 1960 and 1986. Production materials include typescripts and proofs, and there is also some correspondence and a note by Dr. Irvin Kerlan.
Part of this collection was originally given to Dr. Irvin Kerlan who in turn donated his collection to the University of Minnesota. Julia Cunningham donated additional material in 1964 and during the 1970s and 1980s.
Collection is non-circulating, in-house use only.
This collection is protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Titles 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all the necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials.
Prepared by Christina Cowan, November 1998.
This collection was processed with financial assistance from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical/Historical Notes
Julia Cunningham was born October 4, 1916 in Spokane, Washington. She attended art school for a year in Virginia and then worked as an editor and at various jobs before writing children's and young adult books. Her first book The Vision of Francois the Fox was published in 1960. Throughout her career, Julia Cunningham has felt that as a writer of children's books it is crucial to "listen", "look", "daydream", and "be aware of smell and taste" and be "disciplined." Critics have praised her works for their originality and almost "poetic prose." She is known for her anthropomorphic animal characters that express the "power of love" and "friendship" and "vivid personalities." Her fables are moralistic but not didactic. Julia Cunningham has also several books with a "gothic" backdrop including Viollet (1966), The Treasure Is the Rose (1973), and Tuppeny (1978). She also uses what critics call "the Romantic child," an innocent child who brings enlightenment to those who will accept it. In Dorp Dead (1965) an allegorical story of "possibility," orphan Gilly escapes from cruel Master Kobalt by following the tenets of the Hunter who "hunts to see" and learns to make the right choices and struggle against regimentation and rigidity.
Scope and Content Notes
The collection contains production material for sixteen titles published between 1960 and 1986. It includes corrected typescripts, corrected partial photocopy typescripts, corrected photocopy typescripts, notes, corrected galley proofs, front matter, a page proof, layout notes, correspondence, and a note by Dr. Irwin Kerlan. The materials are arranged by title with folder and box level control.
See attached inventory for folder and box contents.
Collection Inventory
Come to the Edge, 1977
-Typescript, corrected,
49 p.
(M.F. 270, folder 1)
-Typescript, corrected,
12 p.
(M.F. 270, folder 2)
Dear Rat, 1961
-Typescript, corrected,
52 p.
(M.F. 270, folder 1)
-Galley proof, corrected,
34 p.
(M.F. 270, folder 2)
Dorp Dead, 1965
-Typescript, corrected, 36 p. with notes, 6 p. (M.F. 270, folder 1)
Far in the Day, 1972
-Typescript, corrected,
54 p.
(M.F. 270, folder 1)
Flight of the Sparrow: A Novel, 1980
-Typescript, corrected, 95 p. with front matter, 3 p. (M.F. 270, folders 1-2)
-Typescript, partial photocopy, corrected, 129 p. with front matter, 22 p. (M.F. 270, folders 3-5)
-Galley proof, corrected, 66 p. with front matter, 4 p. (M.F. 270, folders 6-7)
-Galley proof, corrected, 67 p. with front matter, 4 p. (M.F. 270, folders 8-9)
Macaroon, 1962
-Typescript, corrected,
21 p.
(M.F. 271, folder 1)
-Galley proof,
12 p.
(M.F. 271, folder 2)
-Galley proof, corrected,
12 p.
(M.F. 271, folder 2)
-Galley proof, corrected,
11 p.
(M.F. 271, folder 2)
-Note by Dr. Irvin Kerlan,
1 p.
(M.F. 271, folder 2)
Maybe a Mouse, 1974
-Typescript, corrected,
23 p.
(M.F. 271, folder 1)
A Mouse Called Junction, 1980
-Typescript, corrected,
11 p.
(M.F. 271, folder 1)
Oaf, 1986
-Notes,
2 p.
(M.F. 1225, folder 1)
-Typescript, corrected,
49 p.
(M.F. 1225, folder 1)
-Typescript, corrected,
47 p.
(M.F. 1225, folder 2)
-Typescript, partial photocopy, corrected,
74 p.
(M.F. 1225, folders 3-4)
-Correspondence,
16 p.
(M.F. 1225, folder 4)
Onion Journey, 1967
-Galley proof, corrected,
7 p.
(M.F. 271, folder 1)
The Silent Voice, 1981
-Typescript, partial photocopy, corrected, 24 p. with notes, 1 p. (M.F. 271, folder 1)
-Typescript, corrected,
97 p.
(M.F. 271, folders 2-3)
-Typescript, corrected, 162 p. with front matter, 5 p. (M.F. 271, folders 4-7)
-Correspondence with publisher,
1 p.
(M.F. 271, folder 7)
-Notes, typescript, corrected,
20 p.
(M.F. 271, folder 7)
The Treasure Is the Rose, 1973
-Typescript, corrected photocopy,
54 p.
(M.F. 271, folder 1)
Tuppenny, 1978
-Typescript, partial photocopy, corrected, 72 p. with front matter, 6 p. (M.F. 271, folders 1-2)
-Galley proof, corrected,
38 p.
(M.F. 271, folder 3)
Viollet, 1966
-Typescript, corrected,
31 p.
(M.F. 271, folder 1)
The Vision of Francois the Fox, 1960
-Typescript, corrected,
13 p.
(M.F. 271, folder 1)
Wolf Roland, 1983
-Typescript, corrected,
107 p.
(M.F. 997, folders 1-2)
-Typescript, corrected photocopy,
93 p.
(M.F. 997, folders 3-4)
-Typescript, corrected photocopy,
93 p.
(M.F. 997, folders 5-6)
-Typescript, corrected photocopy,
100 p.
(M.F. 997, folders 7-8)
-Correspondence,
11 p.
(M.F. 997, folder 9)
-Notes,
40 p.
(M.F. 997, folder 9)
-Galley proof, corrected,
45 p.
(M.F. 997, folders 10-11)
-Typescript, corrected,
6 p.
(M.F. 1001, folder 12)
-Typescript, corrected,
62 p.
(M.F. 1001, folder 13)
-Galley proof, corrected,
50 p.
(M.F. 1001, folder 14)
-Galley proof, corrected,
49 p.
(M.F. 1001, folder 15)
-Galley proof, corrected,
56 p.
(M.F. 1001, folder 16)
-Page proof,
56 p.
(M.F. 1001, folder 17)
-Layout notes,
18 p.
(M.F. 1001, folder 18)
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