CLRC-1146 Richard Willard Armour Collection Sharlene Murphy University of Minnesota Libraries 10/12/2004

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. 10/12/2004 Description is in English Summary Information University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc] Armour, Richard Willard Richard Willard Armour Collection 1965-1970 CLRC-1146 The Richard Willard Armour Collection contains written production material for three titles between 1965 and 1970, including corrected galley proofs, correspondence and notes. 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

Richard Armour was born July 25, 1906 in San Pedro, CA. He began his education at Pomona College, receiving his bachelor's of arts, which lead him to Harvard University to pursue both his masters and his Ph.D. in 1933. Maintaining his pull in academia, Armour became a permanent fixture as a professor in colleges all throughout the country. He was dean of faculty at Scripps College, beginning in the 1960s. Author of over sixty books, Armour's contribution to the written world was indispensable. His prosaic and poetic pieces appeared in over two hundred periodicals, all the while writing the widely syndicated newspaper column "Armour's Armory". Richard Armour died in 1989.

Biographical source: Something About the Author. Volume 14 and 61, 1978 and 1990.

Scope and Content

The Richard Willard Armour Collection contains written production material for three titles between 1965 and 1970, including corrected galley proofs, correspondence and notes.

Indexing Terms

The collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Armour, Richard Willard Accession Information:

Donated by the author in 1972.

Gift of: Armour, Richard Willard

Arrangement

Adventures of Egbert the Easter Egg, 1965

All Sizes and Shapes of Monkeys and Apes, 1970

Animals on the Ceiling, 1966

Collection Contents Adventures of Egbert the Easter Egg 1965

Galdone, Paul

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965

MF 31 galley proof, corrected 10 p. All Sizes and Shapes of Monkeys and Apes 1970

Galdone, Paul

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1970

MF 31 correspondence 5 p. MF 31 notes 1 p. Animals on the Ceiling 1966

Galdone, Paul

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966

MF 31 galley proof, corrected 8 p.