Karen Hesse Papers
Scope and Content
The Karen Hesse papers contains typescripts, correspondence, and research material related to published and unpublished books for children and young adults, written by author Karen Hesse, as well as correspondence with young readers and fans.
Dates
- 1990 - 2010
Creator
- Hesse, Karen (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
Karen Hesse (1952- ) is an author of children's and young adult literature. Hesse was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She earned her undergraduate degree in English, Psychology, and Anthropology; soon after graduation, she and her husband moved to Vermont and started a family. Hesse took jobs in publishing and began writing. Her first novel, Wish on a Unicornwas published in 1991. She won the Newberry Medal for Out of the Dust.
Extent
13.5 Linear Feet (14 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection includes typescripts, correspondence and research material on 21 published and unpublished works by author Karen Hesse.
Arrangement
Collection guide arranged alphabetically by published title.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Karen Hesse.
- Hanukkah -- Juvenile poetry Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, American -- 20th century 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
- Country life -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Death -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dogs -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Feral children -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Infants -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jews -- United States -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jews -- United States -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ku Klux Klan (1915-) -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts for publication Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- People with mental disabilities -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Picture books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Russian Americans -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sea stories Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Survival -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Young adult fiction, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Young adult literature, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Karen Hesse Papers, 1990-2010
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Elizabeth Langley and John Barneson
- Date
- 2004, 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- October 17, 2014, September 2015: Collection reprocessed by Laura Howard, EAD updated by Lisa Calahan; collection updated by Caitlin Marineau
- January 2022: Description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
