Isabelle Holland Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains production materials for numerous titles published by author Isabelle Holland between 1970 and 1999, unpublished materials, and personal and business papers. Materials include typescripts, proofs, personal and business correspondence, photographs, biographical materials, and clippings.
Dates
- 1966 - 2003
Creator
- Holland, Isabelle (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
Isabelle Holland was born June 16, 1920 in Basel, Switzerland. She graduated from Tulane University in 1942 and later worked, mostly in publicity, for various magazines and publishers. In 1967, Isabelle Holland published her first work, Cecily, for young adults. Her 1975 novel Of Love and Death and Other Journeys,, received a National Book Award nomination in 1976. Isabelle Holland also wrote novels, mostly "Gothic mysteries" for adults. Holland died in 2002.
Biographical Sources:
Something About the Author,vol. 70, pp.91-95 and Twentieth Century Children's Writers, 3rd ed., pp. 461-463.
Extent
7.9 Cubic Feet (6 record cartons and 1 hollinger box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Isabelle Holland's papers focus on her work as an author of young adult fiction. The collection contains production material and drafts for titles written by Holland, as well as personal and business papers.
Arrangement
Collection guide is arranged into two series:
1: Publications
2: Personal and Business Papers
Subseries are arranged alphabetically within Publications by title.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Isabelle Holland
- Abandoned children -- 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
- Children's stories, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Emotional problems -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts for publication Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Prejudices -- 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
- Title
- Isabelle Holland Papers, 1966-2003
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Christina Cowan; Leslie Czechowski
- Date
- 1999, 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- October 2017: Collection reprocessed by Ellen Sugg and finding aid updated by Caitlin Marineau
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
