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Katherine Paterson was born October 31, 1932 in Qing Jiang, China, and came to the United States in 1940. She attended King College in Bristol, Tennessee, graduating in 1954, and received a M.A. from Presbyterian School of Christian Education in 1957. She did postgraduate study at Kobe School of Japanese Language from 1957 to 1960 and Union Theological Seminary in New York City, M.R.E. in 1962. Katherine Paterson worked as a teacher and missionary prior to writing children's books. She published her first book for children and young adults,
The collection contains production materials for titles published between 1974 and 2002, including two for adults on children's literature. The collection also includes a substantial amount of correspondence and a typescript for a speech given at King College. The collection includes holographs, typescripts, galley and page proofs, notes, and research materials; some of the material is in Japanese. There is also a typescript for a story that appeared in the magazine
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.
The collection is a gift from Katherine Paterson.
Gift of:
Acceptance Speech for Scott O'Dell Award,
Angels and Other Strangers: Family Christmas Stories, 1979
Blueberries for the Queen, 2004
Bread and Roses, Too, 2006
Bridge to Terabithia, 1977
Celia and the Sweet, Sweet Water, 1998
Come Sing, Jimmy Jo, 1985
Consider the Lilies: Plants Of the Bible, 1986
Crane Wife, 1981
Field of the Dogs, 2001
Flip-Flop Girl, 1994
Gates of Excellence: On Reading and Writing Books For Children, 1981
Great Gilly Hopkins, 1978
Images Of God: View Of the Invisible, 1998
Jacob Have I Loved, 1980
Jip: His Story, 1996
King's Equal, 1992
Lyddie, 1991
Master Puppeteer, 1975
Midnight Clear, 1995
Miscellaneous,
Of Nightingales That Weep, 1974
Parizival: the Quest Of the Grail Knight, 1998
Park's Quest, 1988
Preacher's Boy, 1999
Presbyterian Survey,
Rebels Of the Heavenly Kingdom, 1983
Same Stuff As Stars, 2002
Smallest Cow In the World, 1991
Spying Heart: More Thoughts On Reading and Writing Books For Children, 1988
Tale of the Mandarin Ducks, 1990
Tongue-Cut Sparrow, 1987
Wide-Awake Princess,
Yes, But Is It True, 1977
New York: Crowell Junior Books, 1979
Jeffers, Susan, illustrator
New York: HarperCollins, 2004
New York: Clarion, 2006
Illustrated by Donna Diamond
New York: Crowell Junior Books, 1977
Illustrated by Vladimir Vagin
New York: Clarion Books, 1998
New York: Lodestar, 1985
Written with John Paterson
New York: Crowell, 1986
by Sumiko Yagawa
New York: Morrow, 1981
McCully, Emily Arnold, illustrator
New York: HarperCollins, 2001
New York: Lodestar, 1994
New York: Lodestar, 1981
New York: Crowell Junior Books, 1978
by John and Katherine Paterson; illustrated by Alexander Koshkin
New York: Clarion, 1998
New York: Crowell Junior Books, 1980
Illustrated by Vladimir Vagin
New York: Lodestar, 1996
Illustrated by Vladimir Vagin
New York: Harper Collins, 1992
New York: Lodestar, 1991
Illustrated by Haru Wells
New York: Crowell Junior Books, 1975
New York: Lodestar, 1995
Illustrated by Haru Wells
New York: Crowell Junior Books, 1974
New York: Dutton, 1998
New York: Lodestar, 1988
New York: Clarion, 1999
New York: Lodestar, 1983
New York: Clarion Books, 2002
Vermont Migrant Education Program, 1991
New York: Lodestar, 1988
New York: Lodestar, 1990
New York: Lodestar, 1987
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