Jon Scieszka papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of production and marketing materials pertaining to books and articles by the children’s author Jon Scieszka. The materials include typescripts, correspondence, manuscripts, notes, research, marketing materials, folded and gathereds, clippings, dummies, videotaped interviews, shirts, caps, stuffed characters, and bags. The collection also includes production material for two television series that Scieszka helped create. There are also items that relate to Scieszka’s role as the first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature in the US, including a cape.
Dates
- 1975 - 2017
Creator
- Scieszka, Jon (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
Jon Scieszka was born on September 8, 1954 in Flint, Michigan. He received a B.A. in English and pre-med from Albion College in Michigan and an M.F.A. from Columbia University in fiction writing. Along with writing children's books, Scieszka is a founder of the web-based literacy program Guys Read, whose mission is "to help boys become self-motivated, lifelong readers." He was named the very first U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress for 2008-2009. He lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn with his wife Jerilyn Hansen, an interior designer.
Extent
14.46 Cubic Feet (12 Record Cartons, 2 Flat Boxes, 2 Tubes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of production and marketing materials pertaining to works by Jon Scieszka.
Arrangement
- Author materials
- Individual publications
- Series publications
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jon Scieszka.
- Authors -- 20th century 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
- Fairy tales -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Human-alien encounters -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Inventors -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Picture books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Time travel -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Trucks -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wolves -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Jon Scieszka Papers, 1975-2017
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Kate Dietrick
- Date
- June 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- February 20, 2015: Collection reprocessed by Kate Dietrick, EAD updated by Teresa Tjepkes.
- 2017: New material added and finding aid updated by Kristell Benson
- June 2020: Description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
