CLRC-498 Chester Aaron Papers John Barneson and Sharlene Murphy University of Minnesota Libraries 9/2004

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. 9/2004 Description is in English Summary Information University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc] Aaron, Chester Chester Aaron Papers 1982 CLRC-498 The Aaron's Collection contains written production material, including corrected typescripts, corrected galley proof, and front matter, for 2 titles from 1982. 16 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

Chester Aaron was born May 9, 1923 in Butler, Pennsylvania. At the tender age of eleven, Aaron's lifelong commitment to writing steamed from Jack London's novel White Fang, a reading experience that left him . A child of Jewish emigres from Poland and Russia, Chester Aaron experienced ethnic slurs and clashes with the onset of World War II. Eventually joining the Army, he was part of the military unit that liberated prisoners at the Dachau concentration camp, an experience that changed his life.

After returning from the war, Chester Aaron studied creative writing as he worked a variety of odd jobs. Following a stream of rejections of his writing, he trained and worked as an x-ray technician, all the while continuing to write on a part-time basis. Chester Aaron's first book, an adult novel entitled About Us, was finally published in 1967 to critical acclaim. Soon after, a teaching position at St. Mary's College in Maraga, California afforded him more time for his writing. Creating mostly young adult and some adult fiction, many of Chester Aaron's novels involve animals and their interactions with human beings. He is praised for the directness and conviction of his writing.

Biographical Sources: Something about the Author, Volume 74, 1993.

Scope and Content

The Aaron's Collection contains written production material, including corrected typescripts, corrected galley proof, and front matter, for 2 titles from 1982.

Indexing Terms

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Aaron, Chester Accession Information:

No accession information available

Gift of: Aaron, Chester

Arrangement

Duchess, 1982

Gideon, 1982

Collection Contents Duchess 1982

New York: Harper and Row, 1982

MF 1197 typescript, corrected 204 p. MF 1197 front matter 2 p. MF 1197 galley proof, corrected photocopy 189 p. MF 1197 front matter 2 p. Gideon 1982

New York: Harper and Row, 1982

MF 1197 typescript, corrected photocopy 165 p. MF 1197 front matter 5 p. MF 1197 typescript, corrected 162 p. MF 1197 front matter 5 p.