Kathryn Lasky Papers
Scope and Contents
The Kathryn Lasky Papers contains drafts and production materials for twenty titles, fiction and nonfiction, published from the 1970s to the early 1990s. The majority of materials are books for children and young adults, but also includes typescripts for an adult novel, Mumbo Jumbo, published under the name Kathryn Lasky Knight.
Dates
- 1976 - 1991
Creator
- Lasky, Kathryn (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
Kathryn Lasky was born in 1944 in Indianapolis, Indiana. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 1966 and received a master's degree from Wheelock College in 1977. She published her first children's book Agatha's Alphabet, in 1977. Her nonfiction title Sugaring Time, with photographs by her husband Christopher Knight, earned a Newbery Honor in 1984. She lives in Cambridge, MA.
Extent
3 Cubic Feet (2 record cartons)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains drafts and related production material for books by Kathryn Lasky.
Arrangement
Collection guide arranged alphabetically by publication title.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Kathryn Lasky.
- Amish -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Antisemitism -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, American -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Boston (Mass.) -- 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
- Conservation of natural resources -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Detective and mystery stories Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dinosaurs -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ecology -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Evolution -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Human beings -- Origin -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Irish Americans -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jews -- Russia -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jews -- United States -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts for publication Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Nature photography -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Paleontology -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sailing -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Textile fabrics -- Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tugboats -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- West (U.S.) -- 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
- Kathryn Lasky Papers, 1976-1991
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Ellen Sugg, Caitlin Marineau
- Date
- October 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
