Marilyn Sachs Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains production material related to children's and young adult titles by Marilyn Sachs published between 1964 and 1999, and includes drafts, proofs, correspondence, etc.
Dates
- circa 1964-1999
Creator
- Sachs, Marilyn (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
Marilyn (Stickle) Sachs was born December 18, 1927, in New York, New York. She attended Hunter College and graduated with a B.A. in 1949. She then continued her education at Columbia University, receiving her M.S. in 1953. She married Morris Sachs in 1947 and had 2 children. She worked for many years as a children's librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library and the San Francisco Public Library. In the 1950s she began writing fiction for children and young adults, publishing her first book, Amy Moves In, in 1964. Sachs has touched upon several controversial subjects in some of her works, including child neglect, obesity, homelessness, and the anti-nuclear movement. She has also written several works of historical fiction, including Call Me Ruth, an account of a young immigrant girl in turn of the century New York City, who becomes involved in the struggle for worker's rights in the garment industry. Sachs died in 2016.
Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vols, 3, 68, 110 Something About the Author Autobiography Series, vol. 2 Children's Literature Review, vol. 2
Extent
5.4 Cubic Feet (5 boxes [4 record cartons, 1 hollinger box])
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Marilyn Sachs's papers focus on her work as an author of children's and young adult fiction and contain production info for dozens of works by Sachs.
Arrangement
Collection guide arranged alphabetically by title.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Marilyn Sachs.
- Authors, American -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Child abuse -- 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
- Emotional problems -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Families -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Family problems -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Foster home care -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- High schools -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Self-perception -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Weight loss -- 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
- Marilyn Sachs Papers, circa 1964-1999
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jim Eyer
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- March 2019: Collection reprocessed by Ellen Sugg. Finding aid updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
