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-148
Collection Size: Ca. 1.6 linear ft. (4 boxes of manuscript materials)
Abstract/Notes: Clara Ingram Judson's papers focus on her work as an author of children's and young adult books, particularly her biographies of famous Americans. The collection contains production material for eight titles published between 1950 and 1959. Production materials include typescripts, notes, correspondence, galley proofs, front matter, a photostat of an illustration, a book dummy, and one miscellaneous item from 1972.
Clara Ingram Judson's daughters, Mrs. Kingsley L. Rice and Mrs. Gordon Canning, gave this collection to the University of Minnesota in 1971 with additional items placed on permanent loan in 1972.
Collection is non-circulating, in-house use only.
This collection is protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 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, February 1999.
This collection was processed with financial assistance from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical/Historical Notes
Clara Ingram Judson was born May 4, 1879 in Logansport, Indiana. She graduated from the Girls' Classical School in Indianapolis in 1898. After her marriage and the birth of two children, she began contributing stories and columns to Indiana newspapers and later wrote "Bed Time Tales," a feature for children. In 1915, Clara Ingram Judson published her first book for children, Flower Fairies, a "realistic" story about fairies. Throughout her long and prolific career, she wrote seventy-nine books, fiction and non-fiction, for children. Her "Mary Jane" series and the non-fiction series "They Came From," detailing the experiences of immigrants to America, were very popular with children and critics. Clara Ingram Judson's fictionalized biographies of famous Americans were also popular. Critics praised her extensive research and accuracy. Three of her biographies were Newbery Honor books: Abraham Lincoln, Friend of the People (1950) in 1951; Theodore Roosevelt, Fighting Patriot (1953) in 1954; and Mr. Justice Holmes (1956) in 1957. Clara Ingram Judson also received other awards for her work including the first Children's Reading Round Table Award in 1953 and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for her contribution to children's literature in 1960. Clara Ingram Judson died on May 24, 1960 in Evanston, Illinois.
Scope and Content Notes
The collection contains production material for eight titles published between 1950 and 1959, including six biographies of famous Americans. Production materials consist of manuscript and related materials only. Manuscript materials include corrected typescripts and partial carbon typescripts, galley proofs, front matter, a corrected book dummy, a photostat of an illustration, and notes. There is also a small amount of correspondence to and from Clara Ingram Judson and one miscellaneous item, a shipping order, from 1972. The materials are arranged by title with folder and box level control.
See attached inventory for folder and box contents.
Collection Inventory
Abraham, Lincoln, Friend of the People, 1950
-Typescript, corrected,
193 p.
(M.F. 493, folders 1-4)
-Notes,
4 p.
(M.F. 493, folder 4)
Andrew Jackson, Frontier Statesman, 1954
-Typescript, corrected, partial carbon,
259 p.
(M.F. 493, folders 1-6)
-Typescript, corrected, "Suggestions for illustrations,"
4 p.
(M.F. 493, folder 6)
-Notes,
3 p.
(M.F. 493, folder 6)
Benjamin Franklin, 1957
-Typescript, corrected,
206 p.
(M.F. 494, folders 1-5)
-Correspondence,
4 p.
(M.F. 494, folder 5)
-Galley proof, corrected,
69 p.
(M.F. 494, folder 6)
George Washington, Leader of the People, 1951
-Typescript, corrected, partial carbon,
250 p.
(M.F. 494, folders 1-5)
-Correspondence,
1 p.
(M.F. 494, folder 5)
-Typescript, corrected, partial carbon,
196 p.
(M.F. 494, folders 6-9)
-Galley proof, corrected,
1 p.
(M.F. 494, folder 10)
-Correspondence,
5 p.
(M.F. 494, folder 10)
-Notes,
18 p.
(M.F. 494, folder 10)
The Mighty Soo: Five Hundred Years at Sault Ste. Marie, 1955
-Typescript, corrected [incomplete],
167 p.
(M.F. 495, folders 1-4)
St. Lawrence Seaway, 1959
-Typescript, corrected,
163 p.
(M.F. 495, folders 1-4)
-Typescript, corrected, partial carbon,
129 p.
(M.F. 495, folders 5-7)
-Correspondence,
3 p.
(M.F. 495, folder 8)
-Notes,
4 p.
(M.F. 495, folder 8)
-Miscellaneous [shipping order from 1972],
1 p.
(M.F. 495, folder 8)
Theodore Roosevelt, Fighting Patriot, 1953
-Typescript, carbon,
190 p.
(M.F. 496, folders 1-4)
-Book dummy, corrected,
224 p.
(M.F. 496, folder 5)
Thomas Jefferson, Champion of the People, 1952
-Front matter,
4 p.
(M.F. 496, folder 1)
-Typescript, corrected, partial carbon,
206 p.
(M.F. 496, folders 1-4)
-Typescript, corrected, "Possible illustrations,"
3 p.
(M.F. 496, folder 5)
-Galley proof,
2 p.
(M.F. 496, folder 5)
-Correspondence,
9 p.
(M.F. 496, folder 5)
-Notes,
6 p.
(M.F. 496, folder 5)
-Photostat of illustration,
1 p.
(M.F. 496, folder 5)
-Front matter,
4 p.
(M.F. 496, folder 5)
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