Unprocessed
Manuscript
Collection
Collection Title: Mitchell Sharmat Papers
Collection Number: DG1227
Accession Number: 2000-086
Inclusive Dates: 1988-2000
Volume: 1.25 cu. ft.
Given By : Mitchell and Marjorie Sharmat
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:
A Girl of Many Parts by Mitchell Sharmat; Dell Publishing Co., 1988.
Author's notes and research
Author's log
Draft typescript, edited by author; synopsis of some chapters, no date
Miscellaneous typewritten pages, edited by author (in folder labeled “Cowaris edition”)
Cut-up typescript in folder labeled “Master Copy”, no date
Draft typescript, dated 11/17/1984
Chapters 1-19, pp. 1-121
Chapters 20-30, pp. 122-208
Typescript with note, dated Oct. 8, 1985, 99 pp.
Draft typescript with author's editing, bound together with typescript noted above [Oct. 1985?]
Corrected draft typescript, dated Nov. 1985, 63 pp
Draft typescript, dated 12/22/85, 166 pp.
Edited typescript, no date, 166 pp
Unedited final draft, no date
Chapters 1-8, pp.1-52
Chapters 9-15, pp. 53-99
Chapters 16-23, pp. 100-156
Chapters 24-30, pp. 157-208
Edited final draft, no date
Chapters 1-8, pp.1-52
Chapters 9-15, pp. 53-99
Chapters 16-23, pp. 100-156
Chapters 24-30, pp. 157-208.
Revised final draft, no date
Chapters 1-9, pp. 1-50
Chapters 10-15, pp. 51-80
Chapters 16-19, pp. 101-121 (pages 81-100 missing)
Chapters 20-24, pp. 122-164
Chapters 25-30, pp. 166-208 (page 165 missing)
Final edited typescript, no date
Chapters 1-5, pp.3-50
Chapters 6-9, pp.51-100
Chapters 10-154, pp. 101-154
Corrected page proofs, dated 4/21/88
Correspondence:
Photocopy of letter from Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, dated April 2000
Accession Number: 2001-066
Inclusive Dates: 1980-2001
Volume: .25 cu. ft.
Given By : Mitchell and Marjorie Sharmat
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:
Photocopy of biographical information from Something About the Author.
Newspaper article about Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat, featured on an episode of the PBS TV program Reading Rainbow
Four Winds Press Spring 1980 catalog featuring Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat.
Accession Number: 2001-224
Inclusive Dates: 1979-1990
Volume: .30 cu. ft.
Given By : Mitchell and Marjorie Sharmat
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:
Come Home Wilma by Mitchell Sharmat, illustrated by Rosekrans Hoffman; Albert Whitman & Co., 1980.
Reviews
Publicity
The Seven Sloppy Days of Phineas Pig by Mitchell Sharmat, illustrated by Sue Truesdell; Harcourt, 1983.
Reviews
Publicity
I’m Not a Pest by Marjorie and Mitchell Sharmat, illustrated by Diane Dawson; Dutton, 1979.
Reviews
Publicity
Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat, illustrated by Jose Aruego; Scholastic, Inc., 1989.
Reviews
Publicity
Girl of Many Parts by Mitchell Sharmat; Dell Publishing Co., 1988.
Reviews
Publicity
The Pizza Monster by Marjorie and Mitchell Sharmat; Dell Yearling, 1990.
Reviews
Publicity
Accession Number: 2002-071
Inclusive Dates: 1979
Volume: .10 cu. ft.
Given By : Mitchell and Marjorie Sharmat
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:
I Am Not a Pest by Marjorie and Mitchell Sharmat, illustrated by Diane Dawson; Dutton, 1979.
Book Review
Photocopy of article about Marjorie and Mitchell Sharmat published in The Arizona Daily Star, Sunday, June 3 1979, p. 5.
Accession Number: 2004-157
Inclusive Dates: 2003
Volume: .30 cu. ft.
Given By : Mitchell and Marjorie Sharmat
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:
Nate the Great on the Owl Express by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Mitchell Sharmat, illustrated by Martha Weston; Delacorte Press; 2003.
Preliminary Typescript/Rough Draft (working title “Nate the Great, Train Detective”)
Plot Summaries
Edited Typescripts (3)
Publisher Correspondence
Notes
Research
Illustrations/Sketches, photocopies
Revised Illustrations/Sketches, faxed copies
Final Dust Jacket Proof, color
Complete set of Galleys/Page Proofs, photocopies
Accession Number: 2005-115
Inclusive Dates: 2003
Volume: .30 cu. ft.
Given By : Mitchell and Marjorie Sharmat
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 Pizza Monster (Olivia Sharp Series) by Marjorie and Mitchell Sharmat; Yearling/Random House, 2005.
Drafts of the revised paperback edition
The Princess of the Fillmore Street School (Olivia Sharp Series) by Marjorie and Mitchell Sharmat; Yearling/Random House, 2005.
Drafts of the revised paperback edition
The Sly Spy (Olivia Sharp Series) by Marjorie and Mitchell Sharmat; Yearling/Random House, 2005.
Drafts of the revised paperback edition
The Green Toenails Gang (Olivia Sharp Series) by Marjorie and Mitchell Sharmat; Yearling/Random House, 2005.
Drafts of the revised paperback edition
General publisher correspondence
Accession Number: 2007-008
Inclusive Dates: 2006
Volume: .25 cu. ft.
Given By : Mitchell and Marjorie Sharmat
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:
Nate the Great Talks Turkey (formerly titled "Nate the Great Can’t Wait") by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Mitchell Sharmat; Random House/Delacorte Press, 2006.
Edited typescript
Second page proof, edited
Third page proof
Correspondence
Preliminary typescript
Research article
Explanation of story evolution
Random pages from various versions of typescript
Reviews
Newspaper article re: “Nate the Great” TV show on PBS (Arizona Star, 24 October, 2006)
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