Organized in four series: I. Correspondence. II. Stories told by Rosa Cassettari to Marie Hall Ets. III. Outline and research notes for Rosa. IV. Drafts of Rosa.
Marie (Hall) Ets (b. 1895) was born in North Greenfield, Wisconsin, daughter of Walter and Mathilde (Carhart) Hall. She married Harold Norris Ets, and after his death, Milton T. Rodig. Marie Hall Ets received her doctorate from the University of Chicago and studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago. She is best known for her career as a writer and illustrator of children's books (many of which are housed at the Kerlan Collection, University of Minnesota Libraries). She has won the Caldecott Medal, the Hans Christian Andersen honor, and the New York Herald Award for her work.
Papers (1930s-1960s) of author-illustrator Marie Hall Ets (b. 1895) consist of stories told to Mrs. Ets by Rosa Cassettari, as well as research notes and manuscript drafts forming the basis of Mrs. Ets' book, Rosa, The Life of an Italian Immigrant.
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