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Laura R. Merrill Newberry & Caldecott Book Award Winners

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 090

Scope and Contents

The Laura R. Merrill collection consists mainly of material about Newberry and Caldecott Book Award winners. The collection compiled by Logan Junior High School librarian, Laura Merrill, covers the period from 1922 through 1961. In addition to the Caldecott and Newberry Award files, the collection contains a small amount of incoming correspondence to Mrs. Merrill from authors and publishers.

Each year at the Logan Junior High School library Laura Merrill put together a book display. Part of this display was information about the Newberry and Caldecott winner for that year. From 1922 through 1943 and in 1954, 1957 and 1959 material appeared from Newberry Award winners. This material included a letter from the author, a bookcover from the book, and other material relevant to the book. This material has been filed under the authors name and the year of the award. The files are ordered by the year in which the award was won.

The Caldecott file is not nearly as extensive as the Newberry file. The collection has an annual file on the Caldecott winner between 1938-1943 and a file for 1950 and 1961. Within the Caldecott files are several original drawings given for the display. Again these files have been arranged by authors and year of the award. They are also ordered chronologically.

The remainder of the collection consists of miscellaneous correspondence covering the period from 1950 to 1956. The incoming letters are from various authors and publishers. These letters have been filed alphabetically.

Conservation measures taken were to place the material into acid free folders. Material that needs deacidification will be attended to.

Dates

  • 1922-1961

Language of Materials

Material in English

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Laura R. Merrill Newberry & Caldecott Book Award Winners must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Extent

1 box (.5 linear feet)

Abstract

The collection includes a file on each Newberry Award winners from 1922-1959.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by author and then chronologically.

Related Materials

Laura R. Merrill papers COLL MSS 119

Processing Information

Processed in November of 2001

Title
Guide to the Laura R. Merrill Newberry & Caldecott Book Award Winners 1922-1961
Author
Finding aid/Register created by Special Collections & Archives
Date
©2012
Description rules
Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid encoded in English.

Revision Statements

  • 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.

Repository Details

Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository

Contact:
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)