JUDY DELTON PAPERS

de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
The University of Southern Mississippi

Biographical Note

Judy Delton was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on May 6, 1931, to Alfred and Alice (Walsdorf) Jaschke. She was raised in a strictly Catholic environment and often fretted over the subjects of sin and guilt. Delton attended the School of Association Arts in 1950 and the College of St. Catherine in 1954-57, from which she earned a teacher's certification. She taught in the parochial elementary schools of St. Paul between 1957 and 1964 and married Jeff J. Delton, a school psychologist, in 1958.

Delton began writing at age 39 without any training or instruction and published her first book, Two Good Friends, in 1974. Her writing drew heavily on her Catholic upbringing and often dealt with the emotional problems and questions of childhood while retaining a lighthearted tone. She was best known for her Kitty, Angel, and Pee Wee Scouts series. Delton died in St. Paul, Minnesota, on December 31, 2001.

Sources:
Something About the Author, ed. Kevin S. Hile and Diane Telgen (Detroit: Gale Research, 1994), 77:51-55.
Something About the Author, ed. Scot Peacock (Detroit: Gale Research, 2002), 130:44.

Scope and Content Note

The Judy Delton Papers contain an incomplete edited typescript for My Mom Hates Me in January (1977), which was written by Judy Delton and illustrated by John Faulkner.

Restrictions

Restrictions on Use

Noncirculating; available for research.

Copyright Restrictions

The collection is protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). Reproductions can be made only if they are to be used for "private study, scholarship, or research." It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials, other than that noted above.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Judy Delton Papers, de Grummond Children's Literature Collection, University of Southern Mississippi Libraries, (Cite the item's box/folder numbers).

Provenance

These papers were donated to the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection of the University of Southern Mississippi Libraries by Judy Delton in December 1977.

Processing Information

Processed by Hans Rasmussen, June 2003. This finding aid is the product of a grant funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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