BYU Library - Special Collections

Scope and Contents Collection includes a variety of materials that were removed from Lloyd Alexander's office, most of which relate to his career as a children's book author. Materials include correspondence from accordion folders, publishers, personal/fan mail, awards received, book manuscripts received, and Alexander related manuscripts; interviews and speeches on cassette tapes and typewritten documents; Disney movie materials, including media (video games, tapes, etc.), memorabilia, papers, and...

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Contains materials produced by the author A. E. Cannon. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence of A. E. Cannon. Correspondence regards both professional work and personal life. Includes manuscripts of various A. E. Cannon works along with revision notes. Also includes articles produced by A. E. Cannon or which reference her and her work. Emphasizes Cannon's various publications for children and young readers. Materials dated 1980 to 1997.

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The materials are from Jessica Martinez's first two novels: Virtuosity and The Space Between Us. The books are adolescent literature novels. There is a manuscript of Virtuosity with handwritten notes from Martinez's editor. Dated 2010-2012.

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Autograph manuscript of a children's story, originally titled "Far From My Home," concerning the Spanish colonization of the West Indies island of Dominica and the role played by Penda, a quadroon in the service of the Governor's wife. Several pages of the manuscript are written on the reverse side of earlier versions of the story.

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Contains manuscript drafts of Jacob's Journal of Doom with electronic line comments from Isaac Stewart and Lisa Mangum. Also contains illustrated manuscripts of Jacob's Journal of Doom and illustrated bookmark. Dated 2011-2012.

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Collection contains a poster with selections of the book "The Jenny Wren Book of Valentines" in an attempt to possibly promote it. With both extracts and illustrations from the book it gives the viewer an informed perspective of what to expect within as well as a personal note to all customers. The collection dates 1989.

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Gloria Skurzynski papers concerning research for and manuscripts of her books, and other papers.

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Collection contains an illustration drawn and signed by Tasha Tudor. The context in which the image was drawn is unknown. The collection date is unknown.

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This collection contains multiple drafts, revisions, notes, and outlines of Michael O. Tunnell's children's books including Mailing May, Chinook, Beauty and the Beastly Children, The Children of Topaz, and School Spirits. It also contains correspondence between Tunnell and his publishers and editors concerning contracts and edits needed, letters from fans, slides, newspapers, and other materials, 1989-2008.

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Contains drafts of three novels by Patricia Wiles, the creator of the collection, as well as correspondence about novels, notes in the writing process, and magazines and other paraphernalia featuring her works. Dated approximately 1998-2008.