Dates

• Majority of material found within 1800 - 2000

Extent

1 box Linear Feet (Lois V. Anderson (December 17, 1920-October 29, 2006) was born in Cosocton, Ohio, and her parents were Albert William Ramsey and Treasa Leona Ramsey. Lois V. Anderson was married to Wheeler L. Anderson, and she is buried in Gallup, New Mexico. The Lois V. Anderson Collection includes Anderson Family History, genealogical notes, and biographical information about authors and illustrators of children literature. Box 1 (39 folders): 1. Anderson Family History by Lois V. Anderson, 1976; 2. Authors Synopsis of Lives; 3. Marquerite de Angeli (1889-1987) American writer and illustrator of children’s books; 4. Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) American novelist (Little Women); 5. Alexander Lloyd (1924-2007) American author; 6. Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) American author; 7. Harry Behn (1898-1973) American screenwriter and children’s author; 8. Rebecca Caudill (1899-1985) American author of children’s literature; 9. Barbara Cooney (1917-2000) American writer and illustrator of more than 200 children’s books; 10. Edward Randolph Emberley (born 1931) and his wife Barbara Collins Emberley – American artists and illustrators; 11. Thelma Harrington Bell (1896-1985) and Corydon Whitten Bell (1894-1980) American authors; 12. Eleanor Estes (1906-1988) American children’s author; 13. Rumer Godden (1907-1998) English author; 14. Thomas Schofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher; 15. Marguerite Henry (1902-1997) American writer of children’s books; 16. Nancy Hogrogian – illustrator; 17. Ezra Jack Keats (1916-1983) American writer and illustrator of children’s books; 18. Elaine Konigsburg (1930-2013) American writer and illustrator of children’s books; 19. Joseph Krumgold (1908-1980) American writer of books and screenplays; 20. Aurora Labastida – children’s librarian at the Benjamin Franklin Library in Mexico City, Mexico; 21. Madeleine L’Engle (1918-2007) American writer; 22. Lois Lenski (1893-1974) American author and writer of children’s books (see Manuscript Group 16 Lois Lenski Collection); 23. Blair Lent (1930-2009) American illustrator and writer of children’s books; 24. Maud Hart Lovelace (1892-1980) American author; 25. Robert McCloskey (1914-2003) American writer and illustrator of children’s books; 26. Katherine Milhous (1894-1977) American artist, illustrator, and writer; 27. A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English author (Winnie-the-Pooh) see Manuscript Group 101; 28. And the Lamp Went Out (1913) by Jessie Palmer Pierce; 29. Ellen Raskin (1928-1984) American writer, illustrator, and fashion designer; 30. Elizabeth Madox Roberts (1881-1941) American novelist and poet; 31. American Folk Dance, 1934; 32. Maurice Sendak (1928-2012) American illustrator and author of Where the Wild Things Are (1963) see Special Collections (copy); 33. Dr. Seuss aka Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991) American writer, poet, and cartoonist; 34. Virginia Sorensen (1912-1991) American author; 35. William O. Steele (1917-1979) American author; 36. Pamela Lyndon (P. L.) Travers (1899-1996) Australian-British novelist; 37. Tasha Tudor (1915-2008) American illustrator and writer of children’s books; 38. E. B. White (1899-1985) American author of Charlotte’s Web; and 39. Elizabeth Yates (1905-2001) American author)

Language of Materials

English