Esther Hautzig Papers
Scope and Content
The collection contains manuscripts, notes, proofs, dummies, correspondence, etc. for children's books by Esther Hautzig.
Dates
- 1948 - 2012
Creator
- Hautzig, Esther, 1930-2009 (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
Esther Rudomin Hautzig was born October 18, 1930, in Vilna, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania) and immigrated to the United States in 1947, attending Hunter College from 1948 to 1950. In September 1950 she married Walter Hautzig and had two children.
Throughout the 1950s, Hautzig worked in the book industry in various capacities, and published several craft and cooking books in the 1950s and early 1960s. Her book The Endless Steppe, was published in 1968, and describes life in Siberia, where the Soviets sent Hautzig and her family in 1940. After it's publication she continued writing children's stories and craft books. Hautzig died in 2009.
Source:
"Esther Rudomin Hautzig (1930-)." Something About the Author. Vol. 148. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2004.
Extent
15 Cubic Feet (12 record cartons)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains manuscripts, notes, proofs, dummies, publishing documents, correspondence, etc. for children's books by Esther Hautzig.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Some items were donated by Esther Hautzig during her lifetime, while the bulk of the collection was donated by her daughter, Deborah Hautzig.
- Authors, American -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Children's literature, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Children's stories, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cooking -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Handicraft -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Home economics -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jewish authors -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jews, Lithuanian -- Biography Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts for publication Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Polish people -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia -- History -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Source
- Hautzig, Deborah (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Esther Hautzig Papers, 1948-2012
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Felicity Hanson
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- September 2017: Collection reprocessed, new material added, and finding aid updated by Carter Lynn Thurmond
- February 2022: Description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
