Mildred Lee Papers
Scope and Contents
The Mildred Lee papers contains typescripts, proofs, correspondence, and additional material related to novels published by Lee. The collection also contains some unpublished works, an unpublished autobiography, and several folders of editorial correspondence.
Dates
- 1965 - 1990
Creator
- Lee, Mildred, 1908-2003 (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
Mildred Lee was born February 19, 1908 at Blocton, AL. She was a student at Bessie Tift College 1925-1926; taking additional courses at Troy Normal College, Columbia University, New York University, and University of New Hampshire. She married James Henry Hurstwood Scudder May 10, 1947. She wrote seven books for children and received the 1963 Children's Study Association Award forThe Rock and the Willow. As a free-lance writer, she contributed a number of short stories to Ladies' Home Journal, Redbook, and Tanager in addition to her published novels. She died February 2, 2003 at St. Petersburg, FL.
Biographical source:
"Mildred Lee (1908-)." Something About The Author. Vol. 6. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1974.
Extent
2.5 Cubic Feet (2 record cartons)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains typescripts, proofs, correspondence, and other material related to works by author Mildred Lee.
Arrangement
Collection guide is arranged alphabetically by published title, with unidentified works, autobiography, correspondence, and additional miscellaneous material at the end.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mildred Lee (Scudder) and her estate.
- Appalachian Mountains -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, American -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bildungsromans -- 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
- Coming of age -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Emotional problems -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts for publication Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Mountain life -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Roller skating -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Unmarried mothers -- 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
- Mildred Lee Papers, 1965-1990
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- David E Byer
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- October 2018: Collection reprocessed and finding aid updated by Caitlin Marineau
Collecting Area Details
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