Joan Lowery Nixon Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains typescripts, proofs, notes, research, correspondence, and other production materials for over 100 books for children and young adults written by author Joan Lowery Nixon from the 1970s through the early 2000s.
Dates
- 1977 - 2001
Creator
- Nixon, Joan Lowery (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
Joan Lowery Nixon was born in Los Angeles, in 1927, and attended USC and California State College. She began teaching elementary school in Los Angeles, married, and moved to Texas, where she began her career as an author for children and adults. Best known for her mysteries, she has wrotemore than 100 books, including early readers and young adult fiction, nonfiction for adults, basic science for school age readers, Biblical adaptations, and a "how-to" on creative story-form writing for elementary school children.She won the Edgar Award for mystery writers four times. Nixon died in 2003.
Biographical Source:
Something About the Author,, vol. 115, p. 145-154
Children's Literature Review, vol. 24, p. 131-154
Extent
7 Cubic Feet (7 boxes [5 record cartons and 2 hollinger boxes])
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Joan Lowery Nixon papers contain production materials juvenile works written by Nixon.
Arrangement
Collection guide arranged alphabetically by published title or series name. Books within a series are listed alphabetically or numerically beneath their series.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Joan Lowery Nixon.
- Actors -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, American -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Children's literature, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Detective and mystery stories Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Foster home care -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts for publication Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Williamsburg (Va.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- 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
- Joan Lowery Nixon Papers, 1977-2001
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- CLRC Staff
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- January 2020: Collection reprocessed by Eliza Edwards and finding aid updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
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