Miriam Chaikin Papers
Scope and Contents
Miriam Chaikin's papers focus on her work as an author of children's books. It includes typescripts, proofs, publisher's dummies, notes, correspondence, and a sample cover binding.
Dates
- Creation: 1978 - 2004
Creator
- Chaikin, Miriam (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be 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. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
Miriam Chaikin was born December 8, 1924 in Jerusalem and came to the United States in 1925. She attended school in Brooklyn, New York and worked as a children's book editor and editorial director for various publishing companies. Miriam Chaikin began writing stories for adults and published her first story "Stranger" in Story [magazine] in 1964 and has also written for such journals as Good Housekeepingand Women's Day. In 1971, she published her first book for children, Ittki Pittki.
Throughout her career, Miriam Chaikin has written both fiction and non-fiction for children. Many of her books draw on her Jewish heritage and several of her works of fiction focus on the experiences of two characters, Molly a young girl growing up during World War II, and Yossi, a young Hasidic boy. She has also written several books dealing with the history and meaning of the Jewish holidays of Purim and Hanukkah as well as books telling the story of Exodus and Joshua. In 1984 she received the Sydney Taylor Award from the Association of Jewish Libraries for her work.
Biographical Sources: Something About the Author,vol. 24, p. 71. Children's Books: Awards and Prizes, 1992 ed., p. 139.
Extent
2 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains production materials related to children's books by Miriam Chaikin.
Arrangement
Collection guide arranged alphabetically by publication title.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Miriam Chaikin.
Subject
- Moses (Biblical leader) -- Juvenile literature (Depicted, Person)
- Joshua (Biblical figure) -- Juvenile literature (Depicted, Person)
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Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Authors -- 20th century
- Bible stories, English -- Old Testament
- Children's stories, American
- Conduct of Life -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Hanukkah -- Juvenile literature
- Hanukkah stories
- Jews -- Folklore
- Jews -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- Midrash -- Juvenile literature
- Purim -- Juvenile literature
- Title
- Miriam Chaikin Papers, 1978-2004
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Christina Cowan, EAD encoding by Leslie Czechowski
- Date
- May 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- July 2013: Collection processed by Victoria Rieck; EAD updated by Karen Spilman
- February 2023: Description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
