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Russell Freedman was born October 11, 1929, in San Francisco, CA. He is the author of more than forty nonfiction books for children, and he has been honored with many major awards. When he received the Newbery Medal for
The collection contains production material for eleven titles published between 1980 and 1999. Included is typescript, front matter, galley proofs, correspondence, notes, and other material. Fifteen compact discs relating to the first fifty years of Holiday House publishing are also included.
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.
Russell Freedman first placed material on permanent loan to the Kerlan Collection in 1996. He did so again in 2002 with additional manuscripts.
Gift of:
Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion, 1999
Buffalo Hunt, 1988
Holiday House: The First Fifty Years/Russell Freedman, 1985
Immigrant Kids, 1980
Indian Winter, 1992
Indian Chief, 1987
Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor, 1994
Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life, 1998
Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille, 1997
Eleanor Roosevelt, 1993
Lincoln: A Photobiography, 1987
The Wright Brothers, 1991
Children of the Wild West, 1983
Confucius: The Golden Rule, 2002
Cowboys of the Wild West, 1985
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1990
Give Me Liberty!: The Story of the Declaration of Independence, 2000
In Defense of Liberty: The Story of America's Bill of Rights, 2003
In the Days of the Vaqueros: America's First True Cowboys, 2001
Life and Death of Crazy Horse, The, 1996
New York: Clarion Books, 1999
New York: Holiday House, 1988
New York: Holiday House, 1985
New York: Dutton, 1980
New York: Holiday House, 1992
New York: Holiday House, 1987
New York: Clarion Books, 1994
New York: Clarion Books, 1998
New York: Clarion Books, 1997
New York: Clarion Books, 1993
New York : Clarion Books, 1987
New York: Holiday House, 1991
New York: Clarion Books, 1983
New York: Arthur A. Levine Books, 2002
New York: Clarion Books, 1985
New York: Clarion Books, 1990
New York: Holiday House, 2000
New York: Holiday House, 2003
New York: Clarion Books, 2001
New York: Holiday House, 1996