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Gingerbread House Publishing and Josephine Nobisso Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CLRC -2171

Scope and Contents

The Gingerbread House Collection contains the manuscripts, proofs, illustrations, and dummies for Gingerbread House Publishing, an independent children's literature publishing agency. The collection also includes founder Josephine Nobisso's personal papers.

Dates

  • Creation: 1894 - 2012

Creator

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

Gingerbread House Publishing is an independent children's literature publishing agency.

Josephine Nobisso is the founder of Gingerbread House, and a children's literature and young adult novelist who also has done many workshops and classes on writing. She was born in 1953 in the Bronx, NY, and currently lives on Long Island.

Extent

11 Linear Feet (10 record cartons and 1 flat oversized box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Gingerbread House and Josephine Nobisso Papers contains the manuscripts, proofs, illustrations, and dummies for Gingerbread House Publishing, a children's literature publishing agency. The collection also includes Josephine Nobisso's personal papers.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into two series:

  1. Josephine Nobisso personal papers
  2. Gingerbread House Publishing papers

Accession Information:

Gift of Josephine Nobisso

Title
Gingerbread House Publishing and Josephine Nobisso Papers
Status
Completed
Author
Carter Thurmond
Date
2017
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • June 2020: Description updated by Caitlin Marineau.

Collecting Area Details

Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area

Contact:
Suite 113, Elmer L. Andersen Library