Kathleen Karr Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of production material for children's books by Kathleen Karr, including manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, correspondence, research, publicity, and other related items. The collection also includes published articles and material related to unpublished works.
Dates
- Creation: 1951 - 2013
Creator
- Karr, Kathleen (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
Kathleen Karr was born April 21, 1946 in Allentown, PA. She received her BA from the Catholic University of America in 1968 and her MA from Providence College in 1971. She began her career as a high school English and speech teacher in Barrington, Rhode Island in 1968 before working for working for theaters and lecturing on film and communication.
Karr began writing seriously on a dare from her husband Lawrence Karr. After a brief period writing romance novels, Karr switched to children's literature under the influence of her two children. Most of her works were historical fiction, with titles including The Great Turkey Walk, The Boxer, and Exiled: Memoirs of a Camel. She died in 2017.
Extent
50 Cubic Feet (40 record cartons)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of production material for children's books written by Kathleen Karr.
Arrangement
Collection guide arranged alphabetically by book title.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Kathleen Karr.
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Genre / Form
Geographic
- Egypt -- Juvenile fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction
- Texas -- Juvenile fiction
- West (U.S.) -- Juvenile fiction
Topical
- Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction
- Adventure stories
- Authors, American -- 20th century
- Authors, American -- 21st century
- Boxing stories
- Camels -- Southwestern States -- History -- Juvenile fiction
- Children's stories, American
- Christian life -- Juvenile fiction
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- Detective and mystery stories
- Farm life -- Juvenile fiction
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Juvenile fiction
- Gold mines and mining -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- Hot air balloons -- Juvenile fiction
- Hungarian Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Indians of North America -- South Carolina -- Juvenile fiction
- Lighthouse keepers -- Juvenile fiction
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Juvenile fiction
- Paranormal fiction
- Phrenology -- Juvenile fiction
- Romance fiction
- Sewee Indians -- Juvenile fiction
- Sex role -- Juvenile fiction
- Theater -- Juvenile fiction
- Treasure troves -- Juvenile fiction
- Western stories
- Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Juvenile fiction
- Title
- Kathleen Karr Papers, 1951-2013
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sharlene Murphy, Updated By: Ruth Paloma and Carter Lynn Thurmond
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- April 15, 2015: Collection reprocessed by Teresa Tjepkes, EAD updated by Teresa Tjepkes.
- 2018: Material added to collection by Carter Lynn Thurmond
- February 2022: Description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
