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| Title: | Sutherland, Zena Bailey. Papers |
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| Dates: | 1953-2003 |
| Size: | 16 linear feet (32 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Zena Bailey Sutherland (1915-2002) (AB 1937, AM 1958 University of Chicago) was associated with the University of Chicago Graduate Library School throughout her career as faculty and as editor and reviewer for the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books from 1958 to 1985. Over the course of her career, she reviewed more than 30,000 children's books, for the Bulletin and as children's book editor for the Saturday Review and the Chicago Tribune. She authored six editions of the classic text Children and Books The Sutherland Papers consist of materials from work in the Graduate Library School, papers regarding her service on the Newbery, Caldecott, and other children's literature award committees, speeches and writings, biographical materials, and correspondence related to her professional work at the University and as editor and author for children's literature. |
Series VIII contains student material and is restricted until 2080. Some items in Series VII are currently restricted due to fragile condition on the need for special equipment.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Sutherland, Zena Bailey. Papers
Zena Sutherland was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts in 1915 and raised in Chicago. She graduated from the University of Chicago in 1937 and in 1958 earned a master's degree in library science from the University, intending to pursue a career as a medical librarian. Her experience as a mother of three children inspired her to take several courses in children's literature.
Sutherland was among the world's most influential and prolific scholars of young people's literature. She was associated with the University of Chicago Graduate Library School throughout her career, and served as a faculty member there from 1972 to 1986. She wrote 19 books and reviewed more than 30,000 children's books during more than 40 years as a critic of children's literature. From 1958 until her retirement in 1985, she served as reviewer and editor of the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, a comprehensive guide to all the latest literature published for children. She wrote monthly columns as children's books reviewer for the Saturday Review from 1966 to 1972 and also served as children's book editor for the Chicago Tribune. In 1972, she succeeded May Hill Arbuthnot as author of Children and Books, a classic textbook in the field of library science and children's literature for which she produced the fourth through ninth editions.
She served on numerous book award juries including the National Book Award, the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the Jane Addams Book Award, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, the Caldecott Award, and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction of which she was the permanent chair. As a member of the American Library Association, she was a jurist and member of the Newberry and Caldecott award committees. Sutherland also served on the United States Board of Books for Young People, acting as a children's literary ambassador in South Africa, China, and other countries.
In 1983, two former students used the royalties from a Festschrift in her honor to establish the Zena Sutherland Lecture Series, and the Lab Schools at the University of Chicago also recently established the Zena Sutherland Prize in Children's Literature, which is awarded by children of the School. In 1998 she was awarded the Norman MacLean Faculty Award, and named professor emeritus Zena Sutherland.
Sutherland married Roland Bailey in 1937. They had three children before divorcing in 1961. In 1964, she was remarried to Alec Sutherland, director of broadcasting and head of the Center for Continuing Education at the University of Chicago. Zena B. Sutherland died in Chicago on June 12, 2002.
The Zena Sutherland Papers contain correspondence, manuscripts, teaching materials, research notes, clippings, photographs and audio and video recordings. The Papers are divided into eight series.
Series I: Biographical Materials primarily contains articles and interviews with Sutherland from the 1970s through the 1990s. The series also includes materials related to Celebrating Children's Books, a festschrift published in her honor in 1981, and a small amount of personal correspondence.
Series II: Graduate Library School, primarily contains lecture notes and other materials related to courses taught by Sutherland. A small amount of correspondence and other items related to the GLS are also included.
Series III: General Files, contains files related to organizations with which Sutherland worked and boards on which she served, including the American Library Association, the Children's Reading Round Table, the International Board on Books for Young People and the Scott O'Dell Award Committee. Also in Series III are files on the Zena Sutherland Lecture Series.
Series IV: Correspondence documents Sutherland's career as an educator, author, reviewer and associate of many in the fields of both librarianship and children's book publishing. Among her main correspondents were author Lloyd Alexander, educator Susan Cooper, and editor Ursula Nordstrom. A large number of notable children's book authors are among her correspondents.
Series V: Writings, Speeches and Publications, documents Sutherlands work as author, editor and reviewer. It includes correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, reprints and promotional material for books, articles and speeches. Sutherland's correspondence with publishers is generally included with the files for the publications discussed, but more generally exchanges are in Subseries 4 of Series V.
Series VI: contains clippings and photocopies of articles related to the subjects of Sutherland's teaching and research, organized by subject. Also included are several files of "author profiles," comprising mostly publishers' promotional material and articles about children's literature authors.
Series VII: includes a small number of photographs and recordings of radio or other public appearance by Sutherland.
Series VIII: contains student related material to which access is restricted.
Series I: Biographical Materials |
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Biographical articles and interviews, 1978-1998 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Biographical article, Library Trends, interview, draft, 1996 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Biographical dictionaries and press releases, 1975-1996 |
| Box 1 Folder 4-7 | Biographical clippings, 1969-1999 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Awards and degrees, 1957-1998 |
| Box 2 Folder 1-2 | Celebrating Children's Books: Essays on Children's Literature in Honor of Zena Sutherland, correspondence, 1979-1981 |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | Memorial Services, 2002-2003 |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | Personal correspondence and documents, 1965-1998 |
Series II: Graduate Library School |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | Graduate Library School, 1966-1993 |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | Graduate Library School, GLS 321, Children's Literature, reading lists and lecture notes, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | Graduate Library School, GLS 326, Reading of Adolescents, reading lists, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | Graduate Library School, lecture notes, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 9-11 | Graduate Library School, student writings, 1976-1991 |
Series III: General Files |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | American Library Association, Children's Services Division and Association for Library Service to Children, 1960-1994 |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | American Library Association, Association for Library Service to Children, 1995-2000, undated |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | American Library Association, Association for Library Service to Children, Pre-conference on Children's Picture Books, planning materials, 1989 |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | American Library Association, Association for Library Service to Children, Newbery and Caldecott Medals, 1976-1996 |
| Box 3 Folder 5-7 | Annenberg Public Policy Center, Conference on Children and Television, 1996-1997 |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | Annenberg Public Policy Center, Conference on Children and Television, 1996-1997 |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | Arbuthnot Honor Lecture, 1969-1996 |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | Arbuthnot Honor Lecture, 1972, Mary Orvig, publicity and correspondence, 1971-1972 |
| Box 4 Folder 4 | Center for Children's Books, 1958-1988 |
| Box 4 Folder 5 | Center for Children's Books, correspondence, 1960-1990 |
| Box 4 Folder 6 | Carl Sandberg Award |
| Box 4 Folder 7 | People to People Children's Literature Travel Program |
| Box 4 Folder 8-10 | Children's Book Council\ |
| Box 4 Folder 11 | Children's Books, advance proofs
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| Box 5 Folder 1 | Children's books, advance proofs
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| Box 5 Folder 2 | Children's Reading Round Table, 1958-1996 |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | Children's Reading Round Table, Bulletin, 1967-1983 |
| Box 5 Folder 4 | Children's Reading Round Table, Bulletin, 1987-1996 |
| Box 5 Folder 5 | International Board on Books for Young People, 1966-1992 |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | International Board on Books for Young People, Hans Christian Andersen Award, 1975-1998 |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | International Board on Books for Young People, US Board on Books for Young People, 1991-2000 |
| Box 5 Folder 7A | Jane Addams Book Award, 1973 |
| Box 5 Folder 8 | Notes and fragments, undated |
| Box 6 Folder 1 | Notes and fragments, undated |
| Box 6 Folder 2 | U.S. BBY, Board of Directors |
| Box 6 Folder 3 | International BBY, Board of Directors |
| Box 6 Folder 4 | Children's Book Council |
| Box 6 Folder 5 | Notes on England, Claire and Fasick, Adele M., ChildView, 1987 |
| Box 6 Folder 6 | Scott O'Dell Award, correspondence and notes, 1981-1996 |
| Box 6 Folder 7 | Scott O'Dell Award, publicity and press reports, 1981-1998 |
| Box 7 Folder 1 | Stationery with miscellaneous letterheads |
| Box 7 Folder 2 | Zena Sutherland Award, 1996-2001; and Letters to ZS from Lab School 4th graders, 1999. |
| Box 7 Folder 3 | Zena Sutherland Lecture, correspondence and notes, 1981-1995 |
| Box 7 Folder 4 | Zena Sutherland Lecture, Maurice Sendak, 1983 |
| Box 7 Folder 5 | Zena Sutherland Lecture, Lloyd Alexander, 1984 |
| Box 7 Folder 6 | Zena Sutherland Lecture, Katherine Patterson, 1985 |
| Box 7 Folder 7 | Zena Sutherland Lecture, Virginia Hamilton, 1986 |
| Box 7 Folder 8 | Zena Sutherland Lecture, Robert Cormier, 1987 |
| Box 7 Folder 9 | Zena Sutherland Lecture, Paula Fox, 1988 |
| Box 7 Folder 10 | Zena Sutherland Lecture, David Macaulay, 1989 |
| Box 7 Folder 11 | Zena Sutherland Lecture, Jean Fritz, 1990 |
| Box 7 Folder 12 | Zena Sutherland Lecture, Trina Hyman, 1991 |
| Box 7 Folder 13 | Zena Sutherland Lecture, Betsy Byars, 1992 |
| Box 7 Folder 14 | Zena Sutherland Lecture, Walter Dean Myers, 1993 |
| Box 7 Folder 15 | Zena Sutherland Lecture, Patricia MacLachlan, 1994 |
| Box 7 Folder 16 | Zena Sutherland Lecture, Susan Cooper, 1995 |
| Box 7 Folder 17 | Zena Sutherland Lecture, Rosemary Wells, 1996 |
| Box 7 Folder 18 | Zena Sutherland Lecture, Avi, 1997 |
| Box 7 Folder 19 | Zena Sutherland Lecture, Laurence Yep, 1998 |
| Box 7 Folder 20 | Zena Sutherland Lecture, Ashley Bryan, 1999 |
| Box 7 Folder 21 | Zena Sutherland Lecture, Russell Freedman, 2000 |
| Box 7 Folder 22 | Zena Sutherland Lecture, Lois Lowry, 2001 |
| Box 7 Folder 24 | National Book Awards |
| Box 8 Folder 1 | Quadrangle Club Revels and other campus theater, 1953-1961. |
| Box 8 Folder 2 | 37 Players Theater Group. |
| Box 8 Folder 3 | Writings by others, Brooks, Jerome, "A Wing Growing Back," manuscript and correspondence, 1995 |
| Box 8 Folder 4 | Writings by others, Stanek, Lou Willett, Whole Language - Literature, Learning and Literacy, manuscript, 1992 |
| Box 8 Folder 5-6 | Writings by others, miscellaneous papers, 1985-1996, undated |
| Box 8a Folder 1 | Writings by others, Holt, Henry, "Borrowed Finery," 2000 |
| Box 8a Folder 2-3 | Writings by others, Rollins, Charlene, “Sissy,” 1972 |
| Box 8a Folder 4 | Writings by others, Slepian, Jan, “Travels with Clara,” undated |
Series IV: Correspondence |
| Box 9 Folder 1 | A, 1958-1998
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| Box 9 Folder 2 | B, 1966-1999
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| Box 9 Folder 3 | C, 1965-1999
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| Box 9 Folder 4 | D, 1959-2000
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| Box 9 Folder 5 | E, 1959-2000
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| Box 9 Folder 6 | F 1966-1996
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| Box 9 Folder 7 | G, 1960-1999
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| Box 9 Folder 8 | H, 1961-2000
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| Box 10 Folder 1 | I-J, 1966-1998
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| Box 10 Folder 2 | K, 1967-1999
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| Box 10 Folder 3 | L, 1965-1997
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| Box 10 Folder 4 | M, 1965-1999
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| Box 10 Folder 5 | N, 1967-2002
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| Box 10 Folder 6 | Nordstrom, Ursula, 1960-1980 |
| Box 10 Folder 7 | O, 1960-1998
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| Box 10 Folder 8 | Orvig, Mary, 1975-1992 |
| Box 10 Folder 9 | P-Q, 1960-2001
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| Box 10 Folder 10 | R, 1966-1999
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| Box 11 Folder 1 | S-Sc, 1961-1997
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| Box 11 Folder 2 | Se-Sw, 1961-1997
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| Box 11 Folder 3 | T-V, 1964-1996
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| Box 11 Folder 4 | W-Z, 1960-1996
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| Box 11 Folder 5 | Unidentified correspondents (1 of 2) |
| Box 11 Folder 6 | Unidentified correspondents (2 of 2) |
Series V: Writings, Speeches and Publications |
Subseries 1: Books |
| Box 11 Folder 1 | Children and Books, 3rd edition, copy annotated by Zena Sutherland, 1964 |
| Box 11 Folder 2 | Children and Books, 4th edition, correspondence, reviews and promotional material, 1969-1974 |
| Box 11 Folder 3 | Children and Books, 5th edition, correspondence, reviews and promotional material, 1975-1980 |
| Box 11 Folder 4 | Children and Books, 6th edition, correspondence, reviews and promotional material, 1979-1981 |
| Box 11 Folder 5-6 | Children and Books, 7th edition, correspondence, reviews and promotional material, 1983-1987 |
| Box 11 Folder 7 | Children and Books, 8th edition, correspondence, reviews and promotional material, 1987-1990 |
| Box 11 Folder 8-9 | Children and Books, 9th edition, correspondence, reviews and promotional material, 1994-1997 |
| Box 13 Folder 1 | Children and Books, 9th edition, ZS Notes |
| Box 13 Folder 2 | Children and Books, 9th edition, Alpha Copy |
| Box 13 Folder 3 | Children and Books, 9th edition, Beta Copy |
| Box 13 Folder 4 | Children and Books, 10th edition, correspondence, reviews and promotional material, 1999-2000 |
| Box 13 Folder 5 | Children and Books, Compilation of Reviews |
| Box 13 Folder 6 | Children and Books, correspondence |
| Box 14 Folder 1 | Children and Books, notes |
| Box 14 Folder 2-3 | Children and Books, notes and materials for revisions, 1976-1997 |
| Box 14 Folder 4 | The Best in Children's Books, correspondence, reviews and advertisements, 1972-1993 |
| Box 14 Folder 5 | The Best in Children's Books, reviews and advertisements, 1973-1979 |
| Box 14 Folder 6 | Arbuthnot Anthology of Children's Books; Scott-Foresman Anthology of Children's Books, correspondence, 1974-1992 |
| Box 14 Folder 7 | Children's Literature - An Illustrated History, 1995, correspondence and notes, 1982-1995 |
| Box 14 Folder 8 | Children's Literature - An Illustrated History, 1995, "American Children's Literature, 1870-1945, chapter drafts, ca 1993 |
| Box 15 Folder 1 | Children's Literature - An Illustrated History, 1995, "Internationalism, Fantasy and Realism, 1945-1970," chapter drafts, ca 1993 |
| Box 15 Folder 2 | Children's Literature - An Illustrated History, 1995, "Contemporary Children's Literature, 1970-," chapter drafts, ca 1993 |
| Box 15 Folder 3 | Children's Literature - An Illustrated History, 1995, galleys, 1994 |
| Box 15 Folder 4 | Children's Literature - An Illustrated History, 1995, galleys, 1994 |
| Box 15 Folder 5 | Children's Literature in the United States (1 of 3) |
| Box 15 Folder 6 | Children's Literature in the United States (1 of 3) |
| Box 15 Folder 7 | Children's Literature in the United States (2 of 3) |
| Box 15 Folder 8 | Children's Literature in the United States (3 of 3) |
Subseries 2: Articles |
| Box 16 Folder 1 | "Books for Young People," Saturday Review, correspondence and clippings, 1966-1973 (1 of 3) |
| Box 16 Folder 2 | "Books for Young People," Saturday Review, correspondence and clippings, 1966-1973 (2 of 3) |
| Box 16 Folder 3 | "Books for Young People," Saturday Review, correspondence and clippings, 1966-1973 (3 of 3) |
| Box 16 Folder 4 | Chicago Tribune, photocopies, galleys and typescripts, 1972-1977 |
| Box 16 Folder 5 | Chicago Tribune, photocopies, galleys and typescripts, 1978-1993 |
| Box 16 Folder 6 | Chicago Tribune, miscellaneous |
| Box 16 Folder 7 | Compton's Encyclopedia, correspondence and typescripts, 1973-1995 |
| Box 17 Folder 1 | Compton's Encyclopedia, typescripts, 1984-1989 |
| Box 17 Folder 2 | World Book Encyclopedia, correspondence and reprints, 1976-2000 |
| Box 17 Folder 3 | "Evaluating Books for Children," Illinois Libraries, September, 1961, correspondence and reprint, 1961-1966 |
| Box 17 Folder 4 | "R.S.V.P.," Owlet among the Colophons, September, 1967, correspondence and reprint, 1967-1968 |
| Box 17 Folder 5 | History in Children's Books, 1967, reviews and advertisements, 1967-1973 |
| Box 17 Folder 6 | "Not Another Article On the Newbery-Caldecott Awards?" Top of the News, April 1974, typescript and photocopy, 1974 |
| Box 17 Folder 7 | "Science as Literature," Library Trends, April 1974, correspondence, typescript and reprints, 1974-1980 |
| Box 17 Folder 8 | "Information Pleases - Sometimes," Wilson Library Bulletin, October 1974, typescript, correspondence and clipping, 1974 |
| Box 17 Folder 9 | "The Children's Book World," typescript, c.1975 |
| Box 17 Folder 10 | 'Children's Literature in Education' #22, 1976 |
| Box 17 Folder 11 | "In Search of the Perfect Picture Book Definition," Wilson Library Bulletin, October, 1977, typescript, correspondence, clipping, 1977 |
| Box 17 Folder 12 | "Golden Apples and Blue Ribbons, the Meaning of International Awards," Children's Books International 3, 1978, typescript draft and reprint, 1978 |
| Box 17 Folder 13 | "Science Books are Better Than Ever," American Libraries, October 1981, typescript, clipping and reprint, 1981-1982 |
| Box 17 Folder 14 | Children in Libraries, 1981, reviews and advertisements, 1981-1983 |
| Box 17 Folder 15 | "The Problems of Translating Children's Books," The Role of Literature in Reading Instruction, 1981, correspondence and volume, 1977-1981 |
| Box 17 Folder 16 | "The Children's Book World Today," Children's Literature Review 6, 1984, draft and press releases, c. 1984 |
| Box 17 Folder 17 | "Children's Books, 1985-1987," Bible Review, Winter 1987, correspondence, typescript and reprint, 1987 |
| Box 18 Folder 1 | Tribute, Paul and Ethel Heins, manuscript, memorial program, 1997 |
| Box 18 Folder 2 | Building a Special Collection of Children's Literature in Your Library, 1998, materials and correspondence, 1987-1998 |
| Box 18 Folder 3 | "Mildred L. Batchelder, 1901-1998," Horn Book Magazine, January/February 1999, correspondence, manuscript and photocopy, 1998-1999 |
| Box 18 Folder 4 | "One Hundred Books That Shaped the Century," School Library Journal, January 2000, correspondence and reprint, 1999-2001 |
| Box 18 Folder 5 | Reviews, 1973-1977, 1974 |
| Box 18 Folder 6 | Publications and offprints, 1960-1978
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| Box 18 Folder 7 | Publications and offprints
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| Box 18 Folder 8 | "Introduction," Island of the Blue Dolphins, 1990, correspondence and typescript, 1990 |
| Box 18 Folder 9 | Orchard Book of Nursery Rhymes, 1990, correspondence, typescript, reviews and advertisements, 1986-1998 |
| Box 18 Folder 10 | Tribute to Sophie Cousins Silberberg, for USBBY, typescript, 1991 |
| Box 18 Folder 11 | "John Donovan, An Extraordinary Person, An Extraordinary Writer," manuscript, correspondence and photocopy, c. 1992 |
| Box 18 Folder 12 | Reader's Companion to Twentieth-Century Children's Literature, correspondence and typescripts, 1992-1994 |
| Box 18 Folder 13 | Reader's Companion to Twentieth-Century Children's Literature, research materials, undated |
| Box 19 Folder 1 | Introduction, Whole Language, Literature, Learning and Literacy - A Workshop in Print, Lou Willett Stanek, 1993, correspondence and typescript, 1992-1993 |
| Box 19 Folder 2 | Foreword, I Remember, Fara Lynn Krasnopolsky, 1995, manuscript and correspondence, 1994-1995 |
| Box 19 Folder 3 | Essay for Chapter 1, Legacies - Using Children's Literature in the Classroom, 1996, correspondence and typescript, 1993 |
| Box 19 Folder 4 | "The Newbery at 75, Changing with the Times," American Libraries, March 1997, correspondence, drafts and reprint, 1996-1997 |
| Box 19 Folder 5 | Writings, Misc. (1 of 2) |
| Box 19 Folder 6 | Writings, Misc. (2 of 2) |
Subseries 3: Presentations |
| Box 19 Folder 7 | Arbuthnot Host Committee |
| Box 19 Folder 8 | Lecture/Talk Correspondence (1 of 2) |
| Box 19 Folder 9 | Lecture/Talk Correspondence (2 of 2) |
| Box 19 Folder 10 | Lectures, Publications and Publicity (1 of 2) |
| Box 20 Folder 1 | Lectures, Publications and Publicity (2 of 2) |
| Box 20 Folder 2 | Introduction of Hazel Rochman, typescript, 1989 |
| Box 20 Folder 3 | Texts of brief presentations, undated |
| Box 20 Folder 4 | Unidentified ZS Lecture Notes |
Subseries 4: Correspondence with Publishers |
| Box 20 Folder 5 | Open Court Publishing Company, 1974-1989 |
| Box 20 Folder 6 | Orchard Publishing Company, 1988-1991 |
| Box 20 Folder 7 | University of Chicago Press, 1965-1976 |
| Box 20 Folder 8 | Correspondence, 1968-2000
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Series VI: Subject and Clipping Files |
| Box 20 Folder 9 | Author Profiles, Ada-Asimov |
| Box 20 Folder 10 | Author Profiles, Baker-Byers |
| Box 20 Folder 11 | Author Profiles, Caldecott-Crews |
| Box 20 Folder 12 | Author Profiles, Dahl-Donald |
| Box 21 Folder 1 | Author Profiles, Emberley-Fujikama |
| Box 21 Folder 2 | Author Profiles, Gardam-Greene |
| Box 21 Folder 3 | Author Profiles, Hall-Quest-Hutchins |
| Box 21 Folder 4 | Author Profiles, Isadora-Kurelek |
| Box 21 Folder 5 | Author Profiles, Laimgruber-Lowry |
| Box 21 Folder 6 | Author Profiles, Macaulay-Mikhalov |
| Box 21 Folder 7 | Author Profiles, Barry Moser |
| Box 21 Folder 8 | Author Profiles, Nordstrom-Opie |
| Box 21 Folder 9 | Author Profiles, Parish-Rogers |
| Box 21 Folder 10 | Author Profiles, Scoppettone-Sykes |
| Box 21 Folder 11 | Author Profiles, Maurice Sendak |
| Box 21 Folder 12 | Author Profiles, Taylor-Vipont |
| Box 21 Folder 13 | Author Profiles, Ward-Zolotow |
| Box 21 Folder 14 | Awards |
| Box 22 Folder 1 | Bibliotherapy |
| Box 22 Folder 2 | Book reviews |
| Box 22 Folder 3 | Censorship |
| Box 22 Folder 4-6 | Censorship |
| Box 22 Folder 7-8 | Children's books, photocopied excerpts |
| Box 23 Folder 1-5 | Children's books, photocopied excerpts |
| Box 23 Folder 6 | Children's literature and publishing |
| Box 24 Folder 1-4 | Children's literature and publishing |
| Box 24 Folder 5 | Disability |
| Box 24 Folder 6 | Flyers, press releases and other announcements |
| Box 24 Folder 7 | Folklore, fantasy and fairytales |
| Box 24 Folder 8 | Gender and sexuality |
| Box 24 Folder 9 | Illustration |
| Box 24 Folder 10 | Language |
| Box 25 Folder 1 | Librarianship |
| Box 25 Folder 2 | Literary criticism |
| Box 25 Folder 3 | Minority groups |
| Box 25 Folder 4 | Miscellaneous articles |
| Box 25 Folder 5 | Notable Book Lists |
| Box 25 Folder 6 | Picture books, articles |
| Box 25 Folder 7 | Poetry |
| Box 25 Folder 8 | Publishing and Marketing (1 of 2) |
| Box 26 Folder 1 | Publishing and marketing (2 of 2) |
| Box 26 Folder 2 | Racism in children's literature |
| Box 26 Folder 3 | Reading aloud |
| Box 26 Folder 4-5 | Reading and learning |
| Box 26 Folder 6 | Reading interests |
| Box 26 Folder 7 | Reviewing children's books |
| Box 27 Folder 1 | School libraries |
| Box 27 Folder 2 | Science fiction |
| Box 27 Folder 3 | Selection and evaluation |
| Box 27 Folder 4 | Series books |
| Box 27 Folder 5 | Sexism |
| Box 27 Folder 6 | Storytelling |
| Box 27 Folder 7 | Television |
| Box 27 Folder 8 | Textbooks |
| Box 27 Folder 9 | Translations |
Series VII: Audio-Visual Materials |
| Box 28 | Rolodex cards |
| Box 28 | Index cards with bibliographical notes |
| Box 29 Folder 1 | Awards |
| Box 29 Folder 2 | Slides of book illustrations |
| Box 29 Folder 3 | Photographs |
| Box 29 Folder 4 | Contents of file box |
| Box 29 Folder 5 | Contents of file box |
| Box 30 | Item 1: VHS of PBS profile of author Valiska Gregory on the show Across Indiana/Production of Gregory's When Stories Fell Like Shooting Stars illustrated by Stephano Vitale |
| Box 30 | Item 2: VHS, 'Sutherland Award 1999' |
| Box 30 | Item 2: Audio recording of "A Place for All Reasons," WEFM, September 13, 1973, with guests Zena Sutherland and Yolanda Federici |
| Box 30 | Item 3: Audio recording, WMAQ-TV NBC Chicago, October 30, 1966, "Read Me a Story" |
| Box 30 | Item 4: Audio cassette of Zena Sutherland's memorial service |
| Box 30 | Item 5: Audio cassette of "Conversations at Chicago," "Evaluating Children's Books" with Zena Sutherland, Yolanda Federici, Marci Carafoli, and Milton Rosenberg |
| Box 30 | Item 6: Audio cassette of "Children, Childhood, and Literature" |
| Box 30 | Item 7: Audio cassette of "Reading Books and Asking Questions" with Zena Sutherland and Jack Fraenkel, produced by The Children's Book Council, Inc. |
| Box 30 | Item 8: Audio cassette, 'William Allen White Banquet, Wichita, KS, 11/1/73 |
Series VIII: Restricted Materials |
| Box 31 Folder 1 | Student recommendation letters (miscellaneous) |
| Box 31 Folder 2 | Student grade forms |
| Box 31 Folder 3 | Student recommendation letters for employment |
| Box 31 Folder 4 | University Appointment Documents, 1975-1984 |
| Box 31 Folder 5 | Correspondence regarding personnel matters, 1991-1994 |