Summary Information
University of
Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research
Collections [clrc]
Greene,
Bette
Bette Greene
Papers
1973-1983
CLRC-1371
Bette Greene's papers
focus on her wok as an author of children's and young adult fiction, and
contain production materials for 5 titles, and include various drafts that
trace the genesis, process, and revision of these works. There is also a small
amount of correspondence.
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feet
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Collection is open for researchers with no restrictions. Registration
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reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials.
Biographical
Sketch
Bette Greene, nee Evansky, was born June 28, 1834, in West Memphis,
Tennessee. She grew up in a small Arkansas town, in one of the few Jewish
families in the area. She later drew on the experiences of small town Southern
life and her feelings of being an outsider because of her Jewish heritage in
several of her books. She attended the universities of Alabama, Memphis State,
and Columbia during the 1950s, and later worked as a reporter and information
officer. In 1973 she published her first young adult novel,
Summer of My German Soldier. Set in Arkansas
during World War II, It tells the story of a young Jewish girl who hides a
German POW, and the consequences of this act of family and social defiance. The
book was widely praised by critics and won several citations. In 1978 she
published a sequel. She has also written several books for younger readers,
including Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe,
which won a Newbery Honor in 1975.
Biographical Sources: Something About the
Author, vols. 8, 102; Something About the Author
Autobiography Series, vol. 16; Twentieth Century
Children's Writers, 3rd ed. pp. 402-403; Children's Literature Review, vol. 2.
Scope and Content
The collection includes production material for 5 titles published
between 1973-1983, and includes holographs, typescripts, some corrected or
photocopied, corrected galley proofs, a proof dummy, notes, notes for a movie
script, a photocopy of a reading script, and correspondence.
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.
Greene,
Bette
Accession Information:
Bette Greene placed this collection on permanent loan at the U. of
Minnesota in 1982. The collection was placed at the University in honor of Dr.
Norine Odland, a member of the faculty at the University.
Gift of:
Greene, Bette
Arrangement
Correspondence,
Get on Out of Here, Philip Hall, 1981
Morning Is a Long Time Coming, 1978
Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe, 1974
Summer of My German Soldier, 1973
Them That Glitter and Them That Don't, 1983
Collection Contents
Correspondence
MF363 folder 1
correspondence
1 p.
Get on Out of Here, Philip Hall
1981
MF363 folders 1-3
typescript, corrected
144 p.
MF363, 364 folders 4-7
typescript, corrected, 2nd draft
188 p.
MF364 folder 8
typescript, corrected, 3rd draft
50 p.
MF364 folders 9-11
typescript, corrected photocopy
150 p.
MF364 folders 12-14
typescript, corrected
145 p.
MF364 folders 15-17
typescript, corrected photocopy
147 p.
MF364 folders 18-19
typescript, corrected photocopy
120 p.
MF364 folders 20-22
typescript, corrected photocopy
125 p.
MF364 folder 23
typescript, corrected photocopy--partial
mss.
39 p.
MF364 folder 24
typescript, corrected photocopy
76 p.
MF364 folder 25
notes
4 p.
MF364 folder 26
galley proof, corrected photocopy
92 p.
Morning Is a Long Time Coming
1978
MF365 folder 1
holograph
34 p.
MF365 folders 2-5
typescript, corrected
219 p.
MF365 folders 6-10
typescript, corrected, 2nd draft
237 p.
MF365, 366, folders 11-16
typescript, corrected, 3rd & 4th drafts
combined
304 p.
MF366 folders 17-22
typescript, corrected, 5th draft
305 p.
MF366 folder 23
photocopy of reading script
9 p.
Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe
1974
MF366 folder 1
holograph
1 p.
MF366 folder 2
typescript
32 p.
MF366 folder 3
typescript, corrected
9 p.
MF366 folder 3
typescript, corrected
17 p.
MF366 folder 4
typescript, corrected
3 p.
MF366 folder 4
typescript, corrected
3 p.
MF366 folder 4
typescript
19 p.
MF366 folders 5-6
typescript, corrected
100 p.
MF366 folders 7-9
typescript, corrected
142 p.
MF366 folder 10
galley proof, corrected
41 p.
MF366 folder 11
proof dummy
94 p.
Summer of My German Soldier
1973
MF367 folder 1
holograph
1 p.
MF367 folders 1-6
typescript, corrected photocopy
287 p.
MF367, 368 folders 7-14
typescript, corrected partial photocopy, early
draft
362 p.
MF368 folders 15-21
typescript, photocopy
310 p.
MF368 folders 22-26
typescript, corrected
258 p.
MF368 folder 27
galley proof, corrected
2 p.
MF368 folders 28-29
galley proof, corrected
72 p.
MF368 folder 30
notes for movie script
80 p.
Them That Glitter and Them That Don't
1983
MF369 folders 1-11
holograph
528 p.
MF369 folders 12-16
holograph
254 p.
MF370 folder 17
typescript, corrected
55 p.
MF370 folders 18-21
typescript, corrected photocopy
207 p.
MF370 folders 22-26
typescript, corrected photocopy
236 p.
MF370 folder 27
correspondence
7 p.
MF370 folder 27
correspondence with editor Patricia Ross
2 p.
MF370 folders 28-30
typescript and holograph, corrected, 4th
draft
283 p.
MF370 folder 28
notes for 5th draft
1 p.