Lois Lowry Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection includes typescripts, galley proofs, and correspondence between Lowry and her editors.
Dates
- Creation: 1975-circa 2022
Creator
- Lowry, Lois (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection is protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials.
Biographical / Historical
Lois Lowry was born March 20, 1937, in Honolulu, Hawaii. She attended Brown University for a period in the 1950s, and earned a B.A. from the University of Southern Maine in 1972. Initially working as a journalist and photographer, she published her first novel for young people A Summer to Die in 1977. She is best known for the Newbery Award-winning novel Number the Stars and futuristic novel The Giver and its sequels . She has also written humorous fiction, notably the Anastastasia Krupnik series. She lives in Maine and Florida.
Biography source:
"Lois Lowry (1937-)." Somethingg About The Author. Vol. 366. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2021.
Extent
4.55 Cubic Feet (5 Boxes (3 Record Cartons, 2 Hollinger Boxes))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Lois Lowry's papers focus on the genesis, process, revision and publication of her books for children and young adults.
Arrangement
Collection guide arranged into three series. Writings are arranged alphabetically by title.
- Writings and publications
- Correspondence
- Kerlan Award
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lois Lowry.
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Genre / Form
Topical
- Adoption -- Juvenile fiction
- Authors, American -- 20th century
- Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- Children's stories, American
- Death -- Juvenile fiction
- Dogs -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Humorous stories
- Mice -- Juvenile fiction
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- People with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction
- Runaways -- Juvenile fiction
- Schools -- Juvenile fiction
- Science fiction
- Siblings -- Juvenile fiction
- Single parent families -- Juvenile fiction
- Utopias -- Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Denmark -- Juvenile fiction
- Young adult fiction, American
- Youth with mental disabilities -- Juvenile fiction
- Title
- Lois Lowry Papers,1975-2023
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- David E. Byer and Diep Truong
- Date
- 5/12/2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2016: Collection reprocessed and finding aid updated by CLRC staff
- November 2022: Collection reprocessed and finding aid updated by Carter Thurmond. Some description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
- December 2023: Folder of correspondence accrual added to finding aid.
Collecting Area Details
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