de Grummond Collection

Provenance

Materials received from Miriam Cohen in 1990.

Restrictions

Noncirculating; available for research.

Copyright

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.

Biographical Sketch

Miriam Cohen was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1926. She attended Antioch College for a year, and spent time in Afghanistan and Brazil. Watching her three sons as they attended nursery school and kindergarten inspired her to begin writing about the struggles and excitement of early childhood. In many of her books, Cohen is an advocate for the emotional and political rights of children. Her first book, Will I Have a Friend? was published in 1967. Lillian Hoban illustrated that book, and several of Cohen's subsequent works. Three of her publications have been Junior Literary Guild selections, First Grade Takes a Test, Jim Meets the Thing, and See You Tomorrow, Charles.

Sources:

• Contemporary Authors, vol. 106
• Fifth Book of Junior Authors, pp. 76-77.
• Something About the Author, vol. 27, pp.53-54.

Scope and Content

The collection contains an edited typescript, three proofs and a style sheet for one book, Robert and Dawn Marie 4ever. Robert and Dawn Marie 4ever tells the story of a fourteen-year-old boy in Brooklyn who grows up in the foster care system. He discovers love and respect through his relationship with a parochial school girl, and with an eccentric couple who take him into their home.

Series and Subseries

A. Book (1986)

• ROBERT AND DAWN MARIE 4EVER

  Box/Folder 



A.  Book

     ROBERT AND DAWN MARIE 4EVER by Miriam Cohen (New York: Harper &
     Row, 1986).

     1/1-1/3   Typescript, edited and marked for typesetter,

     1/1            Front matter (4 pp.) and chapters 1-4 (pp. 1-41). 

     1/2            Chapters 5-9 (pp. 48-108).

     1/3            Chapters 10-12 (pp. 109-129).

     1/4       Style Sheet, 5 pp.

     1/5-1/7   Proofs,

     1/5            Labeled as "marked set," edited and marked for typesetter,
                    2 April 1986;  front matter (pp. i-iv), chapters 1-12 (pp. 1-
                    151).

     1/6            Labeled "master set"; front matter (pp. i-vi), chapters 1-12
                    (pp. 1-149).

     1/7            Labeled "first revised master set," 20 May 1986; front matter
                    (pp. i-vi), chapters 1-12 (pp. 1-149).

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