CLRC-4 Judy Blume PapersChristina Cowan, Nancy Larsen, and John Barneson University of Minnesota Libraries10/1994 and 6/2004
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.10/1994 and 6/2004Description is in English Summary Information University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc] Blume, Judy Judy Blume Papers 1970-1993 CLRC-4 Judy Blume's papers focus on the genesis, process, revision and publication of her books for children and young adults. The collection includes holographs (manuscripts), typescripts, research materials, notes, correspondence, galley and page proofs, along with clippings, front matter, jacket material and publisher's dummies. See Detailed Descriptions for Each Title Item for Box Locations English Important Information for Users of the Collections Access and Use:

Collection is open for researchers with restrictions. Registration with the collection is required. Researchers must contact Judy Blume for permission to publish from this collection.

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Biographical Sketch

Judy Blume, nee Sussman, was born February 12, 1938 in Elizabeth, NJ. Educated at New York University, she obtained her BS in 1961. She began to write in the 1960s, publishing her first book The One in the Middle is a Green Kangeroo in 1969. Ms Blume continued writing throughout the 1970s, focusing more on the preteen audience. She acheived a major success with her novel Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret in 1970. The book honestly and realistically portrayed the concerns, trials and anguish of early and preteen, and proved tremendously popular.. In the 1970s Ms. Blume published several other early and preteen novels, many of which tackled controversial subjects, including teenage sexuality in Forever (first young adult novel). Often criticized and censored by some critics, she is praised by others, and has become one of the most widely read preteen writers. Ms. Blume has also written several humorous juvenile novels such as Superfudge which have endeared her to younger readers, as well as several adult novels and a work of non-fiction, Letters to Judy: What Kids Wish They Could Tell You. Noted for her honest portrayal of adolescent concerns and realistic dialogue, Judy Blume remainds on of America's best loved and widely read authors.

 Scope and Content

Judy Blume's papers focus on the genesis, process, revision and publication of her books for children and young adults. The collection includes holographs (manuscripts), typescripts, research materials, notes, correspondence, galley and page proofs, along with clippings, front matter, jacket material and publisher's dummies.

 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.

Blume, Judy Accession Information:

This collection is a gift from Ms. Blume, received in several donations with the bulk of the material dating form and arriving during the 1980s-1990s.

Gift of: Blume, Judy

Arrangement

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, 1970

Deenie, 1973

Fudge-a-Mania, 1990

Here's to You, Rachel Robinson, 1993

It's Not the End of the World, 1972

Just as Long as We're Together, 1987

Letters to Judy: What Kids Wish They Could tell You, 1986

Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great, 1972

Smart Women, 1983

Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself, 1977

Superfudge, 1980

Tiger Eyes, 1981

Collection Contents Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret 1970 MF 90, folder 1 notes 5 p. MF 90, folder 1 typescript, corrected 6 p. MF 90, folders 1-3 typescript, corrected 162 p. Deenie 1973 MF 90, folders 1-3 typescript, corrected partial photocopy 153 p. MF 90, folders 4-7 typescript, corrected photocopy 186 p. MF 90, folders 8-9 typescript, corrected, miscellaneous 64 p. MF 90, folder 9 notes 7 p. Fudge-a-Mania 1990 MF 1782, folder 1 typescript, corrected 57 p. MF 1782, folders 2-4 typescript, corrected 150 p. MF 1782, folder 5 typescript, corrected 21 p. MF 1782, folder 5 holograph 6 p. MF 1782, folder 6 holograph 1 p. MF 1782, folder 6 typescript, corrected 49 p. MF 1782, folder 7 typescript, corrected 51 p. MF 1782, folder 7 holograph 1 p. MF 1782, folders 8-9 typescript, corrected 109 p. MF 1782, folders 10-11 typescript, corrected 97 p. MF 1782, folders 12-14 holograph and typescript 166 p. MF 1783, folder 1 notes 3 p. MF 1783, folder 1 typescript, corrected 46 p. MF 1783, folder 1 notes 1 p. MF 1783, folders 2-3 typescript, corrected 77 p. MF 1783, folder 4 notes 1 p. MF 1783, folder 4 typescript, corrected 49 p. MF 1783, folders 5-6 typescript, corrected 100 p. MF 1783, folder 7 holograph and typescript, corrected 50 p. MF 1783, folder 8 holograph and typescript 16 p. MF 1783, folder 9 typescript, corrected 50 p. MF 1783, folder 10 typescript, corrected 42 p. MF 1783, folder 10 holograph 8 p. MF 1783, folders 11-12 typescript, corrected 100 p. MF 1783, folder 13 correspondence 10 p. MF 1783, folder 13 layout notes 9 p. MF 1783, folders 1-4 dummy, corrected 74 p. MF 1783, folders 15-16 typescript, corrected 100 p. MF 1784, folder 1 page proof, corrected photocopy 50 p. MF 1784, folder 1 correspondence 1 p. MF 1784, folders 2-3 page proof, corrected photocopy 111 p. MF 1784, folder 4 front matter 7 p. MF 1784, folder 4 typescript 137 p. MF 1784, folder 7 correspondence 4 p. MF 1784, folders 7-9 typescript, corrected 143 p. MF 1784, folders 10-12 typescript, corrected 145 p. MF 1784, folder 13 jacket art, color photocopy 2 p. MF 1785, folders 1-3 typescript, corrected photocopy 131 p. MF 1785, folder 4 typescript 53 p. MF 1785, folder 5 holograph 4 p. MF 1785, folder 5 typescript, corrected photocopy 44 p. MF 1785, folders 6-8 typescript, corrected 152 p. MF 1785, folder 9 holograph 5 p. MF 1785, folder 9 typescript, corrected photocopy 49 p. MF 1785, folder 10 typescript, corrected 49 p. MF 1785, folder 10 clipping 1 p. MF 1785, folder 11 holograph and typescript 50 p. MF 1785, folder 12 holograph 1 p. MF 1785, folder 12 holograph and typescript 10 p. MF 1786, folder 1-3 typescript, photocopy 143 p. MF 1786, folders 4-5 page proof, photocopy 100 p. MF 1786, folder 6 page proof, corrected photocopy 57 p. MF 1786, folder 7 page proof, corrected photocopy 69 p. MF 1786, folders 8-9 typescript, corrected 100 p. MF 1786, folder 10 photocopy of jacket illustrations 2 p. MF 1786, folder 10 typescript, corrected 44 p. MF 1786, folder 11 correspondence 1 p. MF 1786, folders 11-13 typescript, corrected 153 p. MF 1787, folders 1-6 holograph and typescript 286 p. MF 1787, folder 6 notes 1 p. Here's to You, Rachel Robinson 1993 MF 1996, folder 1 research material 1 p. MF 1996, folder 1 notes 34 p. MF 1996, folders 2-5 holograph and typescript 233 p. MF 1996, folders 6-9 typescript, corrected 212 p. MF 1996, folders 10-14 typescript, corrected 240 p. MF 1996, folders 15-19 typescript, corrected 229 p. MF 1997, folders 20-23 typescript, corrected 189 p. MF 1997, folders 24-27 typescript, corrected 197 p. MF 1997, folder 28 research material 1 p. MF 1997, folders 28-32 typescript, corrected 215 p. MF 1998, folder 33 notes 9 p. MF 1998, folders 33-36 typescript, corrected 190 p. MF 1998, folder 37 notes 1 p. MF 1998, folders 37-39 typescript, corrected 143 p. MF 1998, folder 40 typescript 1 p. MF 1998, folder 40 notes 6 p. MF 1998, folders 41-44 typescript, corrected 194 p. MF 1998, folder 45 notes 2 p. MF 1998, folder 45 correspondence 3 p. MF 1998, folder 49 typescript 4 p. MF 1998, folders 45-48 typescript, corrected 196 p. MF 1998, folder 49 correspondence 1 p. MF 1999, folder 50 page proof 5 p. MF 1999, folder 50 front matter 5 p. MF 1999, folders 50-53 page proof, corrected 185 p. MF 1999, folder 54 corrrespondence 5 p. MF 1999, folder 54 proof for jacket 2 p. It's Not the End of the World 1972 MF 91, folders 1-2 typescript, corrected 96 p. MF 90, folders 3-5 typescript, corrected 124 p. MF 91, folders 6-9 typescript, corrected photocopy 174 p. MF 91, folders 10-12 typescript, corrected 155 p. MF 91, folders 13-15 typescript, partially corrected photocopy 152 p. MF 91, folder 16 notes 11 p. MF 91, folder 16 notes 35 p. MF 91, folder 17 correspondence 3 p. MF 91, folder 17 notes 18 p. Just as Long as We're Together 1987 MF 1419, folder 1 correspondence 1 p. MF 1419, folders 1-2 typescript, corrected 99 p. MF 1419, 1420, 1421, 1422, folders 2-54 typescript, corrected 2344 p. Letters to Judy: What Kids Wish They Could tell You 1986 MF 1418, folders 1-8 typescript, corrected 394 p. MF 1418, folders 9-11 galley proof 154 p. MF 1418, folders 12-15 galley proof 154 p. MF 146, folders 16-18 page proof, photocopy 146 p. Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great 1972 MF 92, folder 1 holograph 13 p. MF 92, folders 2-3 typescript, corrected 83 p. MF 92, folders 4-5 typescript, corrected 102 p. MF 92, folder 6 correspondence 1 p. MF 92, folders 6-8 typescript, corrected 131 p. Smart Women 1983 MF 1454, folders 1-2 holograph 70 p. MF 1454, folders 3-19, MF 1455, folders 1-16, MF 1456, folders 1-19, MF 1457, folders 1-18, MF 1459, folders 1-15 typescript, corrected 3697 p. MF 1457, folder 9 typescript, corrected 14 p. MF 1457, folder 10 typescript 48 p. MF 1458, folders 1-9 galley proof 419 p. MF 1458, folders 10-16 galley proof, corrected 342 p. Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself 1977 MF 1505, folders 1-5 holograph and typescript, corrected 240 p. MG 1505, folders 6-11 holograph and typescript, corrected 301 p. MF 1505, folder 12 notes 12 p. Superfudge 1980 MF 1423, folders 1-2 galley proof, corrected 100 p. MF 1423, folders 3-14 typescript, corrected 677 p. Tiger Eyes 1981 MF 1424, folders 1-2 holograph and typescript, corrected 100 p. MF 1424, folder 3 holograph and typescript, corrected 28 p. MF 1424, folder 4 typescript 45 p. MF 1424, folders 5-7 typescript, corrected 151 p. MF 1424, folders 8-11 typescript, corrected 200 p. MF 1424, folder 13 typescript, corrected 22 p. MF 1424, folder 13 typescript, corrected photocopy 37 p. MF 1424, folders 14-18 galley proof, corrected 231 p.