Mildred Pitts Walter Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains production material for children's books published throughout the career of author Mildred Pitts Walter. Material includes drafts, page proofs, correspondence, clippings, and other related items.
Dates
- 1963 - 2016
Creator
- Walter, Mildred Pitts (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 Sketch
Mildred Pitts Walter was born September 8, 1922 in Sweetville, Louisiana. In 1944, she received a B. A. from Southern University and later moved to California. She worked as a schoolteacher and as a civil rights activist. In 1969, she published her first book Lillie of Watts: A Birthday Discovery. In 1982, she published The Girl on the Outsidea young adult novel based on the Little Rock school integration crisis of the 1950s. She received the Coretta Scott King Award for Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World(1986) in 1987 and an honorable mention for the Award in 1986 for Trouble's Child(1985).
Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vol. 69, pp. 203-210 and Twentieth-Century Children's Writers, 3rd., pp. 1015-1016.
Extent
5.4 Cubic Feet (5 boxes (4 record cartons + 1 hollinger box))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains written production material and other material related to the career of children's book author Mildred Pitts Walter.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mildred Pitts Walter.
- African American families -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, American -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, American -- 21st 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
- Families -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Kwanzaa -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts for publication Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Music -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Picture books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Race relations -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ranch life -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- School integration -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slavery -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stepfamilies -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Mildred Pitts Walter Papers, 1963-2016
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Cristina Cowan
- Date
- 1999
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- June 2018: Collection reprocessed and new material added by Ellen Sugg. Finding Aid updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
