Skip to main content

Georgess McHargue Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CLRC-924

Scope and Contents

The Georgess McHargue papers contains typescripts, proofs, and related material for the children's book The Impossible Peope, an examination of popular creatures from folklore.

Dates

  • Copyright: 1971 - 1972

Creator

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

Georgess McHargue was born in 1941 in Norwalk, Conneticut and earned a BA from Radcliffe College. She worked at various staff positions in publishing houses before beginning her writing career. Her first book The Beasts of Never: a History Natural and Un-natural of Monsters Mythological and Magical, was published in 1968. She has published both fiction and nonfiction, and many of her works deal with folklore, occult, and paranomral topics. She lived in Massachusetts prior to her death in 2011.

Biographical Sources:

"Georgess McHargue (1941-)." Something About the Author. Vol. 77. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1994.

Extent

.4 Cubic Feet (1 hollinger box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The collection contains written production material for one children's book written by Georgess McHargue.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Georgess McHargue.

Title
Georgess McHargue Papers, 1971-1972
Status
Completed
Author
Jim Eyer
Date
2004
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • May 2018: Collection reprocessed and finding aid updated by Caitlin Marineau

Collecting Area Details

Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area

Contact:
Suite 113, Elmer L. Andersen Library