de Grummond Collection

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
Eleanor Estes was born on May 9, 1906 in New Haven, Connecticut. She was a children's librarian at the Free Public Library in New Haven and later at the New York Public Library, while she attended the Pratt Institute Library School. Her first book, The Moffats (1941) was written after she left the library and went to work as a writer full-time. Three of her books were chosen as Newbery Honor Books from 1943 to 1945, The Middle Moffet (1942), Rufus M. (1943), and The Hundred Dresses (1944). In 1952, her Ginger Pye (1951) was given the Newbery Medal. Many of her books were illustrated by famous illustrators including Louis Slobodkin, Edward Ardizzone, and Susanne Suba. At her death in 1988, Ms. Estes had written 19 children's books and one adult novel.

Source:

• Publisher's Weekly, August 26, 1988, p. 60.
• Major Authors and Illustrators, pp. 786-789.

Scope and Content
The collection contains one illustration for Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes, as well as five unidentified watercolor illustrations.

Related Collections:

The Louis Slobodkin Papers (DG0904); The Edward Ardizzone Papers (DG0037); The Susanne Suba Papers (DG0954)

Series and Subseries

A. Books

• GINGER PYE (1951)

B. Unidentified Illustrations

Box Inventory

   Box/Folder 

A. Books
     
   Ginger Pye written and illustrated by Eleanor Estes (New York: Harcourt,
   Brace, 1951).

   1/1       Mounted illustration, ink, pp. 229.

B. Unidentified Illustrations

   1/2       Unidentified illustrations, watercolor, 5 items.

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Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
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