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Guide to the Margaret Wise Brown papers1929-1952
Westerly Public LibraryLocal History and Special Collections44 Broad StreetWesterly, RI 02891Tel: 401-596-2877E-mail: [email protected]
Published in 2009©Westerly Public Library
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Collection overview
Title: Margaret Wise Brown papers
Date range: 1929-1952
Creator: Brown, Margaret Wise, 1910-1952
Extent: 24 box(es)
Abstract: The Margaret Wise Brown papers containscorrespondence, photographs, manuscripts, poems,songs, stories and essays, books, and many ideas forrecords, television and radio programs.
Language of materials: English
Repository: Westerly Public Library
Collection number: MWB01
Scope & content
The published works portion of the collection contains many of Margaret Wise Brown'shandwritten or typed stories and ideas, which ultimately evolved into published books.There are often several different versions of a story, with ideas or changes scribbled in themargins. There are also book dummies with her notes for revisions. The collection includestwo first editions of The Little Fur Family, covered in actual rabbit fur, and two records forchildren. The published works component of the collection is by far the largest, consistingof 12 boxes, most containing 10-30 folders. Series 2, the unpublished works part of thecollection, contains several hundred poems or songs, stories and essays, both for childrenand adults, and many ideas for records, television and radio programs, and books.
In addition to her writings, the collection includes correspondence between MargaretWise Brown and friends or collaborators, papers she wrote while in college for creativewriting classes, articles and book reviews about her work, black and white photographsof Margaret Wise Brown and illustrations for some of her books. The illustrations weredone by Clement Hurd (for The Little Brass Band) and Barbara Cooney (for The Little FirTree), and include complete storyboards for these two books. Lastly, the collection containsarticles and theses written about Margaret Wise Brown.
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Arrangement
The Margaret Wise Brown Collection consists of seven series: published works,unpublished works, correspondence, miscellaneous papers, illustrations, materials aboutMargaret Wise Brown, and photographs.
• Series 1. Published Works contains published stories, poems, and songs, bothhandwritten and typed, often with Margaret Wise Brown's notes. The collection also hasbook dummies for some of her works. These items are arranged alphabetically by title andhoused in Boxes 1-12.
• Series 2. Unpublished Works contains poems and songs, essays and stories, ideasfor records, plays, radio and television programs, musical scores with words by MargaretWise Brown, music by Elizabeth Randolph or Dorothy Cadzow, and composition bookswith ideas for stories, notes, and thoughts in them. These items are grouped by format, andarranged alphabetically within format. They are housed in boxes 13-18.
• Series 3. Correspondence contains letters to and from Margaret Wise Brown,separated into two files. Correspondence is in box 19.
• Series 4. Miscellaneous Papers contains Margaret Wise Brown’s college papers andcreative stories, her notes from writing workshops she participated in, including notes abouthow children reacted to her stories, and book reviews and articles on her work that sheclipped from newspapers. Series IV is in box 20.
• Series 5. Illustrations contains illustrations, generally in storyboard form, for a fewof Margaret Wise Brown’s published books. One box holds the complete storyboard forthe story The Little Brass Band. The second box has assorted illustrations from several ofMargaret Wise Brown’s books including The Little Fir Tree. The collection contains work byBarbara Cooney and Clement Hurd and is housed in boxes 21 and 22.
• Series 6. Materials about Margaret Wise Brown contains articles, theses, andmanuscripts about her, grouped by format. It is contained in box 23.
• Series 7. Photographs contains black and white photographs of Margaret WiseBrown, from her childhood until shortly before her death. Also included are photographs ofher homes in Maine and New York City. Photographs are in box 24.
Biographical note
Margaret Wise Brown was born May 23, 1910 in Brooklyn, New York, and raised with anolder brother and younger sister on Long Island. Her father, Robert Brown, worked forthe American Manufacturing Company and her mother, Maude Johnson Brown, was ahomemaker. She described her childhood as difficult and lonely. Her parents' marriage was
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not happy, and she spent a lot of time alone, exploring the beaches and woods of LongIsland, and caring for her numerous pets.
Margaret left home at age 13 to attend boarding school in Switzerland, returning two yearslater to complete her high school education at Dana Hall in Massachusetts. In 1932 shereceived her B.A. from Hollins College in Virginia, her mother's alma mater. She thenmoved to New York City to intern at the Bank Street School, an experimental school forchild-development study and teacher training, with intentions of becoming a teacher. WhileMargaret decided not to pursue a teaching career, the Writers Laboratory at the schoolinspired her. Margaret became a children's book editor at the William R. Scott publishingcompany, while also working at Bank Street and freelance writing. The books she wroteand edited were approved or revised based on responses to the story by groups of childrenenrolled at Bank Street. She published her first children's book, When the Wind Blows, in1937. Over the next 14 years she published over 100 books for children, including the wellknown classics, Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny.
Margaret Wise Brown entertained friends at her two homes, Manhattan's Cobble Courtand The Only House on Vinalhaven Island in Maine. Animals were always a big part ofher life. At one point she shared her small Manhattan home with a cat, a dog, a flyingsquirrel, and a goat. She had a long and difficult relationship with Blanche Oelrichs, apoet who wrote under the pen name "Michael Strange". Oelrichs had also been marriedto John Barrymore, the actor. Margaret eventually became engaged to a younger man,James Stillman ("Pebbles") Rockefeller, Jr. She was on a pre-honeymoon trip to Europewhen she fell ill. She died in France of an embolism on November 13, 1952, two days afterappendectomy surgery.
Access & use
Access to the collection: There are no restrictions on access, except that thecollection can only be seen by prior appointment. Somematerials may be stored off-site and cannot be producedon the same day on which they are requested.
Use of materials: Researchers are advised that express written permissionto reproduce, quote, or otherwise publish any portionor extract from this collection must be obtained fromthe Westerly Public Library. Although Westerly PublicLibrary has physical ownership of the collection andthe materials contained therein, it does not claim
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literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine theowners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessarypermissions from them.
Preferred citation: Margaret Wise Brown papers, MWB01, Westerly PublicLibrary
Contact information: Westerly Public LibraryLocal History and Special Collections44 Broad StreetWesterly, RI 02891Tel: 401-596-2877E-mail: [email protected]
Administrative information
About the collection
Aquisition: The Margaret Wise Brown Collection was donated tothe Westerly Public Library by Jessica Gamble Dunham.Mrs. Dunham was the personnel director at the BankStreet School and a close friend of Ms. Brown. In 1946,Jessica and Gilbert Dunham moved to Stonington,Connecticut on the border of Westerly, Rhode Island.Margaret Wise Brown visited her friends in Stoningtonoften and had great affection for the area.
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Inventory
Series 1, Published Works ,Contains the manuscripts, notes, book dummies, and revisions for many of Margaret WiseBrown’s published books and articles.
Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 All the Bright Colors, from the Mouse ofMy Heart Collection
undated
Box 1, Folder 2 Animals in the Snow undated
Box 1, Folder 3 Another Important Book undated
Box 1, Folder 4 Baby Animals, Random House 1941
Box 1, Folder 5 Bad Little Duck Hunter, Scott 1947
Box 1, Folder 6 The Barnyard Song, Heath 1939
Box 1, Folder 7 Big and Little, Scott 1938
Box 1, Folder 8 Big Bunny--Little Bunny undated
Box 1, Folder 9 Big Dog Little Dog, Doubleday 1943
Box 1, Folder10
Big Fast Farmer undated
Box 1, Folder11
Big Red Barn, Scott 1956
Box 1, Folder12
The Big Steamshovel, or, The BigDigger
undated
Box 1, Folder13
The Big Warm Barn undated
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Box 1, Folder14
Birthdays in the Woods undated
Box 1, Folder15
Stories to be Sung and Songs to beTold, article in the Book of KnowledgeAnnual
1952
Box 1, Folder16
The Bunny's Birthday undated
Box 1, Folder17
The Bunny's Noisy Book undated
Box 1, Folder18
Funny Bunny; The Glorious Death of aMouse; The Glorious Flight of a Bunny;The Little Fat Bunny; The Little RabbitWho Was Learning How to Jump
undated
Box 1, Folder19
The Cardboard Egg undated
Box 1, Folder20
The Little Indian, Simon & Schuster 1954
Box 1, Folder21
A Child's Good Morning, Scott 1943
Box 1, Folder22
A Child's Good-Night Book, Scott 1943
Box 1, Folder23
Christmas in the Barn, Crowell 1952
Box 1, Folder24
The Color Bunnies undated
Box 1, Folder25
The Color Kittens, Simon & Schuster 1949
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Box 1, Folder26
The Dark Wood of the Golden Birds,Harper
1950
Box 1, Folder27
The Dark Wood of the Golden Birds,Harper
1950
Box 2, Folder 1 Dirty Mary undated
Box 2, Folder 2 Doctor Squash, The Doll Doctor, Simon& Schuster
1952
Box 2, Folder 3 Dog Abroad, or, Dogeral: Memories ofan Irish Dog in France
undated
Box 2, Folder 4 The Dream Book, Random House 1950
Box 2, Folder 5 The Dreaming Bunny, or, The Story ofBunny No Good, in The Golden SleepyBook, Simon & Schuster
1948
Box 2, Folder 6 The Earth Will Hold Us (play) undated
Box 2, Folder 7 Every Little Clown or Chercher LeClown
1952
Box 2, Folder 8 The Fabulous Fish undated
Box 2, Folder 9 Humpty Together Again, or, The Falland Rise of Humpty Dumpty, a storyin music by MWB, music by ElizabethRandolph
1950
Box 2, Folder10
The Fast Farmer undated
Box 2, Folder11
Fire Fire Fire in the Fall of the Year, inThe Golden Bunny
1953
Box 2, Folder12
The First Story, Harper 1947
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Box 2, Folder13
The First Story, Harper 1947
Box 2, Folder14
The First Story, Harper 1947
Box 2, Folder15
The Fish With the Deep Sea SmileCollection; E.P. Dutton compositionbook with early versions of manystories in this collection and in AnotherHere and Now Story Book collection
1938
Box 2, Folder16
The Fishing Cat undated
Box 2, Folder17
Five Little Firemen 1946
Box 2, Folder18
Four Little Fishermen; Fish Eyes Underthe Sea
1948
Box 2, Folder19
A Friend for Easter undated
Box 2, Folder20
The Friendly Book, or, The Boy WhoLoved the Whole World
undated
Box 2, Folder21
Funny Bunny undated
Box 3, Folder 1 The Gentle Tigerrr, or, The Polite Tiger undated
Box 3, Folder 2 The Golden Bunny 1950
Box 3, Folder 3 The Golden Bunny undated
Box 3, Folder 4 The Golden Bunny undated
Box 3, Folder 5 The Golden Bunny undated
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Box 3, Folder 6 The Golden Bunny undated
Box 3, Folder 7 The Golden Bunny, note: much of thismaterial was not included in the finalbook and can be found in The GreenWind or The Golden Sleepy Book
undated
Box 3, Folder 8 The Golden Bunny, Here Comesa Baby, or, Whose Baby Bunny,Birthdays in the Woods (A SingingStory), Funny Bunny, The RabbitDoctor, The Mouse and the MouseDoctor, The Rabbit Who Lived on aRanch, The Little Rabbit Who StayedUp All Night, The Smart Little Bunny
undated
Box 3, Folder 9 The Golden Bunny undated
Box 3, Folder10
The Golden Dog and his Two BlueKittens
undated
Box 3, Folder11
The Golden Lion undated
Box 3, Folder12
The Golden Story Book undated
Box 3, Folder13
The Golden Story Book undated
Box 4, Folder 1 Good Housekeeping, poem onp.86: Pusscatkin and the Pumpkin.Other items published in GoodHousekeeping: Daisy CloverPussywillow Brown; The Grey Rabbit'sDream; The Kitten at the Keyhole;Little Brown Tug; The Magic Car;One Eye Open; Pigwilliam Pumpkin,Where Have You Been?; Pussywillows;
1948-1949
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Scarecrow School; Three Pigeons GoTo School and others.
Box 4, Folder 2 The Good Little Bad Little Bunny undated
Box 4, Folder 3 The Good Little Bad Little Pig undated
Box 4, Folder 4 The Good Little Bad Little Raccoon undated
Box 4, Folder 5 Early versions of Goodnight Moon,titled Goodnight, Room and Chlild'sGoodnight, Harper (note states seealso Series II: Unpublished Works,academic work from Bank St.)
1947
Box 4, Folder 6 The Green Wind (book dummy), alsoSong of the Silverfish, from The GreenWind, published in Nibble Nibble
undated
Box 4, Folder 7 Happy the Hot Dog Man undated
Box 4, Folder 8 He Heard Seashells by the Seashore undated
Box 4, Folder 9 Hedgehog Ball or The Hedgehog WhoRolled Away
undated
Box 4, Folder10
Here Comes the Sun, A Weather Book(book dummy), The Seven WeathersOut the Window
undated
Box 4, Folder11
The Hidden House, Henry Holt 1953
Box 4, Folder12
Home for a Bunny, Simon & Schuster 1956
Box 4, Folder13
Homes in the Wilderness, Scott 1939
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Box 4, Folder14
A Horse Of Course (book dummy) undated
Box 4, Folder15
The Horse of Course, the YoungestHorse Anthology
undated
Box 4, Folder16
How the Animals Took a Bath, firstpublished in Jack and Jill Magazine(1939), reprinted in Wonderful StoryBook, Simon & Schuster (1950)
1939, 1950
Box 5, Folder 1 How the Bunny Learned to Wash HisFace
undated
Box 5, Folder 2 How to Live in a House undated
Box 5, Folder 3 How to Raise a Rabbit and Comfort aBunny
undated
Box 5, Folder 4 The Hungry ABC undated
Box 5, Folder 5 The Little Boat undated
Box 5, Folder 6 The Little Book undated
Box 5, Folder 7 The Little Brass Band undated
Box 5, Folder 8 The Little Cat Who Found a Place inthe World, or, The Cat
undated
Box 5, Folder 9 The Little Cat Who Liked to Purr toPeople
undated
Box 5, Folder10
Little Chicken, Harper 1943
Box 5, Folder11
The Little Cowboy 1948
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Box 5, Folder13
The Little Fir Tree; Christmas Song(several verses used in The Little FirTree), T.Y. Cromwell
1954
Box 5, Folder14
The Little Fisherman, a Fish Story,W.R. Scott
1945
Box 5, Folder15
The Little Flat Flounder in the Depthsof the Sea, shorter version publishedin The Wonderful Story Book, Simon &Schuster
1948
Box 5, Folder16
The Little Frightened Tiger undated
Box 5, Folder17
The Little Fur Family, Harper & Row 1946
Box 5, Folder18
The Little Girl's Medicine undated
Box 5, Folder19
One Two Three in a Family (part of TheLittle Golden Family Book)
undated
Box 5, Folder20
The Little Golden Tugboat Book, TheWhole Tug Family or The Annie Moran,That Old Tug at my Heart
undated
Box 5, Folder21
The Little Golden Younger andYounger Book
undated
Box 5, Folder22
The Little Iceberg undated
Box 5, Folder23
The Little Indian, Simon & Schuster 1954
Box 5, Folder24
The Little Island undated
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Box 5, Folder25
The Little Rabbit Who Was LearningHow to Jump
undated
Box 5, Folder26
The Little River undated
Box 5, Folder27
The Little Scarecrow Boy, in theanthology Fun and Frolic, D.C. Heath &Co.
1942
Box 6, Folder 1 The Little Toy Train undated
Box 6, Folder 2 A Little Weather Story, in the anthology,Read Me Another Story, Crowell
1949
Box 6, Folder 3 The Little White Rabbit Who Chasedthe Wind
undated
Box 6, Folder 4 The Little Wind undated
Box 6, Folder 5 The Magic Numbers Book undated
Box 6, Folder 6 The Magic Numbers Song undated
Box 6, Folder 7 The Manners Kittens undated
Box 6, Folder 8 Missy's Christmas Shopping undated
Box 6, Folder 9 The Monkey Man and his Monkey undated
Box 6, Folder10
The Mouse Doctor undated
Box 6, Folder11
The Mouse Hole Book and MouseBook
undated
Box 6, Folder12
Night and Day, or, Things that Love theNight, Harper
1942
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Box 6, Folder13
The Four Year Old Book, NO, or, TheCat with No Whiskers
undated
Box 6, Folder14
The Noon Balloon, from The NoisyBalloon Book
undated
Box 7, Folder 1 North, East, South, West: A Story inFour Directions; Cricket Song (wordsby MWB, music by Dorothy Cadzow)
undated
Box 7, Folder 2 Nothing But Bunnies undated
Box 7, Folder 3 Number Kittens undated
Box 7, Folder 4 The Number Bears undated
Box 7, Folder 5 The Numbers Book undated
Box 7, Folder 6 Oceans of Air: A story of the flight ofblue geese from North to South, alsoThe Unknown World in the Air, to beincluded in Oceans of Air
undated
Box 7, Folder 7 Odds and Ends; The Poodle and theSheep (title changed later to Cat andMouse)
undated
Box 7, Folder 8 One, Two, Three, A Magic NumbersBook
undated
Box 7, Folder 9 The Peppermints and the Postman, orSeven Little Postmen Carry the Mail
undated
Box 7, Folder10
Pictures and Stories magazine:published The Shining Stones; TheBirthday Present; A Surprise
1942
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Box 7, Folder11
Quiet in the Wilderness, publishedin Once Upon A Time In a Pigpen,Addison Wesley
undated
Box 8, Folder12
The Puppy's English undated
Box 7, Folder13
A Pussycat's Christmas, Crowell--original title: Pigwilliam's ChristmasBook
1949
Box 8, Folder 1 Pussy Willow undated
Box 8, Folder 2 Pussywillow, includes illustrations byLeonard Weisgard
1952
Box 8, Folder 3 The Quiet Noisy Book--untitled storyused in the book, The Ridiculous NoisyBook
undated
Box 8, Folder 4 The Quiet Noisy Book stories: TheWonderful Day, The Rabbit's Garden,Sound of the New Day Breaking
undated
Box 8, Folder 5 The Rabbit Doctor, and The Mouse andthe Mouse Doctor
undated
Box 8, Folder 6 The Rabbit Who Lived On A Ranch undated
Box 8, Folder 7 Red Light--Green Light, Pig Jig, SailorBoy Jig
undated
Box 8, Folder 8 Robin's House undated
Box 8, Folder 9 Song of the Runaway Bunny, score forMagali, to which the song is set
undated
Box 8, Folder10
The Sad Little Squirrel, or, The LittleSquirrel Who Wouldn't Grow Up
undated
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Box 8, Folder11
The Sea Shore Noisy Book undated
Box 8, Folder12
Seven Little Postmen, Simon &Schuster
1952
Box 8, Folder13
Shoot Straight the Boy with the Gun, or,A Straight Shooter
undated
Box 8, Folder14
The Sleepy ABC, Lathrop, Lee, andShepard
1953
Box 8, Folder15
Sleepy Animals undated
Box 8, Folder16
A Sleepy Story, A Sleepy Book, or,Little Fur Beds
1952
Box 8, Folder17
The Sleepy Little Rabbit undated
Box 8, Folder18
The Sleepy Mend; A Big Little SleepyStory (A book for a father to read in bedto his son)
undated
Box 8, Folder19
The Sleepy Rabbit Record, ThreeTimes To Sleep, Put Yourself To Sleep
undated
Box 5, Folder20
20 Sneakers Finds the Sea; Sneakers,That Rapscallion Cat; SneakersComes to Town; The Sky FollowsSneakers To Town; Sneakers and theEaster Flowers; The Easter Surprise;Sneakers and the Easter Bunnies; TheCountry Happens to Sneakers Again
undated
Box 5, Folder21
Snowball and Sunshine, from thecollection Mouse of My Heart
undated
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Box 8, Folder22
Spurs, The Fighting Cock undated
Box 8, Folder23
The Steam Roller (A Fantasy) part ofThe Fish with the Deep Sea Smile
undated
Box 8, Folder24
The Three Snowmen from Mouse of MyHeart Collection
undated
Box 9, Folder 1 The Teeny Tiny Woman undated
Box 9, Folder 2 The Terrific Terrible Pumpkin, from Funand Frolic, D.C. Heath
undated
Box 9, Folder 3 That Admiral undated
Box 9, Folder 4 There Was An Old Lady Who Lived InA House
undated
Box 9, Folder 5 They Could All Smell It undated
Box 9, Folder 6 Three Little Animals, or The Little FurAnimals, or A Little Warm Animal World
undated
Box 9, Folder 7 Town and Country undated
Box 9, Folder 8 The Train to Timbucktoo (Timbuktu),song score called Kalamazoo andTimbuctoo (Timbuktu)
undated
Box 9, Folder 9 Two Little Canaballs (Cannibals) undated
Box 9, Folder10
Two Little Trains undated
Box 9, Folder11
Two Little Trains, musical dramatization undated
Box 9, Folder12
The Unimportant Book undated
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Box 9, Folder13
The Very Rich Rabbit, The Little WhiteRabbit Who Chased the Wind, TheLittle Rabbit Who Stayed Up All Night,The Rabbit Who Lived On a Ranch
undated
Box 9, Folder14
The Very Rich Rabbit undated
Box 9, Folder15
The Weather Book undated
Box 9, Folder16
What A Little Man! undated
Box 9, Folder17
Wheels On the Chimney undated
Box 9, Folder18
When the Sun Came Up undated
Box 9, Folder19
Where Have You Been? Some of theseverses were in Another Here and NowStory book
undated
Box 9, Folder20
Where Have You Been? undated
Box 9, Folder21
Whistle For the Train undated
Box 9, Folder22
Will You Come For a Walk With Me?and The Love Song of the Little Bear
undated
Box 9, Folder23
Willie's Animals, in Willie's Adventures,W.R. Scott
1954
Box 9, Folder24
Willie's Pockets, or Peter's Pockets undated
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Box 9, Folder25
Willie the Whistling Giraffe, A MusicalBallad, music by Ruth Cleary Patterson
undated
Box 9, Folder26
Willie The Whistling Giraffe 1952
Box 10, Folder1
Whistling Giraffe undated
Box 10, Folder2
The Wonderful House, Simon &Schuster
1950
Box 10, Folder3
The Wonderful Story Book collection;The Little Toy Train, Out of the Rabbit,Pansies, The Race, A RemarkableRabbit, Said A Fish to A Fish, TheyCould All Smell It, But What Was It?(some of these were in The GoldenSleepy Book)
undated
Box 10, Folder4
The World That Jack Built undated
Box 10, Folder5
Writing for Children, in Hollins AlumnaeMagazine
1949
Box 10, Folder6
The Yellow Tug or The Teeny TinyTugboat
undated
Box 10, Folder7
You Be Little and I'll Be Big undated
Box 10, Folder8
Young Kangaroo undated
Box 11, Folder1
The Little Fur Family--two specialeditions, bound in real rabbit fur, onewith the original box
1946
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Box 12, Folder1
Wait Til the Moon is Full record, storyby MWB, music by Richard Mohaupt,described as a "musical story"
undated
Box 12, Folder2
Whoa! Little Horses Lie Down record,story by MWB, music by HerbertHaufrecht, described as an "activityrecord"
undated
Series 2, Unpublished Works,Contains poems and songs, essays and stories, ideas for records, plays, radio andtelevision programs, musical scores with words by Margaret Wise Brown, music byElizabeth Randolph or Dorothy Cadzow, and composition books with ideas for stories,notes, and thoughts in them.
Container Description Date
Box 13, Folder1
Poems/songs, A-B undated
Box 13, Folder2
Poems/songs, C-D undated
Box 13, Folder3
Poems/songs, E-F undated
Box 13, Folder4
Poems/songs, G undated
Box 13, Folder5
Poems/songs, H-K undated
Box 13, Folder6
Poems/songs, L undated
Box 13, Folder7
Poems/songs, M-N undated
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Box 13, Folder8
Poems/songs, O-Q undated
Box 13, Folder9
Poems/songs, R undated
Box 14, Folder1
Poems/songs, S undated
Box 14, Folder2
Poems/songs, T undated
Box 14, Folder3
Poems/songs, U-Z undated
Box 14, Folder4
Stories/essays, A-C undated
Box 14, Folder5
Stories/essays, D-F undated
Box 14, Folder6
Stories/essays, G-I undated
Box 14, Folder7
Stories/essays, J-L undated
Box 14, Folder8
Stories/essays, M undated
Box 14, Folder9
Stories/essays, N-P undated
Box 15, Folder1
Stories/essays, R undated
Box 15, Folder2
Stories/essays, S undated
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Box 15, Folder3
Stories/essays, T-Z undated
Box 15, Folder4
Book dummy, The Color Book 1948
Box 15, Folder5
Book dummy, Dances and Jigs undated
Box 15, Folder6
Book dummies (two) and detailed notesfor book titled The Little Golden GoodBad Book of Manners or The ConcreteManners Book or The Good-Bad Book
undated
Box 15, Folder7
Book dummy, Material to Draw On: AColor Book
undated
Box 15, Folder8
Ideas for plays, records, television andradio
undated
Box 15, Folder9
Ideas for plays, records, television andradio
undated
Box 15, Folder10
Ideas for plays, records, television andradio
undated
Box 15, Folder11
Ideas for plays, records, television andradio
undated
Box 16, Folder1
Ideas for plays, records, television andradio
undated
Box 16, Folder2
Ideas for plays, records, television andradio
undated
Box 16, Folder3
Ideas for plays, records, television andradio
undated
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Box 16, Folder4
Music/scores undated
Box 16, Folder5
Composition book undated
Box 16, Folder6
Composition book undated
Box 16, Folder7
Composition book undated
Box 17, Folder1
Composition book undated
Box 17, Folder2
Composition book undated
Box 17, Folder3
Composition book undated
Box 17, Folder4
Composition book undated
Box 18, Folder1
Composition Book 1937
Box 18, Folder2
Composition book 1941
Box 18, Folder3
Composition book 1946
Series 3, Correspondence,Includes letters from Margaret Wise Brown to others, and letters received by MargaretWise Brown, separated into two files. There are also several files that contain a series ofcorrespondence between MWB and someone else. These are each in a separate folder.
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Container Description Date
Box 19, Folder1
Correspondence from Margaret WiseBrown
undated
Box 19, Folder2
Correspondence to Margaret WiseBrown
undated
Box 19, Folder3
Correspondence with John regardingThe Good Night Book
undated
Box 19, Folder4
Letter from Burl Ives to MWB, includesher proposal to him for a book/recordtitled Bonnie Prince Charlie or TheBlack Prince
undated
Box 19, Folder5
Correspondence with Katharine Colieof the Grolier Society
undated
Series 4, Miscellaneous Papers,Contains some of Margaret Wise Brown’s academic work (papers and stories she wrotewhile in college), papers/notes from her participation in writing workshops, including notesabout how children reacted to her stories, and book reviews and articles about her workthat she clipped from newspapers.
Container Description Date
Box 20, Folder1
Academic work undated
Box 20, Folder2
Writing workshop notes undated
Box 20, Folder3
Writing workshop notes undated
Box 20, Folder4
Writing workshop notes undated
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Box 20, Folder4
Writing workshop notes undated
Box 20, Folder5
Writing workshop notes undated
Box 20, Folder6
Writing workshop notes undated
Box 20, Folder7
Writing workshop notes, the BabyInstitute
1943
Box 20, Folder8
Writing workshop notes undated
Box 20, Folder9
Writing workshop notes undated
Box 20, Folder10
Notes for a talk in Richmond undated
Box 20, Folder11
Printer's proof for Who's Who in NewEngland entry on Golden MacDonald(MWB pseudonym)
undated
Box 20, Folder12
Notes by MWB on what to include in allpublishing contracts
undated
Box 20, Folder13
Book reviews undated
Box 20, Folder14
Book reviews undated
Box 20, Folder15
Articles clipped by MWB (two) on herwork
1949,1952
Box 20, Folder16
Diary from MWB's time at Dana Hallboarding school
1929
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Series 5, Illustrations,Contains many illustrations and/or storyboards for several of Margaret Wise Brown’s books.Illustrations are by Barbara Cooney and Clement Hurd.
Container Description Date
Box 21, Complete Storyboard for The LittleBrass Band, pictures by Clement Hurd
undated
Box 22, Numerous illustrations for variousbooks, complete storyboard for TheLittle Fir Tree, pictures by BarbaraCooney
undated
Series 6, Materials about Margaret Wise Brown,Contains items written about her, grouped by format. Magazines containing articles abouther include The Horn Book, Vanity Fair, and LIFE.
Container Description Date
Box 23, Folder1
Articles about Margaret Wise Brown 1946
Box 23, Folder2
Articles about Margaret Wise Brown 1954
Box 23, Folder3
Articles about Margaret Wise Brown 1947-1949
Box 23, Folder4
Articles about Margaret Wise Brown 1958, 1983
Box 23, Folder5
Articles about Margaret Wise Brown undated
Box 23, Folder6
Articles about Margaret Wise Brown 2000
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Box 23, Folder7
Thesis on MWB written by Eugene M.Scheel
1969
Series 7, Photographs,
Container Description Date
Box 24, Folder1
MWB 5: portrait of MWB as a child (2copies)
undated
Box 24, Folder2
MWB and sister Roberta as girls withtheir pets
undated
Box 24, Folder3
MWB with dogs (two collies) undated
Box 24, Folder4
MWB leaning; MWB with pup, othersfrom same photo shoot (18 photos)
undated
Box 24, Folder5
MWB with kerry (kerry blue terrier) undated
Box 24, Folder6
MWB headshot 1945
Box 24, Folder7
vinyl2; vinyl haven; other shots ofVinalhaven, Maine (6 photos)
undated
Box 24, Folder8
Works (MWB headshot with collage ofher books)
undated
Box 24, Folder9
MWB in blazer on rocks (three photos) undated
Box 24, Folder10
MWB in light coat with kerry blue terrier(2 photos)
undated
Box 24, Folder11
MWB in black dress, with book open undated