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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
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Biographical Sketch
Mabel Watts was born on May 20, 1906 in London, England. Because her father was
in the British Army, her family moved around England and Canada many times, until
she married, moved to California, and became an American citizen. She began writing
children's books in 1950. Her first book, Dozens of Cousins was illustrated by
Roger Duvoisin. Her next five books were published under the pseudonym of Patricia
Lynn. Many of her books are based on her experiences growing up in England and
Canada.
Source:
Scope and Content
The collection contains typescripts, galleys, and dust jackets for eight titles. There are
also two spiral bound copies of one of her titles in Braille. The materials are arranged
alphabetically by title. Within each title, the materials are arranged in the probable order
in which they were created.
There are eight picture books in the collection. Dozens of Cousins, Watts first
book, is about a family that visits their cousins all over Europe. There is a galley, a
proof, and a dust jacket for this title. Henrietta and the Hat first appeared in
Humpty Dumpty Magazine in 1953. The story was later published as a book
in 1962. There are two typescripts, the original as it appeared in Humpty Dumpty
Magazine, and the later version that was used for the book.
The king refuses to fly in his whirlybird until an accident convinces him that the flying machine is not really as bad as he had thought in The King and the Whirlybird (1969). There is a typescript and a galley for this title. There are partial dust jackets and jacket matter for Something for You, Something for Me (1960) and Weeks and Weeks (1962).
In 1973, Read Aloud Horse Stories was transcribed into Braille by Katherine Bain. The collection contains the two spiral bound volumes that were transcribed from the original version published in 1961. There is also a poster from Scholastic, featuring Watts poem "Maytime Magic" and an unidentified illustration.
A. Fan Mail
B. Books
C. Book Transcribed into Braille
D. Poster
Box/Folder
A. Fan Mail
1/1 Fan mail, 1971, 4 items.
B. Books
The Boy Who Listened to Everyone by Mabel Watts, illustrated by
Ervine Metzl (New York: Parent's Magazine Press, 1963).
1/2-1/3 Typescripts,
1/2 Edited with handwritten corrections, 6 pp.
1/3 Edited with typesetter's marks, pp. 1-7.
Dozens of Cousins by Mabel Watts, pictures by Roger Duvoisin (New
York: Whittlesey House, 1950).
1/4 Galley, "author's set," pp. 1-9.
1/5 Proof, pp. 12-13, 1 item.
1/6 Dust jacket, 1 item.
Everyone Waits by Mabel Watts, pictures by Imre Hofbauer (London,
New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1959).
1/7 Typescript, "original version," pp. 1-6.
1/8 Partial dust jacket and jacket matter, 2 items.
Henrietta and the Hat by Mabel Watts, illustrated by Jane Miller (New
York: Parent's Magazine Press, 1962).
1/9-1/10 Typescripts,
1/9 Version that appeared in Humpty Dumpty Magazine, July
1953, pp. 1-4.
1/10 Edited with typesetter's marks, 3 pp.
The King and the Whirlybird by Mabel Watts, pictures by Harold
Berson (New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1969).
1/11 Typescript for jacket matter, 2 pp.
1/12 Galley, "revised," 4 pp.
Something for You, Something for Me by Mabel Watts, pictures by
Abner Graboff (London, New York: Abelard, Schuman, 1960).
1/13 Partial dust jacket and jacket matter, 2 items.
Weeks and Weeks by Mabel Watts, pictures by Abner Graboff
(London, New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1962).
1/14 Partial dust jacket and jacket matter, 2 items.
Yin Sun and the Lucky Dragon by Mabel Watts, illustrated by H. Tom
Hall (Philadelphia: Westminister Press, 1969).
1/15 Typescript, edited, carbon copy, pp. 1-25.
1/16 Galleys with author's corrections, pp. 1-10.
C. Book Transcribed into Braille
Read Aloud Horse Stories by Mabel Watts, illustrated by John Moodie
(New York: Wonder Books, 1961). Transcribed in Braille by Katherine Bain
(Newark, New Jersey: Mount Carmel Guild, 1973).
1/17-1/18 Transcribed braille text, 2 spiral bound volumes,
1/17 Volume 1, text pp. 5-62, braille pp. i-iii and 1-64.
1/18 Volume 2, text pp. 63-127, braille pp. i-ii and 65-137.
D. Poster
1/19 Classroom poster by Scholastic, includes poem "Maytime Magic"
by Mabel Watts. (Poem appeared in Humpty Dumpty
Magazine, 1954.)
E. Unidentified Illustration
1/20 Unidentified illustration, 1 item.
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