CLRC-697 Thelma Harrington Bell PapersNancy Larsen University of Minnesota Libraries3/3/2004
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.3/3/2004Description is in English Summary Information University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc] Bell, Corydon and Bell, Thelma Harrington Thelma Harrington Bell Papers 1950-1963 CLRC-697 The collection consists of the production materials for two titles, including two typescripts. 4 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

Thelma Harrington Bell was born in 1896 in Detroit, Michigan. She received a BA from Western Reserve University in 1918. She married Corydon Bell in 1921, with whom she was to collaborate on many books. She started her career as a a copywriter, but became a freelance writer of children's books in 1921 and continued in this until her death in 1985. Biographical Source: Something About the Author, v.3, p. 20.

 Scope and Content

The collection consists of the production materials for two titles, including two typescripts.

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Bell, Corydon and Bell, Thelma Harrington Accession Information:

Corydon and Thelma Harrington Bell contributed the collection over a period from 1949 to 1964.

Gift of: Bell, Corydon and Bell, Thelma Harrington

Arrangement

Riddle of Time, 1963

Pawnee, 1950

Collection Contents Riddle of Time 1963

Bell, Corydon

New York: Viking Press, 1963

 MF 78 Typescript, corrected 123 p. Pawnee 1950

Bell, Corydon

New York: Viking Press, 1950

 MF 78 Typescript, corrected 10 p.