Miriam Cohen Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of manuscript materials related to over a dozen juvenile fiction titles published between 1967 and 2009 and includes correspondence, artwork, clippings, notes, research, corrected page proofs, corrected typescripts, and dummies. The collection also contains materials related to unpublished works, as well as various notes, correspondence, and biographical materials.
Dates
- 1967-circa 2009
Creator
- Cohen, Miriam, 1926- (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
Miriam Cohen was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1926. She attended Newburgh Free Academy in 1943 and graduated from Antioch College in 1945. Her first book, Will I Have a Friend?, illustrated by Lillian Hoban, was published in 1967. It was the first of many books about Jim and Paul in Cohen's and Hoban's series, "First-Grade Friends."
Extent
2.23 Cubic Feet (2 record cartons and 1 flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of manuscript materials related to over a dozen juvenile fiction publications by Miriam Cohen, as well as unpublished material.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into three series:
1) Published Works
2) Works Unverified as Published
3) Author's materials (containing biographical material, reviews, correspondence, and related material)
Titles within published and unpublished works are arranged alphabetically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Miriam Cohen and Gabriel Cohen.
- Authors, American -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, American -- 21st century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Brazil -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Brothers and sisters -- 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
- Christmas stories Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Families -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Imagination -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Infants -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Picture books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Prejudices -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Schools -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Soldiers -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Teachers -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Source
- Cohen, Gabriel , 1961- (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Miriam Cohen papers, 1967-circa 2009
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by CLRC staff
- Date
- October 2004, May 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- October 2018: Collection Reprocessed (and New Material Added) by Kristell Benson
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
