CLRC-1056 Belle Coates Papers Leslie Czechowski University of Minnesota Libraries 09/10/2004
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. 09/10/2004 Description is in English Summary Information University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc] Coates, Belle Belle Coates Papers 1962 CLRC-1056 Collection contains typescript, correspondence, etc. for one children's book. 3 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

Belle Coates was born in Victor, Iowa in 1896 and worked as an elementary school teacher for many years. She graduated from San Diego State College in 1954 and published her first children's book, Barn Cat, in 1955.

Biographical source: Something About the Author, vol. 2, p. 64-65.

 Scope and Content

The collection contains typescript, correspondence, etc. for one children's book, The Sign of the Open Hand.

 Indexing Terms

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Coates, Belle Accession Information:

No accession information available.

Gift of: Coates, Belle

Arrangement

Sign of the Open Hand, 1962

Collection Contents Sign of the Open Hand 1962

Micale, Albert

New York: Scribner, 1962

 M.F. 208 typescript, corrected 34 p. M.F. 208 correspondence 39 p. M.F. 208 pictures 8 p. M.F. 208 clippings 2 p. M.F. 208 book jackets 2 p.