Patrick Jones Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of manuscript materials related to six young adult novels by Patrick Jones, and includes corrected typescripts, correspondence, proofs, notes, research, and ephemera.
Dates
- 2001-2009, undated
Creator
- Jones, Patrick, 1961- (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
Young adult author Patrick Jones was born in 1961 in Flint, Michigan and attended the University of Michigan Flint. He has worked as an author and consultant, as well as a librarian in states across the country. His first books were nonfiction works on young adult librarianship, and his first novel for teens, Things Change, was published in 2004. He lives in Minneapolis.
Biographical source:
"Patrick Jones (1961-)." Something About the Author. Vol. 210. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2010.
Extent
4.6 Cubic Feet (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of manuscript materials related to six young adult titles published from 2004 to 2009.
Arrangement
Collection guide arranged alphabetically by publication title.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Patrick Jones.
- Authors, American -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Automobile driving -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Betrayal -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dating violence -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dating violence -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Drug traffic -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Drug traffic -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dysfunctional families -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Emotional problems -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Family problems -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- First loves -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Flint (Mich.) -- 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
- Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Incest -- 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
- Michigan -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Murder -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Paranormal fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Self-esteem -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Self-perception -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sexual abuse victims -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Single parent families -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Supernatural -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sympathy -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Vampires -- 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
- Patrick Jones papers, 2001-2009, undated
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Kate Dietrick
- Date
- June 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- March 2022: Description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
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