CLRC-2113 Sarah Olson University of Minnesota Libraries 2011
University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455
EAD encoding by Sarah Olson. 2011 English University of Minnesota. Children's Literature Research Collections. [clrc] Maud Hart Lovelace Lovelace, Maud Hart Papers 2011 CLRC-2113 Maud Hart Lovelace is an author of children's books. This collection contains original correspondences and newspaper articles for 15 titles. Materials are housed in the Andersen Library caverns. Please allow 30 minutes for retrieval. English Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondences and newspaper articles from 15 published title.

 Arrangement

Materials are arranged alphabetically by title and chronologically within each title.

 Accession Information:

Gift of

William L. Edwards

 Biographical Sketch of Maud Hart Lovelace

On her fifth birthday, Maud Hart Lovelace's fate was sealed: she met the girl who would become her best friend and provide material for the beloved "Betsy-Tacy" books she would later write. Born in 1892 in Mankato, Minnesota, Lovelace chronicled the childhood adventures she and her friends experienced — making "everything pudding," cutting their own hair and venturing into town. After high school, Lovelace began classes at the University of Minnesota, but later left, citing health reasons. Although she was engaged several times to a man named Russell McCord, she ended up marrying Delos Lovelace, a fellow writer. Lovelace published several articles in her early adult life, including "Her Story," which appeared in Minnesota Magazine in 1912, and "Number Eight," which appeared in the Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine. In 1921, the Lovelaces moved to New York, and in 1931, they welcomed the birth of their daughter. In 1953, they moved again to Claremont, California, where both Maud and Delos were involved with the Civil Rights Movement and founded an Episcopalian church. Although she never returned to live in Minnesota, Lovelace published several books set in her home state, including her first book, "The Black Angels", a historical novel. Lovelace's famous "Betsy-Tacy" books were also set in her girlhood hometown and proved to be quite successful. Lovelace died in 1980 and is buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Mankato.

Biographical Source: Minnesota Writers Hall of Fame http://mnwritershalloffame.com/details.php?recordID=7

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Lovelace, Maud Hart Collection Contents <emph render="italic"> Original Correspondence and Newspaper Articles</emph> MF 4570 1 folder

Contains:

Betsy-Tacy and Tib

2p. Correspondence

1p. Newspaper Article

Down Town: A Betsy-Tacy Story

1p. Correspondence

1p. Newspaper Article

Heaven to Betsy

1p. Newspaper Article

Betsy in Spite of Herself

1p. Newspaper Article

Betsy was a Junior

1p. Correspondence

1p. Book Jacket

Betsy and Joe

1p. Correspondence

1p. Newspaper Article

Carney's House Party

1p. Correspondence

The Tune is in the Tree

1p. Correspondence

1p. Newspaper Article

Emily of the Deep Valley

2p. Correspondence

1p. Newspaper

The Trees Knell at Christmas

2p. Correspondence

Betsy and the Great World

1p. Correspondence

1p. Newspaper Article

Jounrey to Bethlehem

1p. Correspondence

1p. Newspaper Article

Winona's Pony Cart

1p. Correspondence

1p. Newspaper Article

Betsy's Wedding

1p. Correspondence

3p. Newspaper Articles

2p. Photographs

1p. Bookmark

What Cabrillo Found

3p. Correspondence

3p. Newspaper Articles

Various Correspondences and Newspaper Articles

4p. Correspondence

2p. Newspaper Articles

 <emph render="italic"> Original Correspondence and Newspaper Articles Photocopies</emph> MF4570 1 folder

Contains: Photocopies of Everything from Original Correspondences and Newspaper Articles folder, in same order. 49p.

<emph render="italic">Various Correspondences and Photographs</emph> MF4570 1 folder

Contains:

4p. Envelopes

22p. Correspondences

4 Slides

46 Photographs with Negatives

 <emph render="italic">Various Newspaper Articles</emph> MF4570 3 folders

Contains:

70p. Newspaper Articles.

 <emph render="italic">Various Information from Various Lovelace/Betsy-Tacy Fan Clubs</emph> MF4570 5 folders

Contains:

3p. Article: Betsy, Tacy and Tib

6p. Article: Betsy-Tacy and Me

2p. Article from Minnesota Women's Press

3p. Article from Elementary English

18p. Speech

13p. Songs from the books of Maud Lovelace

4p. List of Lovelace books

13p. Notes, Possibly from "Gentlemen from England"

15p. Maps

3 Pamphlets about Maud Lovelace

19p. Flayers to Purchase items from

48p. Flayers, Pamphlets and Brochures

36p. Various Paraphernalia from Various Lovelave/Betsy-Tacy fan clubs

1 copy of Between Deep Valley and the Great World: Maud Hart Lovelace in Minneapolis

1 Dummy of Maud Hart Lovelace