CLRC-1001 F. N. Monjo CollectionJim Eyer University of Minnesota Libraries8-17-04
University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455
EAD 2002 Validated Finding Aid generated with the aid of a custom FileMaker Pro database developed by the staff of the Children's Literature Research Collections, University of Minnesota Libraries. Many thanks to all the staff and volunteers.8-17-04Description is in English Summary Information University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc] Monjo, F. N. F. N. Monjo Papers 1970-1980 CLRC-1001 F. N. Monjo's papers focus on his work as an author of children's books. The collection contains production material for 14 titles published between 1970-1980. Production materials include corrected holographs and typescripts, front matter, corrected proofs, notes, research material, and photocopies of illustrations. The collection also contains reviews for some of his books, and correspondence. 2.1 linear feet See Detailed Descriptions for Each Title Item for Box Locations English Important Information for Users of the Collections Access and Use:

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Biographical Sketch

F. N. (Ferdinand Nicolas) Monjo was born August 28, 1924 in Stamford, Connecticut. He graduated from Columbia University in 1946 and worked as an editor and later assistant director and vice president and editorial director in Books for Boys and Girls at several major publishing companies. In 1968 he published his first book for children, Indian Summer, the story of a frontier woman's struggle to save her family. During the 1970s Monjo published many other works of historical fiction, most written from a child's point of view, in an effort to humanize our forefathers. Critics praised his writing style for making the child's voice authentically his own, and also lauded his attention to detail and historical fact. Critics also praised his writing style for giving children a fresh and appealing look at any number of otherwise overworked periods of history, and called him one of the best in the writing of easy-reading history books. Monjo received several honors for his books. He died on October 9, 1978. Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vol. 16 Twentieth Century Children's Writers, 3rd ed. pp. 689-690

 Scope and Content

The collection contains production material for 14 titles, and includes corrected holographs, corrected typescripts, including photocopy and/or carbon typescripts, front matter, corrected galley, page, and jacket proofs, photocopied page proofs, notes, research material including clippings and pamphlets, and photocopies of illustrations. The collection also contains reviews for some of his books, and correspondence, mostly between Monjo and his editors and publishers.

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Monjo, F. N. Accession Information:

F. N. Monjo placed this collection on permanent loan at the U. of Minnesota in 1975. Louise Monjo, his widow, placed additional material on permanent loan at the U. of Minnesota in 1981.

Gift of: Monjo, F. N.

Arrangement

Correspondence from 1972-1977,

Gettysburg: Tad Lincoln's Story, 1976

Grand Papa and Ellen Aroon: Being an Account of Some of the Happy Times Spent Together by Thomas Jefferson and His Favorite Granddaughter, 1974

House on Stink Alley, The: A Story About Pilgrims in Holland, 1977

Jezebel Wolf, The, 1971

King George's Head Was Made of Lead, 1974

Letters to Horseface: Being the Story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Journey to Italy, 1769-1770, When He Was a Boy of Fourteen, 1975

Namesake for Nathan, A: Being an Account of Captain Nathan Hale by His Twelve-Year-Old Sister, Joanna, 1977

Pirates in Panama, 1970

Porcelain, Pagoda, The, 1976

Prisoners of the Scrambling Dragon, 1980

Rudi and the Distelfink, 1972

Slater's Mill, 1972

Willie Jasper's Golden Eagle: Being an Account of the Great Steamboat Race Between the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee, 1976

Zenas and trhe Shaving Mill, 1976

Collection Contents Correspondence from 1972-1977

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MF589 folder 1 correspondence 13 p. Gettysburg: Tad Lincoln's Story 1976

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 MF589 folder 1 holograph, corrected 34 p. MF589 folder 2 typescript, corrected photocopy, with 3 pp. front matter 18 p. MF589 folder 3 typescript, corrected photocopy, with 2 pp. front matter 17 p. MF589 folder 3 correspondence with publisher 3 p. MF1260 folder 4 typescript, corrected 20 p. MF1260 folder 5 correspondence 2 p. MF1260 folders 5-10 typescript, corrected photocopy 267 p. MF1260 folder 11 photocopies of illustrations 34 p. MF1260 folder 11 galley proof, corrected 14 p. MF1260 folder 12 page proof, photocopy 42 p. MF1260 folder 13 jacket proof, corrected 5 p. MF1260 folder 13 flap copy, corrected 13 p. MF1260 folder 13 typescript, miscellaneous photocopy 1 p. MF1260 folder 13 reviews 30 p. Grand Papa and Ellen Aroon: Being an Account of Some of the Happy Times Spent Together by Thomas Jefferson and His Favorite Granddaughter 1974

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 MF589 folders 1-2 holograph, corrected 85 p. MF589 folder 3 typescript, corrected, with front matter 56 p. MF589 folder 3 correspondence with publisher 2 p. MF589 folder 3 reviews 1 p. House on Stink Alley, The: A Story About Pilgrims in Holland 1977

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 MF589 folder 1 holograph, corrected 33 p. MF589 folder 2 typescript, corrected, with front matter 29 p. MF589 folder 2 typescript, corrected photocopy, with front matter and notes 27 p. MF589 folder 3 typescript, corrected photocopy, with front matter 26 p. MF589 folder 3 typescript, corrected photocopy, with front matter 27 p. MF589 folder 4 correspondence with publisher 1 p. MF589 folder 4 notes, holograph 28 p. Jezebel Wolf, The 1971

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 MF589 folder 1 holograph, corrected 31 p. MF589 folder 2 typescript, corrected, with front matter 32 p. King George's Head Was Made of Lead 1974

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 MF589 folder 1 holograph 17 p. MF589 folder 1 typescript, corrected carbon, with front matter 25 p. MF589 folder 2 galley proof, corrected 11 p. MF589 folder 2 galley proof, corrected 11 p. MF589 folder 2 page proof, corrected 1 p. MF589 folder 2 correspondence with publisher 1 p. MF589 folder 2 correspondence 3 p. Letters to Horseface: Being the Story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Journey to Italy, 1769-1770, When He Was a Boy of Fourteen 1975

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 MF589 folders 1-2 holograph 79 p. MF589 folder 3 typescript, corrected, with front matter 48 p. MF589 folder 4 typescript, corrected photocopy, with front matter 62 p. MF589 folder 4 correspondence with publisher 1 p. Namesake for Nathan, A: Being an Account of Captain Nathan Hale by His Twelve-Year-Old Sister, Joanna 1977

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 MF590 folders 103 holograph, corrected, with front matter 141 p. MF590 folder 4 typescript, corrected, with front matter 79 p. MF590 folders 5-6 holograph notes 73 p. MF590 folder 6 research material, clippings 3 p. MF590 folder 6 research material, pamphlet 1 p. Pirates in Panama 1970

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 MF590 folder 1 holograph, corrected 17 p. MF590 folder 1 bibliography for title 2 p. MF590 folder 1 research material 1 p. Porcelain, Pagoda, The 1976

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 MC591 folders 1-4 holograph, corrected 170 p. MC591 folders 5-8 typescript, corrected, with front matter 210 p. MC591 typescript, carbon, with front matter 21 p. MC591 folders 109-13 typescript, corrected carbon, part photocopy, with front matter 180 p. MC591 folder 14 typescript, corrected photocopy, with front matter 23 p. MC591 folders 15-18 typescript, corrected, with front matter and photocopies of illustrations 199 p. MC591 folder 1940 typescript, corrected, with front matter 23 p. MC591 folder 19 correspondence with publisher, including typescript revisions 40 p. MC591 folder 20 notes, holograph 20 p. MF591 folder 20 holograph, summary of title by Monjo 5 p. MF591 folder 20 typescript, carbon 4 p. MF591 folder 20 typescript, corrected photocopy 4 p. MF591 folder 20 research material, clippings 14 p. MF591 folder 20 research material, pamphlets 2 p. Prisoners of the Scrambling Dragon 1980

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 MF590 folder 1 holograph, corrected 34 p. MF590 folder 2 typescript, carbon, with front matter 44 p. MF590 folder 3 typescript, corrected photocopy, with front matter 45 p. MF590 folder 4 typescript, photocopy, with front matter 44 p. MF590 folder 4 correspondence with publisher 1 p. Rudi and the Distelfink 1972

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 MF590 folder 1 holograph, corrected 20 p. MF590 folder 2 typescript, corrected, with front matter 26 p. MF590 folder 3 typescript, corrected photocopy, with front matter 27 p. MF590 folder 4 typescript, corrected photocopy 31 p. MF590 folder 4 galley proof, corrected 6 p. MF590 folder 5 correspondence 4 p. MF590 folder 5 journal promotion 1 p. MF590 folder 5 jacket dummy 1 p. MF590 folder 5 reproduction pasteup 1 p. MF590 folder 5 reviews 31 p. Slater's Mill 1972

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 MF590 folders 1-2 holograph, partial corrected typescript, and photocopy 99 p. MF590 folder 3 typescript, corrected, with front matter 44 p. Willie Jasper's Golden Eagle: Being an Account of the Great Steamboat Race Between the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee 1976

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 MF590 folder 1 holograph, corrected 46 p. MF590 folder 2 typescript, corrected, with front matter 53 p. Zenas and trhe Shaving Mill 1976

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 MC590 folder 1 holograph 27 p. MF590 folder 1 typescript, corrected, with front matter 24 p. MF590 folder 1 correspondence--memos 2 p.