Miriam Cohen Papers

Collection

Identifier: CLRC-1100

Staff Only

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 The collection also contains materials related to unpublished works, as well as various notes, correspondence, and biographical materials.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

Creation: 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

Additional Description

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consists of manuscript materials related to over a dozen juvenile fiction publications by Miriam Cohen, as well as unpublished material.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Titles within published and unpublished works are arranged alphabetically.