Betty Sue Cummings papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the manuscript material from three books published between 1977 to 1981. It includes dummies, corrected typescript, manuscripts, and proofs.
Dates
- 1976-1981, undated
Creator
- Cummings, Betty Sue (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
Betty Sue Cummings was born in 1918 in Virginia. In addition to writing she taught English at the high school and junior high levels. She was nominated for the National Book Award for Children's Literature and was awarded the Rollins College Writers Conference Short Story Award. Betty Sue Cummings died in 2001.
Extent
3 boxes (1.2 cubic feet)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of manuscript material related to three books written by Cummings.
Arrangement
Collection guide arranged alphabetically by title.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Betty Sue Cummings.
- Authors, American -- 20th century 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
- Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Irish Americans -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts for publication Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Turtles -- 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
- Title
- Betty Sue Cummings papers, undated, 1976-1981
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- CLRC staff
- Date
- December 2004, March 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- March 2014: Collection reprocessed by Carly Lawrence; EAD updated by Kate Dietrick
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
