Carolyn Reeder Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains production material for twelve books by Carolyn Reeder, including typescripts, proofs, dummies, correspondence, notes, clippings, and research material.
Dates
- 1985 - 2012
Creator
- Reeder, Carolyn (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
Author Carolyn Reeder was born in Washington, D.C. in 1937. Reeder attended American University, after which she became a teacher, before beginning to publish books for children. Her first historical children's novel, Shades of Gray, was published in 1989. Reeder died in 2012.
Biographical source:
"Carolyn Reeder (1937-)." Something About the Author. Vol. 97. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1998.
Extent
8 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains production material for a dozen books by Carolyn Reeder.
Arrangement
Collection guide arranged alphabetically by book title.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Caroyn Reeder.
- Atomic bomb -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, American -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Brothers and sisters -- 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
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Family problems -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts for publication Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Mountain life -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Prohibition -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slavery -- 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
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Carolyn Reeder Papers, 1985-2012
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sharlene Murphy
- Date
- 11/16/2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- January 30, 2015: Collection reprocessed by Laura Howard, EAD updated by Teresa Tjepkes.
- January 2022: Description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area