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: CLRC0191
Collection Size: 2.70 linear ft. (Manuscript and other material), .125 cubic ft. (Illustrative material)
Abstract/Notes: Alison Uttley's papers comprise production materials for forty-one short stories, two novels, a play, eight collections of legends and stories, and eleven collections of essays, many of which are partly or wholly autobiographical or biographical. All were created between 1931 and 1967. Production materials include manuscript and illustrative material. Correspondence consists of one letter from a school child, and Uttley's suggestions for illustrators and printers.
Alison Uttley gave portions of this collection to Dr. Irvin Kerlan, who donated his collection to the University of Minnesota. After Dr. Kerlan's death, Mrs. Uttley continued to donate production materials and books to the Kerlan Collection. Additional books were purchased for the collection.
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.
This collection was processed with financial assistance from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical/Historical Notes
A prolific English author whose career spanned almost fifty years, Alison Uttley was best known for creating Little Grey Rabbit, a character who, with an assortment of friends, appeared in more than 30 books. Uttley's childhood in Derbyshire, England at the turn of the century became the basis of her stories, her fairy tales, and her books of essays and reminiscences.
Biographical Sources:
Scope and Content Notes
The collection contains production material, organized by title, including manuscript and illustrative material for sixty-three titles produced between 1931 and 1967. Manuscript materials include holographs, typescripts, corrected typescripts (some marked for the printer), typescript carbons and typescript corrected carbons, corrected galley proofs, corrected page proofs, publisher's dummies. Illustrative materials include pencil illustrations and artist's proofs. Other materials include holograph correspondence from a child and the author's notes for illustrators and for the printers.
See attached inventory for folder and box contents.
Collection Inventory
Ambush of Young Days, 1937
-Page proof, corrected,
286 p.
(M.F. 789, folder 1)
Ambush of Young Days, 1940
-Page proof, corrected (1943 printing),
208 p.
(M.F. 798, folder 1)
-Page proof, corrected (1945 printing),
208 p.
(M.F. 798, folder 1)
Carts and candlesticks, 1948
-Page proof, corrected,
156 p.
(M.F. 798, folder 1)
The Cobbler's Shop, and Other Tales, 1950
-Pasteup dummy, corrected, with holograph pre-pages, and pencil illustrations and illustrator's proofs laid in,
168 p., 20 illustrations, 21 proof illustrations
(M.C. 385)
The Country Child, 1931
-Page proof, corrected (1943 printing),
216 p.
(M.F. 798, folder 1)
Country Things, 1946
-Page proof, corrected,
148 p.
(M.F. 798, folder 1)
Cuckoo in June, 1964
-Galley proof, corrected,
34 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
-Page proof, corrected,
128 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 2)
Enchantment, 1966
-Typescript, corrected,
13 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
-Galley proof,
4 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
The Farm on the Hill, 1941
-Page proof, corrected (2nd impression),
316 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
The Farm on the Hill, 1949
-Page proof, corrected,
288 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
The Fir-trees and the Christmas Tree, 1950
-Typescript, corrected,
11 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
The Flower Show, 1955
-Typescript, corrected,
11 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
Fuzzypeg Goes to School, 1938
-Holograph,
17 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
Going to the Fair, 1951
-Typescript, corrected,
15 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
-Typescript, corrected,
15 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
Grey Rabbit and the Circus, 1961
-Typescript, corrected,
14 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
-Typescript, corrected,
10 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
-Typescript, carbon,
10 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
-Typescript, carbon,
12 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
-Galley proof, corrected,
17 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
Grey Rabbit and the Wandering Hedgehog, 1967
-Typescript, corrected carbon,
15 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
Grey Rabbit finds a Shoe, 1958
-Typescript, corrected,
13 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
Grey Rabbit's Hospital, 1961
-Typescript, corrected carbon,
9 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
-Typescript, carbon,
1 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
Grey Rabbit's May Day, 1963
-Typescript, corrected,
16 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
The Gypsy Hedgehogs, 1953
-Typescript, corrected,
15 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
-Typescript, corrected carbon,
14 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
Hare and the Easter Eggs, 1952
-Typescript, corrected carbon,
18 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
Hare and Guy Fawkes, 1956
-Typescript, corrected,
14 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
Hare Joins the Home Guard, 1942
-Typescript, corrected carbon,
18 p.
(M.F. 799, folder 1)
High Meadows, 1938
-Publisher's dummy,
372 p.
(M.F. 800, folder 1)
How Little Grey Rabbit got back her tail, 1930
-Galley proof, uncorrected,
6 p.
(M.F. 800, folder 1)
John at the Old Farm, 1960
-Typescript, corrected,
110 p.
(M.F. 800, folder 1)
John Barleycorn; twelve tales of fairy and magic, 1948
-Page proof, corrected,
184 p.
(M.F. 800, folder 1)
Little Grey Rabbit Goes to the Sea, 1954
-Typescript, corrected,
15 p.
(M.F. 800, folder 1)
Little Grey Rabbit makes lace, 1948
-Typescript, carbon,
17 p.
(M.F. 800, folder 1)
Little Grey Rabbit makes lace, 1950
-Typescript, corrected, with end matter,
21 p.
(M.F. 800, folder 1)
Little Grey Rabbit's Birthday, 1944
-Typescript, corrected,
20 p.
(M.F. 800, folder 1)
Little Grey Rabbit's Christmas, 1939
-Holograph,
1 p.
(M.F. 800, folder 1)
-Typescript, corrected carbon,
18 p.
(M.F. 800, folder 1)
Little Grey Rabbit's Paint-Box, 1956
-Typescript, corrected carbon,
13 p.
(M.F. 800, folder 1)
Little Grey Rabbit's Party, 1936
-Typescript, corrected carbon,
19 p.
(M.F. 800, folder 1)
Little Grey Rabbit's Valentine, 1953
-Typescript, corrected,
17 p.
(M.F. 800, folder 1)
-Correspondence from a school child, holograph,
1 p.
(M.F. 800, folder 1)
Little Grey Rabbit's Washing Day, 1940
-Typescript, corrected carbon,
20 p.
(M.F. 800, folder 1)
The Little Knife Who Did All the Work, 1962
-Typescript, corrected partial carbon, with contents and a postscript,
118 p.
(M.F. 800, folder 1)
-Typescript, corrected,
80 p.
(M.F. 800, folder 2)
-Galley proof, corrected,
31 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 3)
-Galley proof, corrected, illustrator's proofs laid in,
31 p.
(M.F. 801, Folder 4)
-Page proof, corrected,
120 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 5)
Little Red Fox and Cinderella, 1956
-Page proof,
184 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 1)
Little Red Fox and the Magic Moon, 1958
-Typescript, corrected,
14 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 1)
-Typescript, corrected,
15 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 1)
-Typescript, corrected carbon,
16 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 1)
-Typescript, corrected carbon, illustrators proofs laid in,
14 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 1)
-Page proof,
76 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 2)
Little Red Fox and the Wicked Uncle, 1963
-Typescript, corrected,
13 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 1)
Miscellaneous manuscript, 1930-1955?
-Holograph, corrected,
1 p. headed "Robin the Postman"
(M.F. 801, folder 1)
-Holograph and typescript, corrected,
1 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 1)
Moldy Warp, the Mole, 1940
-Holograph,
3 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 1)
-Typescript, corrected,
15 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 1)
-Typescript, corrected carbon,
1 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 1)
The Mouse, the Rabbit, and the Little White Hen, 1955
-Typescript, corrected,
12 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 1)
The Mouse Telegrams, 1955
-Typescript, corrected carbon,
14 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 1)
-Publisher's dummy, blueprint,
2 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 1)
Mr. Toad's Toadstool, 1950?
-Typescript, corrected,
12 p.
(M.F. 801, Folder 1)
-Typescript, corrected,
12 p.
(M.F. 801, Folder 1)
Mr. Stoat Walks In, 1957
-Typescript, corrected,
16 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 1)
-Publisher's dummy, blueprint,
66 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 1)
Mrs. Mouse Spring-Cleans, 1952
-Typescript, corrected carbon,
14 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 1)
Sam Pig Goes to the Seaside; Sixteen Stories of Sam Pig, 1958
-Typescript, corrected,
110 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 1)
-Typescript, corrected carbon,
108 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 2)
-Front matter dummy,
8 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 3)
-Typescript (table of contents),
1 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 3)
-Illustration sheet proof,
19 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 3)
-Page proof, corrected,
148 p.
(M.F. 801, folder 3)
The Sam Pig Storybook, 1965
-Page proof,
352 p.
(M.F. 802, folder 1)
Snug and Serena Count Twelve, 1959
-Page proof,
84 p.
(M.F. 802, folder 1)
Snug and Serena go to town, 1961
-Typescript, corrected,
13 p.
(M.F. 802, folder 1)
Snug and Serena meet a queen, 1949
-Typescript, corrected,
15 p.
(M.F. 802, folder 1)
Snug and Serena pick cowslips, 1950
-Typescript, corrected,
17 p.
(M.F. 802, folder 1)
-Typescript, corrected,
19 p.
(M.F. 802, folder 1)
-Typescript, corrected,
19 p.
(M.F. 802, folder 1)
Snug and the chimney-sweeper, 1953
-Typescript, corrected,
14 p.
(M.F. 802, folder 1)
Snug and the Silver Spoon, 1957
-Typescript, corrected,
17 p.
(M.F. 802, folder 1)
-Typescript, corrected,
13 p.
(M.F. 802, folder 1)
Something for nothing, 1960
-Typescript, corrected,
110 p.
(M.F. 802, folder 1)
-Galley proof, corrected,
34 p.
(M.F. 802, folder 2)
-Galley proof, corrected,
34 p.
(M.F. 802, folder 3)
-Page proof, corrected,
128 p.
(M.F.802, folder 4)
-Layout notes,
5 p.
(M.F. 802, folder 4)
The Speckledy Hen, 1945
-Typescript, corrected,
110 p.
(M.F. 803, folder 1)
The Spicewoman's Basket, and Other Tales, 1942
-Page proof, corrected,
130 p.
(M.F. 803, folder 1)
The Story of Fuzzypeg the Hedgehog, 1952
-Typescript, corrected carbon,
18 p.
(M.F. 803, folder 1)
The Swans Fly Over, 1959
-Galley proof, corrected,
39 p.
(M.F. 803, folder 1)
-Galley proof, corrected,
39 p.
(M.F. 803, folder 2)
-Page proof, corrected,
144 p.
(M.F. 803, folder 3)
Tim Rabbit and Company, 1959
-Page proof, corrected,
128 p.
(M.F. 803, folder 1)
-Page proof, corrected,
128 p.
(M.F. 803, folder 1)
Tim Rabbit's Dozen, 1962
-Holograph and typescript, corrected,
71 p.
(M.F. 803, folder 1)
-Typescript, corrected carbon,
73 p.
(M.F. 803, folder 2)
-Page proof, corrected,
84 p.
(M.F. 803, folder 3)
Toad's Castle, 1952
-Typescript, corrected,
18 p.
(M.F. 803, folder 1)
-Typescript, corrected,
21 p.
(M.F. 803, folder 1)
A Traveller in Time, 1939
-Typescript, corrected,
173 p.
(M.F. 804, folders 1 & 2)
The Washerwoman's child; a play on the life and stories of Hans Christian Andersen, 1942
-Page proof, corrected,
120 p.
(M.F. 804, folder 1)
Water Rat's Picnic, 1940
-Typescript, corrected partial carbon,
17 p.
(M.F. 804, folder 1)
Wild Honey, 1962
-Typescript, corrected partial carbon,
116 p.
(M.F. 804, folders 1 & 2)
-Typescript, corrected,
144 p.
(M.F. 804, folders 3 & 4)
-Page proof, corrected,
132 p.
(M.F. 804, folder 5)
-Correspondence,
1 p.
(M.F. 804, folder 5)
A Year in the Country, 1957
-Page proof, corrected,
222 p.
(M.F. 804, folder 1)
Yours ever, Sam Pig, 1951
-Page proof, corrected,
222 p.
(M.F. 804, folder 1)
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