Helen Frost Papers
Scope and Contents
The Helen Frost papers contains typescripts, proofs, research, correspondence, and other production material related to books, primarily for children, written or edited by Helen Frost.
Dates
- 1949-2022
Creator
- Frost, Helen, 1949- (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
Helen Frost is a poet, author, and educator. She was born in 1949 in South Dakota and received her undergraduate degree from Syracuse University, and earned a Master's degree from Indiana University in 1994. Her work includes books of poetry, picture book, and novels-in-poems. Frost lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Extent
16.5 Cubic Feet (13 Boxes (12 record cartons and 1 flat box))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains production material related to books written by Helen Frost.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Helen Frost.
- Animals -- Juvenile poetry 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 poetry, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Children's stories, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dating (social customs) -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Family problems -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Novels in verse Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Poets, American -- 21st century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sisters -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Helen Frost Papers, 1949-2022
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Caitlin Marineau
- Date
- July 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- September 2022: New material added by Carter Thurmond
- January 2023: New material added by Carter Thurmond
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
