CLRC-923 Eloise McGraw Papers Jim Eyer University of Minnesota Libraries 7-6-04
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. 7-6-04 Description is in English Summary Information University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc] McGraw, Eloise Eloise McGraw Papers 1950-1996 CLRC-923 The collection contains both written and illustrative production material. Written material includes book reviews, programs, speeches, publisher's catalogs , calendars, typescripts, etc. Illustrative materials include studies in watercolor, colored pencil, pencil, pencil studies with text pasteups, pencil sketches, etc. 259 folders--written; 2 boxes--illustrative 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

Eloise Jarvis McGraw was born December 9, 1915, in Houston, TX, and died November 30, 2000, in Portland Or. She became a writer of fiction, fantasy, and mysteries for children and young adults, and won three Newbery Honors for her work, along with many other awards and honors. She was also an artist, and created the covers for many of her titles. She and her husband also traveled a lot, mostly in this country and in Europe.

Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vols. 1, 67, 123; Something About the Author Autobiography Series, vol. 6

 Scope and Content

The collection contains written material, and some illustrative material. Written material includes book reviews, programs, speeches, publisher's catalogs, calendars, typescripts, some corrected or photocopied or with carbon or with card notes, lots of correspondence, notes, clippings, literary journals, photographs, bulletins, programs, royalty statements, one with a check stub, critiques, a Sonlight Curriculum booklet, front matter, books and pamphlets, jacket proofs, photocopied page proofs, research material, corrected galley proof, schedules, programs, various souvenirs, Writer's NW, Summer, 1994, Oregon Ink, 1995, and a glossary. Illustrative materials include studies in watercolor, colored pencil, pencil, pencil studies with text pasteups, pencil sketches, photocopies, an overlay, and a negative.

 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.

McGraw, Eloise Accession Information:

Gift of: McGraw, Eloise

Arrangement

Book Reviews,

Calendars,

Changing World of Children's Books, The,

Children's correspondence,

Clippings,

Cornelia Cornsilk,

Correspondence,

Critiques,

Curtis Brown Ltd. correspondence,

Double-Barreled Secret, The: The Juvenile Mystery,

Eloise's Scrapbook, 1991

Forbidden Fountain of Oz, The, 1980

Golden Goblet, The, 1986

McElderry correspondence,

Greensleeves correspondence,

Heidi,

Hillary's Hats,

Joel and the Great Merlini correspondence,

Letter From the 30's, June, 1992

Mara, Daughter of the Nile, 1985

Merry Go Round in Oz, 1963

Master Cornhill, 1973

Morfs, The,

Money Room, The,

Moorchild, The, 1996

Oz correspondence,

Picture Books,

Professional correspondence: 1991-1994,

Really Weird Summer, A, 1990

Rundelstone,

Sawdust in His Shoes, 1950

Seventeenth Swap conference, The,

Speaking engagements: 1990-1992,

Speeches: 1983-1996,

Striped Ships, The, 1991

Tangled Web, 1993

Thompson's Purple Prince,

Trick or Treat,

Speeches and workshops,

Award ceremonies,

A View from the Deck, 1994

Wizard of Oz (preface by McGraw),

Writer Friends' Correspondence,

Collection Contents Book Reviews MF2840 book reviews 70 p. MF2840 jacket proof 1 p. MF2840 programs 2 p. MF2840 speech 6 p. MF2840 publisher's catalog 1 p. Calendars MF2270 calendars: 1989, 1992-1996 6 p. Changing World of Children's Books, The

Oregon Humanities,

MF2843 typescript, corrected 6 p. MF2843 correspondence 16 p. MF2843 notes 4 p. MF2843 clippings 13 p. MF2843 literary journal 1 p. Children's correspondence MF2418, 2841 correspondence 583 p. MF2418, 2841 photograph 1 p. Clippings MF2842 correspondence 30 p. MF2842 clippings 43 p. MF2842 bulletins and programs 7 p. MF2842 royalty statements 11 p. MF2842 literary journal 1 p. MF2842 publisher's catalog 1 p. Cornelia Cornsilk MF2843, 2844 typescript, corrected 325 p. MF2843, 2844 notes 9 p. Correspondence MF2840 correspondence 287 p. Critiques MF2840 critiques 65 p. MF2840 critiques and correspondence 12 p. MF2840 correspondence 9 p. MF2840 notes 21 p. Curtis Brown Ltd. correspondence MF2423, 2841 correspondence 315 p. MF2423, 2841 Sonlight Curriculum booklet 1 p. Double-Barreled Secret, The: The Juvenile Mystery MF2428 typescript, corrected 72 p. MF2428 front matter 2 p. MF2428 notes 9 p. MF2428 books, pamphlets 5 p. Eloise's Scrapbook 1991 MF2413 typescript, corrected 11 p. MF2413 correspondence 5 p. MF2413 photographs 69 p. Forbidden Fountain of Oz, The 1980

Kinderhook, IL: International Wizard of Oz Club, 1980

 MF2844 correspondence 78 p. Golden Goblet, The 1986

New York: Puffin Books, 1986

 MF2842 royalty statement and check stub 83 p. MF2842 jacket proof 1 p. MF2413 correspondence 157 p. McElderry correspondence MF2423 correspondence 75 p. Greensleeves correspondence MF2423 correspondence 14 p. Heidi

Aladdin Classics,

MF2844 typescript 5 p. MF2844 typescript, corrected 4 p. MF2844 correspondence 9 p. MF2844 notes 3 p. Hillary's Hats MC1319 watercolor studies 8 p. MC1319 color pencil study 1 p. MC1319 pencil study 2 p. MC1319 pencil studies with text pasteups 35 p. MF2843 typescript, corrected 10 p. MF2843 page proof, photocopy 60 p. Joel and the Great Merlini correspondence MF2423 correspondence 45 p. Letter From the 30's June, 1992

New Classen Life, June, 1992

 MF2413 typescript, corrected 16 p. MF2413 typescript, photocopy 10 p. Mara, Daughter of the Nile 1985

New York: Puffin Books, 1985

 MF2842 correspondence 43 p. MF2842 clippings 11 p. MF2423 correspondence 62 p. Merry Go Round in Oz 1963

Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1963

 MF576 typescript, corrected carbon 275 p. MF576 front matter 1 p. Master Cornhill 1973

New York: Atheneum, 1973

 MF2676 notes 209 p. Morfs, The MF2843 typescript, corrected 230 p. MF2843 notes 10 p. MF2843 ink sketch 1 p. Money Room, The MF2842 page proof 1 p. MF2842 jacket proof 1 p. Moorchild, The 1996

New York: Simon & Schuster Children's Books, 1996

 MF2842 correspondence 82 p. MF2426, 2427, 2428 typescript, corrected 1751 p. MF2426, 2427, 2428 front matter 9 p. MF2426, 2427, 2428 notes 167 p. MF2426, 2427, 2428 research material 22 p. Oz correspondence MF2423, 2844 correspondence 145 p. MF2423, 2844 notes 5 p. Picture Books MF2843 typescript 18 p. MF2843 typescript, corrected 14 p. MF2843 correspondence 4 p. Professional correspondence: 1991-1994 MF2413 correspondence 118 p. Really Weird Summer, A 1990

New York: Collier Books, 1990

 MF2842 galley proof, corrected 13 p. MF2423 correspondence 14 p. Rundelstone MF2843 typescript 93 p. MF2843 typescript, corrected 96 p. MF2843 typescript, corrected photocopy 33 p. MF2843 correspondence 5 p. MF2843 notes 5 p. Sawdust in His Shoes 1950

New York: Coward-McCann, 1950

 MF2842 correspondence 59 p. Seventeenth Swap conference, The MF2423 correspondence 18 p. Speaking engagements: 1990-1992 MF2428 typescript 5 p. MF2428 typescript, corrected 8 p. MF2428 correspondence 90 p. MF2428 notes 13 p. MF2428 research material 5 p. MF2428 booklets 2 p. MF2428 pamphlets 4 p. Speeches: 1983-1996 MF2418 typescript 21 p. MF2418 typescript with 1 card notes 1 p. MF2418 typescript 73 p. MF2418 typescript, corrected 14 p. MF2418 typescript, corrected with 1 p. notes 37 p. MF2418 typescript, corrected 45 p. MF2418 typescript, corrected, with 1 p. correspondence 4 p. MF2418 typescript, corrected 69 p. Striped Ships, The 1991

New York: Macmillan Children's Book Group, 1991

 MC1254 maps 17 p. MC1254 ink and pencil study 1 p. MC1254 overlay 1 p. MC1254 color crayon illustration 1 p. MC1254 color crayon study 1 p. MF2676 typescript, corrected 204 p. MF2676 correspondence 273 p. MF2676 research 946 p. MF2676 research booklet 3 p. MF2418 front matter 4 p. MF2418 typescript, corrected 234 p. MF2418 glossary 2 p. MF2418 typescript 2 p. MF2418 typescript photocopy 2 p. MF2418 ink drawing 1 p. MF2418 maps 2 p. Tangled Web 1993

New Jersey: Simon & Schuster Children's, 1993

 MC1254 pencil sketches 12 p. MC1254 photocopies 5 p. MC1254 pencil study 1 p. MC1254 overlay 1 p. MC1254 negative 1 p. MC1254 colored pencil study 1 p. MF2445, 2423 typescript, corrected 202 p. MF2445, 2423 typescript, corrected, with 1p. front matter 97 p. MF2445, 2423 typescript, corrected, with 3pp. front matter 157 p. MF2445, 2423 typescript, corrected, with 3pp. front matter 160 p. MF2445, 2423 typescript, corrected, with 7pp. front matter 185 p. MF2445, 2423 typescript, corrected 156 p. MF2445, 2423 typescript, corrected 5 p. MF2445, 2423 galley proof, corrected 163 p. MF2445, 2423 jacket proof 1 p. MF2445, 2423 correspondence 1 p. MF2445, 2423 notes 81 p. MF2445, 2423 research material 1 p. Thompson's Purple Prince MF2413, 2844 typescript, corrected 38 p. MF2413, 2844 typescript 26 p. Trick or Treat MF2843 typescript 11 p. MF2843 typescript, corrected 16 p. MF2843 notes 13 p. Speeches and workshops MF3048, 2839 speech 42 p. MF3048, 2839 speech on notecards 868 p. MF3048, 2839 pamphlets and programs, etc. 16 p. MF3048, 2839 notes 6 p. MF3048, 2839 correspondence 69 p. Award ceremonies MF2840 correspondence 4 p. MF2840 notes 2 p. MF2840 schedules, programs, various souvenirs 30 p. A View from the Deck 1994

The Writer, 1994

 MF2413 typescript, corrected 26 p. MF2413 correspondence 2 p. MF2413 Writers, NW, Summer, 1994 1 p. MF2413 Oregon Ink, 1995 1 p. Wizard of Oz (preface by McGraw)

Aladdin Classics,

MF2844 typescript, corrected 16 p. MF2844 correspondence 8 p. MF2844 notes 5 p. Writer Friends' Correspondence MF2418 correspondence 55 p. MF2418 clippings 2 p.