Marjorie Braymer Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of production material for two books by Braymer, including typescripts correspondence, notes, clippings and research material.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1960-circa 1983
Creator
- Braymer, Marjorie (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
Marjorie Braymer was born in 1911 in Chicago, Illinois. She did editorial work in various film companies and magazines between 1930 and 1940 before earning her BS in education from Ohio State University in 1943 and an MA from Columbia University Teachers College in 1944. She was a teacher in Redwood, California from 1945 to 1966 and worked as an editor in the mid 1960s. Braymer began to write children's books in the 1950s. She died in 1988.
Biographical Source:
"Marjorie (Elizabeth) Braymer (1911-)." Something About the Author. Vol. 7. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1971.
Extent
8 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains production material for two books written by Marjorie Braymer.
Arrangement
Collection guide arranged alphabetically by title.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Jeanne Shutes, the executor to Marjorie Braymer's estate, donated the collection in 1990.
Source
- Shutes, Jeanne (Donor, Person)
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Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Marjorie Braymer papers, circa 1960-circa 1983
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Nancy Larsen
- Date
- 10/27/2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- January 2022: Description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
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