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| Creator: | Milton Meltzer |
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| Title: | Milton Meltzer Papers | ||
| Dates: | 1985-2001 | ||
| Dates: | [bulk 1990-2001] | ||
| Quantity: | 4.50 cubic feet (18 boxes) | ||
| Identification: | DG1125 | ||
| Abstract: | The Milton Meltzer Papers contain manuscripts, typescripts, production material, and correspondence created and accumulated by Milton Meltzer between 1985 and 2001. Meltzer's papers were created from his composition of seventeen published books for young adults. Meltzer is known for his histories of traditionally disfranchised groups, biographies of crusaders for unpopular causes, and studies of injustice in modern American public life. |
Milton Meltzer was born on May 8, 1915, in Worcester, Massachusetts, to Benjamin and Mary (Richter) Meltzer. He attended the public schools in Worcester, but found he learned more from his independent reading at the public library. He attended Columbia University between 1932 and 1936 where he discovered an interest in writing but left without taking a degree. Meltzer worked as a staff writer for the Federal Theatre Project of the Works Progress Administration in 1936-39. He married Hilda Balinsky on June 22, 1941, and served with the U.S. Army Air Force in 1942-46. Meltzer worked in public relations for the pharmaceutical industry with three New York City firms between 1950 and 1968. At age 40, successful at work but desirous to write something more lasting, he wrote A Pictorial History of the Negroes in America (1956) with Langston Hughes. He published thirteen more non-fiction books for adults and children before taking up writing full time in 1968.
Over his forty-five year literary career, Meltzer wrote and edited scores of books for children and adults. His works consisted mainly of histories of traditionally disfranchised groups, biographies of crusaders for unpopular causes, and studies of injustice in modern American public life. He produced historical studies of women, ethnic minorities, and the working class. For his biographies, Meltzer chose individuals who actively sought to reform their societies in an effort to encourage activism in his young adult readers. Guiding young people to question social injustices and initiate change was a major aim of his writing. Consequently, Meltzer's works on social problems addressed issues from war and pacifism to child labor to the realities of American politics. He also wrote a memoir, Starting from Home: A Writer's Beginnings (1988), in which he recounted his childhood influences and experiences in Worcester and explored his elusive East European Jewish immigrant heritage.
Milton Meltzer received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association for his collective body of work in 2001. He lived in New York City until his death on September 19, 2009 at the age of 94.
Sources:
Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and
Young Adults, ed. Laurie Collier and Joyce Nakamura (Detroit: Gale
Research, 1993), 4:1665-1669.
Something About the Author Autobiography
Series, ed. Adele Sarkissian (Detroit: Gale Research, 1986),
1:203-221.
Starting from Home: A Writer's
Beginnings by Milton Meltzer (New York: Viking Penguin, 1988).
Twentieth-Century Young Adult Writers,
ed. Laura Standley Berger (Detroit: St. James Press, 1994), 448-451.
The Milton Meltzer Papers contain manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, page proofs, sketches and proofs of illustrations and cover art, and printed research material created and accumulated by Milton Meltzer between 1985 and 2001. Meltzer's papers were created from his composition of seventeen published books for young adults. The material is organized into three series: books, biographical sketch, and correspondence.
The papers in the books series contain material for seventeen of Meltzer's later works. With the exception of Ain't Gonna Study War No More (1985), all titles date from after 1992. Most are historical biographies, histories of commodities, and studies of modern social issues. Meltzer usually commenced his compositions by writing manuscripts in ink on yellow lined paper. He produced typescripts with a manual typewriter, although some were made with an electric typewriter or computer. Meltzer revised many of his typescripts by stapling retyped portions of text to the original pages. These staples have been left in place to prevent these additions from accidentally coming out of place. Quantities of research and production material vary widely for each book. The papers in the series are arranged alphabetically by title and the material for each book is arranged chronologically in order of creation when known.
Box 3 contains 3 x 5 cards and slips of paper used to make research notes for Cheap Raw Material (1994). Meltzer organized the cards into four groupings: cards arranged in a rough structure before deciding on the final chapter order; cards for the introduction, chapters 1-13, and conclusion; cards used to prepare the index; and cards for citations of illustrations and the bibliography. Meltzer described the organization of the cards in a May 1994 letter, a copy of which is included in box 3. Cards and slips that originally were clipped together remain joined, although metal paperclips have been replaced with vinyl-coated fasteners. No attempt has been made to alter Meltzer's original arrangement.
Photocopied research articles and pamphlets for Cheap Raw Material (folders 4/2 - 5/14) have been arranged alphabetically by author or creating agency with pieces of uncertain authorship placed at the end. The abbreviations that Meltzer assigned to each source during the research and writing process are given in brackets after the citations in the container listing. The letter in box 3 provides an explanation of his abbreviation scheme.
The first typescripts for Frederick Douglass: In His Own Words (1995) (folders 8/9 & 8/10) are both identical and opposite. Meltzer typed his first typescript on yellow paper and made a photocopy on white paper. For some reason, he interspersed the original and photocopied pages to create two complete typescripts of alternating original and photocopied pages, each a mirror image of the other.
Research material for Witches and Witch-hunts (1999) was found filed with the research material for Weapons & Warfare (1996). It has been removed and filed separately.
An unknown author composed the biographical sketch for a CD-ROM produced by Gale Research in 1997. Finally, the pieces of correspondence with the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection were selected and photocopied from the correspondence file of the de Grummond Collection because they provide information on Meltzer's writing habits. They are arranged chronologically.
Noncirculating; available for research.
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.
(Identify the item and cite the series), Milton Meltzer Papers, de Grummond Children's Literature Collection, University of Southern Mississippi Libraries.
These papers were donated to the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection of the University of Southern Mississippi Libraries by Milton Meltzer between 1994 and 2001.
Processed by Hans Rasmussen, January 2002. Encoded into EAD Version 1.0 by Danielle L. Bishop. This finding aid is the product of a grant funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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| Ain't Gonna Study War No More: The Story of America's Peace Seekers by Milton Meltzer (New York: Harper & Row, 1985) | |||||||||||||
| 1/1 | Typescript, edited: unpublished preface, front matter, chapters 1-10, (107 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 1/2 | Typescript, edited: chapters 11-17, bibliography, (80 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| The Amazing Potato: A Story in Which the Incas, Conquistadors, Marie Antoinette, Thomas Jefferson, Wars, Famines, Immigrants, and French Fries All Play a Part by Milton Meltzer (New York: HarperCollins, 1992) | |||||||||||||
| 1/3 | Manuscript, edited: introduction, chapters 1-9, text boxes, bibliography, 2 November-24 December 1990, (51 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 1/4 | First typescript, edited: introduction, chapters 1-9, text boxes, quotations, foreword, bibliography, note on sources, biographical sketch, (67 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 1/5 | Photocopy of second typescript, lightly edited: front matter, introduction, chapters 2-9, (52 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 1/6 | Original pages of second typescript, further edited: introduction (pp. 2-3), chapters 1-2 (pp. 4-13), chapter 3 (pp. 29-31, 36-39), (13 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 1/7 | Third typescript, composed of original and photocopied pages, edited: introduction, chapters 1-9, text boxes, foreword, quotations, bibliography, note on sources, biographical sketch, (76 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| Andrew Jackson and His America by Milton Meltzer (New York: Franklin Watts, 1993) | |||||||||||||
| 1/8 | Manuscript, edited: introduction, chapters 1-18, note on sources, 17 July-11 November 1991, (135 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 2/1 | First typescript, edited: chapter outline in manuscript, typescript of front matter, introduction, chapters 1-6, (68 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 2/2 | First typescript, edited: chapters 7-12, (64 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 2/3 | First typescript, edited: chapters 13-18, note on sources, (69 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 2/4 | Photocopy of first typescript: front matter, introduction, chapters 1-6, (65 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 2/5 | Photocopy of first typescript: chapters 7-12, (64 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 2/6 | Photocopy of first typescript: chapters 13-18, note on sources, (69 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 2/7 | Photocopy of second typescript: front matter, introduction, chapters 1-9, (98 pp. ) | ||||||||||||
| 4/1 | Photocopy of second typescript: chapters 10-18, note on sources, back matter, (95 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| Cheap Raw Material: How Our Youngest Workers Are Exploited and Abused by Milton Meltzer (New York: Viking, 1994) | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Index cards and slips of paper for research notes, bibliography, and index | ||||||||||||
| 4/2 | Photocopies of pages from Bernard Bailyn, Voyages to the West (1987) [CL BB-VW] | ||||||||||||
| 4/3 | Photocopies of pages from Robert H. Bremner, ed., Children and Youth in America (1970) [CL RB-CYA] | ||||||||||||
| 4/4 | Photocopies of pages from Carl Bridenbaugh and Robert Bridenbaugh, Vexed and Troubled Englishmen, 1590-1642 (1968) [CL CB-VTE] | ||||||||||||
| 4/5 | Pamphlets from Children's Defense Fund [CL Children's Defence FND] | ||||||||||||
| 4/6 | Paul F. Cole, Children at Work: Peril or Promise? (1991) [Children at Work-pamphlet] | ||||||||||||
| 4/7 | Photocopies of pages from Tony Dunbar, Our Land Too (1971) [CL TD-OLT] | ||||||||||||
| 4/8 | Photocopy of Janet Wells Greene, Child Labor in New York State (1991) [CL JG-CLNY] | ||||||||||||
| 4/9 | Photocopies of pages from Robert B. Hill and Regina Nixon, Youth Employment in American Industry (1984) [CL RH-YE] | ||||||||||||
| 4/10 | Photocopies of pages from Brian Inglis, Men of Conscience (1971) [CL BI-MC] | ||||||||||||
| 4/11 | Reports by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (1989-1990) [CL ILG] | ||||||||||||
| 4/12 | Pamphlets from Job Corps (1990) | ||||||||||||
| 4/13 | Gwen Kinkead, "Chinatown-I," New Yorker (1991) [CL In Chinatown-NYKR MAG] | ||||||||||||
| 4/14 | Literature from Lifetime Television, Your Family Matters: Danger, Kids at Work (1991) [CL Danger-Kids at Work] | ||||||||||||
| 4/15 | Photocopies of pages from Jack London, The People of the Abyss (1977) [CL JL-PA] | ||||||||||||
| 4/16 | Photocopies of pages from Marc S. Miller, ed., Working Lives (1980) [CL MM-WL] | ||||||||||||
| 4/17 | Clippings from The Nation, March 1991-November 1992, 7 items [CL Nation Clips] | ||||||||||||
| 5/1 | Literature from the National Safe Workplace Institute (1992) [CL Natl Safe Wkplc Institute] | ||||||||||||
| 5/2 | New York State Assembly, Public Hearing on . . . Apparel Industry Task Force (1992) [AITF-hearing] | ||||||||||||
| 5/3 | Literature from the New York State Department of Labor (1990) [CL NY State] | ||||||||||||
| 5/4 | Clippings from The New York Times, February 1991-December 1993, 80 items [CL NYT clips] | ||||||||||||
| 5/5 | Photocopies of pages from Steven J. Ross, Workers on the Edge (1985) [CL SR-WE] | ||||||||||||
| 5/6 | The UNESCO Courier (October 1991) [UNESCO Courier 10/91] | ||||||||||||
| 5/7 | Reports on United States Congressional bills concerning labor laws (1991-1992) [CL Cong'l Bills] | ||||||||||||
| 5/8 | Photocopy of United States Department of Labor, Child Labor Laws: Historical Development (1968?) [CL DL-CLL] | ||||||||||||
| 5/9 | Photocopies of William G. Whittaker, Child Labor: Issues for the 102d Congress (1992) [CL WW-CL] | ||||||||||||
| 5/10 | Photocopies of The Working Teenager (n.d.) [CL Wkg Teenager] | ||||||||||||
| 5/11 | Photocopies of pages from an unidentified book [CL ST-WL] | ||||||||||||
| 5/12 | Assorted clippings, March 1990-January 1993, 41 items [CL Clips] | ||||||||||||
| 5/13 | Photocopies of pages from encyclopedias [CL Encyc's] | ||||||||||||
| 5/14 | Photocopies of pages from bibliographies [CL Biblio] | ||||||||||||
| 5/15 | Correspondence concerning research, 4 February-2 December 1992, (36 items) | ||||||||||||
| 6/1 | Manuscript, edited: introduction, chapters 1-11, 14, 12, 13, source notes, 23 April-16 July 1992, (79 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 6/2 | First typescript, edited: introduction, chapters 1-7, (70 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 6/3 | First typescript, edited: chapters 8-14, additions, bibliography, source notes, (78 pp. ) | ||||||||||||
| 6/4 | Photocopy of first typescript: introduction, chapters 1-7, (70 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 6/5 | Photocopy of first typescript: chapters 8-14, additions, bibliography, source notes, (78 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 6/6 | Second typescript, edited and marked for publication: front matter, introduction, chapters 1-6, (80 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 7/1 | Second typescript, edited and marked for publication: chapters 7-14, bibliography, source notes, (81 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 7/2 | Pages removed from second typescript, ( 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 7/3 | Correspondence concerning editing of second typescript, 18 May 1993, (2 items) | ||||||||||||
| 7/4 | Blue and yellow flags removed from second typescript, 3 envelopes; memorandum concerning flags, 18 May [1993] | ||||||||||||
| 7/5 | Dust jacket text, 25 May 1993, (1 p. ) | ||||||||||||
| 7/6 | Correspondence and clippings concerning public relations and marketing, with photocopy of inside of original file folder, January 1991-January 1994, (9 items) | ||||||||||||
| 7/7 | Correspondence concerning illustrations, April 1993-August 1994, (20 items) | ||||||||||||
| 7/8 | Page proofs of illustrations for pp. 6, 16, 19, 27, 32, 41, 51, 58, 67, 73, 81, 86, 92, 99, 105, 117, 121, 128, 133, 135, 144, (21 items) | ||||||||||||
| 7/9 | Manuscript of captions, 20 September 1993, 2 pp.; typescript of captions, 2 pp.; proofs of captions, 13 January 1994, 2 pp. | ||||||||||||
| 7/10 | Advance reading copy without index, April 1994 | ||||||||||||
| 7/11 | Typescript of index, edited and marked for publication, (6 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 7/12 | Reviews, February-November 1994, (5 items) | ||||||||||||
| Food: How We Hunt and Gather It, How We Grow and Eat It, How We Buy and Sell It, How We Preserve and Waste It and How Some Have Too Much and Others Have Too Little of It by Milton Meltzer, illustrated by Sharon Lane Holm (Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 1998) | |||||||||||||
| 7/13 | First typescript, edited: foreword, chapters 1-26, (69 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 7/14 | First typescript, edited: chapters 27-50, afterword, bibliography, biographical sketch, (74 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 7/15 | Photocopy of second typescript: foreword, chapters 1-24, 71 pp.; photocopy of cover letter, 3 October 1997 | ||||||||||||
| 8/1 | Photocopy of second typescript: chapters 25-50, afterword, bibliography, (74 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 8/2 | Correspondence with publisher, 4 November 1997-15 October 1998, ( 6 items ) | ||||||||||||
| 8/3 | Bibliography page; copy editing style sheet, 21 November [1997?] | ||||||||||||
| 8/4 | Typescript of front matter, 6 pp.; proof of front matter, 15 January 1998, (7 pp. ) | ||||||||||||
| 8/5 | Letter received from publisher with dust jacket text, proofs of chapter illustrations, chapter layouts, 21 January 1998, 11 pp.; color proofs of original dust jacket art, [ca. 21 January 1998], 2 copies; letter received from publisher with sketch of revised dust jacket art, 26 January 1998, 2 pp. | ||||||||||||
| 8/6 | Typescript of index, 11 pp., with photocopy of cover letter, 23 February 1998 | ||||||||||||
| Frederick Douglass: In His Own Words edited by Milton Meltzer, illustrated by Stephen Alcorn (San Diego: Harcourt, Brace, 1995) | |||||||||||||
| 8/7 | Correspondence with publisher and illustrator, October 1992-Februrary 1995, (44 items) | ||||||||||||
| 8/8 | Manuscript, edited: notes on illustrator's work, author's note, opening passages for published and unpublished readings, note on sources, biographical profiles, 24 May-24 June 1993, (47 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 8/9 | First typescript, edited, composed of alternating typescript and photocopied pages: author's note, opening passages for parts 1-3 and readings 1-24, 26-43, 45-66 and unpublished, afterword, note on sources, (107 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 8/10 | First typescript, edited, composed of alternating typescript and photocopied pages: author's note, opening passages for parts 1-3 and readings 1-24, 26-43, 45-66 and unpublished, afterword, note on sources, (105 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 9/1 | Second typescript, edited: author's note, opening passages and excerpts for part 1 and readings 1-15 and unpublished, ( 99 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 9/2 | Second typescript, edited: opening passages and excerpts for readings 16-24, 26-44 and unpublished, (120 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 9/3 | Second typescript, edited: opening passages and excerpts for part 3 and readings 45-66 and unpublished, note on sources, (92 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 9/4 | Manuscript of word counts for readings, 4 pp., with two photocopies of same | ||||||||||||
| 9/5 | Letter sent to Stephen Alcorn with biographical sketches, 23 February 1994, (16 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 9/6 | Dust jacket text and illustrations, April-May 1994, (4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 9/7 | Typescript of index, (16 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 9/8 | Correspondence, clippings, and paraphernalia concerning an exhibition at Gallery 1199 in New York City for the centennial of Frederick Douglass' death, 1993-1995, (51 items) | ||||||||||||
| Gold: The True Story of Why People Search for It, Mine It, Trade It, Steal It, Mint It, Hoard It, Shape It, Wear It, Fight and Kill for It by Milton Meltzer (New York: HarperCollins, 1993) | |||||||||||||
| 9/9 | First typescript, edited: front matter, introduction, chapters 1-12, bibliography and source notes, biographical sketch, (103 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 10/1 | Photocopy of first typescript: front matter, introduction, chapters 1-12, bibliography and source notes, biographical sketch, (103 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 10/2 | Photocopy of second typescript: front matter, introduction, chapters 1-12, bibliography and source notes, biographical sketch, (96 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 10/3 | Photocopy of typescript of index, (11 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| Hold Your Horses: A Feedbag Full of Fact and Fable by Milton Meltzer (New York: HarperCollins, 1995) | |||||||||||||
| 10/4 | Correspondence with publishers, 1978-1995, (33 items) | ||||||||||||
| 10/5 | Photocopy of first typescript: front matter, introduction, chapters 1-9, bibliography and source notes, biographical sketch, (83 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 10/6 | Second typescript, lightly edited: front matter, introduction, chapters 1-10, bibliography and source notes, biographical sketch, (93 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| Lincoln: In His Own Words edited by Milton Meltzer, illustrated by Stephen Alcorn (San Diego: Harcourt, Brace, 1993) | |||||||||||||
| 10/7 | Manuscript, edited: chapter outlines, author's note, chapters 1-14, biographical sketches, 18 February-3 April 1991, (69 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 11/1 | First typescript, edited: author's note, chapters 1-6 (pp. xi-62), (41 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 11/2 | First typescript, edited: chapters 6-10 (pp. 62-130), (37 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 11/3 | First typescript, edited: chapters 11-14, biographical sketches (pp. 133-205), (47 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 11/4 | Photocopy of first typescript: author's note, chapters 1-7, (59 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 11/5 | Photocopy of first typescript: chapters 8-14, note on sources, (54 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 11/6 | Second typescript, edited: front matter, author's note, chapters 1-7, (80 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 11/7 | Second typescript, edited: chapters 8-14, note on sources, chronology, (85 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 12/1 | Typescript pages removed when revising second typescript, (27 pp. ) | ||||||||||||
| 12/2 | Typescript of index entries for Abraham Lincoln (pp. 224-225), (2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| The Many Lives of Andrew Carnegie by Milton Meltzer (New York: Franklin Watts, 1997) | |||||||||||||
| 12/3 | Correspondence with publisher, May 1996-March 1997, (11 items) | ||||||||||||
| 12/4 | Manuscript of structure of book, 14 July 1996, (2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 12/5 | Manuscript, edited: foreword, chapters 1-7, 15 July-21 August 1996, (50 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 12/6 | Manuscript, edited: chapters 8-15, note on sources, 21 August-10 September 1996, (44 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 12/7 | First typescript, edited: chapter contents in manuscript, 3 pp.; foreword, chapters 1-7 in typescript, (74 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 12/8 | First typescript, edited: chapters 8-15, note on sources in typescript (missing typescript page 75), (75 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 12/9 | Second typescript, lightly edited: chapter headings in manuscript; foreword, chapters 1-7 in typescript, (69 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 12/10 | Second typescript, lightly edited: chapters 8-15, note on sources in typescript, (71 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 12/11 | Manuscript list of illustrations, 8 November 1996, 3 pp.; memorandum on research for pictures, 10 November 1996, 3 pp.; typescript list of illustrations, 2 pp.; carbon copy of typescript of captions, 5 pp. | ||||||||||||
| 12/12 | Carbon copy of typescript of index, (12 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 12/13 | Letters received with sketches of cover art, January-February 1997, (3 items) | ||||||||||||
| 12/14 | Typescript pages of dust jacket text, (4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| Ten Queens: Portraits of Women of Power by Milton Meltzer, illustrated by Bethanne Andersen (New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1998) | |||||||||||||
| 13/1 | Preliminary lists of subjects, (7 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 13/2 | Correspondence with editor, May 1995-June 1997, (24 items) | ||||||||||||
| 13/3 | Manuscript of "Esther," edited, August 1995, (5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 13/4 | Correspondence with illustrator, September 1995-July 1997, (16 items) | ||||||||||||
| 13/5 | Manuscript of "Isabel of Spain," edited, December 1995, (8 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 13/6 | Photocopies of early sketches for portraits, [ca. October 1996], (10 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 13/7 | Color proofs of early versions of portraits on pp. 10, 24, 72, 96, (4 items) | ||||||||||||
| 13/8 | Early typescript of "Esther," edited, ( 8 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 13/9 | Early typescript of "Isabel of Spain," edited, (21 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 13/10 | Final typescript, lightly edited: preface, queens 1-5, (64 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 13/11 | Final typescript, lightly edited: queens 6-10, note on sources, bibliography, (82 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 13/12 | Memorandum received concerning index, 11 August 1997, 2 pp.; typescript of index, edited, 17 pp. | ||||||||||||
| Theodore Roosevelt and His America by Milton Meltzer (New York: Franklin Watts, 1994) | |||||||||||||
| 13/13 | Research clippings with photocopy of inside of original file folder, December 1991-March 1993, (30 items) | ||||||||||||
| 13/14 | Manuscript, edited: foreword, chapters 1-20, note on sources, 9 December 1992-1 April 1993, (119 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 14/1 | Typescript, edited: front matter, foreword, chapters 1-6, (56 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 14/2 | Typescript, edited: chapters 7-14, (65 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 14/3 | Typescript, edited: chapters 15-20, note on sources, back matter, (55 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 14/4 | Photocopy of typescript: front matter, foreword, chapters 1-10, (88 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 14/5 | Photocopy of typescript: chapters 11-20, note on sources, back matter, (88 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 14/6 | Correspondence concerning review of later typescript, June 1993, (2 items) | ||||||||||||
| There Comes a Time: The Struggle for Civil Rights by Milton Meltzer (New York: Random House, Landmark Books, 2001) | |||||||||||||
| 14/7 | Manuscript of outline of research notes, (1 p.) | ||||||||||||
| 14/8 | First typescript, edited: chapter contents in manuscript, 2 pp.; front matter, chapters 1-8 in typescript, 52 pp. | ||||||||||||
| 14/9 | First typescript, edited: chapters 9-14, bibliography in typescript, (52 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 15/1 | Photocopy of first typescript: front matter, chapters 1-8, (51 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 15/2 | Photocopy of first typescript: chapters 9-14, bibliography, back matter, (53 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 15/3 | Second typescript, edited: typescript of front matter, foreword, chapters 1-11, (78 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 15/4 | Second typescript, edited: typescript of chapters 12-14, bibliography, back matter, 33 pp.; typescript and photocopied pages of text to insert, 30 pp.; edited photocopy of calendar, 5 pp.; typescript of calendar, 9 pp. | ||||||||||||
| 15/5 | Typescript of suggestions for illustrations, 2 pp.; photocopy of first typescript of captions, edited, 10 pp. (2 copies); second typescript of captions, edited, 9 pp. | ||||||||||||
| 15/6 | Correspondence with editor (includes later production material), February 1999-[ca. December 2000], (22 items) | ||||||||||||
| Tom Paine: Voice of Revolution by Milton Meltzer (New York: Franklin Watts, 1996) | |||||||||||||
| 15/7 | Manuscript, edited: chapter outline, foreword, chapters 1-11, 14 April-22 May 1995, (61 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 15/8 | Manuscript, edited: chapters 12-21, note on sources, afterword, 22 May-30 June 1995, (63 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 16/1 | Photocopy of typescript: front matter, foreword, chapters 1-11, (83 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 16/2 | Photocopy of typescript: chapters 12-21, afterword, note on sources, back matter, (96 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| Weapons & Warfare: From the Stone Age to the Space Age by Milton Meltzer, illustrated by Sergio Martinez (New York: HarperCollins, 1996) | |||||||||||||
| 16/3 | Clippings for research, 1991-1995, (73 items) | ||||||||||||
| 16/4 | Clippings for research, 1993-1995, (52 items) | ||||||||||||
| 16/5 | Letters sent to Robert Warren, editor at HarperCollins, June-October 1994, (4 items) | ||||||||||||
| 17/1 | Manuscript, edited: content of chapters, 28 October-2 December 1994, 44 pp.; foreword, outline, chapters 57-58, January-October 1995, 11 pp. | ||||||||||||
| 17/2 | Typescript, edited: front matter, foreword, chapters 1-2, 4-12, 14-38, 41, 43-57, 59, bibliography, 81 pp.; letter sent to typist, 18 January 1994 [1995?] | ||||||||||||
| 17/3 | Correspondence with Robert Warren, 2-20 October 1995, 2 items; manuscript pages of revisions to outline and chapters 3, 13, 14, 36, 16, 51, 17, 39, 40, 36, 21, 12-20 October 1995, 12 pp.; typescript pages of revisions to outline and chapters 3, 5-7, 9, 13-17, 21, 36, 39-40, 42, 51, 58, 34 pp.; unidentified typescript page on Spartacus | ||||||||||||
| Who Cares? Millions Do . . .: A Book About Altruism by Milton Meltzer (New York: Walker, 1994) | |||||||||||||
| 17/4 | Clippings for research, 1992-1994, (11 items) | ||||||||||||
| 17/5 | Manuscript pages of early chapter contents, ( 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 17/6 | First typescript, edited twice: front matter, epigraph, foreword, chapters 1-8, (75 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 17/7 | First typescript, edited twice: chapters 9-13, afterword, note on sources, text boxes, (77 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 17/8 | Photocopy of note on sources and text boxes from first typescript, (13 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 17/9 | Manuscript pages of chapter outline for first typescript, 2 pp.; manuscript pages of text to insert into first typescript, 8 pp. | ||||||||||||
| 17/10 | Photocopy of first typescript made between its two editings: front matter, foreword, chapters 1-2, 4-13, note on sources, (123 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 18/1 | Second typescript, lightly edited: front matter, foreword, chapters 1-13, afterword, note on sources, text boxes, (134 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 18/2 | Manuscript pages of composition notes for second typescript, (3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 18/3 | Typescript of note on sources from second typescript, edited, 5 pp.; photocopy of same with text box for chapter 5 and other notes, 7 pp. | ||||||||||||
| 18/4 | Manuscript and typescript pages of chapter contents to unknown drafts, (2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| 18/5 | Material for finding and purchasing photographs, August-December 1993 | ||||||||||||
| 18/6 | Material for finding and purchasing photographs, January-March 1994 | ||||||||||||
| 18/7 | Photocopy of typescript of edited index, 18 pp., with cover letter, 20 July 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Witches and Witch-hunts: A History of Persecution by Milton Meltzer (New York: Scholastic, Blue Sky Press, 1999) | |||||||||||||
| 18/8 | Research material: clippings, catalogs, and photocopied portions of books, 1991-1995, (22 items ) | ||||||||||||
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Biographical Sketch |
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| 18/9 | Typescript of a biographical sketch for a CD-ROM produced by Gale Research, 1997, (14 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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Correspondence |
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| 18/10 | Selected correspondence with the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection, 1993-2001, (11 items) | ||||||||||||
Accession Number: 2004-205
Inclusive Dates: 2004
Volume: .30 cubic ft.
Given By : Milton Meltzer
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:
Milton Meltzer: Writing Matters by Milton Meltzer; Franklin Watts, 2004.
Typescript, preliminary
Typescript, edited
Typescript, final
Notes
Background material
Correspondence
Accession Number: 2007-023
Inclusive Dates: 1956 - 2006
Volume: 2.80 cubic ft.
Given By : Milton Meltzer
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:
Box 1
Biographical Information
General Correspondence
Publisher Correspondence
Personal Correspondence
Box 2
School Visits/Events
Award Information/Materials
Speeches
General Research
George Washington and the Birth of Our Nation by Milton Meltzer; Watts, 1986.
Reviews
Correspondence
Publicity
Violins and Shovels: The WPA Arts Projects by Milton Meltzer; Delacorte, 1976.
Reviews
Publicity
Slavery: From the Rise of Western Civilization to Today (Vol. I) by Milton Meltzer; Dell, 1972.
Slavery: From the Renaissance to Today (Vol. II) by Milton Meltzer; Cowles Book Co., 1972.
Slavery: A World History by Milton Meltzer; Regnery, 1971.Teacher’s Guide
Reviews
Correspondence
Publicity
The Eye of Conscience: Photographers and Social Change by Milton Meltzer and Bernard Cole; Follett, 1974.
Reviews
Publicity/articles
Correspondence
Bound for the Rio Grande: The Mexican Struggle, 1845-1850 by Milton Meltzer; Knopf, 1974.
Reviews
Correspondence
Who Cares? Millions Do: A Book About Altruism by Milton Meltzer; Walker, 1994.
Correspondence
Reviews
Publicity
Research article
Box 3
The Right to Remain Silent by Milton Meltzer; Harcourt Brace, 1972.
Publicity
Correspondence
Handwritten notes
Research/article
Benjamin Franklin: The New American by Milton Meltzer; Watts, 1988.
Notes
Publicity
Reviews
Correspondence
Food: How We Hunt and Gather it, How We Grow and Eat it, How We Buy and Sell it, How We Preserve and Waste it—and How Some Have Too Much and Others Too Little
of it by Milton Meltzer; Millbrook Press, 1998.Reviews
Driven From the Land: The Story of the Dust Bowl by Milton Meltzer; Benchmark Books, 2000.
Reviews
Publicity
Bound For America: The Story of the European Immigrants by Milton Meltzer; Benchmark Books, 2002.
Review
A Window onto the Past by Milton Meltzer [unpublished?]
Publicity
Carl Sandburg: A Biography by Milton Meltzer; Twenty-First Century Books, 1999.
Reviews
Correspondence
Ten Kings and the Worlds They Ruled by Milton Meltzer; Scholastic, Inc., 2002.
Reviews
Correspondence
Langston Hughes: An Illustrated Edition by Milton Meltzer; Millbrook Press, 1997.
Reviews
Walt Whitman: A Biography by Milton Meltzer; Twenty-First Century Books, 2002.
Reviews
Publicity
Ferdinand Magellan: First to Sail Around the World by Milton Meltzer; Benchmark Books, 2002.
Review
La Salle: Down the Mississippi by Harold Faber, Milton Meltzer, and Patricia Calvert; Benchmark Books, 2002.
Reviews
Non-Fiction for the Classroom: Milton Meltzer on Writing, History, and Social Responsibility by Milton Meltzer; Teachers College Press, 1994.
Reviews
Correspondence
Publicity
Edgar Allan Poe: A Biography by Milton Meltzer; Twenty-First Century Books, 2003.
Reviews
In the Days of the Pharaohs: A Look at Ancient Egypt by Milton Meltzer; Scholastic, Inc., 2001.
Reviews
Correspondence
Piracy and Plunder: A Murderous Business by Milton Meltzer; Dutton, 2001.
Reviews
Publicity
Hear That Train Whistle Blow: How the Railroad Changed the World by Milton Meltzer; Random House, Inc., 2004.
Reviews
Article
Cover/jacket proof (2)
Correspondence
Publicity
Witches and Witch-Hunts: A History of Persecution by Milton Meltzer; Scholastic, Inc., 1999.
Reviews
Correspondence
Publicity
Case Closed: The Real Scoop on Detective Work by Milton Meltzer; Scholastic, Inc., 2001.
Reviews
The Terrorists by Milton Meltzer; HarperCollins, 1983.
Reviews
Correspondence
Publicity
There Comes A Time: The Struggle for Civil Rights by Milton Meltzer; Random House, 2001.
Correspondence
Reviews
Research
Teacher’s Guide
NAACP Image Awards certificate
Publicity
Ten Queens: Portraits of Women of Power by Milton Meltzer; Dutton, 1998.
Correspondence
Reviews
Publicity
Hunted Like A Wolf: The Story of the Seminole War by Milton Meltzer; Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1972.
Correspondence
Reviews
Dust jacket blurbs/material
Publicity
Time of Trial, Time of Hope: The Negro in America, 1919-1941 by Milton Meltzer; Doubleday, 1966.
Reviews
Teacher’s Manual (2)
Publicity
Correspondence
Tongue of Flame: The Life of Lydia Marie Child by Milton Meltzer; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1965.
Reviews
Publicity
The American Promise: Voices from a Changing Nation by Milton Meltzer; Bantam, 1990.
Reviews
Correspondence
Publicity
World of Our Fathers: The Jews of Eastern Europe by Milton Meltzer; Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1974.
Reviews
Publicity
Correspondence
Taking Root: Jewish Immigrants in America by Milton Meltzer; Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1974.
Reviews
Correspondence
Crime in America by Milton Meltzer; William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1990.
Reviews
Publicity
Research
Correspondence
Box 4
American Politics: How it Really Works by Milton Meltzer; Morrow, 1989.
Reviews
Correspondence
The Amazing Potato: A Story in Which the Incas, Conquistadors, Marie Antoinette, Thomas Jefferson, Wars, Famines, Immigrants, and French Fries All Play a Part by Milton Meltzer; HarperCollins, 1992.
Reviews
Publicity
Correspondence
The American Revolutionaries: A History in Their Own Words, 1750-1800 by Milton Meltzer; HarperCollins, 1988.
Reviews
Correspondence
The Human Rights Handbook by Milton Meltzer; Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1976.
Reviews
A Light in the Dark: The Life of Samuel Gridley Howe by Milton Meltzer; Crowell, 1964.
Reviews
Publicity
The Hispanic Americans by Milton Meltzer; HarperCollins, 1982.
Reviews
The Black Americans: A History in Their Own Words edited by Milton Meltzer; HarperCollins, 1984.
Reviews
Publicity
Award information/material
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime: The Great Depression 1929-1933 by Milton Meltzer; Knopf, 1969.
Reviews
Research
Teacher’s Guide (2)
Publicity
Correspondence
Dust jacket
Award information/material
Bread and Roses: The Struggle of American Labor 1865-1915 by Milton Meltzer; Knopf, 1967.
Reviews
Teacher’s Guide
Publicity
Correspondence
Notes
Black Magic: A Pictorial History of the African-American in the Performing Arts by Milton Meltzer and Langston Hughes; Prentice-Hall, 1967.
Reviews
Research
Publicity
Correspondence
All Times, All Peoples: A World History of Slavery by Milton Meltzer; HarperCollins, 1980.
Reviews
Correspondence
Publicity
Christopher Award programs (2)
The Bill of Rights: How We Got It and What It Means by Milton Meltzer; HarperCollins, 1990.
Notes
Reviews
Correspondence
Research
Publicity
Published article/excerpt
Edited typescript of article/excerpt w/pasted text
Edited typescript of article/excerpt w/pasted text, photocopy
Typescript of article/excerpt, final
Thaddeus Stevens and the Fight for Negro Rights by Milton Meltzer; HarperCollins, 1967.
Publicity
Reviews
Correspondence
Box 5:
Underground Man: A Novel by Milton Meltzer; Bradbury, 1972.
Reviews
Correspondence
Notes/corrections
Advanced Readers Copy sample chapters (2)
Dust jacket blurb, edited
Dust jacket blurb, photocopy
Film rights information/materials
Lydia Maria Child: Selected Letters, 1817-1880 edited by Milton Meltzer and Patricia G. Holland; University of Massachusetts Press, 1982.
Publicity/articles
Reviews
Correspondence
Dust jacket
Notes
Teacher’s Guide
Langston Hughes: A Biography by Milton Meltzer; HarperCollins, 1968.
Reviews
Research
Correspondence
Publicity
Notes
Box 6
Theodore Roosevelt and His America by Milton Meltzer; Watts, 1994.
Reviews
Correspondence
Rescue: The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust by Milton Meltzer; Harper Collins Publishers, 1988.
Correspondence
Reviews
Notes
Publicity
Research
Article
Dust jacket flap/blurb
Partial manuscript (for Table of Contents, chapter titles, etc.)
Award information/material
Mary McLeod Bethune: Voice of Black Hope by Milton Meltzer; Viking, 1987.
Reviews
Article
Correspondence
Publicity
Starting From Home: A Writer’s Beginnings by Milton Meltzer; Viking, 1988.
Publicity
Reviews
Correspondence
Fan mail
Notes
African American History: Four Centuries of Black Life by Milton Meltzer and Langston Hughes; Scholastic, 1990.
Publicity
Ain’t Gonna Study War No More: The Story of America’s Peace-Seekers by Milton Meltzer; HarperCollins, 1985.
Correspondence
Reviews
Research
Publicity
Award information/material
Voices From the Civil War by Milton Meltzer; Harper Collins Publishers, 1989.
Reviews
Correspondence
Publicity
Columbus and the World Around Him by Milton Meltzer; Watts, 1990.
Reviews
Correspondence
Publicity
Research
Published article/excerpt
Typescript of article/excerpt, edited
Typescript of article/excerpt, final
Betty Friedan: A Voice for Women’s Rights by Milton Meltzer; Viking, 1985.
Royalty Statement
Publicity (including a poster)
Reviews
Color cover proof (2)
Research
Winnie Mandela: The Soul of South Africa by Milton Meltzer; Viking, 1986.
Reviews
Article
Correspondence
Notes
Cover proof, color
Publicity
Lincoln in His Own Words by Milton Meltzer; Harcourt Brace, 1993.
Teacher’s Guide
Correspondence
Publicity
Published article/excerpt
Reviews
Hold Your Horses: Feedbag Full of Fact and Fable by Milton Meltzer; HarperCollins, 1995.
Publicity
Reviews
Correspondence
Research article
Box 7
Gold: The True Story of Why People Search for it, Mine it, Trade it, Steal it, Mint it, Hoard it, Shape it, Wear it, Fight and Kill for it by Milton Meltzer; HarperCollins, 1993.
Correspondence
Reviews
Publicity
Box 7 & 8
A Pictorial History of the Negro in America by Milton Meltzer and Langston Hughes; Crown, 1956.
A Pictorial History of Black Americans by Milton Meltzer, C. Eric Lincoln, and Langston Hughes; Crown, 1973
A Pictorial History of African Americans From 1619 to the Present by Milton Meltzer and Langston Hughes; Crown, 1995.Correspondence
Handwritten notes
Outline w/notes
Bound mock-up/dummy for 3rd Edition w/pasted photos & lines for text
“Prospectus” for 3rd Edition (text by Bontemps, pictures by Meltzer)
Publicity
Articles
Event materials
Photographs
Research
Interview transcript
Fan mail
Dust jacket, color
Photo invoices
Typescript of photo captions
Manuscript of photo captions
Typescript of outline
Photocopy of index w/handwritten revisions
Typescript of revisions
Typescript of dust jacket blurbs
Contract Forms
Dust jacket proof, color (3)
Typescript of 5th Edition, Second draft
Typescript of 5th Edition, First draft
Typescript of 5th Edition, First draft (photocopy)
Box 8
A Thoreau Profile by Milton Meltzer and Walter Harding; Crowell, 1962.Publicity/book list in Cobblestone
In Their Own Words: A History of the American Negro (3 vols.) edited by Milton Meltzer; Crowell, 1964.
Reviews
Correspondence
Publicity
Award information/material
To Change the World: A Picture History of Reconstruction by Milton Meltzer; Scholastic, 1971.Publicity
Correspondence
Royalty Statement
Outline/summary
Box 9
The Landscape of Memory by Milton Meltzer; Viking, 1987.
Reviews
Article
Andrew Jackson and His America by Milton Meltzer; Watts, 1993.
Reviews
Correspondence
The Many Lives of Andrew Carnegie by Milton Meltzer; Franklin Watts, 1997.
Review
Emily Dickinson: A Biography by Milton Meltzer; Twenty-First Century Books, 2006.
Reviews
Correspondence
Research
The Day the Sky Fell: A History of Terrorism by Milton Meltzer; Random House, 2002.
Reviews
Thomas Jefferson: Revolutionary Aristocrat by Milton Meltzer; Watts, 1991.
Reviews
Publicity
Correspondence
Tom Paine: Voice of Revolution by Milton Meltzer; Watts, 1996.
Reviews
A History of Jewish Life from Eastern Europe to America by Milton Meltzer; Aronson, 1996.
Handwritten notes
Correspondence
Preface, photocopy
Weapons and Warfare: From the Stone Age to the Space Age by Milton Meltzer; HarperCollins, 1996.
Correspondence
Reviews
Publicity
Freedom Comes to Mississippi: The Story of Reconstruction by Milton Meltzer; Follett, 1970.
Reviews
Correspondence
Publicity
Hour of Freedom: American History in Poetry edited by Milton Meltzer; Boyds Mills Press, Inc., 2003.
Publicity
Review
Correspondence
Article
Herman Melville: A Biography by Milton Meltzer; Twenty-First Century Books, 2006.
Reviews
The Chinese Americans by Milton Meltzer; HarperCollins, 1980.
Reviews
Publicity
Correspondence
Mark Twain Himself by Milton Meltzer; Crowell, 1960.
Reviews
Publicity
Articles
Correspondence
The Jews in America: A Picture Album by Milton Meltzer; Jewish Publication Society, 1985.
Reviews
Correspondence
Royalty Statement
The Jewish Americans: A History in Their Own Words1650-1950 edited by Milton Meltzer; HarperCollins, 1982.
Reviews
Correspondence
Publicity
Research
Handwritten notes
Poverty in America by Milton Meltzer; Morrow, 1986.
Reviews
Correspondence
Photographs
Research
Publicity
Margaret Sanger: Pioneer of Birth Control by Lawrence Lader and Milton Meltzer; HarperCollins, 1969.
Reviews
Handwritten Notes
Publicity
Correspondence
Research
Milestones to American Liberty by Milton Meltzer; Crowell, 1961.
Reviews
Correspondence
A Book About Names by Milton Meltzer; HarperCollins, 1984.
Correspondence
Reviews
Publicity
Research article
Box 10
Frederick Douglass in His Own Words by Milton Meltzer; Harcourt Brace, 1995.
Correspondence
Publicity
Reviews
Research
Cheap, Raw Material: How Our Youngest Workers are Exploited and Abused by Milton Meltzer; Viking, 1994.
Review
Never to Forget: The Jews of the Holocaust by Milton Meltzer; HarperCollins Publishers, 1976.
Reviews
Award information/material
Correspondence
Publicity
Articles
Remember the Days: A Short History of the Jewish American by Milton Meltzer; Doubleday, 1974.
Award information/material
Reviews
Publicity
Correspondence
Dorothea Lange: A Photographer’s Life by Milton Meltzer; Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1976.
Reviews
Royalty Statements
Publicity
Cover proof, color
Correspondence
Fan Mail
Articles
Thoreau: A Biography by Milton Meltzer; Twenty-First Century Books, 2007.
Edited typescript, draft
Box 11
Thoreau: A Biography by Milton Meltzer; Twenty-First Century Books, 2007.
Research notes on 3x5 cards (in green plastic box)
Box 12
The Century That Was: Reflections on the Last One Hundred Years (featuring essay by Milton Meltzer) edited by James Cross Giblin; Atheneum, 2000.
Publicity
The Big Book for Peace by Ann Durell and Marilyn Sachs (featuring essay by Milton Meltzer); Dutton, 1990.
Reviews
Publicity
Correspondence
Newspaper articles
Who Look At Me by June Jordan (conceived and edited by Milton Meltzer); T.Y. Crowell & Co., 1969.
Author interview on record
Publicity
Reviews
Articles
Women of America/Women of Our Time Series (edited by Milton Meltzer)
Reviews
Publicity
Correspondence
Research
Articles/Essays by Milton Meltzer for various publications
Box 13Articles/Essays by Milton Meltzer for various publications (continued)
Reviews by Milton Meltzer
Springboards Teacher’s Guide project materials
Pathways Audio Series project materials
“Five” film project materials
Miscellaneous Items
Accession Number: 2007-083
Inclusive Dates: 1978
Volume: .60 cubic ft.
Given By : Milton Meltzer
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:
Dorothea Lange: A Photographer’s Life by Milton Meltzer; Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1978.
Manuscript
Edited typescript
Accession Number: 2008-014
Inclusive Dates: 2007 - 2008
Volume: 1.0 cubic ft.
Given By : Milton Meltzer
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:
Willa Cather: A Biography by Milton Meltzer; Twenty-First Century Books, 2007.
Notes/notecards in metal box
Correspondence
Typescript, preliminary
Typescript, edited
Set of proof pages, revised
John Steinbeck: A Twentieth Century Life by Milton Meltzer; Viking, 2008.
Notes/notecards in metal box
Correspondence
Handwritten notes
Typescript, unknown version
Research
Albert Einstein: A Biography by Milton Meltzer; Holiday House, 2008.
Typescript, edited
Typescript, preliminary
Typescripts, unknown versions (2)
Typescript, 2nd draft
Typescript, final
Typescript, 1st draft
Research
Publicity
Notes
1st proof pages, photocopy
Correspondence
Henry David Thoreau: A Biography by Milton Meltzer; Twenty-First Century Books, 2007.
Typescript, unknown version
Typescript, preliminary
Accession Number: 2008-147
Inclusive Dates: 2007 - 2008
Volume: .10 cubic ft.
Given By : Milton Meltzer
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:
Correspondence to de Grummond Collection
Bibliography from Women of America series [edited by Milton Meltzer], photocopy
Third draft of Emily Dickinson: A Biography, photocopy [1 p]
Third draft of Henry David Thoreau: A Biography, photocopy [1 p]
Third draft of Nathaniel Hawthorne: A Biography, photocopy [3 pp]
Bibliography of books by Milton Meltzer
Accession Number: 2009-050
Inclusive Dates: 1969 - 2008
Volume: 1.75 cubic ft.
Given By : Milton Meltzer
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:
Journals/diaries from 1969-2008 [40 volumes]
Accession Number: 2009-198
Inclusive Dates: 1943 - 2008
Volume: 8.85 cubic ft.
Given By : Milton Meltzer Estate
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:
The Chinese Americans by Milton Meltzer; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1980.
Award plaque [Carter & Woodson Book Award]
Ain’t Gonna Study War No More: The Story of America’s Peace Seekers by Milton Meltzer; Harper & Row, 1985.
Award plaque [1986 Olive Branch Award]
Award certificate [1985 Special Citation of Child Study Children’s Book Committee]
In Their Own Words: A History of the American Negro, 1865-1916 by Milton Meltzer; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1965.
“Talking Book,” volume 2 [6 LPs]
“Talking Book,” volume 3 [8 LPs (2 sets of 4 each)]
Thaddeus Stevens and the Fight for Negro Rights by Milton Meltzer; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1967.
“Talking Book,” [10 LPs (2 sets of 5 each)]
Langston Hughes: A Biography by Milton Meltzer; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1968.
Award [Secondary Carter & Woodson Book Award]
Reviewer/promotion list
Correspondence
Captions for photos/art
Notes
Sample art/illustrations
Photographs & negatives
Langston Hughes by Milton Meltzer, illustrated by Stephen Alcorn; Millbrook Press, 1997.
Posters [3]
Publicity
Willa Cather: A Biography by Milton Meltzer; Twenty-First Century Books, 2008.
Publisher correspondence
Reviews
Edited typescript [photocopy]
Book jacket/cover [print-out]
Bibliography
Final typescript
Edited typescript [first draft]
John Steinbeck: A Twentieth Century Life by Milton Meltzer; Viking, 2008.
Publisher correspondence
List of sources
Proof page [photocopy]
All Times, All Peoples: A World History of Slavery by Milton Meltzer, illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher; Harper & Row, 1980.
Publisher correspondence
Research
Tongue of Flame: The Life of Lydia Maria Child by Milton Meltzer; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1965.
Film information/correspondence
Handwritten notes [in notebook]
Edgar Allan Poe: A Biography by Milton Meltzer; Twenty-First Century Books, 2003.
Publicity
Review
A Thoreau Profile by Milton Meltzer and Walter Harding; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1962.
Review
Correspondence
Never to Forget: The Jews of the Holocaust by Milton Meltzer; Harper & Row, 1976.
Publicity
Award plate [Boston Globe/Horn Book]
Award plaque [Association of Jewish Libraries Book Award 1976]
The Jewish Americans: A History in Their Own Words, 1650-1950 by Milton Meltzer; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1982.
Award plate [Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor]
Nathaniel Hawthorne: A Biography by Milton Meltzer; Twenty-First Century Books, 2007.
Reviews
Publisher correspondence
Emily Dickinson: A Biography by Milton Meltzer; Twenty-First Century Books, 2006.
Reviews
Frederick Douglass In His Own Words edited by Milton Meltzer, illustrated by Stephen Alcorn; Harcourt Brace, 1995.
Review
Poster [2]
Poverty in America by Milton Meltzer; Morrow, 1986.
Review
Award statuette [1986 Golden Kite]
Walt Whitman: A Biography by Milton Meltzer; Twenty-First Century Books, 2002.
Review
Mark Twain Himself: A Pictorial Biography by Milton Meltzer; Thomas Crowell, 1960.
Photographs
Sample art/illustrations
Research
Musical/play typescript [10]
Correspondence
Publisher correspondence
Reviews
Hunted Like A Wolf: The Story of the Seminole War by Milton Meltzer; Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1972.
Review
Tough Times: A Novel by Milton Meltzer; Clarion Books, 2007.
Reviews
Publisher correspondence
Edited typescript
Handwritten manuscript
Research
2nd proof, edited
Computer disk [floppy]
Final typescript
Edited typescript draft [photocopy]
Typescript [2]
Handwritten notes
Typescript rough draft
2nd proof
Award information
Albert Einstein: A Biography by Milton Meltzer; Holiday House, 2008.
Publicity
Publisher correspondence
Reviews
Margaret Sanger: Pioneer of Birth Control by Lawrence Lader and Milton Meltzer; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1969.
Publicity
Hour of Freedom: American History in Poetry compiled by Milton Meltzer, illustrated by Marc Nadel; Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, 2003.
Publisher correspondence
Review
Notes
Poet biographies
Writing Matters by Milton Meltzer; Franklin Watts, 2004.
Publisher correspondence
Review
Photographs
Sample art
Underground Man: A Novel by Milton Meltzer; Bradbury Press, 1972.
Notes
Correspondence re: film possibilities
Publisher correspondence
Publicity/publishing information
Reviews
Henry David Thoreau by Milton Meltzer; Twenty-First Century Books, 2007.
Reviews
Publisher correspondence
Publicity
Photographs
Sample art
Handwritten list of corrections
Typescript
A Pictorial History of Black Americans by Langston Hughes, Milton Meltzer, and C. Eric Lincoln; Crown Publishers, 1956.
Publisher correspondence
Publication information
Jacket flap text
Contract
Notes
Research
Starting From Home: A Writer’s Beginnings by Milton Meltzer; Viking, 1988.
Publisher correspondence
Notes
Family history
Photographs
Sample art/illustrations
List of captions for art/illustrations
Research
Dorothea Lange: A Photographer’s Life by Milton Meltzer; Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1978.
Photographs
Fan mail
Correspondence
Correspondence re: tv film
Publisher correspondence
Corrections re: 2nd printing
Publicity
Publication information [in publisher’s catalog]
Research
Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out by National Children’s Book & Literary Alliance [featuring “Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826 by Milton Meltzer]; Candlewick Press, 2008.
Publisher correspondence
Cheap, Raw Material by Milton Meltzer; Viking, 1994.
Reviews
Publisher correspondence
Research
“Homestead Novel” by Milton Meltzer [unpublished]
Handwritten notes on index cards [box]
Edited 1st draft of typescript
3rd draft of typescript
Research
Correspondence
Notes
Typescript [2]
Preliminary typescript [for “Splinters of Steel”]
“Shakespeare” by Milton Meltzer [unpublished]
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Outline
Publisher correspondence
Handwritten notes on index cards [box]
“Poetry Anthology #2” by Milton Meltzer [unpublished]
Outline/notes
Typescript
Research
Handwritten notes
Publisher correspondence
Photocopied poems
Proposal
Handwritten notes on index cards [box]
Introduction
Biographical notes on poets
“A Night at the Inn” by Milton Meltzer [unpublished]
Typescript [7]
Publisher correspondence
Edited typescript [4]
Handwritten notes
Handwritten manuscript
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“John Brown’s America” by Milton Meltzer [unpublished]
Book dummy [w/pasted art]
Prospectus
“Troublemakers” Series by Milton Meltzer [unpublished]
Proposal
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Publisher correspondence
Handwritten notes
“Children’s Book” Series by Milton Meltzer [unpublished]
Proposal
Miscellaneous Writings by Milton Meltzer:
“Springboards” from Portal Press [brochures]
CBS TV script “Assignment Home”
Article in Yank: The Army Weekly [November 26, 1943]
Handwritten “book chart” of writing projects
Information on writing, reviews, rewrites, etc.
Handwritten notes [on note cards]
Handwritten notes [in 2 spiral notebooks]
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Typewriter used by Milton Meltzer
Bibliography/book list
“Record of Talks” [in binder]
Biographical material:
Articles re: Milton Meltzer
Family history/information
Biographical sketches
Education/college information
Correspondence:
Lerner Publishing Group correspondence
de Grummond Collection correspondence
General correspondence [2000; 2002-2004; 2007-2008]
Audio/Visual:
“Bread and Roses” Strike #4 [filmstrip]
“Bread and Roses” Strike #13 [filmstrip]
Langston Hughes [“EB” filmstrip]
“Poets of the 20th Century: Langston Hughes” [audio cassette and filmstrip in box]
Langston Hughes from Milton Meltzer (A. Rampersad) [Scotch magnetic tape]
“Over the River…Life of Lydia Maria Child” [dvd]
Daltronix Recording Tape [with note inside from Ruth Rausen]
AuthorView Round-Up Civil War Panorama: Tapes I-VII [audio cassettes in box]
“Voices and Visions” about Langston Hughes [VHS]
Frederick Douglass [VHS]
Frederick Douglass Documentary [VHS]
VHS from the Southern Poverty Law Center [with letter inside]
“ADL: The Fight goes On” [VHS]
Teddy Roosevelt biography [VHS]
Meltzer at Morrow School, April, 19, 2001 [VHS]
“Profiles in Literature: Milton Meltzer” [VHS]
“1619-1860: Out of Slavery” [VHS]
“1861-1877: Civil War and the Reconstruction” [VHS]
“1877-Today: Freedom Movement” [VHS]
Author Talks [audio cassette]
“Booktalk: Milton Meltzer, 1989 [audio cassette]
Meltzer, continued [audio cassette]
Books/Meltzer [audio cassette]
Dorothea Lange and “R.P.” (June 7, 1977) [audio cassette]
Lawrence 1912: The Bread and Roses Story [inaudible audio cassette]
Lawrence 1912: The Bread and Roses Story [audible audio cassette]
Interview with Milton Meltzer by Liz Stevens on 4/8/78 [audio cassette]
ALA Development Digest [audio cassette]
“Urban Beat…Demo: Celebrate Black History” [audio cassette]
Blue audio cassette [from George Leonard]
Audio cassette from C. Dixon [#1 & #2]
Audio cassette from C. Dixon [#3 & #4]
Michael Dorris “Why I’m Not Thankful for Thanksgiving” [audio cassette]
Meet the Author [audio cassette]
Dr. H. Merlin [audio cassette]
Interviews re: Dorothea Lange & others [on 4 audio cassettes]
Awards:
Wilder Award information/materials [2001]
Regina Medal information [2000]
Plaque with key from Worcester, Mass. [April 28, 1986]
Plaque with key from Worcester, Mass. for Meltzer’s 89th birthday [May 8, 2004]
Wooden box containing the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award
Plaque bestowing Meltzer with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Worcester State College
Children’s Book Council Honors Program Award given to Meltzer
Brubaker Memorial Award Plaque
Regina Medal with wooden stand (not attached)
Christopher Award with stand
Framed Hurst Children’s Book Prize certificate [March 7, 2008]
Framed “congratulations” from Harper Collins Children’s Book Publishers [for Wilder Award]
Items from Milton Meltzer’s office:
Framed photograph of Abraham Lincoln [glass broken]
Framed photograph of Theodore Parker, two letters from Parker, and a placard written by Parker [glass and frame broken]
Original collage for Starting from Home cover [acrylic case broken]
Framed photograph of Thaddeus Stevens w/letter [glass missing]
Framed Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Worcester State College [May 15, 1997]
Worcester State College folder containing Meltzer’s Doctor of Humane Letters degree
Doctoral hood from Worcester State College
Framed photograph of Walt Whitman
Framed drawing of Lydia Maria Child w/quote
Framed photograph of Elias Goldensky
Tin cup with engraving
Small ceramic “slavery” cup with a picture and quote (chipped and handle previously broken and glued back together)
Paperweight with quote and drawing
Framed depiction of Main Street in Worcester, Mass
Wooden letter opener
Framed photograph of Dorothea Lange
Framed photograph of Mark Twain w/quote
Framed photograph of Greensboro sit-in
Framed photograph of Meltzer with children in a school
Framed photograph, hair, and autograph of John Brown
Framed photograph of Langston Hughes w/letter
Framed depiction of John Brown leaving jail to his execution
Framed article about Meltzer [glass missing]
Framed black and white photograph of Henry David Thoreau
Framed photograph of Langston Hughes, Milton Meltzer, and unidentified woman
Framed photograph of Samuel Gridley Howe w/letter
Framed quote by Henry David Thoreau
Wooden stand
Accession Number: 2016-191
Inclusive Dates: 1990 - 2007; [n.d.]
Volume: .35 cubic ft.
Given By : Worcester State College
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:
Notebooks/ledgers of Royalties [2]
Datebooks, 2006-07 [2]
Correspondence
Articles autographed to Meltzer [2]
Journal, 1990
Handwritten notes in notebooks [7]
Handwritten notes, loose pages
Published copies of biographical sketch from Something About the Author [3]
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