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ESTEEMED
PROFESSOR'S CHILDREN'S LITERATURE COLLECTION COMES TO DE GRUMMOND
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are pleased to announce the recent acquisition of the Glenn
E. Estes Collection. Estes was professor and associate director
of the School of Information Sciences at the University of Tennessee
at the time of his death in 1996. He began his university teaching
career in 1966 as an assistant professor at Clarion State College
in Pennsylvania, and moved to the University of Tennessee the
following year.
While
at the University of Tennessee, Estes began collecting children's
books to use in his teaching and writing. Over the years,
the collection grew to include nearly five thousand works
of children's literature. The books date
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primarily from the 1950s to the mid-1990s, with an emphasis on fairy
tales, folklore, Appalachian stories, African American authors and
illustrators, art, poetry, and the classics. Estes was particularly
interested in Beatrix Potter and many of her books and figurines of
her characters are included. The children's books are supported by
an extensive reference collection of author biographies, bibliographies,
critical essays, and genre studies.
This extensive
contemporary collection of children's books is an exceptional addition
to the more than 65,000 books already held by the de Grummond Collection.
We appreciate the generosity of Mr. Estes' widow, Elizabeth and
their children, in providing this outstanding collection in a unique
donation/purchase agreement. The books and other materials will
be cataloged as part of the de Grummond Collection holdings, and
access will be provided through our online public catalog. A note
in the cataloging record will identify each book as a part of the
Estes Collection, allowing for easy retrieval.
Estes, a nationally
recognized speaker and author, served as a mentor to thousands of
school librarians whom he educated during his thirty-year tenure.
Estes served as editor of three significant reference works, American
Writers for Children Before 1900, American Writers for Children
Since 1960: Fiction, and American Writers for Children Since
1960: Poets, Illustrators, and Nonfiction Writers; all are included
in the Dictionary of Literary Biography series published
by Gale Research. Estes also published articles in Horn Book
Magazine, Book Links, Tennessee Education, and School Media
Quarterly. He served as a book reviewer for School Library
Journal and was the editor of the first seven volumes of School
Media Quarterly, from 1972-1979.
Estes also
served the library profession through numerous committee appointments,
most notably as a member of the Newbery/Caldecott Awards Committee
in 1972, and again in 1978. In 1980 he was chair of the Laura Ingalls
Wilder Award Committee and in 1993-1994 he chaired the May Hill
Arbuthnot Lecture Committee. He was president of the Tennessee Library
Association from 1973-1974 and vice-president of the American Association
of School Librarians from 1981-1982. Estes was well-known as an
exceptional organizer and served as the director of many workshops
and conferences, including the prestigious Loughborough International
Seminar on Children's Literature in 1982.
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