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Collection Title: Deborah Wiles Papers

Collection Number: DG1288

Accession Number: 2009-067

Inclusive Dates: 2000 - 2009; undated

Volume: 7.4 cubic ft.

Given By : Deborah Wiles

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 Aurora County All-Stars by Deborah Wiles; Harcourt, 2007.

Publicity
Poster
Typescript [5]
Publisher correspondence
Research
Map, hand-drawn
Map, finished version
2nd proof/galleys
Publisher catalog w/ordering information

 

Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles, illustrated by Jim Lagarrigue; Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001.

Publicity/marketing
1st proof
Folded & gathered sheets [F&G]
Folded & gathered sheets [F&G], incomplete [2]
Dust jacket [4]
Color print-out of layout/galley
Reviews
Correspondence
Publisher correspondence
Editor’s notes/corrections
Notes
Typescripts, undetermined versions [11]
Award publicity & information
Research
Publisher catalog w/ordering information

 

Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles; Harcourt, 2005.

Color print-out of book cover [2]
Book cover for paperback [6]
Dust jacket [14]
Stationery [5 pieces]
Publicity [postcards, bookmarks, etc.]
Sample plain cover “case” for book
Correspondence
Publisher correspondence
Editor’s notes/corrections
Typescript, incomplete
Typescript
Map, hand-drawn
Map, final/published version
Research
Publisher catalog w/ordering information
Award publicity & information
Awards
Handwritten notes
Miscellaneous proof/galley pages

 

One Wide Sky by Deborah Wiles, illustrated by Tim Bowers; Harcourt, 2003.

1st proof
Typescript [4]
Notes
Publisher correspondence
Proof pages/mechanicals, photocopy
Preliminary layout w/sketches
1st proof of dust jacket
Folded & gathered sheets [F&G] w/endpapers, no cover
CD w/original poem by Deborah Wiles set to music
Publicity
Review

 

Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles; Harcourt, 2001.

Color print-out of cover
Book cover for paperback [3]
Book cover for Gulliver paperback [3]
Reviews
Map, hand-drawn
Publisher correspondence
Notes
1st proof/galley [set]
Final proof/galley [set]
Jacket flap text [draft]
Chapter opening possibilities [photocopy]
Early typescript “Miss Eula Goes to Hawaii” [2+]
Typescript [6+]
Research
Publicity
Awards
Publisher catalog w/ordering information

 

Unpublished works [titled]:

“Hang the Moon”
“Dude McKay”
“Honeysuckle Summers”
“Claire’s Kaleidoscope”
“The Cabin”
“I Fall Asleep With the Moon”
“Under the Summer Moon”
“The Tomato Queen”/”Livingston and the Tomato”
“Lifelines”
“Oliver Loving/Charles Goodnight”
“Heading For the Promised Land”
“Flunking of Marriage 101”
 “Bobby Pins”
“Almanac”
“End of the Rope” [binder]

 

Miscellaneous stories/essays/possible book ideas [untitled]

Research

Notes

Author appearances/school visits [articles, letters, etc.]

Workshop/conference/presentation materials

Teaching materials

Articles/biographical information re: Deborah Wiles

General correspondence

Newspaper columns written by Deborah Wiles [photocopied]

Articles written by Deborah Wiles in various magazines

Personal correspondence

Fan mail

Awards


Accession Number: 2011-146

Inclusive Dates: 2009 - 2011

Volume: .75 cubic ft.

Given By : Deborah Wiles

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:

Countdown: The Sixties Trilogy, Book One by Deborah Wiles; Scholastic, 2010.

1st galley pages, edited
1st galley pages, edited [incomplete]
1st proof/layout
Notes [handwritten]
Sixties series proposal
Sixties series proposal [on thumb drive]

 

Revolution: The Sixties Trilogy, Book Two by Deborah Wiles; Scholastic, 2014.

Early typescript, edited
Early typescript, edited [on thumb drive]

 

Miscellaneous:

Power point presentations given by Deborah Wiles [on thumb drive]


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