John Lonzo Anderson Papers
Scope and Contents
The John Lonzo Anderson papers contains written production materials for five juvenile books by Anderson, including typescripts, proofs, dummies, correspondence, and notes.
Dates
- 1941-1968
Creator
- Anderson, Lonzo, 1905-1993 (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
John Lonzo Anderson was born on March 1, 1905 outside of Ellijay, Georgia. He graduated from Harvard University in 1928 and married illustrator Adrienne Adams in 1935. Anderson and his wife collaborated on a number of children's books, including Bag of Smoke: The Story of the First Balloon(1942), Ponies of Mykillengi(1966), and Two Hundred Rabbits (1968).
Anderson died on April 23, 1993.
Extent
1 Cubic Foot (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The John Lonzo Anderson papers contains written production materials for children's books written by Anderson.
Arrangement
Collection guide arranged alphabetically by title.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of John Lonzo Anderson in 1968.
- 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
- Fairy tales Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Horses -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hot air balloons -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Iceland -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts for publication Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Picture books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- John Lonzo Anderson Papers, 1941-1968
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sharlene Murphy
- Date
- October 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- March 2013: Collection reprocessed by Carly Lawrence; EAD updated by Karen Spilman
- February 2022: Description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
