de Grummond Collection

McCain Library and Archives
University Libraries
University of Southern Mississippi



BETTY CAVANNA PAPERS

Collection Number
Collection Dates
Collection Volume
DG0167
1929-1993
10.50 cu.ft. (35 boxes)

Biographical Sketch | Scope & Content | Related Collections | Series & Subseries | Box Inventory

Provenance

Materials donated by Betty Cavanna between 1968 and 1993.

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

Elizabeth Allen Cavanna was born June 24, 1909 to Emily and Victor Cavanna in Camden, New Jersey, an industrial city across the river from Philadelphia. She was raised in Haddonfield, New Jersey, primarily by "Mamam," a woman of English ancestry who had also been Cavanna's mother's nurse. Cavanna suffered from a crippling disease, infantile paralysis, as a child, which she eventually overcame with treatment and exercise. During her convalescence, attentive adults read to her until she was old enough to read to herself, beginning a long love affair with books.

Cavanna majored in journalism at the New Jersey College for Women in New Brunswick from 1925 to 1929 and received the Bachelor of Letters degree. She also took art classes in New York and Philadelphia. Cavanna's first job was as a reporter for the Bayonne Times from 1929 to 1931. In 1931 she joined the staff of the Westminster Press in Philadelphia and over the next ten years served as advertising manager and art director, buying illustrations for the Presbyterian story papers, Sunday magazines for children, short fiction and serials. She also wrote and sold material to Methodist and Baptist publishing firms. In 1940 she married Edward Talman Headley with whom she had a son. They rented a house in the suburbs and both commuted to work in Philadelphia. They were married until her husband's death in 1952.

Cavanna had been writing short stories at night for some time before she became a full-time writer in 1941. Her manuscript for Secret Passage, expanded from a serial, was at first rejected by Winston because of its racial angle. Puppy Stakes became her first published book in 1943 by Westminister. Since then she has written more than seventy books under the name of Betty Cavanna as well as two pseudonyms: Betsy Allen, under which she wrote the "Connie Blair Mystery" series, and Elizabeth Headley, under which she wrote several books, including the Diane stories. She also wrote a nonfiction series under the name of Betty Cavanna called "Around the World Today" about young people living in various countries. The exotic settings of Cavanna's fiction and nonfiction books reflect her travels to the Caribbean, Mexico, Europe, South America, Australia, Japan, the South Seas, Iran, Nepal, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, China, eastern Africa and other locales. Much of the time she traveled with her second husband, George Russell Harrison, a university dean of science, whom she married in 1957. Also a writer, Harrison wrote several scientific books, co-wrote a nonfiction book with Cavanna, and took photographs for Cavanna's "Around the World Today" series before his death in 1979.

Cavanna's fiction is about growing up and youthful problems; its largest audience is young teenage girls. Her books have been characterized as pleasant, conventional, and stereotyped but have been extremely popular and recommended by critics for their attention to subjects which have reflected girls' interests. Beneath the surface romances lie characters who must confront problems of loneliness, shyness, social ineptitude, brother-sister rivalry, strained mother-daughter relationships and family upheavals due to divorce, alcoholism, racial prejudice or the death of a parent. In the 1970s Cavanna turned to writing mysteries, which she termed "escape fiction," because she said she felt out of sync with the problems of modern teenagers. Two of her books have been runners-up for the Edgar Allan Poe Award: Spice Island Mystery in 1970 and the Ghost of Ballyhooly in 1972. Going on Sixteen and Secret Passage were Spring Book Festival honor books in 1946 and 1947.

Betty Cavanna passed away in 2001 at the age of 92.

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Scope and Content

The collection has been divided into three series: personal papers, published works, and academic papers, with each of the first two series further divided into subseries. Cavanna's personal papers include autobiographical material, biographical material, correspondence, photographs and portraits, awards and honors, public appearances, reviews, a scrapbook, financial records, promotional items and miscellaneous material. This material is arranged chronologically, when possible, within each subseries. The academic papers consist of unpublished short stories and articles dating from Cavanna's college days in the late 1920s.

The published works consist primarily of original materials related to fifty-five books published between 1943 and 1987. Some items, dating from 1938 to 1969, relate to periodicals for which Cavanna either contributed articles or short stories or served in a staff capacity; many of these were published by the Presbyterian Church Board of Christian Education. Book titles are ordered alphabetically with the material for each title arranged in the probable order in which it was created. The periodicals also are arranged alphabetically by title and chronologically by date of publication within each title.

The collection is fortunate to hold original materials for several of Cavanna's award-winning titles, including Spice Island Mystery, The Ghost of Ballyhooly, and Going on Sixteen. Spice Island Mystery is set on the Caribbean island of Grenada and is the story of a West Indian girl investigating a mystery involving real estate development and drug smuggling. For this title the collection contains research material, an outline, an early typescript and an edited typescript, and a blueprint. The Ghost of Ballyhooly is the story of a girl who travels with her family to spend the Christmas holidays at a haunted seventeenth century Irish castle. For this title the collection holds two typescripts, six sets of galleys, a blueprint, and five edited page proofs. Going on Sixteen, probably Cavanna's most popular title, is the story of a girl with artistic leanings who overcomes her shyness through her relationship with her dog. For this title the collection contains galleys and four different printings of the dust jacket. While the collection does not contain any original materials from Secret Passage, it does include promotional material and a typescript from a student play adaptation.

Grossett and Dunlap published "The Connie Blair Mystery" series under Cavanna's pseudonym, Betsy Allen, between 1948 and 1956. The following nine of the eleven titles are represented only by dust jackets: The Brown Satchel Mystery, The Clue in Blue, The Ghost Wore White, The Gray Menace, The Green Island Mystery, The Puzzle in Purple, The Riddle in Red, The Secret of Black Cat Gulch, and The Yellow Warning.

Under the name of Elizabeth Headley, Cavanna wrote six or seven novels published by Macrae Smith between 1946 and 1957, five of which are represented in the collection. Among these are Take a Call, Topsy!, which was revised and published in 1978 by Westminster Press as Ballet Fever. It is the story of the sacrifices, disappointments, hard work, and joy of Teddi Baldwin's life as she trains to be a ballet dancer. For this title the collection contains typescripts, proofs and a dust jacket. For the remaining titles, Catchpenny Street, A Date for Diane, Diane's New Love, and She's My Girl (republished as You Can't Take Twenty Dogs on a Date), the collection holds only dust jackets.

Cavanna collaberated with her second husband, George Harrison, on the "Around the World Today" nonfiction series of twelve books about how children in foreign countries live, published by Franklin Watts in the early 1960s. She and Harrison visited each country to find a suitable child, usually a boy, and followed him through his daily routine, Harrison taking photographs. The collection holds original materials for half these titles. For Carlos of Mexico, Demetrios of Greece, Doug of Australia, Lo Chao of Hong Kong, Noko of Japan, and Tavi of the South Seas the Cavanna Papers include many of Harrison's photographs as well as several typescripts.

The bulk of the books material relates to Cavanna's romantic fiction. Two early titles, She's My Girl and Ballet Fever, are represented by significant holdings, although works from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s comprise the greater part of the collection. The collection holds original materials for two 1960s titles which dealt with racial issues, Jenny Kimura about a Japanese-American girl, and A Time for Tenderness, set in Brazil where racial lines are less clearly drawn than in the United States. The collection also provides an indication of Cavanna's shift away from teen problem stories toward mysteries and historical fiction during the late 1960s and 1970s with original materials for Mystery in Marrakech, Mystery in the Museum, Mystery of the Emerald Buddha, and Mystery on Safari as well as for two historical novels, Ruffles and Drums, set during Colonial times, and Runaway Voyage, about Asa Mercer's shipload of female immigrants to the Washington Territory in the 1860s.

Other titles represented by substantial holdings include: Joyride, Petey, Wanted: A Girl for the Horses, Banner Year, Romance on Trial, Stamp Twice for Murder, Storm in Her Heart and The Surfer and the City Girl. Further information may be obtained from the box inventory.



Related Collection

The Joseph Cellini Papers (DG0170)



Series and Subseries

 

A. Autobiographical Material (1929-1946 and undated)

B. Biographical Material (1929-1981)

C. Correspondence (1946-1986 and undated)

de Grummond Collection (1966-1984)

Family and Friends (1929-1985 and undated)

Publishers (1946-1986 and undated)

Fan Mail (1963-1986 and undated)

Public Appearances (1969-1985 and undated)

General (1961-1985 and undated)

 

D. Photographs and Portraits (1940-1981 and undated)

E. Awards and Honors (1966-1976 and undated)

F. Public Appearances (1948-1985 and undated)

G. Critical Reviews (1945-1987 and undated)

H. Scrapbook (1946-1955 and undated)

I. Financial Records (1944-1986)

American Girl/Girl Scouts of America (1964-1968 and undated)

Franklin Watts (1962-1978)

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. (1963-1964)

Macmillan Publishing Company (1975-1979)

Macrae-Smith Company (1963-1975)

Prentice-Hall, Inc. (1969-1971)

Wellington Fund (1967)

The Westminster Press (1944-1985)

William Morrow and Company (1958-1986)

Miscellaneous (1944-1971 and undated)

 

J. Promotional Materials (1959-1983 and undated)

The Westminster Press (1970-1983 and undated)

William Morrow and Company (1959-1970 and undated)

 

K. Miscellaneous Personal Items (1956-1977 and undated)

L. Books

M. Periodicals (1938-1969)

N. Handbook

THROUGH EUROPE BY AUTO ON $500 IN SIX WEEKS (1939)

O. Academic Papers


Box Inventory


    Box/Folder 

A. Autobiographical Material

     1/1       Typescript, untitled, 1929 or 1930, 2 pp.

               Magazine, Young Wings, April 1946, including "Dogs Are Important to Me" by Betty Cavanna, pp. 12-13.

               Printed form with typescript additions, "Douglas College Career Conference Publicity Data," completed by Betty
               Cavanna, undated, 2 pp.

               Proofs, "Betty Cavanna," Something About the Author, vol. 1, 
               undated, pp. 54-55.

               Typescript of autobiographical essay for "Betty Cavanna," Something About the Author Autobiographical Series, vol. 4
               corrected, 38 pp., and proofs, pp. 111-128, 2 pieces of correspondence.

               Typescript, untitled, 2 pp.

               Typescript, draft for possible autobiography (idea discarded), Chapter 1   
               & 5, 13 pp.
 
     1/2       Typescript, "A Writer Walks the Teen-age Tightrope,"  ca.
               1970s, 26 pp.

               Typescript, "Walking the Teenage Tightrope,"  28 pp.

               Typescript, "Walking the Teenage Tightrope," 15 pp.
 
  

B. Biographical Material

     1/3       Graduation program, New Jersey College for Women, 1929.

               Printed pages, "Favorite in Teen-Time" from Presbyterian Life, 14 November 1953.

               Marriage certificate, March 9, 1957.
               
				Newspaper clippings on wedding, 1957.

               Wedding announcement, 1957.

               Newspaper clipping, "Douglas College Gave Young Women a Break," The Record, 24 April 1968.
               
               Typescript photocopy, biographical data, undated, 2 pp.

               Chronology of travels 1938-1967, 2 pp., undated (2 copies) 
               
               "Writings - Betty Cavanna,"  3 pp.

               "Books by Betty Cavanna published in Paperback," 1 p. (2 copies)

               "Novelist Sees Revolution in Teen Fiction" 1 p.

     1/4       George Russell Harrison obituaries and dedications, 1979-1981, 10 items.


  

C. Correspondence

          University of Southern Mississippi

     1/5       1966-1992, 12 items. 

          
			Rutgers University

               1990-1992, 7 items.

          
			Family and Friends

     1/6       ca. 1929-1985, undated, 19 items.


          Publishers

     1/7       The Westminster Press, 1946-1984 and undated, 48 items.

     1/8 - 2/1 William Morrow and Company,

     1/8            1962-1979, 75 items;

     2/1            1980-1986 and undated, 35 items.

     2/2       Other publishers, 1958-1984, 20 items.        


          Fan Mail

     2/3       Cavanna's records, 1961-1964 and undated, 13 items.

     2/4 - 3/2 Children's fan mail,

     2/4            1955-1970, 91 items;

     2/5            1971-1974, 64 items;

     2/6            1975-1979, 88 items;

     2/7            1980-1992, 130 items;

     3/1            undated, 56 items;

     3/2            undated, 67 items.

               Adult fan mail, 

     3/3            1960-1991 and undated, 31 items.


          Public Appearances

     3/4       1969-1986 and undated, 47 items.


          General

     3/5       1961-1991, 44 items.
     

  

D. Photographs and Portraits


     3/6 - 7   Photographs of Cavanna, Cavanna with George Harrison and family, Cavanna's dogs, Cavanna at public appearances, and
               Cavanna on travels,

     3/6            1943-1981, 12 items;

     3/7            undated, 18 items.

               Portrait of Cavanna by Gene Guernsey, charcoal and pastel,
               1940.  (Oversize - stored in map case.)


  

E. Awards and Honors

     4/1       Certificate, Author Award, New Jersey Association of
               Teachers of English, 4 November 1966.

               Certificate of completion, course in Quality in Modern Art,
               1966-1967.

               Certificates, Edgar Allan Poe Special Award for Spice Island
               Mystery [1970] and The Ghost of Ballyhooly, [1972], 2 items.
               
               Certificate, Author Citation, New Jersey Institute of
               Technology, 24 April 1976.

               Correspondence, newspaper clipping, brochure, newsletter,
               citation, and typescript speech, Distinguished Alumnae, The
               Douglass Society, 1976, 6 items.

               Bicentennial booklist, The Free Library of Philadelphia,
               1776-1976 for A Touch of Magic.

               Proclamation, Honorary Citizen of the City of Mobile,
               undated.

               Certificate from Rotary Foundation for Paul Harrtis Fellow.

               Letter from World Who's Who of Women, undated.

               Correspondence, cliiping, program, and citation for Rutgers               
               Hall of Distinguished Alumni, April 7, 1990.

  

F. Public Appearances

     4/2       Newspaper clippings, printed programs, itineraries,
               typescript of speech, etc., 1948-1986 and undated, 33 items. 
               
               See also:  Correspondence - Public Appearances


  

G. Critical Reviews

     4/3       1945-1961, 30 items;

     4/4       1962-1963, 32 items;

     4/5       1964-1966, 33 items;

     4/6       1967-1978, 34 items;

     4/7       1980-1987, 37 items;

     4/8       undated, 43 items.


  

H. Scrapbook

     5/1 - 4   Biographical articles,
				newspaper clippings, 
				correspondence,
               photographs, 
				promotional material, 
				reviews, 
				magazines, 
				list of book sales figures, 
				Rutgers University program, 1946-1955 and undated. 

				[Items removed from scrapbook for conservation purposes; original order maintained]


  

I. Financial Records


          American Girl/Girl Scouts of America

     6/1       1964-1968 and undated.

          
			Franklin Watts

     6/2       1962-1964;

     6/3       1966-1968;

     6/4       1969-1971;

     6/5       1972-1978.

          
			Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.

     6/6       1963-1964.

         
			Macmillan Publishing Company

     6/7       1975-1979.

          
			Macrae-Smith Company

     6/8       1963-1975.

          
			Prentice-Hall, Inc.

     6/9       1969-1971.

          
			Wellington Fund

     6/10      1967.

          
			The Westminster Press

     6/11      1944-1950;

     6/12      1950/1951-1953;

     7/1       1953/1954-1956;

     7/2       1956/1957-1958;

     7/3       1958/1959-1967;

     7/4       1967/1968-1969;

     7/5       1969/1970-1972;

     7/6       1972/1973-1976;

     7/7       1976/1977-1979;

     8/1       1979/1980-1985.

          
			William Morrow and Company

     8/2       1958-1967;

     8/3       1968-1970;

     8/4       1971-1976;

     8/5       1977-1979;

     8/6       1980-1982;

     8/7       1983-1986.

          Miscellaneous

     8/8       1944-1987 and undated.

               Ledger book detailing receipts for numerous books, 1943-1946.


  

J. Promotional Materials


     9/1	William Morrow and Company

					publisher catalogs, 
					press releases, 
					magazine advertisements, 
					leaflets, 
					biographical sheets, etc., 1959-1970 and undated, 20 items.  

     
	  9/2	The Westminster Press

				publisher catalogs, 
				press releases,
               magazine advertisements, 
				leaflets, 
				biographical sheets, etc., 1970-1983 and undated, 13 items. 

  

K. Miscellaneous Personal Items


     9/3       Newspaper clippings, articles, notes, bookmarks, real estate
               advertisement, etc., 1956-1977, 17 items.

  

L. Books

BANNER YEAR by Betty Cavanna (New York:  Morrow, 1987).

     9/4       Research material, newspaper clippings, magazine articles,
               booklets, etc., 1970-1985 and undated, 26 items.

     9/5       Typescript, rough outline, edited, 7 pp.

                 Manuscript, rough outline, 1 p.

     9/6 - 8   Typescript, edited,

     9/6            chapters 1-5, pp. 1-61;

     9/7            chapters 6-10, pp. 62-118;

     9/8            chapters 11-15, pp. 119-172.

     9/9 - 10  Typescript, edited,

     9/9            chapters 1-8, pp. 1-76;

     9/10           chapters 9-15, pp. 77-137.

     9/11 - 10/1 Typescript, photocopy, uncorrected and unedited, 

     9/11           chapters 1-5, pp. 1-48;

     9/12           chapters 6-10, pp. 49-94;

     10/1           chapters 11-15, pp. 95-137.

     10/2 - 3  Galleys, corrected and marked for typesetter,

     10/2           front matter and chapters 1-7, pp. 1-64;

     10/3           chapters 8-15, pp. 65-127.

               Dust jacket with attached holograph note. 


     THE BLACK SPANIEL MYSTERY by Betty Cavanna 
     (Philadelphia:  The Westminster Press, 1945). 

     10/4      Dust jacket. 


     A BREATH OF FRESH AIR by Betty Cavanna 
     (New York:  Morrow, 1966).

     10/5      Typescript, outline, pp. 1-7.

     10/6 - 7  Typescript, edited,

     10/6           chapters 1-6, pp. 1-73;

     10/7           chapters 7-11, pp. 74-139;

     10/8           chapters 12-16, pp. 140-206.

     10/9 - 10 Galleys, marked for typesetter, 

     10/9           chapters 1-8, pp. 1-99;

     10/10          chapters 9-16, pp. 99-206.

     11/1 - 2  Galleys, marked for typesetter,

     11/1           chapters 1-8, pp. 9-110;

     11/2           chapters 9-16, pp. 111-223.

     11/3      Galleys, incomplete, 31 pp.

     11/4 - 6  Proofs,

     11/4           chapters 1-5, pp. 9-70;

     11/5           chapters 6-11, pp. 71-151;

     11/6           chapters 12-16, pp. 152-223.


     THE BROWN SATCHEL MYSTERY by Betsy Allen 
     (New York:  Grosset and Dunlap, 1954). 

     11/7      Dust jacket.


     CARLOS OF MEXICO by Betty Cavanna (New York:  Franklin Watts,
     1964).

     11/8 - 12/3    Photographs,

     11/8           pp. 1-19, 17 items;

     12/1           pp. 21-39, 17 items;

     12/2           pp. 41-59, 16 items;

     12/3           pp. 60-69 and alternates, 15 items.

               Notes on order of photographs in book, 7 items.


     CATCHPENNY STREET by Elizabeth Headley 
     (Philadelphia:  Macrae Smith,1951). 

     12/4      Dust jacket.


     THE CLUE IN BLUE by Betsy Allen 
     (New York:  Grosset and Dunlap, 1948).

     12/5      Dust jacket. 

     
	  THE COUNTRY COUSIN by Betty Cavanna 
     (New York:  Morrow, 1967).

     12/6      Research material, article on the Country Cousin, 3 pp.

                  Typescript, outline, 2 pp.
  
     12/7 - 9  Typescript, edited, irregular pagination,

     12/7         front matter and chapters 1-6, pp. 1-71;

     12/8         chapters 7-11, pp. 72-130;

     12/9         chapters 12-16, pp. 140-196.

     12/10-13/1 Typescript, edited and marked for typesetter,

     12/10        front matter and chapters 1-6, pp. 1-72;

     12/11        chapters 7-11, pp. 73-139;

     13/1         chapters 12-16, pp. 140-201, and end matter.
                    
     13/2 - 3  Galleys, marked for typesetter,

     13/2         chapters 1-8, pp. 1-31;

     13/3         chapters 9-16, pp. 32-66.

     13/4 - 5  Galleys, marked for typesetter,

     13/4         chapters 1-8, pp. 11-112;

     13/5         chapters 9-16, pp. 113-222 and end matter.

               Proofs, marked for typesetter, front matter, 5 items.

               Dust jacket.


     A DATE FOR DIANE by Elizabeth Headley (Philadelphia:  Macrae Smith,
     1946).

     13/6      Dust jacket. 


     DEMETRIUS OF GREECE by Betty Cavanna (New York:  Franklin Watts,
     1966).

     13/7      Typescript, edited, chapters 1-4, pp. 1-39.


     DIANE'S NEW LOVE by Elizabeth Headley (Philadelphia:  Macrae Smith,
     1955).

     13/8      Dust jacket proof.


     DON'T BITE YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S EAR by Betty Cavanna 
     (New York: Macmillan, 1975).

     13/9      Typescript, edited, irregular pagination, pp. 1-23.

                  Typescript, pp. 1-26.

     DOUG OF AUSTRALIA by Betty Cavanna (New York:  Franklin Watts,
     1965).

     13/10-14/1   Photographs,

     13/10          frontispiece and pp. 1-18, 17 items;

     13/11          pp. 20-38, 19 items;

     13/12          pp. 40-59, 19 items;

     14/1         pp. 60-69 and unpublished, 15 items.


     THE GHOST OF BALLYHOOLY by Betty Cavanna (New York:  Morrow,
     1971).

     14/2 - 4  Typescript, edited and marked for typesetter,

     14/2           front matter and chapters 1-6, pp. 1-71;

     14/3           chapters 7-11, pp. 72-135;

     14/4           chapters 12-16, pp. 136-201.

     14/5 - 6  Typescript, carbon,

     14/5           front matter and chapters 1-8, pp. 1-98;

     14/6           chapters 9-16, pp. 99-201, and synopsis.

     14/7 - 15/2 Galleys,

     14/7           chapters 1-5, pp. 11-80;

     14/8           chapters 6-9, pp. 81-142;

     15/1           chapters 10-13, pp. 143-204;

     15/2           chapters 14-16, pp. 205-253.

     15/3 - 6  Galleys, photocopied,

     15/3           front matter and chapters 1-4, pp. 9-65;

     15/4           chapters 5-8, pp. 66-125;

     15/5           chapters 9-12, pp. 126-187;

     15/6           chapters 13-16, pp. 188-251, and end matter.
           
     15/7 - 10 Galleys, photocopied, "master set, first pass," marked for
                     typesetter,

     15/7           front matter and chapters 1-4, pp. 9-65;

     15/8           chapters 5-8, pp. 66-125;

     15/9           chapters 9-12, pp. 126-187;

     15/10          chapters 13-16, pp. 188-251, and end matter.

     16/1 - 4  Galleys,

     16/1           front matter and chapters 1-4, pp. 11-67;

     16/2           chapters 5-8, pp. 68-128;

     16/3           chapters 9-13, pp. 129-204;

     16/4           chapters 14-16, pp. 205-253, and end matter.

     16/5 - 8  Galleys, "master set - second pass," marked for typesetter,

     16/5           front matter and chapters 1-4, pp. 11-67;

     16/6           chapters 5-8, pp. 68-128;

     16/7           chapters 9-12, pp. 129-189;

     16/8           chapters 13-16, pp. 190-253, and end matter.

     16/9 - 17/3 Galleys, cut,

     16/9           front matter and chapters 1-5, pp. 11-80;

     17/1           chapters 6-9, pp. 81-142;

     17/2           chapters 10-13, pp. 143-204;

     17/3           chapters 14-16, pp. 205-253.

     17/4 - 5  Blueprint in 4 signatures, 

     17/4           front matter and chapters 1-8, pp. 11-128;

     17/5           chapter 9-16, pp. 129-253, and end matter.

               Proofs, edited, 5 items.

     THE GHOST WORE WHITE by Betsy Allen 
     (New York:  Grosset and Dunlap, 1950).

     17/6      Dust jacket.


     A GIRL CAN DREAM by Betty Cavanna 
     (Philadelphia:  The Westminster Press, 1948).

     17/7      Dust jacket.



     GOING ON SIXTEEN by Betty Cavanna 
     (Philadelphia:  Westminster Press, 1946).

     17/8 - 9  Galleys, photocopied, 26 March 1985, edited,

     17/8           front matter and chapters 1-10, pp. 3-56;

     17/9           chapters 11-20, pp. 57-110.

               Dust jackets, four versions, 1985 and undated, 4 items.


     THE GRAY MENACE by Betsy Allen 
     (New York:  Grosset and Dunlap, 1953).

     17/10     Dust jacket.


     THE GREEN ISLAND MYSTERY by Betsy Allen 
     (New York:  Grosset and Dunlap, 1949).

     17/11     Dust jacket.


     THE INVENTION THAT WOULDN'T FLY by Betty Cavanna 
     (New York: Macmillan, 1975).

     18/1      Typescript, edited, incomplete, pp. 1-16.

                  Typescript, edited, pp. 1-30.

     18/2      Typescript, pp. 1-31. 

     JENNY KIMURA by Betty Cavanna (New York:  Morrow, 1964).

     18/3      Typescript, photocopied, headnote and p. 1.

                  Proofs, photocopied, edited, irregular pagination, 18 items. 

     JOYRIDE by Betty Cavanna (New York:  Morrow, 1974).

     18/4      Research material, articles, newspaper clippings, manuscript
               and typescript notes, etc., 1960-1973 and undated, 9 items.

     18/5 - 8  Typescript, "first draft," edited,

     18/5           front matter and chapters 1-5, pp. 1-61;

     18/6           chapters 6-11, pp. 63-132;

     18/7           chapters 12-17, pp. 133-198;

     18/8           revisions, edited, 24 pp.

     18/9 - 19/2 Typescript, edited and marked for typesetter, 

     18/9           front matter and chapters 1-5, pp. 1-61;

     19/1           chapters 6-11, pp. 62-131;

     19/2           chapters 12-17, pp. 132-194.

     19/3 - 4  Galleys, "reader's set," edited,

     19/3           chapters 1-7, pp. 1-31;

     19/4           chapters 8-17, pp. 32-66.


     LASSO YOUR HEART by Betty Cavanna 
     (Philadelphia:  The Westminster, 1952).

     19/5      Dust jackets, 2 versions,


     LO CHAO OF HONG KONG by Betty Cavanna 
     (New York:  Franklin Watts,1963).

     19/6      Photographs, pp. 30, 55, and unpublished, 11 items.

     
     LOVE, LAURIE by Betty Cavanna 
     (Philadelphia:  The Westminster Press,1953).

     19/7      Dust jackets, 2 versions.


     MYSTERY IN MARRAKECH by Betty Cavanna 
     (New York:  Morrow, 1968).

     19/8 - 20/1 Typescript, edited and marked for typesetter,

     19/8           front matter and chapters 1-5, pp. 1-64;

     19/9           chapters 6-10 and end matter, pp. 65-130;

     20/1           chapters 11-16, pp. 131-200.

     20/2 - 3  Galleys, edited and marked for typesetter,

     20/2           chapters 1-8, pp. 1-37;

     20/3           chapters 9-16, pp. 38-73.

     20/4      Sketches, front matter layout, graphite, pp. 1-5, 2 items.

               Typescript, photocopy, marked for typesetter, copyright
               page.

               Proofs, marked for typesetter, pp. 1-5.


     MYSTERY IN THE MUSEUM by Betty Cavanna 
     (New York:  Morrow, 1972).

     20/5 - 7  Typescript, edited, marked for typesetter,

     20/5           chapters 1-5, pp. 1-60;

     20/6           chapters 6-10, pp. 61-123;

     20/7           chapters 11-16, pp. 124-195.

     20/8 - 11 Proofs, photocopy,

     20/8           chapters 1-4, pp. 11-66;

     20/9           chapters 5-8, pp. 67-130;

     20/10          chapters 9-12, pp. 131-186;

     20/11          chapters 13-16, pp. 187-244.


     MYSTERY OF THE EMERALD BUDDHA by Betty Cavanna 
     (New York:  Morrow, 1976).

     21/1      Research material, newspaper clippings, articles,
               photographs, maps, etc., 1960-1975 and undated, 28 items.

     21/2      Typescript, "notes for the artist...", edited, 9 pp.

               Typescript, carbon, incomplete, front matter and chapters 1-8, pp.
               1-109.

     21/3 - 5  Typescript, "first draft," edited, 

     21/3           front matter and chapters 1-5, pp. 1-57;

     21/4           chapters 6-10, pp. 58-103;

     21/5           chapters 10-15, pp. 104-162.

     21/6 - 22/1 Typescript, edited,

     21/6           front matter and chapters 1-5, pp. 1-69b;

     21/7           chapters 6-10, pp. 70-137;

     22/1           chapters 11-15, pp. 138-197.

     22/2 - 3  Galleys, corrected and marked for typesetter,

     22/2           chapters 1-7, pp. 1-30;

     22/3           chapters 8-15, pp. 31-62.

               Galleys, incomplete, pp. 163-165, 2 items.

     MYSTERY ON SAFARI by Betty Cavanna 
     (New York:  Morrow, 1970).

     22/4 - 6  Typescript, "first draft," edited,

     22/4           front matter and chapters 1-5, pp. 1-62;

     22/5           chapters 6-10, pp. 63-120;

     22/6           chapters 11-15, pp. 135-202.

     22/7 - 23/1 Typescript, revised, edited and marked for typesetter,

     22/7           front matter and chapters 1-5, pp. 1-72;

     22/8           chapters 6-10, pp. 73-134;

     23/1           chapters 11-15, pp. 135-203.

     23/2 - 4  Galleys, marked for typesetter,

     23/2           front matter and chapters 1-5, pp. 5-78;

     23/3           chapters 6-11, pp. 79-160;

     23/4           chapters 12-15, pp. 161-224.

     23/5 - 6  Galleys, incomplete,

     23/5           front matter and pp. 5-42;

     23/6           pp. 43-82.

     23/7      Illustration, watercolor, cover.

     NOKO OF JAPAN by Betty Cavanna 
     (New York:  Franklin Watts, 1964).

     23/8      Typescript, carbon, edited, pp. 1-38.

     23/9 - 10 Photographs, 
    
     23/9           p. 36 and endpapers, and unpublished, 13 items;

     23/10          unpublished, 14 items.


     PAINTBOX SUMMER by Betty Cavanna 
     (Philadelphia:  The Westminster Press, 1949).

     24/1      Dust jackets, 2 versions.

                 "Provincetown's Mad Hatter" Research materials, 5 pp. 
     

     PETEY by Betty Cavanna; illustrated by Beth and 
     Joe Krush (Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1973).

     24/2 - 3  Typescript, edited and marked for typesetter.

     24/2           front matter and chapters 1-5, pp. 1-51;

     24/3           chapters 6-11, pp. 52-115.


     24/4      Galleys, photocopied, edited and marked for typesetter,
               front matter and chapters 1-11, pp. 1-78.

               Proofs of illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush, pp. 53 and
               103.

               Typescript note granting copyright permission, 20 May 1975.


     PICK OF THE LITTER by Betty Cavanna 
     (Philadelphia:  The Westminster Press, 1952).

     24/5      Dust jacket.


     PUPPY STAKES by Betty Cavanna (Philadelphia:  
     The Westminster Press, 1943). 

     24/6      Dust jacket.


     PUZZLE IN PURPLE by Betsy Allen (New York:  
     Grosset and Dunlap, 1948).

     24/7      Dust jacket.


     THE RIDDLE IN RED by Betsy Allen (New York:  
     Grosset and Dunlap, 1948).

     24/8      Dust jacket.


     ROMANCE ON TRIAL by Betty Cavanna (Philadelphia:  
     The Westminster Press, 1984). 

     24/9 - 10 Typescript photocopy, "Journey to a Different Street,"
               edited,

     24/9           chapters 1-4, pp. 1-40;

     24/10          chapters 5-9, pp. 41-87.

     24/11 - 12 Typescript, edited and marked for typesetter,

     24/11          front matter and chapters 1-4, pp. 1-40;

     24/12          chapters 5-9, pp. 41-87, and end matter, 1 p.

     24/13     Blueprint in 3 signatures, 19 November 1984, front matter
               and chapters 1-9, pp. 5-95.

     25/1      Proofs, photocopied, front matter, chapters 1-9, pp. 5-95
               and end matter.

     25/2      Proofs, edited and marked for typesetter, front matter,
               chapters 1-9, pp. 5-95 and end matter.


     RUFFLES AND DRUMS by Betty Cavanna (New York:  
     Morrow, 1975).

     25/3      Research material, newspaper clippings, articles,
               typescript, and manuscript notes, 1775-1919 and undated, 15
               items.

     25/4      Typescript, outline, edited, 7 pp.

     25/5 - 6  Typescript, edited,

     25/5           chapters 1-9, pp. 1-92;

     25/6           chapters 10-17, pp. 93-164.

     25/7 - 16/1 Typescript, edited and marked for typesetter,

     25/7           front matter and chapters 1-4, pp. 1-48;

     25/8           chapters 5-8, pp. 49-96;

     25/9           chapters 9-13, pp. 97-145;

     26/1           chapters 14-17, pp. 146-195.

     26/2 - 3  Galleys, edited and marked for typesetter,

     26/2           pp. 2-33;
   
     26/3           pp. 34-66.

               Dust jacket.


     RUNAWAY VOYAGE by Betty Cavanna (New York:  
     Morrow, 1978).

     26/4      Research material, articles, leaflets, map, manuscript
               notes, undated, 6 items.

     26/5 - 7  Typescript, edited, 

     26/5           front matter and chapters 1-5, pp. 1-66; 

     26/6           chapters 6-9, pp. 67-119;

     26/7           chapters 10-14, pp. 120-183. 

     27/1 - 3  Typescript, edited and marked for typesetter,

     27/1           front matter and chapters 1-5, pp. 1-69;

     27/2           chapters 6-9, pp. 70-128;

     27/3           chapters 10-14, pp. 129-192.

     27/4 - 5  Galleys, marked for typesetter,

     27/4           front matter and chapters 1-7, pp. 2-35;

     27/5           chapters 8-14, pp. 36-69.


     THE SECRET OF BLACK CAT GULCH by Betsy Allen 
     (New York:  Grosset and Dunlap, 1948).

     27/6      Dust jacket.


     SECRET PASSAGE by Betty Cavanna (Philadelphia:  
     J. C. Winston, 1946).

     27/7      Promotional material for play adapted from book, 4 items.

     27/8      Typescript, photocopy, play adapted from book, 27 pp. 


     SHE'S MY GIRL! by Elizabeth Headley (Philadelphia:  
     Macrae Smith, 1949)
     
     YOU CAN'T TAKE TWENTY DOGS ON A DATE by Betty Cavanna
     (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1977). 

     27/9 - 28/2 Typescript, edited and marked for typesetter,

     27/9           front matter and chapters 1-5, pp. 14-80;

     28/1           chapters 6-11, pp. 81-165;

     28/2           chapters 12-17, pp. 166-230.

     28/3 - 4  Proofs, photocopied, uncorrected,

     28/3           front matter and pp. 5-89;

     28/4           pp. 90-178.

     28/5 - 6  Proofs, photocopied, edited and marked for typesetter,

     28/5           front matter and pp. 5-89;

     28/6           pp. 90-178.

               Dust jacket.


     6 ON EASY STREET by Betty Cavanna (Philadelphia:  
     The Westminster Press, 1954).

     28/7      Dust jacket.


     SPICE ISLAND MYSTERY by Betty Cavanna 
     (New York:  Morrow, 1969). 

     28/8      Research material, map, newspaper clipping, and articles,
               1953-1968 and undated, 6 items.

     28/9      Typescript and manuscript notes, outline, edited, 22 pp.

     28/10-29/2 Typescript, "before retyping for editor," corrected,

     28/10          front matter and chapters 1-5, pp. 1-71;

     29/1           chapters 6-11, pp. 72-130;

     29/2           chapters 12-17, pp. 131-198.

     29/3 - 5  Typescript, edited and marked for typesetter,

     29/3           chapters 1-5, pp. 1-61;

     29/4           chapters 6-12, pp. 62-132;

     29/5           chapters 13-17, pp. 133-187.

     29/6 - 7  Blueprint, in 8 signatures, edited and marked for
               typesetter,

     29/6           front matter and pp. 9-128;

     29/7           pp. 129-224.


     SPRING COMES RIDING by Betty Cavanna 
     (Philadelphia:  Westminster Press, 1950).

     30/1      Dust jackets, 2 versions.


     SPURS FOR SUZANNA by Betty Cavanna 
     (Philadelphia:  The Westminster Press, 1947).

     30/2      Dust jackets, 2 versions.


     STAMP TWICE FOR MURDER by Betty Cavanna 
     (New York:  Morrow, 1981).

     30/3      Research material, newspaper clipping, article, and leaflet,
               1980 and undated, 3 items.

     30/4 - 7  Typescript, carbon, "first draft, uncorrected," with
               rewrites and editor's comments,

     30/4           front matter and chapters 1-5, pp. 1-60;

     30/5           chapters 6-10, pp. 61-118;

     30/6           chapters 11-16, pp. 119-182.

     30/7           revisions and editor's comments, irregular pagination,
                       42 pp.

     30/8 - 10 Typescript, edited and marked for typesetter,

     30/8           front matter and chapters 1-5, pp. 1-60;

     30/9           chapters 6-10, pp. 61-118;

     30/10          chapters 11-16, pp. 119-182.

     31/1 - 2  Galleys, "master set," edited and marked for typesetter, 26
                    June 1981,

     31/1           chapters 1-8, front matter and pp. 1-34;

     31/2           chapters 9-16, pp. 35-68.

               Paperback cover.


     STORM IN HER HEART by Betty Cavanna 
     (Philadelphia:  The Westminster Press, 1983).

     31/3 - 4  Typescript, edited and marked for typesetter,

     31/3           front matter and chapters 1-5, pp. 1-36;

     31/4           chapters 6-10, pp. 37-78 and end matter.

     31/5      Proofs, "author's set, uncorrected," front matter, pp. 5-92
               and end matter.

     31/6      Proofs, "queried proof," edited and marked for typesetter,
               front matter, pp. 5-92 and end matter.

               Proof, photocopy, marked for color separation, dust jacket.


     THE SURFER AND THE CITY GIRL by Betty Cavanna 
     (Philadelphia:  The Westminster Press, 1981). 

     31/7      Typescript, edited, front matter and pp. 1-74.

     31/8      Typescript, edited and marked for typesetter, front matter,
               pp. 1-74 and end matter.

     31/9      Proofs, "author's copy, uncorrected," front matter and pp.
               7-82.

     32/1      Proofs, "queried proof," edited and marked for typesetter,
               front matter and pp. 7-82.


     TAKE A CALL, TOPSY! by Elizabeth Headley 
     (Philadelphia:  Macrae Smith, 1947).

     BALLET FEVER by Betty Cavanna (Philadelphia:  
     Westminster Press, 1978).

     32/2      Proofs, "author's set, uncorrected," front matter and
               chapters 1-18, pp. 6-111.

     32/3      Proofs, "queried proof," edited and marked for typesetter,
               front matter,  chapters 1-18, pp. 6-111.

     32/4      Typescript, edited and marked for typesetter, front matter
               and end matter, 5 pp.

     32/5 - 6  Proofs, edited and marked for typesetter,

     32/5           chapters 1-8, pp. 9-103;

     32/6           chapters 9-18, pp. 104-216.

               Dust jacket.

 
     TAVI OF THE SOUTH SEAS by Betty Cavanna 
     (New York:  Franklin Watts, 1965). 

     32/7      Color separation, facing p. 1.

     32/8 - 10 Photographs, 

     32/8          pp. 1-25, 22 items;

     32/9          pp. 26-53, 22 items;
 
     32/10         pp. 55-68 and alternates, 20 items. 

     33/1      Typescript, edited, chapters 1-5, pp. 1-38.


     A TIME FOR TENDERNESS by Betty Cavanna (New York:  
     Morrow, 1962).

     33/2 - 4  Typescript, edited and marked for typesetter,

     33/2           front matter and chapters 1-5, pp. 1-64;

     33/3           chapters 6-10, pp. 65-125;

     34/4           chapters 11-15, pp. 126-194, and end matter.


     TWO'S COMPANY by Betty Cavanna (Philadelphia:  
     The Westminster Press, 1951).

     33/5      Dust jackets, 2 versions.     


     WANTED:  A GIRL FOR THE HORSES by Betty Cavanna 
     (New York:  Morrow, 1984).

     33/6 - 8  Typescript, carbon,

     33/6           front matter and chapters 1-5, pp. 1-62;

     33/7           chapters 6-10, pp. 63-121;

     33/8           chapters 11-17, pp. 122-188.

     33/9 - 34/1 Typescript, photocopy, edited,

     33/9           front matter and chapters 1-5, pp. 1-62;

     33/10          chapters 6-10, pp. 63-121;

     34/1           chapters 11-17, pp. 122-188.

     34/2 - 5  Typescript, edited on typescript inserts and marked for
               typesetter,

     34/2           front matter and chapters 1-4, pp. 1-48;

     34/3           chapters 5-8, pp. 49-99;

     34/4           chapters 9-12, pp. 100-144;

     34/5           chapters 13-27, pp. 145-188.

     34/6 - 7  Galleys,

     34/6           chapters 1-7, pp. 4-59;

     34/7           chapters 8-17, pp. 60-123.

     35/1      Dummy page, text sample, marked for typesetter, pp. 2-3. 
                         

     THE YELLOW WARNING by Betsy Allen (New York:  
     Grosset and Dunlap, 1951).

     35/2      Dust jacket.


  

M. Periodicals

AMERICAN GIRL  (New York:  Girl Scouts of America) 

     35/3      Magazine, April 1969, vol. 52, no. 4, including "Spice
               Island Mystery," Part One, by Betty Cavanna, pp. 16-17 
               and 56-59.

               Magazine, May 1969, vol. 52, no. 5, including "Spice Island
               Mystery," Part Two, by Betty Cavanna, pp. 44-45 and 56-59.

               Magazine, June 1969, vol. 52, no. 6, including "Spice Island
               Mystery," Part Three, by Betty Cavanna, pp. 22-23 and 42-49.
        
               Magazine, July 1969, vol. 52, no. 7, including "Spice Island
               Mystery," Part Four, by Betty Cavanna, pp. 44 and 50-53. 

               Printed pages from magazine, October 1969, vol. 52, no. 10,
               "Jenny Kimura,"  fragment.


     BOYS TODAY  (Nashville, TN:  Methodist Publishing House)

     35/4      Periodical, July 1944, vol. 3, no. 7, including "The Furious
               Fourth" by E. C. Headley, Part 1, pp. 1-2 and 4-5.


     FORWARD: A PAPER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (Crawfordsville, IN:  Presbyterian Church Board of Christian Education)

     35/5      Periodical, 5 March 1938, vol. 57, no. 10, including "Don't
               Call Me `Sister'!" by Elizabeth A. Cavanna, pp. 6-7 and 14-15.

               Periodical, 4 June 1938, no. 23, including "Success Story"
               by Elizabeth A. Cavanna, pp. 2-4 and 14.

               Periodical, 15 April 1939, vol. 58, no. 15, including "Art
               for a Nickel" by Betty Cavanna,  pp. 12-15.

               Periodical, 13 May 1939, vol. 58, no. 19, including "Bring
               Me a Bell!" by Betty Cavanna, pp. 12-13.

               Periodical, 10 June 1939, vol. 58, no. 23, including "You
               Can Be a Showman" by Betty Cavanna, 10 June 1939, pp. 12-13.

               Periodical, 14 October 1939, vol. 58, no. 41, including
               "Bibliophiles Ahoy!" by Elizabeth A. Cavanna, pp. 12-13.

               Typescript, "Vicky for Short" by Betty Cavanna, 10 February
               1940, 12 pp.

               Periodical, 2 March 1940, including "65 Quai D'Orsay" by
               Betty Cavanna, pp. 10-11, 15.

               Periodical, 17 January 1942, including "Enter Miss Schultz"
               by Betty Cavanna, pp. 10-11, 13-14.

               Periodical, 3 July 1943, including "Independence Is a Young
               Idea!" by Betty Cavanna, pp. 10-11.    

               Periodical, 11 March 1944, including "A Present for Saint
               Pat" by Betty Cavanna, pp. 2-4 and 13.

               Periodical, 22 July 1944, including "A Boy Can Come Home" by
               Betty Cavanna, pp. 10-13.

               Periodical, undated and incomplete, "Amusing Americana" by           
               Betty Cavanna, p. 7-?

     GATEWAY FOR GIRLS  (Crawfordsville, IN:  
     Presbyterian Church Board of  Christian Education)

     35/6      Periodical, 28 October 1944, including "Hello Henrietta!" by
               Betty Cavanna, pp. 1 and 4-5.


     PAGEANT  (Chicago:  Presbyterian Church Board 
     of Christian Education)

     35/7      Magazine, March 1938, vol. 1, no. 3, with holograph note on
               cover:  "a magazine I edited at one time - and wrote for."

               Printed pages from magazine, September 1938, [vol. 1, no.
               9,] pp. 5-6.

               Printed pages from magazine, October 1938, [vol. 1, no. 10,]
               including "Quien Sabe," pp. 5-8 and holograph note:  "Betty
               Cavanna - almost got fired for this one - critical! - not
               allowed by Presbyterians."

    
     PIONEER FOR BOYS  (Crawfordsville, IN:  Presbyterian 
     Church Board of Christian Education)

     35/8      Periodical, 19 December 1942, vol. 28, no. 51, including
               "Christmas Trumpet" by E. A. Cavanna, pp. 1-2 and 6-8, with
               holograph note.

               Periodical, 23 December 1944, vol. 30, no. 52, including
               "None But the Brave" by E. C. Headley, pp. 6-8.

     QUEENS' GARDENS FOR GIRLS  (Crawfordsville, IN:  
     Presbyterian Church Board of Christian Education)

     35/9      Periodical, 10 April 1943, vol. 29, no. 15.

               Periodical, 17 April 1943, vol. 29, no. 16.

               Periodical, 8 May 1943, vol. 29, no. 19.

               Periodical, 15 May 1943, vol. 29, no. 20.

               Periodical, 29 May 1943, vol. 29, no. 22.


     THE SEVEN SEAS  (New York:  Hamburg-American Line - 
     North German Lloyd)

     35/10     Magazine, Spring 1939, vol. 17, no. 2, including "Wandering
               Wheels" by Betty Cavanna, pp. 6-7, 25, and 36.

     
     THE WOMAN WITH WOMAN'S DIGEST  (Chicago:  
     Farrell Publishing Company)

     35/11     Magazine, March 1941, including "Draw Yourself a Picture" by
               Elizabeth Allen, pp. 87-88.
 


  

N. Handbook

	  THROUGH EUROPE BY AUTO ON $500 IN SIX WEEKS

     35/12     Newspaper clippings about research trip, 1938, 5 items.

               Typescript, eyewitness account of fire aboard the S. S.
               Deutschland.

               Typescript, 5 pp.

               Promotional release by publisher about handbook.

               Printed handbook, March 1939.
 


  

O. Academic Papers


     35/13     Typescript, "Briseis," 1 p.

               Typescript, edited, "The Rise of the New Negro Poetry," 23
               pp.

               Typescript, edited, "Thorough Knowledge of Household Arts is
               Essential in the Education of Women," 2 pp.
 

  


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