Margaret Read MacDonald Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains typescripts, correspondence, research, dummies, proofs, notes, clippings and other materials related to children's books written and adapted by author and folklorist Margaret Read MacDonald.
Dates
- 1979 - 2017
Creator
- MacDonald, Margaret Read, 1940- (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
Author, storyteller, and folklorist Margaret Read MacDonald was born January 21, 1940, in Seymour, Indiana. She earned an AB (1962) and Ph.D. (1979) from Indiana University, an M.L.S. from the University of Washington (1964) and an M.Ed.Ec. from the University of Hawaii. During college she became interested in storytelling, and as a result became a children's librarian and storyteller. The author of dozens of books, her picture books for children often retell tradational folktales from around the world. She has also written books on folklore and storytelling for adults. She lives in Des Moines, Washington.
Biographical Source:
"Margaret Read MacDonald (1940-)." Something About the Author. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2019.
Extent
1.35 Cubic Feet (1 record carton, 1 small flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Margaret Read MacDonald Papers contain original typescripts and related materials for works written and compiled by MacDonald.
Arrangement
Collection guide is arranged alphabetically by publication title with audio items and miscellaneous material at the end.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Margaret Read MacDonald.
- Authors, American -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, American -- 21st century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Boats and boating -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folklore -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folklore -- Arab countries Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folklore -- Chile Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folklore -- Denmark Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folklore -- Great Britain Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folklore -- Hungary Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folklore -- Indonesia Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folklore -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folklore -- Malaysia Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folklore -- Marshall Islands Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folklore -- Palestine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folklore -- Panama Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folklore -- Puerto Rico Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folklore -- Sierra Leone Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folklore -- Thailand Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folklore -- Zimbabwe Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Humorous stories Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts for publication Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Picture books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Size perception -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Storytelling Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tales Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tricksters -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Margaret Read MacDonald Papers, 1989-2017
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Kristell Benson
- Date
- September 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2019: New material added and collection guide updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
