Eleanor Clymer Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains typescripts, notes, correspondence, galley proofs, research, and notes for thirty nine published children's books, both fiction and nonfiction. Additional materials include letters from children, fan mail, and a copy of a speech she gave while accepting the Sequoyah Award in 1981.
Dates
- 1942-1987, undated
Creator
- Clymer, Eleanor, 1906-2001 (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
Eleanor Clymer was born in New York City in 1906 and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1928 with a degree in English. She worked as a teacher and at other professions before she started writing children's books in 1943. She was the author of over fifty children's books, both fiction and nonfiction. She wrote books about both city and country life and explored themes that ranged from friendship to family relations to cooperation. She was awarded the Rip Van Winkle award from the School Library Media Specialists of Southeastern New York in 1980 for her contributions to children's literature. Her son, Adam Clymer, is a journalist at the New York Times. Eleanor Clymer passed away in 2001 at the age of 95.
Extent
3.45 Cubic Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of production material for children's books by author Eleanor Clymer.
Arrangement
Collection guide arranged alphabetically by book title or material type.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Eleanor Clymer.
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Agriculture -- History -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Animals -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, American -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Baseball stories Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Brothers -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cats -- Juvenile fiction 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
- City and town life -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Department stores -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dwellings -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- England -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Families -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Family problems -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Farm life -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Grandmothers -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Horses -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Human beings -- Origin -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts for publication Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Mexico -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Moving, Household -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photography -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Picture books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroad trains -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Trolley cars -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women -- United States -- Biography Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Eleanor Clymer Papers, 1942-1984, undated
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Leslie Czechowski and CLRC staff
- Date
- September 2004 and December 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- December 2013: Collection reprocessed by Victoria Rieck; EAD updated by Kate Dietrick
- February 2022: Description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
