CLRC- Scott O'Dell Papers Emilie Quast; Updated in 2005 by Lois Steer, Larry Peterson, and John Barneson University of Minnesota Libraries 07/01/2000

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. 07/01/2000 Description is in English Summary Information University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc] O'Dell, Scott Scott O'Dell Papers 1960-1992 CLRC-173 The Scott O'Dell collection includes production material for 26 books and 2 articles, predominantly corrected holographs with typescript. Various states appear together in the same run of a manuscript. Rewritten (dropped) pages were retained with a run. In addition, O'Dell's acceptance speech for the Andersen award is represented, along with materials relating to the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction and the O'Dell scholarship. 17.1 linear feet--manuscript and other material; .7 cubic feet--illustrative materials 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

Scott O'Dell was a technical director for Paramount Studios, a cameraman for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, a book columnist for the Los Angeles Mirror, a book editor for the Los Angeles Daily News, and, beginning in 1934, a full time author. Among other awards, his books earned several Newbery Honor Awards and the Newbery Medal (1961). In 1972 O'Dell became the second American to receive the Hans Christian Andersen Medal. He created the annual Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction award in 1981 to encourage the production of historical fiction. O'Dell also established a scholarship that bore his name. He died in 1989, at the age of 91, having nearly finished My Name Is Not Angelica, and after finishing the holograph for Thunder Rolling in the Mountains.

Biographical Sources:Something About the Author, vols 12, 60; Children's Literature Review, vol. 16.

Scope and Content

The Scott O'Dell collection includes production material for 26 books and 2 articles, predominantly correction holographs with typescript. Various states appear together in the same run of a manuscript. Rewritten (dropped) pages were retained with a run. In addition, O'Dell's acceptance speech for the Andersen Award is represented, along with materials relating to the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and the O'Dell scholarship.

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.

O'Dell, Scott Accession Information:

Soon after winning the 1961 Newbery Medal Scott O'Dell began to consider the Kerlan Collection as a repository for his manuscripts. The first donation arrived in 1989, a donation of correspondence to O'Dell from the public. Translations, first U.S. printings, galleys, and manuscripts in various states soon followed. After his death in October, 1989, his widow, Elizabeth Hall, continued to add to the collection.

Gift of: O'Dell, Scott

Arrangement

Alexandra, 1984

Amethyst Ring, The, 1983

Black Pearl, The, 1967

Black Star, Bright Dawn, 1988

Dark Canoe, The, 1968

Captive, The, 1979

Carlota, 1977

Castle in the Sea, The, 1983

Child of Fire, 1974

Feathered Serpent, The, 1981

Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day, The, 1975

Island of the Blue Dolphins, 1960

Kathleen, Please Come Home, 1978

King's Fifth, The, 1966

Miscellaneous, non-book materials,

My Name is Not Angelica, 1989

Psychology of Children's Art, The, 1967

Road to Damietta, The, 1985

Sarah Bishop, 1980

Serpent Never Sleeps, The, 1987

Sing Down the Moon, 1970

Spanish Smile, The, 1982

Streams to the River, River to the Sea, 1986

Thunder Rolling in the Mountains, 1992

Treasure of Topo-el-Bampo, The, 1972

The 290, 1976

Zia, 1976

Correspondence,

Cruise of the Arctic Star, 1973

Reviews ,

Collection Contents Captive, The 1979

1979

MF1970 folders 1-7 typescript and holograph, corrected, ch. 30-61 312 p. MF1970 folders 7-8 typescript and holograph, corrected 88 p. MF1970 folders 9-10 typescript and holograph, corrected 100 p. MF1970 folders 11-13. MF1971 folders 14-17 typescript and holograph, corrected 346 p. MF1972 folders 45-46. MF1973 folders 47-59 typescript and holograph, corrected 680 p. MF1971 folder 20 typescript, corrected 25 p. MF1971 folders 23-30. MF1972 folders 31-33 typescript, corrected 537 p. MF1972 folders 39-45 typescript, corrected 299 p. MF1971 folders 18-20 typescript, corrected photocopy 127 p. MF1971 folders 21-22 typescript, corrected photocopy 100 p. MF1972 folders 33-39 typescript, corrected photocopy 269 p. MF1971 Folders 17, 23. MF1973 folder 60 notes 53 p. MF1682 folder 1 correspondence 30 p. Carlota 1977

1977

MF1965 folders 1-3 holograph 111 p. MF1965 folders 3-6 typescript and holograph, corrected 162 p. MF1965 folders 7-9 typescript, corrected 107 p. MF1965 folder 9 typescript, corrected 1 p. MF1965 folders 10-13 typescript, corrected partial photocopy 185 p. MF1965 folders 13-15. MF1966 folders 16-17 typescript, corrected partial photocopy 177 p. MF1966 folders 17-19 typescript, corrected partial photocopy 143 p. MF1965 folder 10 front matter 5 p. MF1965 folder 9 correspondence 6 p. MF1965 folder 7 notes 28 p. MF1682 folder 1 correspondence 16 p. Castle in the Sea, The 1983

1983

MF1502 folders 25-29 holograph, corrected 251 p. MF1500 folders 1-6 typescript and holograph, corrected photocopy 256 p. MF1500 folders 11-15 typescript and holograph, corrected 250 p. MF1502 folder 23 typescript and holograph, corrected 15 p. MF1502 folder 24 typescript, corrected 65 p. MF1500 folders 6-10 typescript, corrected photocopy, with 4 dropped pages 205 p. MF1500 folders 16-19. MF1502 folder 20 typescript, corrected photocopy 230 p. MF1500 folder 1 typescript, corrected photocopy (dropped pages) 35 p. MF1502 folders 20-22 galley proof, corrected 112 p. Child of Fire 1974

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974

MF3443 cover proof 1 p. MF3443 clippings 2 p. MF3443 research material 2 p. MF1789 folders 24-27 holograph 202 p. MF1789 folders 28-29 typescript and holograph 81 p. MF1788 folders 14-15. MF1789 folders 16-18 typescript, corrected 245 p. MF1798 folders 19-23 typescript, corrected 206 p. MF1788 folder 10 typescript, photocopy 46 p. MF1788 folders 5-9 typescript, corrected photocopy 236 p. MF1788 folders 1-4 galley proof, corrected 110 p. MF1788 folders 11-13 galley proof, corrected 85 p. MF1789 folder 30 dummy, corrected 108 p. MF1788 folder 4 notes 3 p. MF1788 folder 4 research material 4 p. Alexandra 1984

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984

MF 1802, folders 1-4 typescript, corrected 176 p. MF 1802, folder 1 front matter 4 p. MF 1802, folder 6 galley proof, corrected 51 p. MF 1802, folder 5 correspondence 2 p. MF 1802, folder 5 jacket copy 3 p. MF 1802, folder 5 studies for jacket, photocopy 3 p. MF 3443 note 1 p. MF 3443 research material 15 p. Amethyst Ring, The 1983

1983

MF 1799, folders 1-14 holograph and typescript, corrected 697 p. MF 1802, folders 17-23 typescript, corrected 340 p. MF 1802, folders 24-26 typescript corrected, photocopy 118 p. MF 1799, folders 15-16 galley proof, corrected 79 p. MF 1682, folder 1 correspondence 10 p. Black Pearl, The 1967

1967

MF 1973, folders 1-4 typescript, corrected 202 p. MF 1973, folders 5-6 typescript, corrected 87 p. MF 1973, folder 6; MF 1974, folder 7 typescript, corrected 65 p. MF 1974, folders 7-9 typescript, carbon 104 p. MF 1974, folders 9-11 typescript, corrected carbon 100 p. MF 1974, folder 12 galley proof, corrected 28 p. MF 1682, folder 1 correspondence 1 p. Black Star, Bright Dawn 1988

1988

MF 1588, folders 12-25 holograph and typescript, corrected 691 p. MF 1587, folders 1-3 typescript, corrected 144 p. MF 1587, folder 4 typescript, corrected 26 p. MF 1587, folders 5-7) typescript, corrected photocopy 141 p. MF 1587, folder 8; MF 1588, folders 9-10 galley proof, corrected 65 p. MF 1587, folders 1, 7 front matter 5 p. MF 1588, folder 11 notes 2 p. MF 1588, folder 11 clippings 6 p. MF 1588, folder 27 illustration, photocopy 4 p. Dark Canoe, The 1968

1968

MF 1974, folders 1-4 holograph and typescript, corrected, partial carbon 168 p. MF 1974, folders 4-6 typescript, corrected 81 p. MF 1974, folders 6-7 typescript, corrected 92 p. MF 1974, folder 8 typescript, carbon, corrected 37 p. MF 1974, folder 8; MF 1975, folders 9-15 typescript, photocopy, corrected 333 p. MF 1974, folder 4 front matter 2 p. MF 1975, folder 15 galley proof, corrected 24 p. MF 1975, folder 16 correspondence 1 p. MF 1974, folder 1; MC 1975, folder 16 notes 3 p. MF 1975, folder 16 research materials 12 p. Feathered Serpent, The 1981

1981

MF 1803, folders 1-5 holograph, corrected (not sequential) 230 p. MF 1805, folders 46-53 holograph and typescript corrected 403 p. MF 1806, folders 62-68 holograph and typescript corrected 354 p. MF 1803, folders 6-13 typescript, corrected (not sequential, some have memo, "1st ver") 406 p. MF 1803, folder 15-20 typescript corrected, photocopy ("Final m.s. before editing") 304 p. MF 1804, folders 26-31 typescript corrected, photocopy 304 p. MF 1804, folder 32 typescript corrected, partial photocopy (not sequential, author's revisions) 55 p. MF 1804, folders 33-37; MF 1805, folders 38-40 typescript corrected, photocopy 380 p. MF 1805, folders 41-45 typescript corrected, photocopy 244 p. MF 1806, folders 55-60 typescript, corrected, partial photocopy 305 p. MF 1804, folder 25 typescript and page proof sheets (not sequential) 10 p. MF 1806, folder 55 front matter 6 p. MF 1806, folder 54 page proof, corrected, photocopy (not sequential) 58 p. MF 1804, folder 32 typescript, corrected for jacket copy 1 p. MF 1804, folder 32; MF 1805, folder 41, MF 1806, folder 61) notes 4 p. MF 1682, folder 2 correspondence 34 p. Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day, The 1975

1975

MF 1795, folders 1-9 holograph and typescript, corrected 422 p. MF 1797, folder 24 holograph and corrected typescript, partial photocopy (not sequential) 25 p. MF 1797, folders 16-23 typescript, corrected 383 p. MF 1797, folders 24-30 typescript, corrected photocopy 312 p. MF 1795, folders 10-12 galley proof, corrected 123 p. MF 1795, folder 16 correspondence 1 p. MF 1795, folders 13-14 notes 79 p. MF 1795, folder 15; MF 1797, folders 16, 30 research materials 45 p. MF 1797, folder 30 jacket 1 p. MC 1126 ink and color illustration (maps) 1 p. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960

1960

MF 1900, folders 1-4 typescript, corrected carbon 180 p. MF 1900, folders 5-8 typescript, corrected, partial carbon 199 p. MF 1900, folder 9 correspondence 2 p. MF 1966, folder 17, Thunder Rolling in the Mountains related material (correspondence) 29 p. MF 1900, folder 9 notes 16 p. Kathleen, Please Come Home 1978

1978

MF 1968, folders 1-10 holograph and typescript, corrected 485 p. MF 1968, folders 11-15 typescript, photocopy 237 p. MF 1968, folders 10, 16-18, MF 1969, folders 19-21 typescript, corrected photocopy 271 p. MF 1968, folders 11, 16 front matter 4 p. MF 1969, folder 21 jacket flap copy 2 p. MF 1969, folder 21 proof for jacket 1 p. MF 1969, folder 21 correpondence (includes 3 p. of correspondence on "The Authors Guild, Inc.") 4 p. MF 1969, folder 21 notes 5 p. MF 1969, folder 21 research material 13 p. MF 1682, folder 2 related material (correspondence) 8 p. King's Fifth, The 1966

1966

MF 1975, folders 1-5 typescript, corrected 231 p. MF 1976, folders 17-23 typescript, corrected 307 p. MF 1976, folders 11-16 typescript, corrected with holograph notes 258 p. MF 1975, folders 6-9; MF 1976, folders 7-11 typescript, corrected photocopy 261 p. MF 1976, folder 23 correspondence 1 p. MF 1976, folder 23 notes 9 p. MF 1975, folder 16 research materials 12 p. Houghton Mifflin catalog for January-June, lists O'Dell's Island of the Blue Dolphins 1 p. Miscellaneous, non-book materials MF 1900, folder 1 acceptance speech for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, 1972. Typescript and corrected carbon typescript (each 4 pages) 8 p. MF 1900, folder 1 "Books Remembered," The Calendar (Children's Book Council), 1975, vol. 34:2. Holograph. 5 p. MF 1900, folder 1 book review of Cleveland Amory's Man Kind? For Psychology Today, 1974 7 p. MF 1682, folders 1-6, 8-11 correspondence 434 p. MF 1682, folders 7-8 reviews 68 p. MF 1900, folder 1 scholarship announcement and correspondence 5 p. MF 1900, folder 1 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction press release 1 p. My Name is Not Angelica 1989

1989

MF 1587, folders 1-5 holograph and typescript, corrected 220 p. MF 1587, folders 5-8 holograph and typescript, corrected 149 p. MF 1587, folders 8-10 holograph and typescript, corrected 94 p. MF 1502, folders 12-14 typescript, corrected, photocopy 142 p. MF 1587, folders 10-11 galley proof, corrected, photocopy 83 p. MF 1502, folders 15-16 galley proof, corrected, photocopy 87 p. MF 1502, folder 12 front matter 7 p. Psychology of Children's Art, The 1967

1967

MF 1900, folder 2 holograph and typescript, corrected 23 p. MF 1900, folder 1 typescript, corrected carbon 40 p. MF 1900, folder 1 typescript, corrected photocopy 22 p. Road to Damietta, The 1985

1985

MF 1678, folders 1-16; MF 1679, folders 17-28 holograph and typescript, corrected (many pages not sequential) 1373 p. MF 1679, folders 28-32; MF 1680, folders 33-35 typescript, corrected 364 p. MF 1680, folders 35-41 typescript, corrected photocopy 323 p. MF 1680, folders 42-46 galley proof, corrected 235 p. MF 1680, folder 46 notes 3 p. Sarah Bishop 1980

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1980

MF 1791, folders 5-12 holograph and typescript, corrected 449 p. MF 1791, folders 13-19 holograph and typescript, corrected 356 p. MF 1791, folders 20-23 holograph and typescript, corrected 196 p. MF 1792, folders 30-35 typescript, corrected 273 p. MF 1792, folders 36-41 typescript, corrected 284 p. MF 1792, folders 24-29 typescript, corrected photocopy 271 p. MF 1967, folders 1-2 galley proof, corrected 70 p. MF 1967, folders 2-4 galley proof, corrected 84 p. MF 1792, folder 29 correspondence 2 p. MF 1791, folder 20 research materials 16 p. MF 1682, folder 3 related material (correspondence) 26 p. MF 3443 proof of jacket 1 p. Serpent Never Sleeps, The 1987

1987

MF 1522, folders 1-4 holograph and typescript, corrected 75 p. MF 1522, folders 4-9 holograph and typescript, corrected 277 p. MF 1522, folders 10-16 holograph and typescript, corrected 357 p. MF 1524, folders 27-31 typescript, photocopy, corrected 235 p. MF 1523, folders 22-24 galley proof, corrected 116 p. MF 1523, folder 25-26; MF 1524, folder 27 galley proof, corrected 134 p. MF 1523, folder 17 front matter 9 p. MF 1523, folder 17 page layouts 2 p. Sing Down the Moon 1970

1970

MF 1798, folders 2-4 typescript, corrected 145 p. MF 1798, folders 6-9 typescript, corrected photocopy, partial typescript 154 p. MF 1798, folders 10-20 typescript, corrected, partial photocopy 504 p. MF 1798, folder 1 galley proof, corrected 48 p. MF 1798, folder 1 galley proof, corrected 48 p. MF 1798, folder 4 correspondence 1 p. MF 1798, folder 4 research material 1 p. Spanish Smile, The 1982

1982

MF 1793, folders 6-14; MF 1794 folders 15-17 holograph and typescript, corrected 553 p. MF 1794, folders 17-23 holograph and typescript, corrected 157 p. MF 1794, folders 24-30 holograph and typescript, corrected 334 p. MF 1793, folders 1-5 typescript, corrected 259 p. MF 1794, folders 31-32 galley proof, corrected 102 p. MF 1794, folder 23 correspondence 1 p. MF 1682, folder 3 related material (correspondence) 26 p. Streams to the River, River to the Sea 1986

1986

MF 1681, folders 1-11 holograph and typescript, corrected 533 p. MF 1681, folders 12-16 typescript, corrected 264 p. MF 1682, folders 17-18 galley proof, corrected 103 p. MF 1681, folder 12 front matter 6 p. MF 1682, folder 19 correspondence 1 p. MF 1682, folder 19 notes 2 p. MF 1682, folder 19 reviews 24 p. Thunder Rolling in the Mountains 1992

Hall, Elizabeth, joint author

1992

MF 1966, folder 8; MF 1967, folders 9-10 holograph and typescript, corrected 150 p. MF 1967, folders 11-13 holograph and typescript, corrected 133 p. MF 1967, folders 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, not continuous typescript 223 p. MF 1966, folders 1-3 typescript, corrected 134 p. MF 1966, folder 7 typescript, corrected 8 p. MF 1966, folder 1 front matter 6 p. MF 1966, folders 4-6 galley proof, corrected 142 p. MF 1966, folder 1, 7 correspondence (correspondence in folder 7 about Island of the Dolphin) 30 p. MF 1966, folder 7; MF 1967, folder 17 notes 3 p. MF 1966, folders 3, 7; MF 1967, folder 17 research materials 11 p. Treasure of Topo-el-Bampo, The 1972

1972

MF 1900, folder 1 holograph and typescript, corrected 114 p. MF 1900, folders 1-2 typescript, corrected 76 p. MF 1900, folders 2-3 typescript, photocopy 43 p. MF 1900, folder 3 notes 1 p. The 290 1976

1976

MF 1963, folders 1-2 holograph 89 p. MF 1963, folder 5 holograph 26 p. MF 1963, folder 4 holograph (galley corrections) 37 p. MF 1963, folders 2-3 holograph and typescript, corrected 61 p. MF 1963, folders 4-5 holograph and typescript, corrected 69 p. MF 1963, folders 6-9 holograph and typescript, corrected 183 p. MF 1963, folders 4-5 typescript, corrected 43 p. MF 1963, folders 10-12 typescript, photocopy 147 p. MF 1963, folders 13-15 typescript, photocopy 144 p. MF 1963, folders 16-17 galley proof, corrected 82 p. MF 1963, folder 17 correspondence 7 p. MF 1682, folder 4 related material (correspondence) 18 p. Zia 1976

1976

MF 1969, folders 5, 6, 7 holograph, corrected 80 p. MF 1969, folder 1 holograph and typescript, corrected 37 p. MF 1969, folders 9-13 holograph and typescript, corrected 204 p. MF 1969, folders, 2, 6, 7 typescript, corrected 6 p. MF 1969, folders 1-5 typescript, corrected photocopy 204 p. MF 1969, folder 13; MF 1970, folders 14-17 typescript, corrected photocopy (marked for printer) 207 p. MF 1970, folder 17 correspondence 1 p. MF 1970, folder 17 notes 6 p. MF 1682, folder 4 related material (correspondence) 5 p. Correspondence MF 3443 correspondence (unpublished) 26 p. Cruise of the Arctic Star 1973

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973

MF 3443 notes 2 p. MF 3443 clippings 2 p. Reviews MF 3443 correspondence 1 p. MF 3443 clippings: The 290 29 p. MF 3443 clippings: Black Pearl 4 p. MF 3443 clippings: Carlotta 40 p. MF 3443 clippings: Feathered Serpent 1 p. MF 3443 clippings: Hawk That Dare Not Hunt By Day 25 p. MF 3443 clippings: Island of the Blue Dolphins 16 p. MF 3443 clippings: Kathleen, Please Come Home 12 p. MF 3443 clippings: King's Fifth 15 p. MF 3443 clippings: Psychology of Children's Art 6 p. MF 3443 clippings: Sing Down the Moon 2 p. MF 3443 clippings: Spanish Smile 1 p. MF 3443 clippings: Streams to the River, River to the Sea 1 p. MF 3443 clippings: Zia 46 p.