Gingerbread House Publishing and Josephine Nobisso Papers
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
- 1894 - 2012
Creator
- Nobisso, Josephine (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
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:
- Josephine Nobisso personal papers
- Gingerbread House Publishing papers
Accession Information:
Gift of Josephine Nobisso
- Authors, American -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, American -- 21st century 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
- Manuscripts for publication Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Picture books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Publishers and publishing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- 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
