Lee Hadley and Ann Irwin (Hadley Irwin) Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains typescripts, proofs, correspondence, notes, and research related to young adult novels published by Ann Irwin and Lee Hadley under the pseudonym Hadley Irwin in the 1970s and 1980s.
Dates
- 1975-circa 1988
Creator
- Irwin, Hadley (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
Hadley Irwin is the joint pseudonym for Lee Hadley and Ann Irwin, who collaborated to write young adult fiction dealing with social issues including inter-racial prejudice and injustice, divorce, the segregation of the elderly, and incest. The authors were born in Iowa and met while teaching in the English Department at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Their collaboration presents adolescents who must deal with serious issues and who find inner strength to face the challenge. The authors claim their characterizations and stories draw on years of teaching and observing adolescents in the classroom and elsewhere, and that "the concerns, problems, and emotions of the young are basically the same as those of the adult. We try to write with honesty, humor, and understanding." Lee Hadley died in 1995.
Biographical sources: Something About the Author, vol. 44, p. 92-94 Children's Literature Review, vol. 40, p. 99-116
Extent
2.9 Cubic Feet (3 boxes [2 record cartons, 1 holling box])
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contain production material related to books written by Ann Irwin and Lee Hadley under the pseudonym Hadley Irwin.
Arrangement
Collection guide arrange alphabetically by title.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lee Hadley and Ann Irwin.
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, American -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Children's literature, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Death -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Divorce -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Drug abuse -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Families -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Old age -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Romance 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
Creator
- Irwin, Hadley (Person)
- Irwin, Ann, 1915- (Person)
- Hadley, Lee, 1934- (Person)
- Title
- Lee Hadley and Ann Irwin (Hadley Irwin) Papers, 1975-circa 1988
- Subtitle
- 1979-
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Felicity Hanson, Emilie Quast, and Jim Eyer
- Date
- July 2000
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Revision Statements
- December 2019: Collection reprocessed and finding aid updated by Caitlin Marineau
Collecting Area Details
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