CLRC-1020 Vera and Bill Cleaver Papers Leslie Czechowski University of Minnesota Libraries 08/25/04
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. 08/25/04 Description is in English Summary Information University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc] Cleaver, Vera and Bill Vera and Bill Cleaver Papers 1967 CLRC-1020 Collection contains typescripts, proof, galley sheets, correspondence, etc. for one children's book. 6 folders 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

For almost twenty-five years Vera and Bill Cleaver wrote highly acclaimed novels for children as a team. One developed the ideas and the other did the writing. Their books depicted young people accepting responsibility and problems beyond their years and dealing with the harsh realities of life. Vera was born in South Dakota in 1919 and died in 1992; Bill died in 1981.

Biographical source: Something About the Author, vol. 76, p. 36-39.

 Scope and Content

The collection contains typescripts, proof, galley sheets, correspondence, etc. for one children's novel, Ellen Grae.

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Cleaver, Vera and Bill Accession Information:

Donated by the authors in 1969.

Gift of: Cleaver, Vera and Bill

Arrangement

Ellen Grae, 1967

Collection Contents Ellen Grae 1967

Raskin, Ellen

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1967

 M.F. 207, 208 typescript, corrected carbon 59 p. M.F. 207, 208 typescript, corrected carbon 57 p. M.F. 207, 208 typescript, corrected carbon 57 p. M.F. 207, 208 cut proof 89 p. M.F. 207, 208 typescript, short story version 18 p. M.F. 207, 208 corrected galley sheets 26 p. M.F. 207, 208 pieces of correspondence 87 p. M.F. 207, 208 children's comments on the book 16 p.