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Collection Title: Ron Roy Papers

Collection Number: DG0841

Accession Number: unknown

Inclusive Dates: 1978-1986

Volume: 1.80 cubic ft.

Given By : Ronald Roy

Copyright: This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).

Form of Material:

Big and Small, Short and Tall by Ron Roy, illustrated by Lynne Cherry; Houghton Mifflin/Clarion Books, 1986.

Dummy, photocopy & edited
Typescript, original

The Chimpanzee Kid by Ron Roy; Clarion Books, 1985.

Typescript, copy-edited
Typescript
Galleys, long sheets

Million Dollar Jeans by Ron Roy, illustrated by Joyce Audy Zarins; Dutton, 1983.

Original typescript with holograph additions and corrections
Original typescript
Typescript, final draft
Typescript with holograph additions
Jacket
Photocopied illustrations
Correspondence

Frankie Is Staying Back by Ron Roy, illustrated by Walter Gaffney-Kessell; Clarion Books, 1981.

Typescript with holograph additions
Galleys

Where's Buddy? by Ron Roy, illustrated by Troy Howell; Clarion Books, 1982.

Typescript
Typescript with holographs additions and corrections
Galley

I Am A Thief by Ron Roy, illustrated by Mel Williges; E.P. Dutton, 1982.

Typescript, edited

What Has Ten Legs and Eats Cornflakes?: A Pet Book by Ron Roy, illustrated by Lynne Cherry; Clarion Books, 1982.

Jacket
3 black and white photographs
Typescript
Revised sketches
Typescript, copy-edited
Photocopy of re-typed typescript
Correspondence
Typescript with holograph additions and corrections

A Thousand Pails of Water by Ron Roy, illustrated by Mai Vo-Dinh; Knopf, 1978.

Typescript

Three Ducks Went Wandering by Ron Roy, illustrated by Paul Galdone; Seabury Press, 1979.

Typescript

Old Tiger, New Tiger by Ron Roy, illustrated by Pat Bargielski; Abingdon, 1978.

Typescript

Breakfast With My Father by Ron Roy, illustrated by Troy Howell; Houghton Mifflin/Clarion Books, 1980.

Typescript, original and rewrite
Galley sheet and sample type

Awful Thursday by Ron Roy, illustrated by Lillian Hoban; Pantheon Books, 1979.

Typescript

The Great Frog Swap by Ron Roy, illustrated by Victoria Chess; Pantheon Books, 1981.

Original typescript
Revised typescript
Galley sheets

Avalanche! by Ron Roy, illustrated by Robert MacLean; Dutton, 1981.

Illustrations, photocopy
Original typescript
Final copy-edited typescript
Galley sheets

Nightmare Island by Ron Roy, illustrated by Robert MacLean; Dutton, 1981.

Galley sheets
Final copy-edited typescript

The Shadow In The Pond by Ron Roy; Scholastic, 1980.

Final copy-edited typescript

Miscellaneous:

Article: "Reflections: A Profile of Ron Roy"

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